“That for me is what intrigues me the most about feature films. It's not like the little kind of esoteric projects that you and your friends get but how do you make something that has a universal appeal. Those are the movies that intrigue me the most.” KindLittlesFilmProjectsUniversalAppealsFeaturesIntrigueEsoteric Author:Casey Neistat
“There's very exciting directors who haven't made a feature yet. That's what's cool about the job - the ever-changing landscape of people you could potentially work with.” PeopleMadeJobsHavensDirectorsExcitingLandscapeFeatures Author:Jamie Dornan
“Beijing is constructing a 100,000 m2 modern art museum, yet it will not feature any of my work.” ArtModernFeaturesMuseumsModern ArtBeijing Author:Ai Weiwei
“My first feature film was a movie called 'A Gunfight,' with Kirk Douglas, Johnny Cash, Karen Black, Jane Alexander, Raf Vallone... It was shot in Santa Fe, Mexico, in 1970, and it was directed by Lamont Johnson. It was the first gig I did when I got to California from having done 'Hair' in New York on Broadway for a year. It was a Western, though! But that film was not a successful release.” YearsFirstsDoneFilmBlackSuccessfulNew YorkHairShotsWesternReleaseCaliforniaFeaturesCashMexicoBroadwayJaneSantaGigsJohnsonKirkGunfightsSanta FeRaf Author:Keith Carradine
“I don't know if the scripts are changing so much. I mean, I've been working for almost 25 years and made over 40 films and I worked with my first female director, on a feature, "Planetarium". And it's still the only one.” IfsKnowsYearsFirstsMeanMadeStillsFilmDirectorsFemaleScriptsFeatures Author:Natalie Portman
“We had a wonderful department that scouted out new music. It was beneficial to Rolling Stone, because I would come back and say, "You have to hear this, you have to hear that," and I found a lot of bands to feature, emerging bands. It [ended up being] symbiotic.” FoundWonderfulBandStonesFeaturesDepartmentRollingBeneficialEmergingRolling StonesNew Music Author:Jancee Dunn
“The first office of the social organ we call the school is to provide a simplified environment. It selects the features which are fairly fundamental and capable of being responded to by the young. Then it establishes a progressive order, using the factors first acquired as means of gaining insight into what is more complicated.” FirstsMeanSchoolYoungOrderSocialEnvironmentOfficeCapableFundamentalsInsightComplicatedFactorsFeaturesProgressiveOrgans Book:Democracy And Education Source: Democracy And Education
“I think making features has got to be in the addiction category.” ThinkingAddictionFeaturesCategories Author:Laurie Simmons
“Each country has its own particular features, its own traditions that find their reflection today and will find it in future. There are such traditions in Russia but it is not a question of a strong figure, although a strong figure is needed in power, it is a question of what is implied by this term. It is one thing if it is a person with dictatorial tendencies. But if it is a fair leader, who acts within the law and in the interests of a vast majority of society, who acts coherently and is guided by principles, it is a completely different matter.” IfsPersonsDifferentCountryMatterTodayLawStrongTermInterestLeaderPrinciplesOne ThingFiguresParticularNeededReflectionFairsTraditionMajorityRussiaTendenciesFeaturesImplied Author:Vladimir Putin
“The fact is that philosophy has been a decisive source of inspiration in all the great crises that Europe has faced. It has been so in the time that preceded the fall of the Roman Empire, when Augustine of Hippo delineated the features of a new spiritual civilization; in the age of religious wars, when Descartes and Hobbes established the principles of modern science and politics; and at the turn of the French Revolution, interpreted by Kant and Hegel as an event destined to change the history of the world.” WorldHas BeensWarPhilosophyFactsInspirationAgeSpiritualTurnsFallReligiousPrinciplesModernEventsSourceRevolutionCivilizationEuropeCrisisFeaturesEmpiresDestinedWorld HistoryRoman EmpireModern ScienceFrench RevolutionHegelAugustineHippoHobbesSource Of InspirationReligious Wars Author:Roberto Esposito
“To be able to make a living, I went into television. Not necessarily planned from the beginning, since I was more familiar with features, and had developed a few scripts.” AbleTelevisionScriptsFamiliarFeatures Author:Alfons Adetuyi
