“It's interesting to see people overcome things. Because if you didn't overcome, you wouldn't be writing it.” PeopleIfsWritingInterestingOvercoming Author:Edwidge Danticat
“The interesting thing about Georgia is, Atlanta is teeming with middle-class black people and black people with money - and yet there is still segregation.” PeopleStillsBlackInterestingClassMiddleMiddle ClassBlack PeopleSegregationInteresting ThingsGeorgiaAtlanta Author:Richard Benjamin
“So I like switching it up. I like that people are laughing but they don't even know if they should be laughing. I think that's interesting. I think it makes for a fun movie. And you're far more likely to be able to actually get something into someone's head if they don't quite see it coming, as opposed to delivering a very serious examination.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsShouldAbleFunInterestingLaughingSeriousExaminationDeliveringSwitchingFun Movie Author:Richard Shepard
“Given that there are seven billion people living on this earth, there is a consistent quantity of imbecile or idiot, okay. Previously, these people could express themselves only with their friends or at the bar after two or three glasses of something, and they said every silliness, and people laughed. Now they have the possibility to show up on the internet. And so, on the internet, along with the messages of a lot of interesting and important people - even the Pope is writing on Twitter - we have a great quantity of idiots.” PeopleWritingSaidTwoImportantShowsEarthThreeGivenInterestingPossibilityInternetMessagesOkaySevenGlassesBillionsBarsIdiotConsistentLaughedQuantityPopeThey SaidLiving OnImbecilesSilliness Author:Umberto Eco
“Sometimes it's fun to explore ideas that might make people uncomfortable. If you let it, there's a lot of self-censoring that can go on in the name of remaining likeable, but I don't find that an artistically interesting path to take.” PeopleIfsIdeasSelfSometimesMightNamesFunInterestingPathGoes OnUncomfortableCensoringLikeable Author:Ted Alexandro
“The girls everyone considers the "prettiest" are not always the most interesting or ambitious people.” PeopleGirlInterestingAmbitiousMost InterestingPrettiest Author:Crystal Renn
“'Brokeback Mountain' is a sad love story about two people who can't be together, and the reason that they can't be together is because being gay is a stigmatized thing. It would be interesting to have the same movie in which the two guys weren't in the closet and there was no shame about them being gay and they couldn't be together for other reasons. I still feel like we're a long way from that happening.” PeopleWayFeelsLongStillsTwoReasonStoriesWould BeTogetherGuyInterestingGayMountainHappeningsShameLove StoryClosetsLong WayBeing GaySad LoveTwo GuysBrokeback Mountain Author:Wesley Morris
“Everybody brings their thing to their criticism. I bring this wealth of opinions and feeling and knowledge about race and gender and sexuality. I feel like I have it, I may as well express it, and if it's applicable to what I'm writing about and I'm not forcing it, I should try to use it, because it's interesting. It speaks to more than some people.” PeopleIfsFeelsShouldWritingTryingWellsMayUseFeelingsSpeakWealthInterestingRaceOpinionCriticismGenderSexualityRace And GenderGender And Sexuality Author:Wesley Morris
“Maybe now if you're not an exhibitionist you're private. Or maybe it's just that for a lot of people - sometimes in interesting ways, sometimes in stupid ways - there's no division between the art object and what surrounds it.” PeopleIfsWayArtSometimesInterestingStupidObjectsDivisionSurroundInteresting WaysExhibitionist Author:Ben Lerner
“We're all looking from the point of view of our own reality tunnels. And when we begin to realize that we're all looking from the point of view of our own reality tunnels, we find that it is much easier to understand where other people are coming from. All the ones who don't have the same reality tunnel as us do not seem ignorant, or deliberately perverse, or lying, or hypnotized by some mad ideology, they just have a different reality tunnel. And every reality tunnel might tell us something interesting about our world, if we're willing to listen.” PeopleIfsWorldDifferentRealitySeemsMightLyingRealizingInterestingViewsWillingEasierMadPoint Of ViewIgnorantIdeologyOur WorldTunnelsSomething InterestingDifferent Realities Author:Robert Anton Wilson
