“Jen came first, and then they wanted to cast somebody that would... Kevin liked the idea of having a kind of The Ghost of That Character kind of haunt the movie in a way throughout, by having Raquel look so much like her. And also, it was sort of serendipity. I mean, she was also the best actress. I mean, as you can see Raquel has a pretty appealing, engaging kind of precocious, sparkly quality that's... it was just luck really that she happened to the film.” WayFirstsLooksKindMeanIdeasCharacterWantedFilmQualityHappenedLuckCastsActressesGhostEngagingLike HerSerendipityKevinPrecocious Author:Ben Affleck
“When you're having conversations about actors, you realize these same conversations have happened about you. If you want to make a film for $5m, then you cast A, B and C, but if you want $20m, you won't be able to cast them, you need X, Y and Z.” IfsWantNeedsAbleFilmActorsRealizingHappenedConversationCasts Author:Paddy Considine
“Nothing is so unpredictable as a throw of the dice, and yet every man who plays often will at some time or other make a Venus-cast: now and then he indeed will make it twice and even thrice in succession. Are we going to be so feebleminded then as to aver that such a thing happened by the personal intervention of Venus rather than by pure luck?” MenPlayHappenedPureLuckCastsEvery ManThings HappenGamblingNow And ThenUnpredictableInterventionSuccessionVenusDiceThrice Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Long ago, there was a noble word, liberal, which derives from the word free. Now a strange thing happened to that word. A man named Hitler made it a term of abuse, a matter of suspicion, because those who were not with him were against him, and liberals had no use for Hitler. And then another man named McCarthy cast the same opprobrium on the word. ... We must cherish and honor the word free or it will cease to apply to us.” MenLongMadeMatterUsePoliticalTermPartyHappenedStrangeHonorAbuseCastsNobleThings HappenCeaseMade ItCherishSuspicionLong AgoPolitical PartiesAnother ManStrange Things Author:Eleanor Roosevelt
“If prose can cast a spell, we will listen to it no matter what it's saying. If a narrative uses language in a magical and enlivening way, we will listen to the story. But if the language doesn't cast a spell, we will listen to it only if it is telling us something that actually happened.” IfsWayMatterStoriesUseLanguageHappenedNo Matter WhatCastsNarrativeProseSpells Author:Lorrie Moore
“It's never happened to me before, in my career, and never will again. It's a one-off experience. It's a rare treat to have a cast together for six years. Crews come and go, and a few of them have been there throughout, but not many. It's rare, in my experience, after 26 years, to have had a proper company in a show that enjoys each other's company, and who is such a fine bunch of people and actors. To have struck a chord with people, and to have had that combination, is extremely rare.” PeopleYearsHas BeensShowsTogetherActorsEnjoyCompanyCareersHappenedFineSixTreatsCastsBunchCombinationCrewChordsComes And Goes Author:Hugh Bonneville
“The die is cast. The people have passed the river and cut away the bridge. Last night three cargoes of tea were emptied into the harbor. This is the grandest event which has ever yet happened since the controversy with Britain opened.” PeopleLastsNightDiesThreeCuttingHappenedEventsRevolutionRiversCastsTeaBridgesBritainControversyLast NightHarborsAmerican Revolution Book:The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations Source: The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations
“History isn't just what happened, but what happened to whom and why and what would have been different if the cast of characters had been different.” IfsHas BeensDifferentCharacterHappenedCasts Author:David McCullough
“Here is how I work: when I think that a film needs to have a principal theme, I search for a melody. I have a very strange melodic gift: melodies come to me effortlessly. So I write melodies-thirty, forty, fifty-then I cast them off until I have just two or three. If only one is needed, I go see the director and ask him to decide. That happened one time with Jacques Demy for the duo of the twins [in Les demoiselles de Rochefort]: I went to his house in Noirmoutier to play 35 possible themes for him.” IfsThinkingNeedsWritingTwoPlayFilmThreeAsksHouseHappenedStrangeNeededDirectorsCastsThirtyThemeFiftyFortyMelodyOne TimeTwinsPrincipalDuos Author:Michel Legrand
“The withdrawal that Congress is debating now will only effect whether we leave somewhat gracefully or in complete panic and humiliation. Sistani has already made the decision. The Sunnis will not be coming back into the Iraqi government. The die is cast. The civil war will continue. George W. Bush will leave office a complete embarrassment. And he still won't know what happened to him.” KnowsMadeStillsWarGovernmentDiesDecisionHappenedEffectsOfficeCongressCastsCivil WarPanicHumiliationComing BackEmbarrassmentWithdrawal Author:Cenk Uygur
“James L.Brooks is just a very original person. So that was definitely the luckiest, most important thing that happened to me [meeting him]. Then I guess also meeting Ben Stiller. He cast me in the only thing I think I ever auditioned for and got: Cable Guy [1996]. And that led to us becoming friends.” ThinkingPersonsImportantGuyHappenedBecomingOriginalsImportant ThingsMeetingsCastsCablesBrooks Author:Owen Wilson