#tried

Yes, actually ever since I saw his films and tried to write about them, Sirk's been in everything I've done. Not Sirk himself, but what I've learned from his work. ↗

— Rainer W. Fassbinder

#actually #been #done #ever #everything

Conducting, I tried it once off the cuff, and quickly realized there were subtle aspects that I was missing. There is a lot more to it that I was able to grasp simply by watching conductors. ↗

— Carter Burwell

#aspects #conducting #conductors #grasp #i

After I quit dancing, I tried a lot of jobs. But I could always bake. ↗

— Ron Ben-Israel

#always #bake #could #dancing #i

We always admire the other person more after we've tried to do his job. ↗

— William Feather

#after #always #his #job #more

To disappear your complete self into a character is quite difficult. I've tried it 85 times, and I've succeeded two or three times. ↗

— Michael Caine

#complete #difficult #disappear #i #into

I took four years off after 'In the Cut' because I wanted to see who I'd be without work. I even tried being a hermit in the wilderness in New Zealand. I stayed in a warden's hut two-and-a-half hours off the Routeburn Track through the fjords on the South Island. It was early winter, so there was no electricity or running water. ↗

— Jane Campion

#because #being #cut #early #electricity

I only did my duty to my country when I tried to oppose the criminal folly of Hitler. ↗

— Wilhelm Canaris

#criminal #did #duty #folly #hitler

I think of myself as a guy who tries to write screenplays and now has tried to direct one. Anything more than that is meaningless and it gets in the way of being a real human being. ↗

— Charlie Kaufman

#being #direct #gets #guy #human

I've watched my duty, straight an' true, an' tried to do it well; Part of the time kept heaven in view, An' part steered clear of hell. ↗

— Will Carleton

#duty #heaven #hell #i #kept

I knew that I could vote and that that wasn't a privilege; it was my right. Every time I tried I was shot, killed or jailed, beaten or economically deprived. ↗

— Stokely Carmichael

#could #deprived #economically #every #every time