“I really enjoy the consolation when I'm having to cut loose stuff I love, of saying 'Well, at least it will make it onto DVD.' There's a couple of scenes which I liked very much, but couldn't fit them into the film that are on there.” WellsFilmStuffEnjoyCuttingCoupleFitSceneConsolationDvds Author:Jay Roach
“There's not a lot of room anymore for what I call 'made-up' drama. The drama comes from real places now - marriage takes work and focus, the kid stuff takes patience and commitment. And if you don't grow as people and as a couple, within all of that, then you've got some real drama.” PeopleIfsMadeRealKidsGrowsStuffRoomsFocusCoupleDramaCommitment Author:Jeremy Sisto
“I go into Daunt Books in Marylebone every couple of weeks. My wife Sara demolishes books, but I only buy stuff occasionally. I like boys' things, spies and the Cold War.” BookWarStuffBoysWifeWeekColdCoupleMy WifeCold WarSpyLike A BoyDemolish Author:Noel Gallagher
“The Angels shows are really intense. We play for a couple hours at a time. They're very theatrical and full of audience interaction and emotion. I've seen a lot of people crying and stuff. It's a little bit like church, but it's very secular.” PeopleLittlesPlayShowsStuffBitsHoursChurchEmotionAudienceCryCoupleLittle BitAngelIntenseInteractionSecularTheatrical Author:Tom DeLonge
“For the last year and a half, I went from being a crazy workout girl to sort of saying, "My body wants a little bit a of break." So I kind of stay with more simple stuff and taking walks and not being neurotic about working out and eating right. I started to enjoy life a little bit more. The only downside to that is there's that couple extra pounds and about 4,000 pregnancy rumors, but you know, other than that, it feels great.” KnowsWantFeelsYearsKindLittlesBodyLastsGirlStuffBitsEnjoySimpleWalksHalfBreakCrazyCoupleEatingLittle BitWork OutExtrasPoundsPregnancyLast YearWorkoutEnjoy LifeRumorNeuroticEating Right Author:Jennifer Aniston
“Hollywood seems to succumb to fads. Well, action films do well. Give me violence. Give me a scene where there's a couple of car chases or shooting and stuff like that. They're forgetting the fact that there's a basic structure to a story that is essential to making it really broad and appealing.” GivingWellsFactsStoriesSeemsActionFilmStuffForgetViolenceCarCoupleSceneEssentialsHollywoodGive MeStructureShootingBroadsFadsAction Films Author:Clint Eastwood
“I'm just there to do interviews and stuff, because we have about 40 media people there, so it's a very, very busy week. But that's the only time. I did marry, I think on one show, about 25 couples in Acapulco Bay once, but that was all just for kicks.” PeopleThinkingShowsStuffWeekMediaCoupleBusyKicksInterviewsOnly TimeAcapulco Author:Gavin MacLeod
“There were not fifteen people in the story department and twenty-five producers and stuff. And Roger had produced 1,000 movies and directed a couple of hundred, and their comments were always very, very specific.” PeopleStoriesStuffFiveCoupleHundredTwentiesProducersDepartmentCommentFifteenRogerTwenty Five Author:John Sayles
“Sure, some [teachers] could give the standard limit definitions, but they [the students] clearly did not understand the definitions - and it would be a remarkable student who did, since it took mathematicians a couple of thousand years to sort out the notion of a limit, and I think most of us who call ourselves professional mathematicians really only understand it when we start to teach the stuff, either in graduate school or beyond.” ThinkingGivingYearsWould BeSchoolStuffTeachTeacherStudentsCoupleThousandLimitsStandardsNotionDefinitionsRemarkableGraduatesMathematicianThousand YearsGraduate SchoolFormal Education Author:Keith Devlin
“The basic idea that the purpose of life is to be happy or is to experience the most favorable ratio of pleasure to suffering or productivity to work or gratification to sacrifice or any of that stuff, which, you know, a couple generations ago, to say that kind of stuff would have made you, you know, a freak - a freak and an Epicurean - and now seems to be so much - simply an unquestioned assumption of the culture that we don't really even talk about it anymore.” KnowsKindMadeIdeasSeemsLife IsPurposeSufferingCultureStuffPleasureGenerationsSacrificeCoupleProductivityAssumptionPurpose Of LifeFreakGratificationRatiosEpicurean Author:David Foster Wallace
