“The CW is a very fashion-oriented network and they like their stars to look a certain way. I like that, but at the same time, I need Nikita to be toned down a bit. You can't draw too much attention to Nikita because she's an assassin.” WayNeedsLooksCertainStarsBitsAttentionToo MuchFashionDrawsAssassins Author:Maggie Q
“You might look at my CV and see I've had 12 jobs, but I've been to over 450 auditions so I've heard 'no' a lot more than I've heard 'yes'. So if I go in looking only to meet my own standards, then that will make taking that rejection a little bit easier. And when I do get that job it will seem like icing on the cake.” IfsLooksLittlesSeemsMightJobsBitsMy OwnHeardEasierLittle BitStandardsRejectionCakeAuditionsIcingIcing On The Cake Author:Wentworth Miller
“I worked with Steven Spielberg on 'AI,' and his level of preparation was extraordinary. He told me there was a time at the beginning when he was a bit more spontaneous and went over budget, and it absolutely wrecked his head. When you look at the power and assuredness of his movies, it makes sense that he works out so much in advance.” LooksBitsLevelsExtraordinaryWork OutPreparationMake SenseBudgetsSpontaneous Author:Brendan Gleeson
“I'm sure favorite moments in movies are things that just happen accidentally when the camera is there. You have to do all the homework to get yourself into the period, the costumes, the style, the voice, the hairdo or whatever it is, but once you've done all that work, you have to kind of let it go and just be there. If you're always thinking about it, it just looks a bit over-thought.” IfsThinkingLooksKindDoneMomentsHappensBitsVoiceStylePeriodsCamerasCostumesLet It GoHomeworkAlways ThinkingHairdos Author:Tom Hiddleston
“The closer you get to reality, the harder it is to make it look convincing to the audience. That's why I tend to make things [films] that are a little bit more caricature.” LooksLittlesRealityFilmBitsAudienceLittle BitHarderConvincingCaricatures Author:John Lasseter
“I am quite happy that the Beatles came and went. There is even a sort of glory in not having it go on forever. There is a complete body of work that went from A to Z and it is all pretty damn good stuff. The one thing I am particularly proud of is that nearly every single bit of it has some good message. I feel fortunate when I look back. Life is not easy, but I've been very lucky - and I'm touching wood as I say that.” FeelsLooksBodyLife IsEasyStuffBitsForeverOne ThingGoes OnProudLuckyMessagesGloryWoodsFortunateDamnTouchingDamn GoodLife Is Not Easy Author:Paul McCartney
“I want to look my best, but I'm not a model. I'm not an actress. I'm representing normal girls. It's OK to have a little bit of curve. I'm happy with my body. So many girls come up to me and say, "Thank you for being normal," and I'm proud of that.” WantLooksLittlesBodyGirlBitsProudNormalLittle BitModelsCome UpActressesCurvesRepresentingSaying Thank You Author:Miranda Lambert
“When you look at how American national freight systems are connected, it's a bit of a patchwork. When you look at how even road systems and rail systems work across state lines, it's a bit of a patchwork.” LooksStatesBitsLinesConnectedRailPatchwork Author:Anthony Foxx
“One of the best bits of advice I can give is, early on, when you're building a new business, try to find somebody to run it on a day-to-day basis to free yourself up to look at the bigger picture.” GivingTryingLooksI CanRunningBitsAdviceBuildingBasesBiggerDay To DayNew BusinessBigger PictureFree Yourself Author:Richard Branson
“I am quite international. My background, born in Turkey. My family is a Jewish family from Iran, so I went from Turkey to Iran to Israel, and then grew up in Italy and ended up in U.S. for graduate school. So I tend to look at things from an international perspective, and I think that gives you a little bit of a broader view of what's going on.” ThinkingGivingLooksLittlesSchoolBitsBornViewsPerspectiveGrewLittle BitGrew UpMy FamilyInternationalIsraelBackgroundsIranGraduatesTurkeysGraduate SchoolJewish Family Author:Nouriel Roubini
“The model I came up with in 1964 is just the invention of a rather strange sort of medium that looks the same in all directions and produces a kind of refraction that is a little bit more complicated than that of light in glass or water.” LooksKindLittlesLightBitsWaterProduceStrangeLittle BitModelsGlassesComplicatedInventionMediums Author:Peter Higgs
“It is curious, isn't it, that things you know well never look dirty and dilapidated-other people's old furniture looks shabby and moth-eaten. “I would never have that horrible old couch in my room,” you say. But your own old couch is every bit as bad and you are not disgusted with its appearance; it is your friend, you see, and you remember it when it was new and smart. Friends that you have known for a long time and love very dearly never seem to grow old.” PeopleKnowsWellsLooksLongSeemsRememberGrowsBitsRoomsKnownLong TimeSmartAnd LoveAppearanceHorribleCuriousDirtyFurnitureCouchesMothsDisgustedTime And LoveShabby Author:D.E. Stevenson
