#versa

Yes, I was hired by Universal because they needed a comedy director. They had seen Scandal and liked it. I saw an opportunity even in those comedies to begin my project of American films. ↗

— Douglas Sirk

#american films #because #begin #comedies #comedy

It depends, because sometimes an action role can be very demanding, and sometimes a dialogue-driven character can be very demanding, and vice versa. It depends. ↗

— Benicio Del Toro

#because #character #demanding #depends #role

I'm not a chauvinist. I'm a universalist. I think that God imploded, like a spiritual big bang, to launch the eight civilizations that make up recorded history and the religions in those civilizations. ↗

— Huston Smith

#big #big bang #civilizations #eight #god

For people to be able to sit down together and have a conversation, that's the power of love. ↗

— Jada Pinkett Smith

#conversation #down #love #people #power

I didn't get into film to win Academy Awards. I wanted to have a conversation with the audience. ↗

— Kevin Smith

#academy awards #audience #awards #conversation #film

You want people walking away from the conversation with some kernel of wisdom or some kind of impact. ↗

— Harry Dean Stanton

#conversation #impact #kernel #kind #people

For playing a man to a square to which it cannot be legally moved, the adversary, at his option, may require him to move the man legally, or to move the King. ↗

— Howard Staunton

#cannot #him #his #king #legally

For touching an adversary's man, when it cannot be captured, the offender must move his King. ↗

— Howard Staunton

#cannot #captured #his #king #man

Supposing everyone lived at one time what would they say. They would observe that stringing string beans is universal. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#everyone #lived #observe #one time #say

Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

#different #i #i think #managed #may