“I think to simply make fun of something isn't particularly interesting. I try to not just do a parody of something or belittle something or disparage something.” ThinkingTryingFunInterestingParodyBelittle Author:Mark Leyner
“It's interesting to watch myself with an audience; I'm trying hard to learn from it.” TryingHardInterestingWatchesAudienceTrying Hard Author:Elizabeth Olsen
“I don't think there are beautiful women out there trying to lure men into any kind of conspiracy. I think people are out there just trying to meet someone new and interesting and live in the real world.” PeopleThinkingMenWorldTryingKindRealBeautifulInterestingReal WorldConspiracyBeautiful WomenLure Author:Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
“I'm always trying to get those interviews that are impossible to get, because they are the ones that are most interesting to the audience.” TryingInterestingAudienceImpossibleInterviewsMost InterestingAlways Trying Author:Scott Pelley
“One tries to be an observer as an actor and indeed as a director because the small things, the give-away things are what are really interesting to a performer.” GivingTryingActorsInterestingDirectorsPerformersObserversSmall ThingsReally Interesting Author:Janet Suzman
“At MTV, although the audience is smaller, I found it more interesting to deliver news to a specific group of people, because my story then did not have to try to be all things to all people.” PeopleTryingStoriesFoundInterestingAudienceGroupsNewsAll ThingsMtv Author:Tabitha Soren
“Most of my songs are pretty sketchy. There's not a lot of bass sections. I don't write big bridges. Sometimes I'll try. But it's hard for me to focus that way, because I always think it's more interesting to just see what will happen next.” ThinkingWayWritingTryingSometimesHardBigsHappensSongNextInterestingFocusBridgesSectionsBassSketchy Author:Ryan Adams
“... coming to a place like Nashville, which is just music music music, it's always been such an influence on me. And there are so many interesting songwriters out there, and it's such a crazy business and so many people are trying to do it, and it's all right there in Nashville.” PeopleTryingInterestingCrazyInfluenceSongwritersNashville Author:Sandra Bernhard
“If you're working with someone who you get on with and you're supposed to hate them on the screen, then you get this playful challenge thing where you're trying to one-up each other and that's really interesting. Sometimes it can become like tennis. The harder you hit the ball back, then the harder the hit it back to you.” IfsTryingSometimesHateChallengesInterestingBallsHarderScreensTennisReally Interesting Author:Joseph Morgan
“It’s a very interesting thing to try to be your absolute best—not a percent better or a percent worse than that.” TryingInterestingPercentAbsolutesVery InterestingInteresting Things Author:Kai Greene
“In retrospect, it's ridiculous that anyone saw me as a fashion icon, since all I was trying to do was to dumb down my middle-class look by messing with my hair. Throughout the eighties I was invariably half-sure and half-confident about whatever it was I wore…Still, I've always believed—still do—that the radical is far more interesting when it looks benign and ordinary on the outside.” TryingLooksStillsInterestingHalfClassSawsMiddleFashionHairOrdinaryRidiculousRadicalDumbMiddle ClassEightyAlways BelieveIconsRetrospectBenignFashion Icon Book:Girl in a Band Source: Girl in a Band
“What makes daily life interesting is that we try to transform it to something that is close to art.” TryingArtInterestingDaily Life Author:Arsene Wenger
“Mitt Romney was a guest on 'The Tonight Show' on NBC. It's interesting — you have an empty suit trying to please everyone, and then Romney comes out.” TryingShowsInterestingPleaseEmptySuitsTonightGuestsRomneyNbcTrying To Please Everyone Author:David Letterman
“The story man must see clearly in his own mind how every piece of business will be put over. He should feel every expression, every reaction. He get far enough from his story to take a second look at it... to see whether there is any dead phase... to see whether the personalities are going to be interesting and appealing to the audience. He should also try to see that the things that his characters are doing are of an interesting nature.” MenFeelsShouldTryingMindLooksEnoughCharacterStoriesInterestingAudiencePiecesDesignExpressionPersonalityDevelopmentReactionsPhases Author:Walt Disney
“If you follow the process of a thought - any thought, not just about art - the thought changes. It has to do with what you can hold in your memory and what you lose. That's an interesting thing to try to paint.” IfsTryingArtProcessLosesMemoriesInterestingPaintInteresting ThingsOur Memories Author:Ross Bleckner
“You make sure that there's a structure that's interesting for them to play on top of, then do temp versions and try it on the film. By the time the players come to the recording session, I've found what works. So I'm not wasting their time.” TryingPlayFilmFoundInterestingPlayerStructureVersionsSession Author:Mike Figgis
