“I have very mixed feelings about the movie business, and about Los Angeles in general.” Quote by Matthew Specktor
“Usually when people say they have mixed feelings about something, it's a sort of euphemistic way of saying they hate it.” PeopleWayFeelingsHateMixed Feelings Author:Matthew Specktor
“I do have complicated feelings about Hollywood, but I also have tremendously affectionate ones.” FeelingsHollywoodComplicatedAffectionate Author:Matthew Specktor
“I worked in the mail room at CAA when I was in high school. I worked in the literary department, too. That was my after school job, believe it or not: I would read manuscripts and then evaluations on whether or not I thought they'd make good movies. Which was fascinating and kind of hilarious to me at the time.” BelieveKindSchoolJobsRoomsHigh SchoolDepartmentFascinatingMailManuscriptsGood MovieEvaluationAfter School Author:Matthew Specktor
“My mom was a screenwriter. I saw a lot of people who didn't seem very fulfilled creatively or otherwise by their roles in the motion picture industry.” PeopleSeemsRolesSawsMomIndustryMy MomFulfilledScreenwritersMotion Pictures Author:Matthew Specktor
“I was so very interested in literature and so relatively uninterested in the movies when I was a teenager.” LiteratureTeenagerUninterested Author:Matthew Specktor
“My parents were very patient with my pretentious little adolescent snobberies. It took me awhile to accept them.” LittlesParentAcceptingPatientPretentiousSnobbery Author:Matthew Specktor
“Every snotty egotistical teenager thinks they're smarter than the world they crawled out of. It didn't take me so long to grow out of that. I think I was only in my early twenties when I realized I was just relying on received ideas.” ThinkingWorldLongIdeasGrowsTwentiesI RealizedTeenagerTake MeSmarterEgotistical Author:Matthew Specktor
“I've had an amazing professional life, personal life, but at 64 to have a son who gives us that much love and enjoyment is, wow!” GivingSonEnjoymentWowPersonal LifeMuch LoveProfessional Life Author:Elton John
“One of the weird things about L.A. is that there's always a set of negative perceptions that attaches itself to this city.” CitiesPerceptionNegativeWeird Things Author:Matthew Specktor
“When I moved to SF in my early 20s, I loved it, but I was absolutely astonished to discover that people there hated L.A. I was just like why? Really? I had no idea.” PeopleIdeasMovedNo IdeaHatedEarly 20s Author:Matthew Specktor