#som

You oughtn't to yield to temptation. Well, somebody must, or the thing becomes absurd. ↗

— Anthony Hope

#becomes #must #somebody #temptation #thing

I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful. ↗

— Bob Hope

#bearable #even #hopeful #i #into

When they asked Jack Benny to do something for the Actor's Orphanage - he shot both his parents and moved in. ↗

— Bob Hope

#asked #benny #both #his #jack

I can't stand directors who try to micro-manage everything. When it happens these days I just walk off set, saying if they don't like the way I'm doing it they can get someone else. ↗

— Anthony Hopkins

#directors #doing #else #everything #get

I know that some actors and directors like to have intensity on set. I don't, particularly. Certainly, if they want that, that's fine, but I can't work like that. ↗

— Anthony Hopkins

#directors #fine #i #intensity #know

I worked with Lawrence Olivier some years ago. He was a great mentor. ↗

— Anthony Hopkins

#great #i #lawrence #mentor #olivier

It's such a pleasant surprise when you come on set and you find someone in charge like Ken Branagh or James Ivory. You know that you're going to do a day's work and at the end of it, it's going to be good. ↗

— Anthony Hopkins

#come #day #end #find #going

He wanted to heave the glasses against the wall. Break them, break everything he could reach. Beat it, rend it. He stared out the window, imagined the city in flames, consumed to ashes. And still it wasn't enough. ↗

— J.D. Robb

#roarke #death

We use a lot of source music on some shows and none on others. ↗

— Stephen Hopkins

#music #none #others #shows #some

An expert is someone who knows a lot about the past. ↗

— Tom Hopkins

#expert #knows #lot #past #someone