“Having to try and going through the trials and tribulations to actually overcome, to get there to win, to triumph, that's what makes life interesting” TryingWinningInterestingOvercomingTrialsTriumphTribulationTrials And Tribulations Author:Tavis Smiley
“Seeing movie people trying to get into TV now who don't understand that is very interesting.” PeopleTryingInterestingSeeingTvsVery Interesting Author:Matthew Weiner
“It feels very different to have long, thick, brightly colored hair. It makes me feel so conflicted to wear, and I believe showing a conflicted person onstage is actually really interesting and emotionally engaging. I'm trying to not just be the person standing on the outside and looking at something, but to actually be it, in a way.” WayFeelsTryingBelievePersonsLongDifferentI BelieveInterestingHairStandingThickEngagingReally InterestingRed Hair Author:Jenny Hval
“Meditation is a silent way of looking at resistance. You're not running away from it -- you're sitting with the resistance ... basically you're trying to follow the resistance. And I think that's very interesting.” ThinkingWayTryingRunningInterestingMeditationSittingSilentResistanceRunning AwayVery Interesting Author:Rodney Yee
“I've grown to love L.A., but it's the most socially awkward place. All these people have come there not to be something but to pretend to be someone trying to be someone. Even in line for coffee, you're standing with someone who's trying to be so interesting.” PeopleTryingLinesInterestingStandingCoffeeAwkwardSocially Awkward Author:Melissa McCarthy
“I find it interesting to see people - mostly people who are younger than I am - going to considerable trouble to try to reproduce things from an era that was far more physical, from a less virtual day.” PeopleTryingInterestingTroubleEras Author:William Gibson
“I try to find stories that I would think that everyone would find interesting, and just a good entertaining story, and then if I can find a story that has a raison d'etre behind it that I feel is important then that's the best for me.” IfsThinkingFeelsTryingI CanImportantStoriesInterestingBehindsEntertainingRaison D'etre Author:Norman Jewison
“my advice to every student who is trying to make a decision for the years immediately after graduation: take the opportunity that in your mind is the most rewarding, that you are most passionate about and that you find most interesting and save the rest of your life for being risk averse. Whatever you want to do, this is the time to pursue it. Twenty years from now, your freedom to take risks will be limited.” WantTryingYearsMindOpportunityDecisionInterestingRiskAdviceStudentsTwentiesPassionatePursueRest Of Your LifeMost InterestingYour Freedom Author:Kenneth C. Griffin
“The news might be single-handedly trying to bring about an environmental catastrophe, which it will then report on. Super injunctions are interesting legal weapons really, they don't just gag the press, they gag them from mentioning the existence of the gag. Sport belongs in a news bulletin about as much as a mummified cat's head belongs in a Caesar salad. Combine the "mounting pressure" with the "growing cause" and you've got yourself a "media whirlwind" which you can also refer to.” TryingMightCausesSportsInterestingExistenceGrowingMediaWeaponsNewsCatPressurePressesEnvironmentalReportsCatastropheSaladWhirlwindGagsCaesar Salad Author:Charlie Brooker
“When coming up with Wonder Woman cover designs, sometimes people will pitch ideas to me, either the writer or the editor. And it's interesting, because I know they're not trying to, but they end up pitching things that end up feeling like damsel-in-distress covers, where the tension comes from her needing to be rescued somehow. And it's something I immediately push back against.” PeopleKnowsTryingBookIdeasEndsSometimesFeelingsInterestingWonderDesignComicTensionEditorsDistressComic BookPitchingWonder WomanDamsel In Distress Author:Cliff Chiang
“I watch a lot of different films. A lot of different performances and I find a lot of little things from the films or things that actors do or people in real life who have behaviors or idiosyncrasies that I like or find interesting and I try to remember that. And then I'll do a prayer. I'll do a prayer to ask the character or the spirit of the character to come and visit me. And let's work together.” PeopleTryingLittlesDifferentRealCharacterTogetherRememberFilmSpiritActorsAsksPrayerInterestingWatchesBehaviorPerformancesReal LifeWorking TogetherLittle ThingsIdiosyncrasies Author:Wesley Snipes
“For me, it's always more difficult and slightly exposing to play something that's close to yourself. I always like to try to hide, just because I can't stand the way I look. But, I think it's important to change every time and come up with something that's as interesting as it can be, for your characters.” ThinkingWayTryingLooksI CanImportantPlayCharacterDifficultInterestingCome UpBecause I CanExposing Author:Johnny Depp
