“It's fun when the writers start writing jokes to you, but also it's fun when the writers will come to you and say 'Hey, listen, we're working on this story and we need to know if you speak any foreign languages.' And I said 'No, I don't. I speak a little Spanish, but I can learn a foreign language.' And they go 'Okay, do you think you can learn Portuguese?' And I go 'Yeah, whatever it takes. If it's funny, I'll do it.' So of course I start looking online and learning Portuguese, and as it turns out, I get the script and it's now Serbian.” IfsThinkingKnowsNeedsWritingLittlesSaidI CanStoriesTurnsCoursesSpeakLanguageFunJokesOkayYeahScriptsHeyOnlineWhatever It TakesForeign LanguagePortuguese Author:David Alan Basche
“There's nothing better than being in a film that translates to audiences and makes people think and feel good and walk away with great revelations in their own life of some kind. But when the process and the experience and the fun of that matches, it's a good feeling.” PeopleThinkingFeelsKindFeelingsFilmFunProcessWalksAudienceFeel GoodRevelationsTranslateGood Feeling Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“I have a knack of making villainous people a little bit sympathetic, a bit of fun on screen.” PeopleLittlesFunBitsLittle BitScreensSympatheticKnack Author:Michael Caine
“I have enough money not to do pictures ever. I'm seventy years old. I don't want to get up at 6:30 in the morning and learn ten pages of dialogue to do with a bunch of creeps I don't like. It's gotta be fun for me.” WantYearsEnoughFunMorningTenPagesBunchDialogueGet UpSeventiesCreeps Author:Michael Caine
“I feel I have lived my whole life, day to day, without planning anything and I like it that way. Things change so fast, one minute you are here, the next minute you are on a plane, it's great fun.” WayFeelsWholeNextFunMinutesWhole LifePlanningPlanesDay To DayThings ChangeOne Minute Author:Paul Walker
“I love the crossbow. I mean it's just fun. Guns are fun, I can't deny that shooting guns in movies isn't fun. But a crossbow is pretty rad.” MeanI CanFunGunDenyShootingRadShooting GunsCrossbows Author:Norman Reedus
“My test for writing is always, is this fun or does it feel like a job? Is it moving me? Or am I just fulfilling my own expectations - or even worse, somebody else's?” FeelsWritingDoeJobsMovingFunMy OwnExpectationsTestsFulfilling Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
“I'm a guy who is a little bit complicated and is a little bit in his own head and is not the most free-spirited, fun-loving kind of guy.” KindLittlesGuyFunBitsLittle BitComplicatedSpiritedFun Loving Author:Jason Bateman
“I write pretty often. I have a home studio. Music is what I do for fun. I never get tired of it, so to take a break from [TV and movies], I would go make some music.” WritingHomeFunBreakTvsMusic IsTiredStudios Author:Queen Latifah
“I don't want to be pretentious about, "yes, I need to move in to the more dramatic roles and express myself and prove to everyone that I'm capable of doing it," it really isn't that, I think that's a bad reason to choose roles. It's more like, who would I be working with and would they be fun to do and entertaining to watch, is it an interesting story or character.” ThinkingWantNeedsReasonCharacterStoriesMovingFunInterestingRolesWatchesProveCapableDramaticEntertainingPretentiousInteresting Stories Author:Steve Carell
“I think that even in a drama, we all want to smile, and laugh because what a horrible life if we're just like "I'm in a drama." And so I think in everything you're trying to look for the humor, even if it's a dark scene, because most people want to have fun in life, as opposed to have a boring time, a terrible time.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantTryingLooksFunDarkLaughingTerribleDramaSceneBoringHorribleHaving FunSmile And LaughTerrible TimesHorrible Life Author:David Koechner
“It's definitely fun to play something you're not, which is always a good time. Who doesn't want to get to act like a jerk or a douche, every now and then?” WantPlayFunGood TimesNow And ThenJerkDouches Author:Rob Riggle
