#me

I used to shy away from publicity so as not to let it get in the way of the work. But it's part of the job. The tabloids are a whole other arena. If fame happens, it happens. I just want to maintain focus. ↗

— Giovanni Ribisi

#away #fame #focus #get #happens

I'm really happy with where I am, the movies in my life. Not satisfied, necessarily. But I won't put it on somebody else, blame anybody else for my position in the business. It's the choices I have made. ↗

— Giovanni Ribisi

#anybody #blame #business #choices #else

If I had to choose criteria, for me, it's about first the director. I want to be a part of something that's good and intellectually challenging. After the director it's the character and the story. That's the deal for me. ↗

— Giovanni Ribisi

#after #challenging #character #choose #criteria

It was extremely useful to grow up in front of the camera. It gives the camera no significance. I think it helped me have perspective on things. The attraction that Hollywood can have, I feel like I'm over that. Instead I just concentrate on acting. ↗

— Giovanni Ribisi

#attraction #camera #concentrate #extremely #feel

My mother told me I was begging her to be an actor when I was four. My father and my grandfather saw at least one or two movies a week; they were film buffs, so I guess it just rubbed off on me. And now it's kind of become a way of life for me. ↗

— Giovanni Ribisi

#become #begging #father #film #four

There's the concept that if I do this big budget project, then that will help me do the things I really want to do and bring more money to those films. ↗

— Giovanni Ribisi

#big budget #bring #budget #concept #films

In the same manner if any nation wasted part of its wealth, or lost part of its trade, it could not retain the same quantity of circulating medium which it before possessed. ↗

— David Ricardo

#before #circulating #could #lost #manner

You have to take into account it was the cell phone that became what the modern-day concept of a phone call is, and this is a device that's attached to your hip 24/7. Before that there was 'leave a message' and before that there was 'hopefully you're home.' ↗

— Giovanni Ribisi

#attached #became #before #call #cell

You won't see me in a better mood than 4:00 in the morning on my way to work. ↗

— Christina Ricci

#me #mood #morning #see #than

I'm not a really good classical guitarist by any means, but what I learned from this is a way of working very slowly on solo pieces and I enjoyed working on these pieces of John's. They were not written for solo guitar but a lot of them were easy to adapt. ↗

— Marc Ribot

#any #classical #easy #enjoyed #good