“I was staying on [writer/director/actor] Eric Schaeffer's couch in New York, and he said, "I've got this movie [If Lucy Fell]. Can you do five days on it?" And I was like, "Yeah, anything. Twenty-four hours times five is 120 hours. Oh, great, I'll fill 120 hours of my life with something." So I did that and it was fun, and then I did Flirting with Disaster.” IfsSaidActorsFunHoursFiveFourNew YorkDirectorsTwentiesYeahDisasterStayingFlirtingCouchesEricLucy Author:Ben Stiller
“If it's a cocktail party, I generally make five or six different things, and I try to choose recipes that feel like a meal: a chicken thing, a fish or shrimp thing, maybe two vegetable things, and I think it's fun to end the cocktail party with a sweet thing.” IfsThinkingFeelsTryingTwoDifferentEndsFunPartyFiveSweetSixFishesMealsDifferent ThingsChickensVegetablesRecipesCocktailsShrimpCocktail PartiesSweet Things Author:Ina Garten
“I wanted to keep the music very electronic, very filmic, and give it an almost sci-fi like quality. Music is a necessity for me. I go into the studio at least five days a week, every week, so once I had the idea and the template, the process was quick and fun.” GivingIdeasWantedFunProcessQualityFiveWeekMusic IsStudiosSci FiQuality Music Author:Martin Gore
“The Christmas presents once opened are Not So Much Fun as they were while we were in the process of examining, lifting, shaking, thinking about, and opening them. Three hundred sixty-five days later, we try again and find that the same thing has happened. Each time the goal is reached, it becomes Not So Much Fun, and we're off to reach the next one, then the next one, then the next.” ThinkingTryingThreeNextFunProcessGoalFiveHappenedHundredOpeningSixtyShakingLiftingTry AgainExaminingThe Next OneChristmas Present Author:Benjamin Hoff
“We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.” NeedsFunFreedomFiveSurvivalDrivenBelongingGenetic Mutation Author:William Glasser
“I had to share a room with my sister, who is five and a half years older than I am. We didn't get along well, and I felt that I had no privacy. So books were my privacy, because no one could join me in a book, no one could comment on the action or make fun of it. I used to spend hours reading in the bathroom -- and we only had one bathroom in our small apartment!” YearsWellsBookActionUsedReadingFunFeltHoursRoomsHalfFiveSharePrivacyCommentMy SisterApartmentBathroomHalf A Year Author:Gail Carson Levine
“I've been very careful about what I say yes to and what I say no to. And I think seriously always about... this may be a good idea right now or it may be a lot of money right now, but will it be good for me five years from now? Will it be fun? Will it make me hate myself? I think about all of those things.” ThinkingYearsMayIdeasHateFunFiveRight NowCarefulBe GoodFive YearsGood IdeasLots Of MoneyHate Myself Author:Anthony Bourdain
“I love doing the readings. The readings are the fun bits... The readings are probably the things that actually keep me going on these. If I couldn't do the readings, I wouldn't do the [signing] tours. I get to stand up there and read to a bunch of adults who in many cases nobody's read to in years, since they were about five. They just squat on the floor. That's enormously enjoyable.” IfsYearsReadingFunBitsCasesFiveAdultsBunchEnjoyableSigningSquat Author:Neil Gaiman
“Probably my favorite job that I've ever had and probably will have - although I'm reserving judgment on 'Manhattan Love Story,' Tuesday nights at 8:30 on ABC, because it's pretty fun so far - is 'Psych,' which I did for four or five years.” YearsStoriesJobsNightFunFiveFourJudgmentMy FavoriteLove StoryFive YearsManhattanTuesdayPsychTuesday Night Author:Kurt Fuller
“If I talk to a woman for more than five minutes I can tell you exactly whether she's an Aidan girl or a Mr. Big girl. Aidan girls are more interested in nurturing relationships and building a nest while Mr. Big girls are more about show and having fun.” IfsI CanShowsBigsGirlFunFiveMinutesBuildingHaving FunFive MinutesNestsNurturingBig GirlMr Big Author:Michael Patrick King
“People say they wish they were Michael Jordan. OK, do it for a year. Do it for two years. Do it for five years. When you get past the fun part, then go do the part where you get into cities at three a.m. and you have fifteen people waiting for autographs when you're as tired as hell.” PeopleYearsTwoPastThreeFunWishWaitingCitiesHellFiveTiredFive YearsTwo YearsFifteenJordanAutographs Author:Michael Jordan