“If you get made fun for the way you look, then maybe wearing the same thing every day is the best way to protect yourself.” IfsWayLooksMadeFunProtectBest WayProtect Yourself Author:John C. Reilly
“It's interesting for me to do the commentary with the actors because, as a director, you're so in your own world that you see it from your perspective, your issues and what you were trying to do, and then it's really very fun to hear their perspective on how it was to do a particular scene or how they felt, and sometimes, I didn't even know that, at the time.” KnowsWorldTryingSometimesActorsFunFeltInterestingIssuesParticularPerspectiveSceneDirectorsCommentary Author:Catherine Hardwicke
“Sometimes, a scene goes on too long and, with this being a suspense story and murder mystery that you're trying to discover through her heightened paranoia, you don't want scenes that take you on a tangent. Sometimes, you love those scenes, but you know that it's better not to be in the overall film. So, I'm not sad that they're not in the main movie, but I do think it's fun for people to get to watch them, if they want to.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantTryingLongSometimesStoriesFilmFunWatchesMysteryGoes OnSceneMurderSuspenseParanoiaMurder Mysteries Author:Catherine Hardwicke
“You have an advantage if you win. I always think it's best to be remembered as a winner rather than as the runner-up. It's definitely more fun getting the gold than it is the silver.” IfsThinkingWinningFunAdvantageGoldWinnerRememberedSilverRunnersRunner Up Author:Simon Cowell
“My dad wasn't someone who was a great disciplinarian, we had a fun relationship, but he gave me really constructive advice in my life, which I still carry today and I do pass on to other people. So if I can have the same relationship with my son as I had with my dad, then I think he'll be very happy and I'll be very happy.” PeopleIfsThinkingStillsI CanTodayFunAdviceSonDadMy DadMy SonVery HappyConstructive Author:Simon Cowell
“I'm an old school guy and love the guys in the monster suits and JAWS; even though everyone makes fun of the shark I think it's awesome. You know it's fake, but with my generation that was part of the charm.” ThinkingKnowsSchoolGuyFunGenerationsAnd LoveMonstersSuitsFakeCharmSharksMy GenerationOld School Author:Larry Fessenden
“I love filmmaking when fate is a part of the process and you are dependent on the laws of physics and the elements to get a single moment that transports or in some way creates an illusion even for a moment. I think that is tremendous fun and what I think filmmaking is, catching lightning in a bottle.” ThinkingWayMomentsLawFunProcessFateElementsIllusionPhysicsDependentBottlesFilmmakingLightningCatchingTransportSingle MomLaws Of PhysicsLove Films Author:Larry Fessenden
“When I went to college, and I went to art school, I started to realize that Warhol was cool and that pop art was fun.” ArtSchoolFunRealizingCollegePopsArt SchoolWarholPop Art Author:John Currin
“It's always more interesting when you're doing things with someone you like because you're much more open to suggesting things. Also, it's fun. It's like if you're sitting with your mates and you're bantering, or you're winding each other up and insulting each other in a playful way, but having fun with it.” IfsWayFunInterestingSittingHaving FunMatesInsultingSuggestingSomeone You Like Author:Joseph Morgan
“I'm a little more goofy than I think people give me credit for. I like to have fun. I like to have a good time. People don't always get to see that.” PeopleThinkingGivingLittlesFunGive MeCreditHaving FunGood TimesHaving A Good TimeGoofy Author:J. J. Watt
“My band and music are so intense they scare me, and I'm not afraid of anything. We love our music with everything we got and deliver the most inebriating fun concerts on earth every night.” EarthNightFunBandIntenseConcertsScareNot AfraidEvery Night Author:Ted Nugent
