“With BSG, sci-fi is the human experience taken beyond the envelope. When I first became involved with the project, I knew that I would be able to play a human being for many years, exploring and reflecting on issues that would impact people's lives.” PeopleYearsFirstsHumansPlayWould BeAbleHuman BeingsIssuesTakenInvolvedProjectsImpactSci FiExploringHuman ExperienceReflectingEnvelopesSci Fi Film Author:Mary McDonnell
“I feel that for the first time in a long time, educated Pakistanis are returning to their country to start up educational projects, to start up businesses, so instead of the brain-drain that happened in the 1950s and 1960s, the country is growing and improving economically.” FeelsFirstsLongCountryBrainGrowingHappenedProjectsLong TimeFirst TimeEducationalEducatedImproving1960sDrainsBrain Drain Author:Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
“My first professional acting job was in 'Hair' during the Vietnam War. So I think I've always been drawn to projects with a social conscience.” ThinkingFirstsWarJobsSocialActingHairProjectsConscienceVietnamVietnam War Author:Clarke Peters
“I started on the use of the Internet for scientific communication. Our research group was one of the very first to make really systematic use of it as a way of managing research projects.” WayFirstsUseGroupsCommunicationInternetProjectsResearchSystematic Author:Joshua Lederberg
“I'd like to do something a little different. Something a little less intense. I'm not sure what it's going to be yet. For the first time in my life, it's great to have choices, but I think I have to be very careful in choosing the right next project.” ThinkingFirstsLittlesDifferentChoicesNextProjectsFirst TimeCarefulIntenseNot Sure Author:Kristanna Loken
“I had two projects that fell apart during preproduction. The first one was this movie that Judd Apatow and I had written about two guys following the Rolling Stones. It was going to be half concert film, half pseudo-documentary. It was Mick Jagger's idea.The other one was Simple Plan, based on a novel by Scott Smith. It's a great book - really stark, not a comedy - about a guy who finds $4 million in a plane crash and decides to keep it.” FirstsTwoBookIdeasFilmGuySimpleHalfMillionsNovelComedyPlansWrittenProjectsStonesFollowingPlanesConcertsCrashRollingDocumentariesStarksRolling StonesGreat BookPseudoTwo GuysJaggerPlane CrashesSimple Plan Author:Ben Stiller
“All my movies have an autobiographical dimension, but that is indirectly, through the characters. In fact I am behind everything that happens and that is said, but I am never talking about myself in first person. Something in me - probably a dislike of cheap exhibitionism- stops me from approaching a project too autobiographically.” FirstsPersonsSaidCharacterFactsHappensBehindsTalkingProjectsDimensionsDislikeFirst PersonExhibitionism Author:Pedro Almodovar
“Always care for the writing part first. Every good film project starts with good writing. If you have a good script, everything else follows. Writing is crucial.” IfsWritingFirstsCareFilmProjectsVery GoodScriptsCrucialGood WritingGood Films Author:Giovanna Cau
“My first love is writing and producing. So I sometimes put my own stuff off to work on other people's projects.” PeopleWritingFirstsSometimesStuffMy OwnLove IsProjectsFirst Love Author:Missy Elliot
“For me, every day is a new thing. I approach each project with a new insecurity, almost like the first project I ever did. And I get the sweats. I go in and start working, I'm not sure where I'm going. If I knew where I was going I wouldn't do it.” IfsFirstsMotivationalWorkProjectsApproachNot SureInsecuritySweatNew Things Author:Frank Gehry