“I started [flying] by being scared. When I was an amateur I played a couple tournaments and I had to fly, and got into weather and stuff, and it scared me, and I decided that would not work, I had to learn to fly, I had to find out about airplanes and aeronautical engineering and what it was all about.” StuffCoupleDecidedScaredFlyingWeatherAirplaneEngineeringTournamentsBeing ScaredLearn To Fly Author:Arnold Palmer
“The only award I've been nominated for is a Scottish BAFTA. A Scottish BAFTA, it's like hearing that the animals have their own Olympics. You hear all this stuff about TV being faked. Of course it's faked. It's all faked. That documentary a couple of weeks ago about tribal warfare among monkeys, that was all filmed in a Yates wine lodge in Dundee. Comic Relief is faked. Everybody in Africa is fine.” HumorFunnyCoursesStuffAnimalWeekTvsFineCoupleWineHearingComicReliefAwardsWarfareOlympicsMonkeysDocumentariesScottishLodgesComic ReliefDundee Author:Frankie Boyle
“At the time of Polaroid - and I did a couple of other commercials just before I stopped doing that stuff - at that point I was at the level where they respect you and your opinion and all that sort of thing.” StuffLevelsOpinionCouplePolaroids Author:Jim Henson
“You need to update your blog a couple of times a week. You need to post a Twitter here and there. It feels so dumb to say that stuff, but it's important for me to keep that presence going.” NeedsFeelsImportantStuffWeekCoupleDumbPostsHere And ThereBlogsUpdates Author:Nick Thune
“I have an Honors Degree in Drama from the University of Alberta, but when it was done I knew a life in modern theatre was not for me. While figuring out what the hell I might do instead of theatre, I spent a couple of days on a horror film doing stunt work. I'd never been behind the camera before, and I loved everything about it. I joined the local film co-op - The Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta - because you could trade skills for experience. These indie filmmakers were making their own stuff their own way, all the time. Instant education.” WayArtDoneMightFilmStuffBehindsHellModernCoupleHonorDramaHorrorSkillsDegreesCamerasTradeUniversityTheatreLocalsVideoFilmmakerInstantHorror FilmAlberta Author:Karen Walton
“The summer gig turned into my day job. I was an arts administrator who helped make indie flicks. At the filmmakers' encouragement, I tried shooting a couple of shorts of my own. Directing was stressful, it was not my strength. But writing the scripts and helping others with their scripts - that was a gas. Making stuff up the way I wanted to see it was the biggest kick I ever experienced.” WayWritingArtHelpingWantedJobsStuffMy OwnCoupleSummerEncouragementScriptsHelping OthersShootingFilmmakerKicksGasGigsStressfulShortsAdministratorsDay Jobs Author:Karen Walton
“[Having bigger budget] allowed me to be a full-time filmmaker for a couple months and not have to have a day job and be balancing a bunch of other stuff. It allowed me to bring in all these people from different parts of the country. It allows me to have an actual food budget, where we could eat healthy for the month we were shooting. It makes all the difference in the world.” PeopleWorldDifferentCountryJobsStuffDifferencesMonthsCoupleHealthyBiggerBunchShootingBudgetsFilmmakerDay Jobs Author:Joe Swanberg
“I do some freelance web design stuff. I taught a directing class for this not-for-profit organization here in Chicago a couple months ago. I wrote a thing for Filmmaker Magazine a couple months ago. Occasionally, I'll get to go speak to students at a university and make a little money that way, which is great. I really like doing that.” WayLittlesSpeakStuffClassDesignStudentsTaughtMonthsCoupleOrganizationUniversityProfitMagazinesFilmmakerChicagoLittle MoneyWeb Design Author:Joe Swanberg