“I love the stories that have come before, that we know of. I think for me it's always more interesting to start from square one and you take the fundamental pillars of the character and, around that, try to create something new and different.” ThinkingKnowsTryingDifferentCharacterStoriesInterestingFundamentalsSomething NewSquaresPillars Author:Chris Pine
“I really try to divorce myself from any thought of possible use of this stuff. That's part of the discipline. My only purpose while I'm working is to try to make interesting photographs, and what to do with them is another act - an alter consideration. Certainly while I'm working, I want them to be as useless as possible.” WantTryingUsePurposeStuffInterestingDisciplinePhotographyPhotographerPhotographDivorceUselessConsideration Author:Garry Winogrand
“As a mother trying to raise kids with some kind of a code, an honorable way to solve problems without using violence, I find it interesting to live in a country where your government is allowed to kill, whether it's war or execution. What interests me is not who deserves to die but who deserves to kill.” WayTryingKindWarCountryProblemGovernmentKidsMotherDiesInterestInterestingViolenceDeserveRaisesSolveCodeExecutionHonorableDeath Penalty Author:Susan Sarandon
“I can't judge the characters I play, because it's for the audience to do. What I can try to do is to understand and embody what were they going through? How did they make the decisions they made? That to me is a more interesting way to approach something, rather than saying this person is a villain and that person is this and - because it's not very interesting to play that anyway.” WayTryingPersonsMadeI CanPlayCharacterDecisionInterestingAudienceJudgingApproachVillainVery InterestingInteresting Ways Author:Kevin Spacey
“I always think that trying to push yourself as an actor in a direction that you've never been before, developing characters which are more difficult to get into the head of, or are more interesting and further away from yourself, is always a challenge. But, you want to take up that challenge and try your best.” ThinkingWantTryingCharacterActorsDifficultChallengesInterestingDevelopingPush YourselfTry Your BestAsa Author:Asa Butterfield
“I'm really into quantum physics. Some of my friends are into it, some of them aren't, so I'm trying to get them excited about discovering all these interesting things about thoughts and the power of thoughts. It gives me chills thinking about it. It's fun.” ThinkingGivingTryingFunInterestingMy FriendsGive MeExcitedPhysicsDiscoveringQuantumChillInteresting ThingsQuantum PhysicsPower Of Thought Author:Carmen Electra
“That's what being shy feels like. Like my skin is too thin, the light too bright. Like the best place I could possibly be is in a tunnel far under the cool, dark earth. Someone asks me a question and I stare at them, empty-faced, my brain jammed up with how hard I'm trying to find something interesting to say. And in the end, all I can do is nod or shrug, because the light of their eyes looking at me, waiting for me, is just too much to take. And then it's over and there's one more person in the world who thinks I'm a complete and total waste of space.” ThinkingWorldFeelsTryingPersonsI CanEndsHardLightEyeEarthAsksWaitingCan DoDarkSpaceInterestingBrainToo MuchWasteEmptySkinsAsk MeStaringShyTunnelsBest PlaceSomething InterestingEyes LookingBeing ShyWaste Of Space Author:Carol Rifka Brunt
“At the other end of the spectrum is, for example, graph theory, where the basic object, a graph, can be immediately comprehended. One will not get anywhere in graph theory by sitting in an armchair and trying to understand graphs better. Neither is it particularly necessary to read much of the literature before tackling a problem: it is of course helpful to be aware of some of the most important techniques, but the interesting problems tend to be open precisely because the established techniques cannot easily be applied.” TryingImportantEndsProblemCoursesLiteratureInterestingExampleObjectsTheorySittingMathematicsTechniqueHelpfulSpectrumTacklingArmchairsGraphs Author:Timothy Gowers
“I write my first draft by hand, at least for fiction. For non-fiction, I write happily on a computer, but for fiction I write by hand, because I'm trying to achieve a kind of thoughtless state, or an unconscious instinctive state. I'm not reading what I write when I wrote. It's an unconscious outpouring that's a mess, and it's many, many steps away from anything anyone would want to read. Creating that way seems to generate the most interesting material for me to work with, though.” WayWantWritingTryingFirstsKindStatesHandsSeemsReadingInterestingFictionStepsAchieveMaterialsComputerCreatingMessUnconsciousMost InterestingNon Fiction Author:Jennifer Egan
