#satisfy

What does it mean to be the best? It means you have to be better than the number two guy. But what gratification is there in that? He's a loser—that’s why he's number two. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#best #bizarre #competing #competition #competitor

When you do a writing job for a studio, one of the things you want to do is satisfy the expectations of your employer. That's a little bit different than when you sit down and write something to satisfy yourself, because then you're the employer. ↗

— Joel Coen

#bit #different #down #employer #expectations

Because Lincoln is so closely identified with what it is to be American, everyone wants to claim him, to rewrite his story to satisfy their own particular needs. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#because #claim #closely #everyone #him

Because Lincoln is so closely identified with what it is to be American, everyone wants to claim him, to rewrite his story to satisfy their own particular needs. For my own people, it was important to imagine him as the Great Emancipator, the Moses who led us out of slavery. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#because #claim #closely #everyone #great

Writing, producing and directing, I must say, is incredibly satisfying and gratifying. I've never been happier. ↗

— Jennifer Jason Leigh

#directing #gratifying #happier #i #incredibly

One is just an interpreter of what the playwright thinks, and therefore the greater the playwright, the more satisfying it is to act in the plays. ↗

— Vivien Leigh

#greater #interpreter #just #more #plays

If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable. You must reach the emotional and intellectual level of ability where you can go out stark naked, emotionally, in front of an audience. ↗

— Jack Lemmon

#actor #audience #emotional #emotionally #front

No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses. ↗

— Vladimir Lenin

#freedom #hungry #masses #political #political freedom

Right now music is more my outlet than acting, but I'm waiting for that one satisfying role. ↗

— Jeremy London

#i #more #music #now #outlet

It's one thing in this business to actually work. 5 percent of the Screen Actors' Guild works. It's another thing to do work that's satisfying and that people are loving. ↗

— Julianna Margulies

#another #business #guild #loving #one thing