#magic

People are always coming up to me, thinking I've got some magic wand that can make them a star and I want to tell them that no one can do that. Making hit records is not that easy. But it took me time to realize that myself. ↗

— Dr. Dre

#coming #easy #got #hit #hit records

Sherrie would be there, and the last time I’d seen her at a social event she burst into tears when she saw me and ran out of the room. You’re upset, I’d yelled after her, meanly. ↗

— Aimee Bender

#magic-power #snark #upset #food

I'd love to do a modern-day musical that's full of original music. To get your contemporaries to sing and dance without looking foolish and for it to be transformational and magical and all those things a musical is supposed to be. ↗

— Danny Boyle

#dance #foolish #full #get #i

You can keep yourself alive. That's the magic of being an actor. ↗

— Sonia Braga

#alive #being #keep #magic #you

I had a toy theater and a magic lantern, and when I was eight I built a stage for theatricals in the attic. ↗

— James Broughton

#built #eight #had #i #lantern

My mother learned that she was carrying me at about the same time the Second World War was declared; with the family talent for magic realism, she once told me she had been to the doctor's on the very day. ↗

— Angela Carter

#been #carrying #day #declared #doctor

I'm really trying hard not to do anything that has been done before. So knowing everything I can about the legacy of magic challenges my team and I to invent new illusions. ↗

— David Copperfield

#anything #been #before #challenges #done

You have to learn certain skills to present magic. ↗

— David Copperfield

#learn #magic #present #skills #you

Cinema Paradiso, because it reminds me of why I make movies, the magic of movies, the romance of movies. ↗

— Antoine Fuqua

#cinema #i #magic #make #me

In my opinion, it's more interesting to see magic happening in a world that feels grounded. If the world is already crazy, then anything can happen. So it's better to start with something real. ↗

— Michel Gondry

#anything #better #crazy #feels #grounded