#ma

In the cellars of the night, when the mind starts moving around old trunks of bad times, the pain of this and the shame of that, the memory of a small boldness is a hand to hold. ↗

— John Leonard

#bad #bad times #boldness #cellars #hand

Even in the realest American cinema that I see, there's still not that sense that this is reality. There's still that sense that you are watching a movie. And hopefully, if we did get our jobs right, that sense disappears when you watch this movie. ↗

— Joshua Leonard

#american cinema #cinema #did #disappears #even

I'm less interested in slasher, and go more for roles that can affect you on a personal level. I'm interested in human empathy in the movies I see, and in the ones I am a part of. ↗

— Joshua Leonard

#am #empathy #go #human #i

Mike and Heather and I rapped once or twice in New York and then we all wound up on a train together on the way out to Maryland. I think it was about a month and a half from the time we got cast until the time we shot the thing. ↗

— Joshua Leonard

#cast #got #half #heather #i

Sony could have $50 million and a sound stage and A-list actors and never make the same film. The constraints on this film became the essence of this film, became the power of this film. ↗

— Joshua Leonard

#constraints #could #essence #film #make

The first thing I do when I read a part is see if I can identify emotionally with a character. If I make that connection, everything else is just working on knowing their life circumstances and manifesting those through practice and research. ↗

— Joshua Leonard

#circumstances #connection #else #emotionally #everything

Boxing is the ultimate challenge. There's nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring. ↗

— Sugar Ray Leonard

#challenge #compare #every #every time #nothing

I'm a competitor and a very proud man. If a guy beats me once, he'll have to do it again to make me believe him. ↗

— Sugar Ray Leonard

#beats #believe #competitor #guy #him

And if citizens of New Orleans who are really contemplating coming back heard that we're really intent upon making the place secure again - regardless of whether the levees held or not - then I think a rebuilding process would really take shape. ↗

— Billy Tauzin

#back #citizens #coming #contemplating #heard

Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. ↗

— Vernor Vinge

#human intelligence #intelligence #means #superhuman #technological