“Starting in 98 when I was researching Traffic, I got to meet really serious people in Washington, which for a screenwriter was kind of a great gift. And I really valued these guys; I stayed in touch with them, and I find their point-of-view quite interesting.” PeopleKindGuyInterestingViewsSeriousStartingPoint Of ViewTrafficScreenwritersGreat Gifts Author:Stephen Gaghan
“I understand entertaining. You want people to walk out saying, I spent a night with interesting people.” PeopleWantNightWalksInterestingEntertaining Author:Aby Rosen
“People will be engaged in your work if it is good, interesting or challenging.” PeopleIfsChallengesInterestingEngaged Author:Jillian Mayer
“Prison makes an interesting context for so many different characters to come together. You get to see what lines get drawn between people.” PeopleDifferentCharacterTogetherLinesInterestingPrisonDifferent Characters Author:Yael Stone
“People take pride in being Irish-American and Italian-American. They have a particular culture that infuses the whole culture and makes it richer and more interesting. I think if we can expand that attitude to embrace African-Americans and Latino-Americans and Asian-Americans, then we will be in a position where all our kids can feel comfortable with the worlds they are coming out of, knowing they are part of something larger.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldFeelsWholeKidsCultureInterestingAttitudeKnowingPositionParticularPrideComfortableEmbraceAfrican AmericanItalianComing OutAsianLatinoAsian AmericanBeing IrishItalian American Author:Barack Obama
“Reputation is a very interesting thing, and I always give people the benefit of the doubt, and I think that there's a part of all of us, especially in a generation where a lot of the stuff gets recorded.” PeopleThinkingGivingStuffInterestingDoubtGenerationsBenefitsReputationVery InterestingInteresting ThingsBenefit Of The Doubt Author:Damon Lindelof
“The mistake many people make when they go to a bespoke tailor is they often think they need to do something special - either an interesting design feature, or a particularly interesting or unique-looking cloth. I say do the opposite. Stick to something really simple, because this will be a suit that you will really want to wear, so start with something very straightforward and you will get an enormous amount of joy wearing it.” PeopleThinkingWantNeedsJoySimpleInterestingMistakeSpecialDesignAmountUniqueOppositesSticksEnormousSuitsFeaturesStraightforwardSomething SpecialTailors Author:Patrick Grant
“Lots of really interesting people move to U.S and decide to work here, because of this whole attitude and openness. I'm absolutely convinced that this is just the beginning. In a couple decades we will see an even more dramatic change.” PeopleWholeMovingInterestingAttitudeCoupleConvincedDecadesDramaticOpennessReally InterestingDramatic Change Author:Esa-Pekka Salonen
“That was an interesting aspect: to go to war with the Church to fight for the very thing that the Church was meant to give to people.” PeopleGivingWarFightingChurchInterestingAspect Author:Mark Ruffalo
“I'm so lucky to have worked with Burt Lancaster, who I remember was one of the first people I'd heard swearing in a really interesting way.” PeopleWayFirstsRememberInterestingHeardLuckyReally InterestingSwearingSo LuckyInteresting WaysLancaster Author:Peter Capaldi
“People ask why I do monochromatic clothes; the reason is because I'm thinking in proportion to the world. In this room, your head is going to look so much more interesting if it's on a monochromatic column. Whereas I think people think of outfits and gets a little too fussy, a little too detailed. I'm always thinking of the line of a person standing with their head in a room and I always feel like a stalk, or a stem, or a pillar is nicer. I always think of everything architecturally.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldFeelsLooksLittlesPersonsReasonAsksLinesInterestingRoomsClothesStandingProportionStemColumnsPillarsStalkingOutfitsAlways ThinkingFussyMonochromatic Author:Rick Owens