“I started doing wrestling just as a fun thing and I ended up getting some breaks and made a job out of it but I never had a real passion for it. I met a lot of great people and enjoyed doing what I did but wrestling wasn't something I lived and breathed.” PeopleMadeRealJobsPassionFunBreakMetsEnjoyedWrestlingGreat PeopleFun Things Author:Ric Savage
“It's always fun to play a bad guy because you get more to do. It's more arch. There's more energy to throw into it.” PlayGuyEnergyFunBad GuysArches Author:Matthew Lillard
“I'm always dissing Ray and making fun of him, talking about his money.” FunTalkingMaking MoneyRaysDissing Author:Patricia Heaton
“Women have so many levels. There's the physical level, which is a lot of fun. There's this emotional level, which is extremely mercurial.” FunLevelsEmotional Author:Robin Williams
“I love straight-face comedy or relatively subtle comedy. And then I turn around and I find myself doing very broad comedy but it's all fun and you have to keep your sense of humor and not take yourself seriously.” FacesTurnsFunComedySubtleBroadsSense Of HumorStraight Face Author:Betty White
“If I run into someone on the street, that's one thing. But answering mail for a living? I like a job where you can play and act kind of goofy and have some fun.” IfsKindPlayRunningJobsFunOne ThingStreetsMailGoofy Author:Bill Murray
“If it starts to drag on set, or if you feel like it's not a fun experience, people get down, the energy gets down. You've got to keep the energy up.” PeopleIfsFeelsEnergyFunDrag Author:Bill Murray
“You had to keep the mood up; you had to keep the tempo up. You had to keep the feeling of, "Hey, we're doing something that's really exciting. It's fun being with these people." And the more fun you have, the better you do it.” PeopleFeelingsFunExcitingMoodHeyTempo Author:Bill Murray
“I love the financing. It's fun to do studio movies, too. I think you should do both. You don't want to be this, "He's an independent film guy." It sounds like, "He makes his own dresses."” ThinkingWantShouldFilmGuyFunSoundIndependentDressesStudiosIndependent FilmFinancing Author:Bill Murray
“I've got a lot of nervous energy and I trip a lot. I don't have a good equilibrium. In the places where the physical comedy was necessary, it came very naturally and it was fun.” EnergyFunComedyNervousEquilibriumPhysical Comedy Author:Kristen Bell
“Sometimes when you're the good guy, you're sort of trapped. "Oh, he can't say that." And even when you're playing a real person like a Steven Biko, you're sort of stuck within those confines. So yeah, bad guys do have more fun.” PersonsRealSometimesGuyFunYeahStuckTrappedBad GuysGood GuyReal PersonBiko Author:Denzel Washington
“One of my fun road trips was [when] a group of guys and I rented a tour bus and we started in Orlando and drove all the way around the country going to baseball games. That was an awesome trip because each night we would go to a new baseball stadium, watch a baseball game, get in the bus, wake up [in] the next city, go to another baseball game. We did this for a little while and it was great. We called that trip the Rats on the Bus and it was a fun trip.” WayLittlesCountryNightGuyNextGamesFunCitiesWatchesGroupsBaseballWake UpBusRatsStadiumsRoad TripBaseball GamesOrlando Author:Alfonso Ribeiro
“In real life I'm the type of girl who doesn't take herself too seriously. I'm very serious when it comes to work, but I like to make jokes and have a good laugh and make fun of myself.” RealGirlFunLaughingSeriousTypeJokesReal LifeGood LaughType Of Girl Author:Gal Gadot
“I hate violence. When I hold a gun, I feel death in my hands, but it's fun to pretend in the movies.” FeelsHandsHateFunViolenceGunI Hate Author:Javier Bardem
“We did an episode where she goes out to get a job and she gets fired because she's not good. They hire a babysitter to help out and she finds out she hates the fact that the kids have more fun with the sitter than her.” FactsHelpingKidsJobsHateFunEpisodesBabysitter Author:Patricia Heaton
