#ives

I'm really shy with my acting when it's off, because the camera gives me an excuse to be in character, whereas otherwise I would just feel like an idiot. ↗

— Brendan Fehr

#because #camera #character #excuse #feel

Women often postpone their lives, thinking that if they're not with a partner then it doesn't really count. They're still searching for their prince, in a way. And as much as we don't discuss that, because it's too embarrassing and too sad, I think it really does exist. ↗

— Jane Campion

#count #discuss #does #embarrassing #exist

But short films are not inferior, just different. I think the short gives a freedom to film-makers. What's appealing is that you don't have as much responsibility for storytelling and plot. They can be more like a portrait, or a poem. ↗

— Jane Campion

#different #film-makers #films #freedom #gives

Because there is that sort of feeling that people don't know what to do with gaps in their lives. It's a scary notion, but actually, if you can stand in space just for a little while, a new door will open, or you'll be able to see in the dark after a while. You'll adjust. ↗

— Jane Campion

#actually #adjust #after #because #dark

This American system of ours, call it Americanism, call it capitalism, call it what you will, gives each and every one of us a great opportunity if we only seize it with both hands and make the most of it. ↗

— Al Capone

#americanism #both #call #capitalism #each

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. ↗

— Truman Capote

#flavor #gives #success

I have spoken to a whole group of millionaires, head executives at Microsoft. Boy did I chew those guys out. ↗

— Jack LaLanne

#chew #did #executives #group #guys

We must support initiatives that provide clear, concrete measures and milestones that our troops need for defeating the insurgency, building up Iraqi security forces, and handing over Iraq to the Iraqi people. ↗

— Sherrod Brown

#clear #concrete #defeating #forces #handing

For our immediate family and relatives, Canada was a land of opportunity. ↗

— Sidney Altman

#family #immediate #land #opportunity #our

So when I write characters and situations and relationships, I try to sort of utilize what I know about the world, limited as it is, and what I hear from my friends and see with my relatives. ↗

— Charlie Kaufman

#characters #friends #hear #i #i write