-
“It is impossible for a Die, with such determin'd force and direction, not to fall on such determin'd side, only I don't know the force and direction which makes it fall on such determin'd side, and therefore I call it Chance, which is nothing but the want of art.... .”
Source : "The Miscellaneous Works of the Late Dr. Arbuthnot".
-
“The least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of holding meetings.”
-
“Cary Grant never won an Oscar, primarily, I suspect, because he made everything look so effortless. Why reward someone for having fun, for being charming?”
-
“I had a lot of bad jobs but the one big internship I had is I interned for 'SNL' when I was 21 years old and that was the joke. You intern there and you think man, I'm going to be with the writers and the great comedians. Then you're getting everybody sandwiches and then the doors close and then all the great creatives are doing the work.”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
-
“I want to do film and TV. I want to make good stories. I want to write; I want to be more involved.”
Source : "Alia Shawkat" by Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 29, 2016.
-
“I believe in miracles. At the age of 13, I was on holiday in Moscow with my mother. It was the only trip I took in my whole childhood. We stepped off a metro train and were approached by a talent scout who told me that she wanted to sign me to her modeling agency.”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
-
“Always have something beautiful in sight, even if it's just a daisy in a jelly glass”
-
“I don't use the Internet, but apparently you can find out everything on it.”
Source : "Winona Ryder: Girl, Resurrected" by Candice Rainey, www.elle.com. December 9, 2010.