“The characteristic feature of modern capitalism is mass production of goods destined for consumption by the masses. The result is a tendency towards a continuous improvement in the average standard of living, a progressing enrichment of the many.” ResultsProgressModernMassStandardsCapitalismAverageProductionsImprovementTendenciesFeaturesCharacteristicsGoodsConsumptionDestinedStandards Of LivingContinuous ImprovementEnrichmentMass Production Author:Ludwig von Mises
“I have a company where I'm trying to get projects off the ground. Me and my partner Madeleine Sackler, we just shot our first feature in a maximum security prison where about 95% of the cast were incarcerated men. We're editing that and there's a doc going with it.” MenTryingFirstsCompanySecurityProjectsShotsPrisonCastsPartnersFeaturesEditingMaximumMadeleines Author:Boyd Holbrook
“A real common problem with a lot of animals is that guys are bad, hate to say it, but they will tune into some big feature like the glasses, maybe the beard, baseball hats, you know some unique feature like that. And they'll generalize like, "Okay! All people with baseball hats or black rimmed glasses are bad."” PeopleKnowsRealProblemBigsGuyHateBlackAnimalCommonUniqueOkayBaseballGlassesFeaturesHatsTunesBeardThat Guy Author:Temple Grandin
“Ultimately, my more significant agreement is with a virtue tradition that features Aristotle and Descartes.” VirtueTraditionSignificantFeaturesAgreement Author:Ernest Sosa
“Attempts are found in domains of human performance, such as sports, games, artistic domains, professional domains like medicine and the law, and so on. These feature distinctive aims, and corresponding competences. Archery, with its distinctive arrows and targets, divides into subdomains. Thus, competitive archery differs importantly from archery hunting.” HumansLawFoundGamesSportsPerformancesAimMedicineArtisticFeaturesTargetDividesHuntingDomainCompetenceArrowsDistinctiveCorrespondingArchery Author:Ernest Sosa
“[Joseph] Stalin closes the exposition of these [Leon Trotsky] ideas with the words, "Such are in general the characteristic features of [Vladimir] Lenin's conception of the proletarian revolution."” IdeasRevolutionFeaturesCharacteristicsConceptionLeonTrotsky Author:Leon Trotsky
“Can and must! The proclamation of this new conception of [Joseph Stalin] is closed by the same words, "Such are in general the characteristic features of Lenin's conception of the proletarian revolution." In the course of a single year Stalin ascribed to [Vladimir] Lenin two directly opposed conceptions of the fundamental question of socialism. The first version represents the real tradition of the party; the second took shape in Stalin's mind only after the death of Lenin, in the course of the struggle against "Trotskyism".” YearsMindFirstsTwoRealCoursesPartyStruggleRevolutionShapesTraditionFundamentalsSocialismVersionsFeaturesCharacteristicsConceptionProclamation Author:Leon Trotsky
“I don't know if I could [do a TV show]. I would if it had nothing to do with the comic. It would be really weird and maybe not feature any of The Umbrella Academy characters.” IfsKnowsCharacterShowsWould BeTvsComicFeaturesIf I CouldTv ShowsAcademyUmbrellaReally Weird Author:Gerard Way
“I've always slightly harboured a dream of making a film, a documentary feature. Somehow I just got into a way of working a routine of making TV docs. It's not as though you do that enough and then graduate - you sort of need to make a conscious decision to work in a different way.” WayNeedsDifferentEnoughDreamFilmDecisionTvsConsciousFeaturesDifferent WaysRoutineGraduatesDocumentaries Author:Louis Theroux
“We [with Neal Dodson and Corey Moosa] were constantly looking for features and looking for ways to get involved with people who were making stuff.” PeopleWayStuffInvolvedFeaturesGet Involved Author:Zachary Quinto
“It just so happened that J.C.[Chandor] was a first-time feature director, and his script was exactly the kind of thing we were looking for.” FirstsKindHappenedDirectorsFirst TimeScriptsFeatures Author:Zachary Quinto
“J.C. [Chandor] was the kind of energy we were looking for, so we decided to get behind it with all of our effort. That was the beginning of our relationship with first-time feature directors, and that's when it became really important to us, watching them thrive and grow in a creative environment in which you can do that was really key. Also his work checked all the boxes, because it was socially relevant and intellectually driven, and creatively exciting.” FirstsKindImportantEnergyGrowsCan DoEffortBehindsCreativeEnvironmentKeysDirectorsFirst TimeDecidedExcitingBoxesDrivenFeaturesThriveRelevantOur Relationship Author:Zachary Quinto
