“I always shoot at privates. It was they who did the shooting and killing, and if I could kill a wound a private, why, my chances were so much the better. I always looked upon officers as harmless personages.” IfsWarChanceHistoryKillingWoundsShootingCivil WarIf I CouldOfficersAmerican Civil War Author:Sam Watkins
“Well, a funny thing, there are three that I like all for the same reason, golf, fishing, and shooting, and I do because first, they take you into the fields. There is mild exercise, the kind that an older individual probably should have. And on top of it, it induces you to take at any one time 2 or 3 hours, if you can, where you are thinking of the bird or that ball or the wily trout. Now, to my mind it is a very healthful, beneficial kind of thing, and I do it whenever I get a chance, as you well know.” IfsThinkingKnowsShouldMindFirstsWellsKindReasonThreeIndividualSportsHoursChanceFieldsExerciseBirdShould HaveBallsGolfShootingFishingWhere You AreOne TimeBeneficialFunny ThingsTrout Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“I like the idea of chance coming into filmmaking, in shooting, in editing, and I do make space in my rules of game for chance.” IdeasGamesChanceSpaceShootingFilmmakingEditing Author:Jørgen Leth
“I always get everyone prepared so there aren't so many arguments on set. I have a policy that the first thing I do in the morning is go over to the trailers and discuss exactly what we're shooting that day. It's time-consuming but it reduces the chances of 'misunderstandings' on set.” FirstsChanceMorningPolicyArgumentPreparedShootingMisunderstandingConsumingTrailersTime Consuming Author:Tony Scott