“Being a movie star is stressful as hell. You've got to do crunches all day long. You've got to get up and learn lines.” Quote by Thomas Lennon
“I need to be spontaneous sometimes. Sometimes I find that the little detail or nuance that you add to it that's based on what's happening at the time that's not very rehearsed often ends up feeling like the funniest thing.” NeedsLittlesEndsSometimesFeelingsHappeningsAddDetailsSpontaneousNuanceBe Spontaneous Author:Thomas Lennon
“I'm always doing what I can to look for and just feel out funny things that are happening in the scene and improvise off of them.” FeelsLooksI CanSceneHappeningsFunny Things Author:Thomas Lennon
“That is definitely a misunderstanding between me and a part of my audience. To be honest, I am often unsettled by the responses some people have had to my movies, and that includes many people who like them.” PeopleAudienceHonestResponseBeing HonestMisunderstanding Author:Todd Solondz
“There can be a blurry line between laughing at the expense of a character and laughing at the recognition of something painful and true. But blurry as it may be, it is nevertheless unmistakable, and sometimes the laughter I hear makes me wince.” MaySometimesCharacterLinesLaughingLaughterPainfulRecognitionExpensesNeverthelessBlurryWince Author:Todd Solondz
“Some people see me as dissecting my characters in some kind of heartless, coldblooded, analytical way, when in truth making these movies is a passionate, intensely emotional experience for me. I'm detached from the characters only to the degree that I have to be in order to write honestly about them.” PeopleWayWritingKindCharacterOrderEmotionalDegreesPassionateHonestlyDetachedHeartlessDissecting Author:Todd Solondz
“In my own little way, I feel like I'm part of a group of writers who care deeply about pushing the essay forward.” WayFeelsLittlesCareMy OwnGroupsPushingWho CaresEssays Author:David Shields
“What makes me angry is the idea that people would be going to a movie because of what I said about it. It makes me feel, I don't know, arrogant, self-important, self-aggrandizing, whatever. Like I'm being used.” PeopleKnowsFeelsSaidImportantIdeasSelfWould BeUsedAngryArrogantMake Me Angry Author:Todd Solondz
“I've always said that I myself am not the best audience for my own work, because I'm just not that receptive to comedy.” SaidMy OwnAudienceComedyReceptive Author:Todd Solondz
“I don't make movies with the idea that people are going to walk out of them feeling comfortable or better about themselves or more secure in their own biases or opinions.” PeopleIdeasFeelingsWalksOpinionComfortableSecure Author:Todd Solondz
“There's all different kinds of people, but I don't think it's that unusual that once you get like a little power, you get to do your weird thing even more.” PeopleThinkingKindLittlesDifferentUnusualDifferent KindsWeird ThingsYour Weird Author:Miranda July