“I find it interesting to see people - mostly people who are younger than I am - going to considerable trouble to try to reproduce things from an era that was far more physical, from a less virtual day. That fascinates me, because it seems to be symbolic of something going on in the culture itself, and I also have a sort of innate admiration for the stubbornness it requires to actually make those things physically. It's become incredibly difficult. In North America, we've largely forgotten how to do it.” PeopleTryingSeemsAmericaCultureDifficultInterestingTroubleForgottenErasAdmirationInnateSymbolicNorth AmericaStubbornness Author:William Gibson
“Punk is an attitude, not a genre, age group, or time period. What's interesting is trying to define the blues and punk in different ways. They are very close cousins.” WayTryingDifferentAgeInterestingAttitudeGroupsPeriodsGenreDifferent WaysPunkCousinTime Periods Author:Jack White
“Trying to micromanage the perfect vacation is always a disaster. That leads to terrible times. If you get lost and you just end up eating just anywhere, you know, you see a bunch of Venetians sitting around smoking cigarettes, eating something unrecognizable in a dark alley somewhere, chances are it's interesting.” IfsKnowsTryingEndsLostDarkChancePerfectInterestingTerribleEatingSittingDisasterBunchSmokingVacationCigaretteChances AreAlleysSitting AroundSmoking CigarettesTerrible TimesDark Alleys Author:Anthony Bourdain
“My goal is to tell good stories. And to try as best I can to do something new with acting. To learn from the past and to be a relevant artist. To make stories that are interesting and contemporary and to tell some kind of emotional truth.” TryingKindI CanStoriesPastArtistGoalInterestingActingEmotionalContemporarySomething NewRelevantGood StoryLearn From The Past Author:Ethan Hawke
“I dont have a favorite genre. I love to work and live vicariously through every character. Its all about trying to bring the character to life and get the story across in a way that resonates with the audience. Its always interesting and challenging in a gratifying and unique way.” WayTryingCharacterStoriesChallengesInterestingAudienceUniqueGenre Author:Catherine Mary Stewart
“I wouldn't want to play a character that knew everything and knew where to go. It is much more interesting playing a character that is vulnerable trying to be strong. It makes for better TV.” WantTryingPlayCharacterStrongInterestingTvsVulnerable Author:Missy Peregrym
“Trying to lead an interesting life, a fruitful life, is a big challenge.” TryingBigsLife IsChallengesInterestingBig ChallengesInteresting LifeFruitful Life Author:John Patrick Shanley
“I find people interesting. People trying hard are interesting. People with a passion are interesting - whether its old cars or taxidermy or knitting.” PeopleTryingHardPassionInterestingCarKnittingTrying HardOld CarTaxidermy Author:Clare Balding
“I keep trying to bring a more professional approach to New Zealand cricket. It's an uphill battle. I stay in the game because I find it intriguing and interesting. I'm not interested in coaching international sides. I don't mind short-term coaching. I don't want to get involved in the politics of teams.” WantTryingMindGamesSidesTermInterestingTeamInvolvedBattleApproachInternationalCoachingNot InterestedCricketGet InvolvedShort TermKeep TryingIntriguingNew ZealandUphill Battles Author:Glenn Turner
“There is this cat and mouse game that plays out over time where our team comes up with new and interesting ideas to identify content that we shouldn't recommend, and over time people are constantly probing that, trying to figure out how can they get around that and get a better reputation on Yelp.” PeopleTryingIdeasPlayGamesInterestingTeamFiguresCatCome UpReputationMiceProbingInteresting IdeasCat And Mouse Author:Jeremy Stoppelman
“I think that gulf is what makes the work interesting, but as a creator it's endlessly frustrating because I'm starting out with this goal, this thing I'm trying to create, and then the thing I actually do create is very, very different. It's always painful, in some ways, especially when it's just finished.” ThinkingWayTryingDifferentGoalInterestingStartingPainfulCreatorFinishedFrustratingStarting Out Author:Daniel Clowes
“You need to try to find a way to humanize your villains. Genuine villains, in real life, still have mothers and daughters and sisters, and they fall in love. They don't walk around with a big sign saying, "Bad guy," on their head. They think they're good guys. If you can play that, I think it makes it more interesting.” IfsThinkingWayNeedsTryingStillsRealPlayBigsMotherGuyFallWalksInterestingDaughterFalling In LoveReal LifeGenuineVillainBad GuysGood GuyMother And DaughterSign Sayings Author:Mark Strong
“The anti-hero or hero usually has a journey or quest so they are interesting as you find out what's going to happen, what they are looking for. What are they trying to do? Sometimes what they do is heroic or comes with a price or sacrifice or maybe the way they do things isn't so great and that's when they become anti-heroes. But the journey of an anti-hero combined with a good story done well is always worthwhile.” WayTryingWellsSometimesDoneStoriesHappensInterestingSacrificeJourneyHeroHeroicWorthwhileQuestsGood StoryAnti Hero Author:Keanu Reeves