“Mockumentary formats are great for a couple of things. One of them is delivering the toughest part of any sitcom episode, what writers call "pipe" - the nuts and bolts of the story where you explain what's happening, the boring plot stuff.” StoriesStuffCoupleHappeningsBoringPlotNutsEpisodesPipeSitcomFormatBoltsDeliveringNuts And Bolts Author:Michael Schur
“And then, movie-wise, I'm writing a couple of things. They're all comedies. It's the only way I know. I'm also being sent scripts, which is really nice, kind of off the back of this, so I don't necessarily have to generate my own stuff. I'm just looking for something that's explosively funny and relatable in equal measure.” KnowsWayWritingKindStuffMy OwnComedyWiseNiceCoupleEqualScriptsRelatableReally Nice Author:Dan Mazer
“I'm a good collaborative writer. I can usually come in and add a couple lines to something, and add a riff or a B-section, or a bridge that will tie things together. I can do stuff like that. But to write a whole song, I don't have the patience for that, I guess.” WritingI CanWholeTogetherSongStuffCan DoLinesCoupleAddBridgesTiesSections Author:James Young
“Acting is a very strange industry in that it flows in these weird ways, I'll be so busy for 6 months and then nothing for a couple months, so it's hard for me to focus and stuff.” WayHardStuffActingFocusStrangeMonthsIndustryCoupleFlowBusy Author:Alia Shawkat
“There were a couple of times that we did end up moving the set [of Helix] outside to shoot some of the outside scenes, just because we needed a bit more space, and that ended up being a little bit more helpful and easier to breathe, when you're dealing with some of the fake snow stuff. It was a lot of fun, and it looks amazing.” LooksLittlesEndsMovingFunStuffBitsSpaceCoupleNeededEasierSceneLittle BitBreatheSnowFakeHelpful Author:Kyra Zagorsky
“I played a couple of ideas and then had this unusual texture underneath which was like this little granulated kind of pipe organ almost like a scratchy record which he started [inaudible] brilliantly. "Oh I love that song." And when things go fine, it's good. So he started loving that song and that song was used quite a lot in the movie which is very granulated stuff on the guitar.” KindLittlesIdeasUsedSongStuffRecordsFineCoupleGuitarUnusualOrgansPipeTexturePipe Organs Author:A. R. Rahman
“I eat like a kid. I like Chief Boyardee. Their Ravioli, but they have some stuff I've never seen in the real Italian food world. You ever been in a nice Italian restaurant? Hi how are you? Ummm id like to start with a nice bottle of Chanti and a couple of Caesar Salads and umm I'm going to have the Beef a'ronni. And some Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the lady.” WorldRealKidsStuffNiceCoupleChiefsRestaurantsBottlesItalianTeenageSaladBeefTurtlesNinjaMutantsItalian FoodCaesar SaladNinja TurtleTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Author:Brian Regan
“I do take a computer to do some processing live and I might use a couple of plug-in synthesisers, 'cause obviously you can take quite a lot of power in terms of sound generation on a computer that I can trigger from a couple of keyboards. And it means I don't have to take some of my vintage stuff and have it trashed by various airlines which has happened in the past. But I still take some vintage stuff with me, I'll take that risk because I like using all that stuff.” MeanStillsI CanUseMightPastCausesStuffSoundTermRiskGenerationsHappenedCoupleComputerVariousTriggersAirlineVintageKeyboardsProcessingPlugsMight UseVintage Stuff Author:Thighpaulsandra
“Well, there's lots of different things going on at the moment, I'm in talks with some people from Japan to do something and I'm also talking to Hugo Boss to do a very small line, which I want to keep to just 10-12 pieces, but what I want to do is sit with the designers for a couple of days bashing some stuff out.” PeopleWantWellsDifferentMomentsStuffLinesTalkingPiecesCoupleDesignerJapanDifferent ThingsBoss Author:Jay Kay
“With The Pogues, at least the first three albums I'll stand by completely, yeah? Because I was in artistic control then, yeah? And the last couple of albums I'll stand by anything that's got my name on it, yeah? But I'll stand by anything that is on The Popes' albums, you know? I wouldn't put stuff out that I didn't like. I don't put out bad music. And I can tell the difference. I know that.” KnowsFirstsI CanLastsThreeNamesStuffDifferencesCoupleYeahAlbumsArtisticPopeBad Music Author:Shane MacGowan