“I'm not sure how to describe my style. A lot of my work is dark and looks a bit sad, which is strange because I'm such a smiley, over-the-top positive guy who wears gold shoes most days.” LooksGuyBitsDarkStyleStrangeGoldShoesNot SureOver The TopSmileyGold Shoes Author:Aaron Huey
“I wonder whether my bleak-o-meter is set differently from other people's. I have such passion for what I do that I can't see it as bleak. When people use that word, or “grim” or “gritty,” I just think, “Oh, come on, look a bit deeper.” My films don't give you an easy ride. I can see that. The sense I get is that people have quite a physical experience with them. They feel afterwards that they've really been through something.” PeopleThinkingGivingFeelsLooksI CanUseFilmPassionEasyBitsWonderDeeperGrimMeterBleakRelay Races Author:Andrea Arnold
“I never felt pretty. I don't feel pretty now. I'm not a pretty person. I don't like pretty. So I don't feel badly. And I think it worked out well, because I found that all the girls I know who got by on their looks, as time went on and they faded, they were nothing. And they were very disappointed. When you're somebody like myself, in order to get around and be attractive, you have to develop something, you have to learn something, you have to do something. So you become a bit more interesting.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsWellsLooksPersonsOrderGirlFoundFeltBitsInterestingAttractiveDisappointedFaded Author:Iris Apfel
“When you look at the number of stupid people who have succeeded in business, you clearly don't have to be very bright. Business is all about getting your sales up and your costs down, the bit in the middle is profit.” PeopleLooksBitsNumbersMiddleStupidCostProfitStupid People Author:Michael O'Leary
“You consciously look after yourself, whatever that may be to you, whether it's going out for a few drinks and a bit of dinner, or just hitting the couch and watching TV, or going to the gym or yoga class. Just being aware that there's a potential for you to be in it and respecting wherever you find yourself is good enough.” LooksMayEnoughBitsClassTvsDrinkYogaDinnerFinding YourselfGood EnoughGymHittingJust BeingGoing OutCouchesWatching TvLook After Yourself Author:Colin Farrell
“Our job, as actors, is to just try to be as accurate and as mindful of what the audience is going through and receiving and processing. If it's a situation where the character should look a little bit out of control or do something stupid, it's your job to act into that, in a believable way.” IfsWayShouldTryingLooksLittlesCharacterJobsActorsBitsSituationAudienceStupidLittle BitReceivingAccurateProcessingBelievable Author:Jason Bateman
“In my normal time, I like bacon sarnies, I smoke and I drink coffee. I do look after myself, but sometimes I allow myself to just let go a bit.” LooksSometimesBitsDrinkLetting GoNormalCoffeeSmokeJust Let Go Author:Tom Weston-Jones
“Xiaomi looks a bit like Apple but is really more like Amazon with some elements of Google.” LooksBitsElementsApplesGoogleAmazon Author:Lei Jun
“President Bush bet his presidency-and America's world leadership-on the war in Iraq. Tragically, it looks as though he bit off more than the American people were willing to chew.” PeopleWorldLooksWarAmericaBitsPresidentWillingIraqPresidencyPresident BushWorld Leader Author:Mort Kondracke
“I think if you're not going to look so daft walking down the street split your workouts a little bit.” IfsThinkingLooksLittlesBitsStreetsWalkingLittle BitSplitsWorkoutDaft Author:Greg Rutherford
“Theatre is organic, film is not. Theatre you come every day and you work with a group of people and you're are all up for it and you all get to do the whole thing every night, be it two hours or three hours. In film you work in two or three minute bits and it's never in chronological order and then someone takes that away and makes it look like it all happened, or that you gave that performance.” PeopleLooksTwoWholeFilmNightOrderThreeBitsHoursHappenedGroupsMinutesPerformancesTheatreEvery Night Author:Kevin Spacey
“Having a belief in God, being able to find joy, despite your circumstances or put yourself outside of yourself, and stop looking inwards and look outwards a little bit really helps to carry through tough times. Giving makes you feel better.” GivingFeelsLooksLittlesHelpingAbleJoyBeliefBitsCircumstancesLittle BitToughDespiteFeel BetterTough TimesBelief In God Author:Queen Latifah
