“The awful consciousness that one is the sole object of attention to that immense space, lined as it were with human intellect from top to bottom, and on all side round, may be perhaps be imagined but can not be described.” HumansMaySidesSpaceAttentionConsciousnessObjectsTheaterBottomRoundsIntellectAwfulSoleImmenseCan Not Author:Sarah Siddons
“I love what I do for a living, it's the greatest job in the world, but you have to survive an awful lot of attention that you don't truly deserve and you have to live up to your professional responsibilities and I'm always trying to balance that with what is really important.” WorldTryingImportantJobsAttentionResponsibilityBalanceDeserveAwfulAlways Trying Author:Tom Hanks
“There isn't any great mystery about me. What I do is glamorous and has an awful lot of white-hot attention placed on it. But the actual work requires the same discipline and passion as any job you love doing, be it as a very good pipe fitter or a highly creative artist.” JobsArtistPassionWhiteAttentionCreativeMysteryDisciplineHotVery GoodAwfulPipeGlamorousCreative Artists Author:Tom Hanks
“People are getting attention for doing nothing, for behaving poorly, for abusing themselves in public and being abused, exploiting themselves. I find it vulgar and I find it awful.” PeopleAttentionAwfulVulgarDoing Nothing Author:Sarah Jessica Parker
“I think if some people know anything about African cinema it's something like the The Gods Must Be Crazy, which is such an awful, condescending movie that debases African participation, and anything I can do to shift that and draw attention to rich and widely varied films that come from there- because there's all kinds of filmmakers from Senegal, you have Mambety, and Haroun with Grigris.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsKindI CanFilmCan DoAttentionRichCrazyDrawsAll KindsAwfulCinemaFilmmakerParticipationBeing CrazyCondescending Author:Elvis Mitchell