“I was in a couple punk bands as a kid. I did some more experimental stuff with my friend Dan for a few years.” YearsKidsStuffCoupleBandMy FriendsPunk Author:Venetian Snares
“I don't live in that world where I'm on social media, I don't got social media. Or I'm reading articles [about my game], so it's like I hear stuff by word of mouth a couple of days after so it never gets to me. So I can't get mad about what they say.” WorldI CanReadingGamesSocialStuffMediaCoupleMouthsMadSocial MediaArticlesWord Of Mouth Author:Derrick Rose
“I want to tell everybody that you won't hear me trying to pop bottles in the club and all that kind of stuff. It's just not me and I think as long as you stay within your element and your age bracket, sure you're going a couple of young folks and teens, but that's not who I'm focused on. I'm really not. I love whoever supports, but I'm just not going to try and go back there because times have changed. If you don't move with the times, you'll get left off. I'm trying to change with the times.” IfsThinkingWantTryingKindLongAgeMovingYoungLeftStuffSupportChangedCoupleElementsFolksClubsPopsFocusedBottlesTeensTrying To ChangeTimes Have ChangedBrackets Author:Ginuwine
“I could definitely rock out to Kraftwerk's "Tour De France," Tubeway Army, or Gary Numan. All of that stuff has an infectious beat, but with "Oh Yeah," I can't even identify what's going on. It sounds like typewriter keys, a couple of synth notes and then this really deep "Oh yeah," which I always picture as Andre The Giant on vocals.” I CanStuffSoundRocksKeysCoupleBeatsArmyYeahNotesFranceGiantsVocalTypewritersGaryReally Deep Author:Margaret Cho
“I think the majority of the people in the band still play in other bands, because we're not that active. But for me, it's the only thing I want to do and it's the only thing I'm focused on. I've always played in a couple of different bands at once, but now I'm only interested in the Dead Child stuff.” PeopleThinkingWantChildrenStillsDifferentPlayStuffCoupleBandMajorityActiveFocused Author:David Pajo
“There's a lot of stuff that I've been through in my life in the past couple of months that I don't really want to share with people who are close to me, but I have no option if it's my art.” PeopleIfsWantArtPastStuffShareMonthsCouple Author:Zachary Cole Smith
“I play music as much as I can. I have a band called The Abiders. We've put out a couple of albums you can find on iTunes. We tour and all that stuff, so music is very much a part of my life.” I CanPlayStuffCoupleBandMusic IsAlbumsItunes Author:Jeff Bridges
“Basically, if you shoot your own stuff, you can just pick up a camera and some wireless microphones, grab a couple of LEDs, and you're off and running. And if you don't shoot your own stuff, you can just grab one other person to do camera and you can learn how to do the sound, and you're off and running.” IfsPersonsRunningStuffSoundCouplePicksCamerasMicrophonesWireless Author:Ramona S. Diaz
“There's nothing comparative to Damien [the current Robin] or any of the other characters. I love those characters. And this isn't, "This is better than that." I think a couple of people misread what we had said in the first issue about that stuff.” PeopleThinkingFirstsSaidCharacterStuffIssuesCoupleCurrentsRobins Author:Scott Snyder
“I got to college in '99, and I went to study literature and writing, and so within a couple years we had Bush elected, 9/11, we were at war, so I was sort of having my political and spiritual awakening at the same time I was becoming an adult, and that's a lot of stuff at once. I became very focused on the state of the world, and I started studying that stuff more, and I just had a real identity crisis. I couldn't even really just study literature.” WorldWritingYearsWarRealStatesSpiritualPoliticalLiteratureStuffStudyIdentityCollegeCoupleBecomingAdultsCrisisFocusedAwakeningSpiritual AwakeningIdentity CrisisBecoming An Adult Author:Gaby Hoffmann
