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The media love coarse debate because coarse debate drives ratings and ratings generate profits. Unless the TV producer happens to be William Shakespeare, an argument is more interesting than a soliloquy - and there will never be a shortage of people willing to argue on TV. ↗

— John Sununu

#argument #because #coarse #debate #drives

Writing, yeah. Me and my friend Scott Bloom just finished the first rough draft of a script. It's taken us three years to do, but we finally got a first draft. And we'll see whatever happens with that. ↗

— Ethan Suplee

#draft #finally #finished #first #friend

What happens on 'Mad Men' in terms of the acting and the writing and the directing, it's superior. And yes, it has tremendous cache and buzz because it's become iconic, but it also deserves all the kudos and the awards as well, because it's a beautiful show to look at. ↗

— Kurt Sutter

#also #awards #beautiful #because #become

Someone sits at a table or lies on a sofa while staring motionless at a wall or ceiling. Once in a while this person writes down seven lines, only to cross out one of them 15 minutes later, and then another hour passes, during which nothing happens. Who could stand to watch this kind of thing? ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#another #ceiling #could #cross #down

I think what's always been interesting to me than the science and the criminality with this job is what happens to your persona, your disposition, after day in and day out dealing with life and death. ↗

— George Eads

#always #been #criminality #day #dealing

The will to label will always prevail over what's being labeled, usually at the expense of either truth or understanding. ↗

— Boyd Rice

#being #either #expense #label #labeled

I approach every part I'm asked to do and decide to do from exactly the same angle: who is this person, what does he want, how does he attempt to get it, and what happens to him when he doesn't get it, or if he does? ↗

— Alan Rickman

#approach #asked #attempt #decide #does

First of all, in the old days, if you wanted to show someone getting shot on film, all you could do was place an effect in the original take. And if you wanted to brighten somebody's face and leave the rest of the room dark, that was a very expensive process. ↗

— George A. Romero

#could #dark #days #effect #expensive

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens. ↗

— Epictetus

#best #happens #make #rest #take

It may not be too late, whatever happens, if our President, Lyndon Johnson, knew the truth from me. But if I am eliminated, there won't be any way of knowing. ↗

— Jack Ruby

#any #eliminated #happens #i #i am