“I'm a parent, and I regulate what my kids listen to. I don't need the government to be the parent. If I'm a crappy parent, then I need the government involved.” IfsNeedsGovernmentKidsParentInvolved Author:Howard Stern
“I can't imagine the biggest blow to me was that marriage not working out. That just flipped me out.” I CanImagineBlowWork OutFlipped Author:Howard Stern
“I'm a believer that satellite radio, whether I'm on it or not, will take off.” RadioBelieverSatellites Author:Howard Stern
“I'm very interested in clans and the way people group together, and there's a lot of group shots. There's a lot of people in positions that people feel like they're in attack mode, kind of pointed at each other in the frame. I'm not a big fan of shooting something that looks like it could belong in any movie, I'm not a fan of okay, "wide shot, wide shot, medium shot, close-up, close-up, we'll figure it out in post." I hate that.” PeopleWayFeelsLooksKindBigsTogetherHateGroupsFansFiguresPositionShotsOkayI HateWideMediumsPostsShootingClans Author:Justin Simien
“I love when scenes are intentionally and meticulously planned so we feel like this is a handcrafted scene that only works in this moment and this movie, and that's the way I approach my films.” WayFeelsMomentsFilmSceneApproachHandcrafted Author:Justin Simien
“If the characters [in a movie] aren't real, if their lives aren't realistic, if you call bullshit at any point in their journey, then the rest of it is invalid.” IfsRealCharacterJourneyRealisticBullshit Author:Justin Simien
“What you want to do is talk about ideas, you write a novel, you have a lecture about those ideas. Satire and comedy are really the only film mediums where you can get into ideas and have people leave the theater without being moralized.” PeopleWantWritingIdeasFilmNovelComedyTheaterWhat You WantMediumsSatireLectures Author:Justin Simien
“White people don't have that problem, they get to go through life never having to fit into a box, and it's really more so true for white men because even just being a woman, you sort of have to walk around other people's assumptions of you and it's so exhausting and there's a sense, especially among young people of wanting to just live your life, not having to wear the weight of that pressure - pressure that people of color feel, that gay people of color feel, that women of color feel.” PeopleMenFeelsProblemYoungWhiteWalksColorFitGayWeightPressureBoxesAssumptionJust BeingLive Your LifeWhite ManBeing A WomanExhaustingGay PeopleJust LiveJust Live Your Life Author:Justin Simien
“British diplomats who worked in Iran during the 1980 hostage crisis are deeply upset by Ben Affleck's Oscar-winning film 'Argo,' which suggests they refused shelter to the group who managed to get out of the U.S. embassy.” FilmWinningGroupsCrisisBritishUpsetIranShelterOscarsHostageDiplomatsEmbassyArgoHostage Crisis Author:Simon Hoggart