"I realize I am contradictory: I have an independent filmmaker's sensibility and a Hollywood director's short-attention span."

-- Doug Liman

#Independent Quotes #Attention Quotes #Directors Quotes

“It's one of the most beautiful, inspiring places I've ever been to.”
“I take it, then, Vijay, you are still a virgin?'Yes, and I find it extremely galling. When Gandhi was my age he had already been married three years.'No wonder Gandhi turned out to be a great man. When you get your love life nailed down that early, think of all the time it frees up to devote to Great Ideas.”

Source : C.D. Payne (2009). “Youth in Revolt: Now a major motion picture from Dimension Films starring Michael Cera”, p.177, Broadway Books
“A good friend is someone we can count on, as well as being so much more. A friend is someone with whom we can relax and just hang out, have fun and share our innermost thoughts - deep dark secrets, lofty and noble goals, or our hopes, joys, and fears. A good friend allows you a safe space to share your deepest thoughts and needs - without worry of being judged, criticized or made to feel silly for feeling the way you do. Friends cheer each other on, laugh and cry together, and just plain commiserate and listen to each other. That's why friends are friends.”
“I like blue a lot, and greens. Earthy blues and greens.”

Source : "'Idol' winner Lee DeWyze: 'I'm free to do what I want now'". Le DeWyze's Final National Media Conference Call, usatoday30.usatoday.com. May 29, 2010.
“Let's start with this statistic: You are delicious. Be brave, my sweet. I know you can get lonely. I know you can crave companionship and sex and love so badly that it physically hurts. But I truly believe that the only way you can find out that there's something better out there is to first believe there's something better out there. What other choice is there?”
“I hate two kinds of sentences you hear in workshops, the ones beginning "I really like ..." and the ones beginning "My problem with this poem is ..."”
“One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life.”
“I don't like the way I ever appear on TV.”

Source : "Poker legend Chris Moneymaker talks 'All In: The Poker Movie". Interview with Clark Collis, ew.com. March 23, 2012.

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