“I'm from the suburbs and where I'm from didn't necessarily have people like you see in 'Suburgatory,' but along those lines and I think people will laugh at themselves. And it's lighthearted.” PeopleThinkingLinesLaughingLike YouSuburbs Author:Jane Levy
“I would like you to show me, if you can, where the line can be drawn between an organism and it's environment. The environment is in you. It's passing through you. You're breathing it in and out. You and every other creature.” IfsShowsLinesEnvironmentLike YouCreaturesPassingPassingsBreathingOrganismsShow MePassing Through Author:Wendell Berry
“At a certain point you stop looking at your features, at what you don't look like. You start looking at lines and signs of fatigue rather than at the shape of your mouth.” LooksCertainLinesLike YouShapesMouthsFeaturesFatigue Author:Anjelica Huston
“I don't enjoy the diminishing agility of the body!I had knee surgery and I no longer can go do three yoga classes and run. It's not as much fun, physically. But emotionally, it's way more fun. I am so much happier and contented and less agitated - I'm just calmer. So it's like everything in this human existence, it's a trade off - it's like you trade the virility of the body for the agility of the spirit. That's a good line. I have to remember that!” WayHumansBodyRunningRememberSpiritThreeFunEnjoyLinesExistenceClassLike YouYogaTradeKneesSurgeryHuman ExistenceAgilityTrade OffsCalmer Author:Elizabeth Lesser
“Politicians are really getting desperate. In fact, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sent out a final fundraising email to Democrats with the subject line, 'I'm begging.' Because what better way to show you're a strong leader than acting like you're drunk and dialing your ex?” WayFactsShowsStrongLinesActingLeaderSubjectsLike YouPoliticianMajorityDemocratFinalsDrunkDesperateSenateEmailExesBetter WaysBeggingFundraisingStrong LeadersYour ExMajority Leader Author:Jimmy Fallon
“You don't actually find a strong correlation between- top-line GDP growth and making money in the market. It- it seems like you should. The fastest-growing countries should give you the highest return. They simply don't. But, there's only four of us- that- that believe that story. Everyone else in the world believes that if you grow fast like China, you'll outperform in the stock market.” IfsWorldGivingShouldBelieveCountryStoriesSeemsStrongGrowsGrowthLinesFourGrowingLike YouReturnHighestChinaMaking MoneyCorrelationGdp Author:Jeremy Grantham
“The minute you feel like you've completed something you lose that momentum. I've learned how to avoid that. That's the bottom line.” FeelsLosesLinesMinutesLike YouBottomI've LearnedBottom LineMomentum Author:Michael Angelakos
“I feel like you have to pull from some personal experiences [to acting]. At least that's how I work sometimes. It's just easier that way. And I try it as best as I can and kind of dissolve myself and become a character, not me, or just blur the lines.” WayFeelsTryingKindI CanSometimesCharacterLinesActingLike YouEasierPersonal ExperiencesBlur Author:Michael B. Jordan
“The thing that is most important is to feel like you're at the front of the line, to be prime or primer. I definitely never wanted to say that in the films, but that's where it comes from.” FeelsImportantWantedFilmLinesFrontsLike YouPrime Author:Shane Carruth
“When you take a pitch and line it somewhere, it's like you've thought of something and put it with beautiful clarity.” BeautifulLinesLike YouBaseballClarity Author:Reggie Jackson
“You go into the office and take a book or two from the shelves. You read a few lines, like your life depended on reading 'em right. But you know your life doesn't depend on anything that makes sense, and you wonder where in the hell you got the idea it did; and you begin to get sore.” KnowsTwoBookIdeasReadingLinesWonderHellLike YouDependsOfficeMake SenseEmsShelves Book:Crime novels: American noir of the 1950s Source: Crime novels: American noir of the 1950s
“I left the studio at 5:30 in the morning. It's an incredible mind exercise. You have to, obviously, have stamina, but you really feel like you're kind of feeding your mind. It's a challenge of learning lines very fast and then you have to be lose enough to hopefully make good choices in a much shorter amount of time that it takes to film certain scenes.” FeelsMindKindEnoughFilmCertainChoicesLeftLosesChallengesLinesMorningLike YouAmountExerciseSceneIncrediblesStudiosHopefullyFeedingStaminaGood Choices Author:Glenn Close
