“A connoisseur of gastronomy was congratulated on his appointment as a director of indirect contributions at Periguex: and, above all, in the pleasure there would be in living in the midst of good cheer, in the country of truffles, partridges, truffled turkeys, and so forth. "Alas!" replied with a sigh the sad gastronomer, "can one really live at all in a country where there is no fresh sea-fish?"” CountryWould BePleasureSeaFoodDirectorsFishesContributionMidstCheerSighAlasTurkeysAppointmentsIndirectConnoisseurGood CheerTruffles Author:Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
“In the first place, it is obvious that not only is wealth concentrated in our times but an immense power and despotic economic dictatorship is consolidated in the hands of a few, who often are not owners but only the trustees and managing directors of invested funds which they administer according to their own arbitrary will and pleasure. This dictatorship is being most forcibly exercised by those who, since they hold the money and completely control it, control credit also and rule the lending of money.” FirstsHandsPoliticsWealthPleasureEconomyEconomicDirectorsObviousCreditOur TimeLiberalismOwnersFundImmenseDictatorshipArbitraryLendingTrustees Author:Pope Pius XI
“At the movies, we are gradually being conditioned to accept violence as a sensual pleasure. The directors used to say they were showing us its real face and how ugly it was in order to sensitize us to its horrors. You don't have to be very keen to see that they are now in fact desensitizing us.” RealFactsFacesUsedOrderPleasureAcceptingViolenceHorrorDirectorsUglySensualMovieSensual Pleasure Book:For Keeps Source: For Keeps
“When I get hired as an actor as opposed to a writer, one of things that's exciting for me is doing stuff I wouldn't normally do myself. So whether it's a kid's movie or a voice in animation or in this case - where I just get to be silly, it's a different kind of comedy for me. As a performer, it's a different pleasure than when you're writing or directing. As a performer, you're just in the hands of the director and you go with whatever they want to do.” WantWritingKindDifferentHandsKidsActorsStuffVoicePleasureCasesComedyDirectorsExcitingSillyPerformersDifferent KindsAnimationBeing Silly Author:Stephen Merchant
“Directors are denied a great pleasure, which is that of being on stage.” PleasureStageDirectorsDenied Author:Toni Servillo
“You have to have the essential pleasure of making a movie. It's such a huge factor and adventure for a director because you really are the leader and the captain.” PleasureLeaderAdventureHugeDirectorsEssentialsFactorsCaptains Author:Audrey Tautou
“I fall in love with all the people I'm working with, women, directors, everybody. As actors, that's actually one of the real pleasures of the work. You have this weird opportunity to get unnaturally close to people very quickly.” PeopleRealFallActorsOpportunityPleasureDirectorsFalling In LoveI Fall In Love Author:Annette Bening
“For me, each film, each script is like a little journey in itself, and I'm reinventing the wheel. It's like how do I make this film. That's part of the pleasure and that's why I'm not a normal professional director.” LittlesFilmPleasureJourneyDirectorsNormalScriptsWheelsReinventing Author:Pawel Pawlikowski
“I have to say from an actor's perspective, to work with a director who has been an actor through most of their career is a pleasure. They generally have a very deep understanding of the process of what you're doing, of how you are building and exploring the character.” Has BeensCharacterActorsProcessUnderstandingPleasureCareersBuildingPerspectiveDirectorsExploringVery DeepDeep Understanding Author:Karen Allen
“Some of my favorite scenes aren't in the movie. Because you, at some point, realize that your responsibility as director is purely to the story. It's not to your pleasure.” StoriesRealizingPleasureResponsibilitySceneDirectorsMy Favorite Author:Mark Ruffalo