“When you are in your 20s and you're not married with kids, you're having fun. But when you're in your 30s and you're not married and don't have kids, you begin to develop a Peter Pan complex. As you grow older, you have more responsibilities and you have to step up to them.” KidsFunGrowsResponsibilityStepsMarriedComplexesHaving FunPeterStep Up Author:Ben Affleck
“Helena Bonham-Carter and I sat down to talk about [Cinderella movie] and she said, 'I really want to do it but only one thing I insist on and that's wings.' She had to have wings and [costume designer] Sandy Powell didn't want wings to begin with but had to be talked around, but that was fun.” WantSaidFunOne ThingWingsSatDesignerCostumesCarterSandy Author:Kenneth Branagh
“As I've gotten older, the parts have diminished. I liked it when I was younger, I could always play the lead in the movie and I could do all the romantic scenes with the women, and it was fun and I liked to play that. Now, I'm older and I'm reduced to playing the backstage doorman or the uncle or something. I don't really love that so occasionally, when a part comes up, I'll play it.” PlayFunSceneCome UpUnclesLead In Author:Woody Allen
“I would not like to live in the past because you don't get anesthetic when you go to the dentist. You don't get antibiotics. You don't get the things that you are used to now, cell phones and televisions and things that are very convenient. You don't want that. But, it would be fun if you could, every now and then, just meet a friend for lunch at Maxim's in Paris in 1900, or go back to 1870 just for a couple of hours, take a walk in the park, and then come right back to Broadway.” IfsWantWould BePastUsedFunHoursWalksTelevisionCouplePhonesCellsParisParksLunchNow And ThenBroadwayMaximsConvenientCell PhoneDentistAntibioticsAnestheticsWalks In The Park Author:Woody Allen
“There's a lot of time sitting in movies, so you can put alligators in people's trailers in your spare time. So it [making a film] moves slower, which in some ways is great, because you can live with a scene and invest in it a lot. And in some ways it's hard, because sometimes you can start to lose your energy a little bit, but both are fun.” PeopleWayLittlesSometimesHardFilmMovingEnergyFunBitsLosesSceneLittle BitSittingSparesTrailersSpare TimeAlligators Author:Mary-Louise Parker
“I want my movies to be commercial, fun thrill rides but I also want them to have substance to them. The fun part is knowing how to roll up your sleeves and get it done.” WantDoneFunKnowingSubstanceThrillSleevesGet It Done Author:Ric Roman Waugh
“A lot of the fun lies in trying to penetrate the mystery; and this is best done by saying over the lines to yourself again and again, till they pass through the stage of sounding like nonsense, and finally return to a full sense that had at first escaped notice.” TryingFirstsDoneLyingFunLinesMysteryStageReturnNonsenseAgain And AgainPenetrate Author:Anthony Hecht
“for me the most fun of my career is to bring a little bit of irreverence to characters. And, you know, I don't think that the producers were expecting me to be as irreverent as I am.” ThinkingKnowsLittlesCharacterFunBitsCareersLittle BitProducersExpectingIrreverentIrreverence Author:Dean Winters
“I enjoy changing; I think it's more fun to try something different than to just do what you did last time.” ThinkingTryingDifferentLastsFunEnjoyLast Time Author:Mat Kearney
“I want to get a vending machine, with fun sized candy bars, and the glass in front is a magnifying glass. You'll be mad, but it will be too late.” WantHumorFunnyFunComedyFrontsLateMachinesMadGlassesBarsToo LateCandyMagnifyingEyeglassesMagnifying GlassCandy BarVending Machines Author:Mitch Hedberg
“Everyone has to suffer the gimmicks and other stunts and machinations when they're starting out - only at the time, it doesn't feel like suffering; it's fun and different then. But a little fame goes a long way, and then one tries to cast off part of the heavy burden - a burden one can never totally escape.” WayFeelsTryingLittlesLongDifferentSufferingFunFameStartingCastsBurdenHeavyLong WayStarting OutGimmicksHeavy Burdens Author:George Harrison