“I was a feature one time and they gave me host money. When I called to complain the guy goes "no you didn't feature, you co-hosted". He literally invented a term so he didn't have to pay me. And obviously that check bounced!” GuyTermPayComplainingChecksFeaturesHostOne Time Author:Bill Burr
“What I see in a lot of music movies, or rock 'n' roll movies, that feature a band is that they're lip-synching.” RocksBandLipsFeaturesRock N Roll Author:Billie Joe Armstrong
“Even if you close your eyes, you'll still hear Donald Trump sniffing. Linguists might call [these visuals] paralinguistics, every form of information including facial gestures and facial features. Obviously these things get scrutinized in tremendous detail, so that a cough can be of outsized importance. [But] that's all part of the package.” IfsStillsMightEyeFormInformationTrumpImportanceIncludingDetailsFeaturesVisualsGesturesPackagesFacialLinguistsSniffingFacial Features Author:Ben Zimmer
“I always felt completely confident - it's like in a feature film, knowing your principle character is extremely well-cast. I had that same confidence in Clive [Oppenheimer].” WellsCharacterFilmFeltPrinciplesKnowingCastsFeatures Author:Werner Herzog
“[Jack Reacher] is the longest I'd ever shot anything - and let's be clear, this is my first studio feature film - so there was a huge learning curve.” FirstsFilmClearHugeShotsStudiosFeaturesCurvesLearning Curve Author:Patrick Heusinger
“The sorts of sectors which feature so largely in the [Donald] Trump program, and its rhetoric, account now for perhaps only about 15 percent of the American work force.” ForceTrumpPercentProgramAccountsFeaturesRhetoric Author:Judy Woodruff
“The missile defense component is a minor feature that nobody takes very seriously. Nobody really believes that the US is trying to protect itself from North Korea. That's not serious. But the militarization of space is quite serious.” TryingBelieveSpaceSeriousProtectDefenseFeaturesMinorsComponentsKoreaNorth KoreaMissilesMissile Defense Author:Noam Chomsky
“I had grown up as a feature writer, and basically my career had been in The National Lampoon and as a magazine editor, and I'd never been a reporter.” CareersMagazinesFeaturesEditorsReportersNational LampoonMagazine Editors Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“[This kind of strange mythology about me.] I've pulled a huge steamboat over a mountain; I've done a feature film with all the actors acting under hypnosis - things that are very unusual.” KindDoneFilmActorsActingStrangeHugeMountainMythologyFeaturesUnusualHypnosisSteamboats Author:Werner Herzog
“By the way, today with digital cameras and editing on your laptop, and things like that, you can make a feature film, a narrative feature film easily for $10,000.” WayTodayFilmCamerasNarrativeFeaturesDigitalEditingLaptopsDigital Cameras Author:Werner Herzog
“Robert Rodriguez, makes a feature film in 35mm celluloid one and a half hours long, and nobody believed him, I think he wrote a book about it and gave all the details of how he spent the money, even making a 35mm celluloid feature film was possible, at least for Rodriguez.” ThinkingLongBookFilmHoursHalfDetailsFeaturesHalf HoursCelluloid Author:Werner Herzog
“[My maternal grandmother ] was a teacher in London and elsewhere during the war, although the children she taught were not the "lost children" who feature in the novel - those come from my research.” ChildrenWarLostNovelTeacherTaughtResearchLondonFeaturesGrandmotherElsewhereLost Child Author:Chris Cleave
“Many of the network television shows have done takeoffs on 'Family Circus,' including 'David Letterman,' 'Friends,' 'Roseanne,' and others, and, in my estimation the use of them is a compliment to the popularity of the feature, which just by mentioning it's name sets up the image of a warm, loving family-type feature.” DoneUseShowsNamesTelevisionTypeIncludingWarmFeaturesComplimentPopularityCircusTelevision ShowsEstimationLoving FamilyLettermanTakeoff Author:Bil Keane
