#ria

I was very inspired by Les Blank's film 'Burden of Dreams.' I think what's unique about his film and the two I've made is that they're close examinations of filmmakers and how their own emotional experiences reflect in the material they're rendering, and vice versa - how that material sometimes colors their own lives. ↗

— George Hickenlooper

#blank #burden #close #colors #dreams

My father and I used to tussle about me becoming an actor. He's from strong, Presbyterian Scottish working-class stock, and he used to sit me down and say, 'You know, 99 percent of actors are out of work. You've been educated, so why do you want to spend your life pretending to be someone else when you could be your own man?' ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#actor #becoming #been #could #down

With some other top players I'm part of a company trying to put on events in Europe, especially Germany, but also Poland, Austria, Russia. There's so much talent coming out of the Far East now, and we want the same thing in Europe. ↗

— John Higgins

#austria #coming #company #east #especially

Through the inspiration of Vaclav's words, the courage of his dissidence and the integrity of his leadership, Czechoslovakia successfully transitioned from an authoritarian state to a free democracy at the heart of Europe. ↗

— Michael D. Higgins

#courage #czechoslovakia #democracy #europe #free

We need to discuss the basis of a new form of trust built on a meaningful form of citizenship appropriate for a republic. ↗

— Michael D. Higgins

#basis #built #citizenship #discuss #form

I figure no matter how old you are, it's always going to be your first marriage and no life experience is going to make you a better judge of who you should marry. ↗

— Utada Hikaru

#better #experience #figure #first #going

Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases. ↗

— Hippocrates

#diseases #extreme #remedies #very

First I wanted to be a veterinarian. And then I realized you had to give them shots to put them to sleep, so I decided I'd just buy a bunch of animals and have them in my house instead. ↗

— Paris Hilton

#buy #decided #first #give #had

I respond very well to well-written material and women who have had an effect on society, something tragic or monumental has happened to them. ↗

— Samantha Morton

#had #happened #i #material #monumental

There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating. ↗

— Alfred Hitchcock

#good #nothing #quite #sea #simple