“I just moved onto Queen West, after 20 years in Cabbagetown. The whole area around Trinity-Bellwoods is one of the juiciest in Toronto - all kinds of people to watch, dogs to pat, food to eat, galleries to check out. And the walk home from CBC delivers some of the most interesting window-shopping in town.” PeopleYearsKindWholeHomeWalksInterestingWatchesDogAreasWindowTownsMovedWestChecksAll KindsQueensShoppingMost InterestingGalleryTrinityTorontoWindow ShoppingCbc Author:Andy Barrie
“When I was a kid, the people of my generation didn't want to be writers, they wanted to be rock stars. Rock and roll was not just entertainment, it was the center of people's lives. When I was young, it was exciting and interesting.” PeopleWantKidsWantedYoungStarsInterestingGenerationsRocksExcitingEntertainmentRock And RollRock StarMy Generation Author:Fran Lebowitz
“If you have that group of people who are both nice and also creative, then you have surprises like a room with monkeys in them. That has taken a very good scene and just made it a great scene. I want my movies to be visually interesting and to have a lot of energy and be colorful and full of life.” PeopleIfsWantMadeEnergyInterestingRoomsCreativeTakenNiceGroupsSceneSurpriseVery GoodMade ItMonkeysColorful Author:Richard Shepard
“Comedy is very interesting because you can very quickly cross into dangerous territory. I mean look at what happened, unfortunately, (in) Paris a couple of weeks ago. They were making comics - which were really satire - but it offended people. I'm not saying the reaction was justified but there's definitely a line when you're doing comedy or satire and how it might affect somebody. That's the thing you have to watch and I think you have to be respectful of it.” PeopleThinkingLooksMeanMightLinesInterestingWatchesComedyHappenedWeekDangerousCoupleCrossesReactionsParisSatireTerritoryJustifiedOffendedVery InterestingRespectfulBe Respectful Author:Corbin Bernsen
“Catholic media sucks. It's boring. It's for old people. It's not interesting. It's like you're in a class with an 80 year old nun.” PeopleYearsInterestingClassMediaLike YouCatholicBoringOld PeopleNun Author:Lino Rulli
“It's very interesting to blur the line between eating human beings and eating animals, because I do think people should think more about what they put in their bodies, whether it is nutritionally or philosophically.” PeopleThinkingShouldHumansBodyLinesHuman BeingsAnimalInterestingEatingVery InterestingBlurEating Animals Author:Bryan Fuller
“So much is made of good, strong roles for women. Actually, it's really interesting playing vulnerable people as well.” PeopleWellsMadeStrongInterestingRolesReally Interesting Author:Jane Fonda
“There's plenty of girlfriend roles out there. They've come my way, and many people have turned them down, and I think, "Oh maybe I could do something with this." It's interesting when you get those roles, which seem like nothing on the page, and you kind of subvert them. It's hard to say no.” PeopleThinkingWayKindHardSeemsInterestingRolesPagesDown AndPlentyMy WayGirlfriend Author:Cate Blanchett
“A lot of times we associate Greenpeace and climate change and shrinking polar caps with heavy-handed, weighty material. It's somber stuff. But with Funny Or Die we thought we could put an interesting take on it. Make it a little more palatable, especially for young people who tune into the website.” PeopleLittlesYoungDiesStuffInterestingMaterialsClimateClimate ChangeHeavyTunesAssociatesWebsiteCapsShrinkingSomberGreenpeaceFunny Or Die Author:Alexander Skarsgard
“There's nothing too interesting about me, I'm just a dude that draws, I know there's nothing special about me that people would be standing in awe in front of me.” PeopleKnowsWould BeInterestingSpecialFrontsDrawsStandingAwe Author:Marko Djurdjevic
“A "showrunner" as a position is a relatively new thing. It used to be the executive producer. That's not true anymore. Now it's evolved into this model where people look to showrunners and say, that guy is that show. It's just become a lot more interesting to know the showrunner and to get a sense of that person.” PeopleKnowsLooksPersonsShowsUsedGuyInterestingPositionModelsProducersUsed To BeExecutivesNew ThingsThat Guy Author:Matt Nix