“L.A. is so much about ratings and box office; that defines everything. And here, of course it's important, but it's not part of the culture - there's too much else going on in New York. They're not going to let one industry monopolize your attention, you know? You're likely to have best friends who are architects or newspaper reporters.” KnowsImportantCultureCoursesAttentionToo MuchNew YorkIndustryOfficeBoxesNewspapersArchitectReportersRatingBox OfficeNewspaper Reporters Author:Dylan Walsh
“Once upon a time humans faced each other and pulled thoughts from minds, advanced rapidly, revolutionised industry and evolved explosively. Then one day they stopped, and stared at a box. They grew fat and awkward in public, stopped expressing emotions and couldn't figure out how to reverse it: they reinvented themselves from Emperors back into prawns, because someone turned the TV on.” MindHumansEmotionFiguresTvsGrewIndustryOne DayBoxesFatsAwkwardReverseEmperorOnce Upon A TimeExpressing EmotionsPrawns Author:Craig Stone
“Do the things that make perfect sense to you, [and] don't be afraid to shout it from the mountain tops just because it's outside the box or against the grain in your industry. More often than not, you're probably going to be right.” PerfectIndustryMountainBoxesGrainOutside The BoxMountain Top Author:Mark Cuban
“I think that the entertainment industry and the entertainment press tends to focus on opening weekend box office as a measure of the success of a film and I think the true success is out there in people's homes and how much they absolutely love these characters.” PeopleThinkingCharacterHomeFilmFocusIndustryOfficePressesBoxesEntertainmentOpeningWeekendEntertainment IndustryBox OfficeTrue Success Author:John Lasseter
“In the music industry it's just you're either Black or white, and this is the box you get put in.” BlackWhiteIndustryBoxesMusic IndustryBlack Or White Author:India.Arie
“It's difficult to really be an artist nowadays. People are just on another page. You have a society that needs you to say something, but they don't want to give you the environment to be able to be just a functioning, happy, normal person. It's like, the industry is at odds with you, the society is at odds with you. You start to live in this very confined box where it's like, It's "me" and "them."” PeopleWantNeedsGivingPersonsAbleArtistDifficultEnvironmentIndustryNormalPagesBoxesOddsNeed YouConfined Author:Mos Def
“And by banning [smartphones] from the set, the whole crew tends to work tighter with each other. And then it just becomes a thing where people kind of fall in love with the idea, 'This is the film-industry that I signed up for! This is really wonderful.' But then they go back to another set and everybody's on their cellphone, everyone's in their own little box, and they get depressed about it.” PeopleKindLittlesIdeasWholeFilmFallWonderfulIndustryFalling In LoveBoxesCrewFilm IndustrySmartphonesCellphone Author:Quentin Tarantino
“As an actor you do look for a certain amount of critical acclaim and recognition from your peers and the industry at large. When that recognition comes to you, it's a special moment that you cherish and you always feel successful despite what the box office says.” FeelsLooksMomentsCertainActorsSuccessfulSpecialIndustryAmountOfficeBoxesCriticalDespiteRecognitionCherishPeersBox OfficeAcclaimSpecial Moments Author:Hrithik Roshan
“I don't allow the industry or anybody to put me in a box. I did that for a minute and I was like, 'I can't do this anymore.'” I CanMinutesIndustryBoxes Author:Kelly Rowland