“Martin Luther King was never an up close and personal figure in the United States.” Quote by Taylor Branch
“I definitely prefer directing, hands down. I'm a lazy writer and it wasn't until I got into directing that I now have a real impetus when I'm sitting at my computer. Now that I know what it's like to get to bring characters and their stories to fruition, I'm addicted. I'm a junkie. I want more.” KnowsWantRealCharacterStoriesHandsComputerSittingLazyJunkieFruitionImpetus Author:Coley Sohn
“As a kid I was always writing and directing plays in my basement with my neighborhood cronies. But please don't get me wrong, I have zero regrets when it comes to the acting stuff. I think it's made me a better director.” ThinkingWritingMadePlayKidsStuffActingRegretPleaseDirectorsNeighborhoodZeroBasementsCronies Author:Coley Sohn
“It's always about a character that I become obsessed with and who refuses to leave me alone.” CharacterRefuseObsessedLeaving MeMe AloneLeave Me Alone Author:Ruba Nadda
“The secret is you need a director who refuses to walk away and you need a director willing to put their whole career behind the project.” NeedsWholeWalksSecretBehindsCareersWillingDirectorsProjectsRefuse Author:Ruba Nadda
“As a director I always look at someone's eyes. How truthful are they? Will this person take me on this journey?” LooksPersonsEyeJourneyDirectorsTake MeTruthful Author:Ruba Nadda
“Be decisive and persevere. You have to recognize that, at the end of the day, no one really cares if you make another movie. That decision falls on you. You're the leader of your own destiny and the one person who can't walk away.” IfsPersonsEndsCareFallDecisionWalksLeaderDestinyThe End Of The DayPersevere Author:Ruba Nadda
“I want to give up every single day of my life, but I can't. I'm obsessed.” WantGivingI CanGiving UpObsessedI Want To Give Up Author:Ruba Nadda
“If kids've been overprotected from failure in childhood, they get out into the world and they really get thrown off.” IfsWorldKidsChildhoodThrown Author:Paul Tough
“I want to give the audience what they want, but not at all costs. I want to leave them with something. I try to do that with every single movie I make.” WantGivingTryingAudienceCost Author:Ruba Nadda
“If we don't give kids the opportunity to fail when they're growing up, and to fail productively, to fail creatively, that they're going to get out there into the world and they're going to hit some kind of setback, like everybody does, and they're going to get completely derailed.” IfsWorldGivingKindDoeKidsOpportunityGrowing UpGrowingFailingSetback Author:Paul Tough