#akin

I had to trick people into giving me money for my first film. Making a romantic comedy is easier and more expected from a woman than it is to make a drama about a Japanese warrior. ↗

— Julie Delpy

#comedy #drama #easier #expected #film

I think acting is only one part of the piece of the movie. I'ts an important piece, but I'd like to be involved in all the other aspects of making movies. ↗

— Stephen Dorff

#aspects #i #i think #important #involved

Everything starts with yourself, with you making up your mind about what you're going to do with your life. I tell kids that it's a cruel world, and that the world will bend them either left or right, and it's up to them to decide which way to bend. ↗

— Tony Dorsett

#bend #cruel #decide #either #everything

I know as I'm taking my dying breath, the ambulance guy will ask me why they cancelled Action. ↗

— Illeana Douglas

#ambulance #ask #breath #cancelled #dying

Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully. ↗

— Max Eastman

#instinct #pain #taking

Are you as much of a criminal if you don't act when there's a crime taking place in front of you as you are one of the participants? That was something that I was thinking about a lot because there are many moments in 'Less Than Zero' where horrific things happen and Clay could do something about them, but his passivity stops him. ↗

— Bret Easton Ellis

#act #because #clay #could #crime

There's nothing that can replicate the smoky flavor of char, so when I've got the hankering for it, I tell my wife that I'm taking care of dinner. I have three different types of barbecues - a coal, gas and smoker - so I can experiment a lot. ↗

— Guy Fieri

#care #coal #different #different types #dinner

I learn the most from making my own mistakes. ↗

— David Fincher

#learn #making #mistakes #most #my own

As I sit down and start to work, I often panic. I stare at the empty piece of music paper. How can I say that my piece will be ready for performance next January when I do not have a recipe for making it happen? ↗

— Lukas Foss

#empty #happen #how #i #i do

Finally, I was no longer a student and was making music for myself. ↗

— Kenny G

#i #longer #making #music #myself