“I'm now in my mid-thirties, so I look in the mirror and my face is changing, and I have a different relationship all of a sudden with myself. Your face changes, things change - that's just kind of what happens. It's hard, though, in this industry, because I think so much importance is put on how you look, and I'm not brave enough to be like, "You know what? I'm just going to let it happen. Whatever. I'm so cool with every line on my face."” ThinkingKnowsLooksKindDifferentHardEnoughHappensFacesLinesLike YouIndustryImportanceMirrorsBraveYour FaceThings ChangeDifferent Relationships Author:Kristen Stewart
“It's funny, my agent came up to us and said, "That line, when Nicholas says, 'I'm gonna bust this thing wide open,' what film's that from?" I said, "I think it's from every film." It's just like you get into that kind of mode of generic dialogue, it's fun to do.” ThinkingKindSaidFilmFunLinesLike YouWideDialogueAgentsGeneric Author:Edgar Wright
“Because of the way we let the actors improvise, it feels like you're watching people react rather than actors reading lines - so I think that's always going to be something I like.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsReadingActorsLinesLike You Author:Oren Peli
“That's the thing about acting - it does have the feeling of downhill skiing. When it's really all going right, you know your lines, you know what's important to your character, you pick the strongest reactions possible to elements in the story. But then you let it all go and you're in the moment and stuff happens. It surprises you and it's super strong; it's like you're living life in a slightly heightened way in the time between "action" and "cut."” KnowsWayDoeImportantMomentsCharacterStoriesFeelingsHappensActionStrongStuffLinesActingCuttingLike YouElementsPicksSurpriseReactionsLive LifeStrongestWhat's ImportantSkiingStuff Happens Author:Mira Sorvino
“If you're saying the same line 10 times and making it look like you just came up with it, that's acting.” IfsLooksLinesActingLike You Author:Joan Rivers
“I've been trying to do my boot line for 20 years, but no one thought there could be a vegan luxury brand. So I funded this myself. I feel like it is time. I feel like young people in particular are responding to this.” PeopleFeelsTryingYearsYoungLinesParticularLike YouLuxuryBrandsVeganBootsResponding Author:Pamela Anderson
“I really feel that actors should really know who they are as characters; they should really study their lines; they should be prepared; but once they come to set, for me the most exciting way to shoot a scene is to really find it, really kind of grind your way through it, until you feel like you have something that you can put together.” KnowsWayFeelsShouldKindCharacterTogetherActorsLinesStudyLike YouSceneExcitingPreparedBe PreparedGrind Author:Oren Moverman
“The first thing you have to do is understand what success looks like. And to understand what success looks like you have to understand the intent. If you understand that intent is to make sure the sea lines are secure, then suddenly bombing Kosovo makes sense, because you don't want Serbia to reemerge as a major power.” IfsWantFirstsLooksLinesSeaLike YouMajorsSecureMake SenseBombingSerbiaKosovo Author:George Friedman
“it's a weird thing with acting and it happens to a lot of actors, not just myself - it's like you're giving off an I really need to be loved today vibe. My worst moment recently is I fell asleep on the tube in London on the Victoria line 8:30 in the morning and I woke up and there were about five people with iPhones taking pictures.” PeopleNeedsGivingMomentsHappensTodayActorsLinesActingMorningFiveWorstLike YouLondonTubesIphoneWeird ThingsVictoriaTaking PicturesWorst Moments Author:Andy Serkis
“One of the high points in my career came from a time I had with Tim Conway on a film when I had him fall down with laughter. I had this scene with him where I was this mechanic down fixing his car. I can't remember what my line was as written, but they were okay with me doing a made-up line. So Tim asks me what's wrong with his car, and I look up and say, "Well, looks like you got a squirrel caught up in there."” WellsLooksMadeI CanRememberFilmFallAsksLinesCareersWrittenCarLike YouSceneLaughterOkayCaughtAsk MeLook UpCaught UpMechanicFalling DownFixingSquirrelsHigh Points Author:John Ratzenberger
“When you organize your work and look back at your entire production, it may feel like you're looking at a straight line, but in fact it's nothing like that. The work is very experimental and most of the time it develops like branches. I usually see a capillary, like a tree shape where there are... branches that sort of move because you're not tending to them.” FeelsLooksMayFactsMovingLinesTreeLike YouShapesProductionsBranchesOrganizeStraight Lines Author:Vik Muniz