“I think a story is an attention grabber. I think it's a truth conveyor. Those are two great features of a good story.” ThinkingTwoStoriesAttentionFeaturesGood Story Author:Max Lucado
“I've toyed with this idea [of Fresh Hell] for a long time. I actually wrote a feature years ago with this sort of concept in mind, and it's gone through several incarnations, and... It wasn't 'til I met Chris Ellis, who directed me in a little thing that was actually for a ride in Universal Singapore, for those of you who happen to be going to Universal Singapore.” YearsMindLittlesLongIdeasHappensGoneHellMetsLong TimeConceptsYears AgoUniversalFeaturesLittle ThingsIncarnationSingapore Author:Brent Spiner
“Evolution may explain some features of the moral law, but it can't explain why it should have any real significance.” ShouldMayRealLawMoralEvolutionShould HaveFeaturesSignificanceMoral Law Author:Richard Dawkins
“'American Dream' is a small little movie made for under a million dollars. Totally independent feature.” LittlesMadeDreamMillionsIndependentDollarsFeaturesAmerican DreamMillion Dollars Author:Janusz Kaminski
“I think it was around the time of doing those shorts. [Producer] Christine Vachon, I had a meeting with her, and she mentioned the short, this AOL short, and asked if I wanted to do one. And then the next step was the "30 for 30," and again that boosted my confidence enough to decide I'm going to do a feature narrative. And I was supported by my agency, and [producer] Jane Rosenthal has been an exceptional friend, and she produced "All We Had," she encouraged me to do the "30 for 30."” IfsThinkingHas BeensEnoughWantedNextStepsMeetingsProducersNarrativeFeaturesAgencyExceptionalJaneNext StepsShortsChristine Author:Katie Holmes
“Suri is my daughter, she's very, very special to me, and this project took a lot of time and because it's my first feature I wanted her to know that she's so special to me. I thought that as she gets old that will mean more to her, that she's always the most important, and I wanted to give her a special thanks because she means everything to me.” KnowsGivingFirstsMeanImportantWantedSpecialProjectsDaughterThanksFeaturesMy DaughterSpecial To Me Author:Katie Holmes
“One of the features of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings was [that] she [ Elizabeth II] would have a meeting with each of them. You'd have an allotted time.” GovernmentMeetingsFeaturesCommonwealthElizabeth Ii Author:Bob Hawke
“In terms of what happened to Amy [Schumer], if that happened to me I would be like, "Yes, please leave." But I toured a lot. I started as an opening feature act touring a lot during the [George W.] Bush years, like around 2007. I was touring during the [Barack] Obama election - the first one with [Sarah] Palin and [John] McCain - and I talked to crowds about that and they were always split down the middle.” IfsYearsFirstsWould BeTermHappenedMiddlePleaseElectionCrowdsOpeningBarackFeaturesSplitsTouringMccainPalinAmy Author:Jen Kirkman
“When you start a movie... when it's a short, people don't care... but when it's a feature they want money.” PeopleWantCareDon't CareFeaturesShort People Author:Gaspar Noe
“I think preexisting conditions is a very important feature of any healthcare system.” ThinkingImportantConditionsFeaturesHealthcare Author:Paul Ryan
“We love the flexibility that print and digital formats give us, and diving deep on a print feature can be one step in a longer project that generates a lot of digital stories.” GivingStoriesStepsProjectsFeaturesDigitalPrintFlexibilityFormatDivingDiving Deep Author:Clara Jeffery
“We also had a beautiful feature where the writer used the story of two mentally ill relatives, one of whom killed his dad, to explore the history of how we deinstitutionalized the mentally ill, only to re-institutionalize them - but in jails and prisons. There's much more to come.” TwoStoriesBeautifulUsedDadPrisonIllFeaturesJailMentally Ill Author:Clara Jeffery
“The thrill of doing television versus features is in television you get to focus more on the characters.” CharacterFocusTelevisionFeaturesThrillVersus Author:Lauren Shuler Donner
“Somehow we allow, if a character goes to the dark side, if we're hooked into that character - I'm obsessed with Peaky Blinders. Those characters are awful, and yet you root for them. You love them! Same with Breaking Bad. That's not as easy in a feature.” IfsCharacterEasySidesDarkRootsAwfulFeaturesObsessedDark SideHookedBlinders Author:Lauren Shuler Donner