“[Donald trump] was steamed about [Hillary] Clinton's suggestion that he might not be as rich as he says. So he ditched the email stuff and instead spend a couple of minutes defending the greatness of his income, his company, his debts, his bankers, his buildings - and then sort of forgot what he was talking about and wandered off into a riff about how terrible our infrastructure is.” MightStuffCompanyTalkingRichMinutesGreatnessBuildingTrumpCoupleTerribleClintonDebtIncomeSuggestionsEmailInfrastructureBankers Author:Kevin Drum
“There were a couple of times, leading up to shooting [Ordinary World], where I was like, "Oh, my god, what did I get myself into? Hopefully, I don't ruin this guy's precious script." And then, after a couple of days of shooting, I started getting in the groove of it and it was really fun. I love being a rookie at stuff. It makes it feel vital. I love doing things I've never done before, and I love making stuff.” WorldFeelsDoneGuyFunStuffLove IsCoupleOrdinaryScriptsRuinsHopefullyShootingThis GuyLove MakingGrooveRookiesOrdinary World Author:Billie Joe Armstrong
“We exchanged a couple of ideas and stuff like that, but that's about it. I just think ... consulting on 'Tintin' was very interesting because you try to ... not educate, but inform the animators [about] what the lighting looks like, but [in the end] they do it themselves. I don't actually go and sit there with them. [We] just had a couple of conversations.” ThinkingTryingLooksIdeasEndsStuffInterestingCoupleConversationEducateVery InterestingLightingConsultingAnimator Author:Janusz Kaminski
“Carl Armstrong was one of those people in the anti-war years who had been so convinced of the righteousness of their cause that he and some friends decided they would blow up a building at the University of Wisconsin, in which they said research was being done to help the war against the Vietnamese. What they blew up at three or four in the morning was a young scientist, who was married and had a couple of kids, who wasn't working on war stuff at all. And he was killed.” PeopleYearsSaidWarDoneHelpingKidsYoungThreeCausesStuffMorningFourBuildingCoupleMarriedResearchDecidedScientistUniversityBlowConvincedRighteousnessAnti WarThey SaidBeing DoneArmstrongWisconsinVietnamese Author:Nat Hentoff
“If I could've picked a birthday it would've been on Halloween. Yeah, it's always been my favorite holiday. Not because it was my birthday, but actually because, I think it was the freedom, you know? When you were a little kid, you got to go out and be an adult for a couple of hours. You got to, like, just go out with your friends and knock on peoples' doors and be nuts and pull pranks and stuff like that. You could be whoever you wanted to be, you know, I guess that was the appeal to it.” IfsThinkingKnowsLittlesKidsWantedStuffHoursDoorsCoupleAdultsYeahMy FavoriteAppealsIf I CouldHolidayNutsBe YouHalloweenLittle KidMy BirthdayPranks Author:Frank Iero
“I was fortunately able to avoid getting into any trouble with police. There was - I remember I was 12, and I did something really (laughter) - a couple of friends, Cinco de Mayo - we were off school, and we saw some people looking like they were having a party. And we had a little bit too much time on our hands, and so we figured, as kids, a great idea would be to throw some things over the fence and hit all these people with stuff, like eggs and everything.” PeopleLittlesIdeasHandsWould BeKidsAbleSchoolRememberStuffBitsPartySawsToo MuchTroubleCoupleLittle BitLaughterPoliceEggsFenceGreat IdeaCinco De Mayo Author:Mahershala Ali
“There were [in Wilson] a lot of clues in it that you don't normally get, you know, normally you use your imagination or whatever, you get some clues in the script, of course, but yeah, it was really helpful, and I really like the graphic novel. There's stuff in there, there's a couple things in there I really wanted to use that they couldn't get in the movie, but it's definitely, he's a unique guy, you know, I never read a character like this before.” KnowsCharacterUseWantedGuyCoursesStuffImaginationNovelCoupleUniqueYeahScriptsHelpfulClueGraphicWilsonGraphic NovelsCouple Things Author:Woody Harrelson