#very

Everybody says how hard comedy is, but, when it comes time to honor things, whether it's on a weekly critical basis or whether it's award time, at that time of the year, comedy is the poor, dumb child of dramatic work. ↗

— Ivan Reitman

#basis #child #comedy #comes #critical

Movies either work or they don't work and they're either funny or they're not and we work very hard. To achieve that kind of work is really kind of delicate stitching. ↗

— Ivan Reitman

#delicate #either #funny #hard #kind

Well, actually, I did start out in comedies. Very, very early. ↗

— Ivan Reitman

#comedies #did #early #i #out

The movie business is very difficult but the music business is just impossible. So I'll play in bands and record and play songs with other people, but for me it's a form of expression that all I need is me. I don't need cameras or agents, I can just have a piano and sing and feel totally verified. ↗

— Jeremy Renner

#bands #business #cameras #difficult #expression

There is nothing new, from Greek mythology to Shakespeare to every romcom ever made, we're just reimagining the same 12 story plots over and over again - so what makes people keep watching and listening? It's all about the character. ↗

— Jeremy Renner

#again #character #ever #every #greek

I'm really busted up over this and I'm very, very sorry to those people in the audience, the blacks, the Hispanics, whites - everyone that was there that took the brunt of that anger and hate and rage and how it came through. ↗

— Michael Richards

#audience #blacks #brunt #busted #came

The President, in talking about freedom and democracy, is sparking a wave of very positive democratic sentiment that might help us override both Islamic fundamentalism that has formed in that region, and also some of the hatred for our policies of invading Iraq. ↗

— Bill Richardson

#also #both #democracy #democratic #formed

I have a responsibility, and it's something that I did wrong, and if I could personally apologize to every single person that has lost a loved one from drunk driving I would. ↗

— Nicole Richie

#could #did #driving #drunk #every

I think fame is harder when people have something to hide, but I'm very comfortable, and have nothing to hide. ↗

— Nicole Richie

#fame #harder #hide #i #i think

Though every legal task demands this skill, it is especially important in the effort to frame public policy in a way that is properly responsive to human needs and predicaments. The question is always: How will the general rule work in practice? ↗

— Elliot Richardson

#demands #effort #especially #every #frame