#con

When I got a call from Los Angeles to do the Tonight Show, I considered it more of an inconvenience than an opportunity. ↗

— Lorna Luft

#call #considered #got #i #inconvenience

When my mother signed at MGM, that was the only kind of contract you could sign. There was no such thing as an independent agent. ↗

— Lorna Luft

#contract #could #independent #kind #mgm

I am convinced that the majority of American people do understand that we have a moral responsibility to foster the concepts of opportunity, free enterprise, the rule of law, and democracy. They understand that these values are the hope of the world. ↗

— Richard Lugar

#american #american people #concepts #convinced #democracy

Very rarely does food enhance the conversation. If the food is really good, there'll be much less conversation because you'd be concentrating too much on the food. ↗

— Richard Lugar

#concentrating #conversation #does #enhance #food

In the studio the director controls the actor's every move, every inflection, every expression. ↗

— Bela Lugosi

#controls #director #every #expression #move

It took me years to live down Dracula and convince the film producers that I would play almost any other type of role. ↗

— Bela Lugosi

#any #convince #down #dracula #film

I want what's mine. I see other actors who are doing very interesting roles, and I just want to continue to do things that are interesting, and things that people will go see in theaters. ↗

— Derek Luke

#doing #go #i #i see #interesting

I was watching TV at age 9 or 10, and my mom said that I came from the front room and I told her that I want to act. And she said if you want to do this at 18, then you can. It was a very simple story, yet, I do not even remember the conversation that I had with my mother. Until she reminded me of the story many years later. ↗

— Derek Luke

#age #came #conversation #even #front

Because we have so much eye candy and mind candy, spending so much time trying to pay the rent, all of this conspires to keep us from thinking too hard or taking action from that. Our time is stolen. So much of our daily life is stolen. ↗

— Lydia Lunch

#because #candy #conspires #daily #daily life

Just because my bank account hasn't swelled astronomically I don't consider myself any less of a success. ↗

— Lydia Lunch

#any #bank #bank account #because #consider