“Whenever actors tout off about doing their own stunts, it's always ... they're so protective of you that I always know these stunt guys are so good [and] they're never going to put you in danger. But it's fun to do something kind of exciting, even something as simple as driving 70 through a tunnel with five motorcycles ... it sounds simple, but it's actually really nerve-wracking.” KnowsKindGuyActorsFunSoundSimpleFiveDangerExcitingDrivingNervesProtectiveTunnelsMotorcycle Author:Ethan Hawke
“If I could summarize my suggestions to parents over the past twenty-five years it would be: worry less, criticize less, preach less, listen more, have more fun, be more honest with your own feelings, develop your own joys and friendships, and don't sweat the small stuff (which is nearly everything). The goal is not to be a perfect parent, because no such thing exists. The hope is to be a good enough parent so that your child leaves home a responsible adult who can take care of him or herself.” IfsYearsChildrenEnoughFeelingsHomeWould BeCarePastJoyFunStuffParentGoalPerfectWorryFiveHonestAdultsTwentiesResponsibleOur ChildrenTake CareYour ChildrenFive YearsIf I CouldCriticizeGood EnoughSweatSuggestionsOver The PastTwenty FiveSmall StuffSweat The Small StuffWorry LessPerfect Parents Author:Charlotte Sophia Kasl
“I'm a - I'm a, um, a godmother which is just, that's fun to be a godmother, she is so precious, she's the light of my life, she's two... or five or something, and she's, uh... I don't know, I've never seen her - the pictures are precious, she just seems so, y'know... She lives clear across town, I don't have that kind of time, but, um... Well, I send money and stuff, it's not like I don't have a connection...” KnowsWellsKindTwoHumorLightSeemsFunnyFunStuffClearFiveConnectionsTownsGodmotherLight Of My Life Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“I was about seven years old. In my mother's garage I used to create plays and star in them and charge the neighborhood kids five cents to see them. It was a lot of fun.” YearsPlayKidsUsedMotherFunStarsFiveSevenNeighborhoodCentsSeven YearsGarage Author:Franny Armstrong
“I started at a 'learn to swim' scheme when I was about five-years-old. I did it to learn water safety, but it was fun and I loved the water. I went to a club, moved up through the ranks and got better and better before taking part in my first national championships.” YearsFirstsFunWaterFiveSafetyMovedClubsFive YearsSwimSchemesChampionshipFive Year OldsNational ChampionshipsWater Safety Author:Liam Tancock
“I drew the same things that most boys drew - airplanes and cars and fire engines. Then later on I discovered comic books, and I began to create my own comic stories. I was a comic writer, even when I was five or six years old. I would just make up stories because I thought it was fun.” YearsBookStoriesFunMy OwnBoysFireFiveCarSixComicEnginesAirplaneComic BookSix Year Olds Author:Floyd Norman
“And our experience in England was that. It was a delight. I had never even been to England and I got to spend five months there in a beautiful estate and just party with these gorgeous men and women and poke fun at their beloved genre, which they all loved. We teased it, but it's so gentle, that you're still swept away the whole time.” MenStillsWholeBeautifulFunPartyFiveMonthsMen And WomenEnglandDelightGenreGentleBelovedEstatesGorgeousPokeSwept Away Author:Jerusha Hess
“When you do a lot of interviews, you find yourself telling the same stories over and over. After you do it for a whole day, you say, 'Christ, I've said this five times today.' It gets fun when you get so bored you start making it all up.” SaidWholeStoriesTodayFunChristFiveBoredInterviewsFinding YourselfSo Bored Author:Christian Bale
“Those type of people [in New Orleans] keep me happy and just smiling, you know? I just go hang out and talk with them and they tell me all types of old stories, and sometimes I might even pull my horn out in the middle of the block, and they're playing on beer bottles and different things, and we just do a little second line type thing, just us, four or five people, who are just having fun. That makes me day to be able to do that and go hang out with the people in the (Treme) neighborhood, and to do some shows around town, you know?” PeopleKnowsLittlesDifferentSometimesStoriesShowsMightAbleFunLinesFiveFourMiddleTypeTownsBlockBeerHaving FunDifferent ThingsNeighborhoodHanging OutBottlesNew OrleansHornsJust Have Fun Author:Troy Andrews