“The only way to be turned off to being famous is to be famous. And I only have like a tiny, tiny bit of that, and I'm already disgusted by it. But I realize that the only way to be disgusted by fame is to be famous, because otherwise it looks amazing. Then people stop you on the street, and it's like the most annoying thing in the world. The first time it happened it's great, and then the second time you have to shake somebody's hand.” PeopleWorldWayFirstsLooksHandsBitsRealizingHappenedStreetsFameFirst TimeTinyShakesAnnoyingBeing FamousDisgustedTurned OffAnnoying Things Author:Jesse Eisenberg
“Even though I'm an actor, even though I know a little bit about film, I very much view things as an audience member. For me, whether it's TV, film, theater, whatever, it's a big movie, a small movie, whatever it is, I look for the truth in it. I look for the honesty. I just look for if it feels honest and real to me.” IfsKnowsFeelsLooksLittlesRealBigsFilmActorsBitsViewsAudienceHonestHonestyTvsMembersLittle BitTheaterBig Movie Author:Elisabeth Moss
“I think all men when they get older, they look at the mirror and they probably see their father a little bit.” ThinkingMenLooksLittlesFatherBitsLittle BitMirrors Author:Christopher Walken
“I don't have kids. Maybe that's kept me young. I have a wife for almost 50 years and she looks after me a little bit like I was seven years-old.” YearsLooksLittlesKidsYoungBitsWifeLittle BitSevenSeven Years Author:Christopher Walken
“I look for interesting titles that are curious and make people think. A lot of people are always so caught up in their lives. But if I make them smile through my titles or provoke them a little bit then maybe they will think about things and read the book and take something away from it.” PeopleIfsThinkingLooksLittlesBookBitsInterestingLittle BitCaughtCuriousTitlesProvokingCaught Up Author:Robin Sharma
“When I am getting ready to cross a street, I look both ways before crossing. My bones, my muscles, are not what they used to be, so I am careful when I go up and down stairs, because I've heard stories of older people falling and having very disabling injuries. I have enough things that begin to go a little bit wrong as I get a little bit older.” PeopleWayLooksLittlesEnoughStoriesUsedFallBitsHeardStreetsReadyLittle BitCrossesCarefulBonesUsed To BeMusclesInjuryUp And DownStairsCrossingsOlder People Author:Buzz Aldrin
“The one thing you can rely on is if you get disturbed halfway through a painting and it looks a bit naff, then someone will preserve that piece, remove it and a few months later it'll be paraded round Sotheby's by people wearing white gloves.” PeopleIfsLooksBitsWhitePiecesOne ThingPaintingMonthsRoundsPreservesRelyRemoveHalfwayDisturbedGlovesWearing White Author:Banksy
“There are moments when it's unbelievable how people who work on the hair or on the little bit of skin here, they have no other care or interest since this part of their job is the only thing that needs to look good. So you have to push everybody to the side so that you can have a connection with your actor and give some air to your actor.” PeopleNeedsGivingLooksLittlesMomentsCareJobsActorsBitsSidesInterestAirHairLittle BitConnectionsSkinsUnbelievable Author:Audrey Tautou
“I think working with actors is a little bit how a chef would work with a potato or a piece of meat. You have to kind of have a look at the potato or the piece of meat and see what kind of possibilities are in the ingredient. I know I'm using the wrong metaphor. I think my job is to see what potato is there and from there, just work under their conditions.” ThinkingKnowsLooksKindLittlesJobsActorsBitsPiecesConditionsPossibilityLittle BitMetaphorMeatIngredientsChefPotatoes Author:Lars von Trier
“I think it's good to look at how people lived before, and then take the best bits of that culture and try to mix it in with your own.” PeopleThinkingTryingLooksCultureBits Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“As you go higher up in the ladder, you look down, and it's a pretty far fall, so you tend to watch your step a bit more. That's all you can do. It's a full time job not to kill these niggas out here; every day I ask for the strength not to go off the handle and whack one of these stupid cunts.” LooksJobsFallAsksBitsCan DoStepsWatchesStupidHigherDown AndHandleYou Can Do ItLaddersFull Time Jobs Author:Gunplay
“I remember how difficult it was to perform certain operations on gelatine prints. A few weeks ago I asked my gelatine printer at Picto, "Can you make just the shadows a little bit brighter?" He gave me a very strange look because in Photoshop you just turn a button, and we're used to that now, but it is totally impossible in gelatine silver printing.” LooksLittlesRememberUsedCertainTurnsBitsDifficultImpossibleWeekStrangeLittle BitShadowOperationsSilverPrintButtonsBrighterPrintingPrinterPhotoshop Author:Peter Lindbergh