“Being producer you're still going to have to sell somebody who's going to give you the money on the idea and everything like that. But it does give you a little bit more control if you're thinking in that creative process; it gives you more control to tell the story you want to tell rather than sort of just reading a script that somebody else wrote and says, "Yes, please, you can hire me for this job." So it's a little bit more hands-on, a little bit more closer to the heart.” IfsThinkingWantGivingHeartLittlesDoeStillsIdeasStoriesHandsJobsReadingBitsProcessCreativePleaseLittle BitSellsScriptsProducersCreative Process Author:Mekhi Phifer
“The networks are different so they have a different approach. Obviously, with The Shield - that was on FX so they had a little bit more leeway as far as the dialogue was concerned and even the content and what they showed the viewers, which is a great thing. But we will push it to the limit as far as FOX will let us go; that's for damn sure.” LittlesDifferentBitsLimitsApproachLittle BitConcernedDialogueGreat ThingsDamnFoxesViewersShieldsDifferent Approach Author:Mekhi Phifer
“I live in New York now and most of magazines have turned more towards reality stars. So, really I think that's great because it's turned towards people who want it rather than... So, I think it's actually kind of imploding in on itself a little bit.” PeopleThinkingWantKindLittlesRealityStarsBitsNew YorkLittle BitMagazines Author:Kirsten Dunst
“Maybe it's just a matter of getting older and being aware that the market for medium-budget and low-budget films, which is of course what I spent most of my life making, has diminished. And maybe the quantity of ideas has diminished a little bit.” LittlesIdeasMatterFilmCoursesBitsLittle BitLowsMediumsBudgetsQuantityGetting OldGetting Older Author:Roger Corman
“In so many roles I've played the outsider. As an outsider, you have more energy to succeed simply because you are an outsider. There are scripts floating around but they're not coming my way and I think that I am getting a little bit too old to play Napoleon. But if I was ever offered the role I would grab it.” IfsThinkingWayLittlesPlayEnergyBitsRolesSucceedLittle BitScriptsMy WayOutsidersFloating Author:David Suchet
“Brad [Dourif] would tell himself that he was not intentionally trying to mimic Jack Nicholson in any way. I think that actually bothers him a little bit. I just think maybe they have similar voices.” ThinkingWayTryingLittlesBitsVoiceLittle BitBotherBradNicholson Author:David Kirschner
“You watch the interview afterwards, and they didn't really say much, but it's interesting, funny, and engaging. Whereas I sit there and look a little bit too serious, and as soon as that happens then you're uncomfortable and you don't want to watch.” WantLooksLittlesHappensBitsInterestingWatchesSeriousLittle BitUncomfortableInterviewsEngaging Author:Kristen Stewart
“I don't like to risk my life, so I prepare sometimes for months or sometimes for years. But sometimes after a walk, I look what I have done, and I have a little bit of fear coming to me, just looking at pictures.” YearsLooksLittlesSometimesDoneBitsWalksRiskMonthsLittle Bit Author:Philippe Petit
“I have walked many times around the world and each time it's different from the last one. It feels a little bit like I am a theatrical director, creating a theatre in space. It's really a theater in the sky. But of course the World Trade Center is certainly the most well-known of my productions.” WorldFeelsWellsLittlesDifferentLastsCoursesBitsSpaceKnownSkyDirectorsCreatingLittle BitTheaterTradeProductionsTheatreAround The WorldWell KnownTheatricalWorld TradeWorld Trade CenterMost Well Known Author:Philippe Petit
“I think there were moments on Snow White where I wished there was a little bit more of a sick humor toward Ravenna. But maybe the tone of the movie couldn't really support that. So you always have to kind of figure out where you are and adapt to it.” ThinkingKindLittlesMomentsBitsWhiteSupportFiguresLittle BitSickSnowToneWhere You AreSnow White Author:Kristen Stewart
“I'm used to being crazy and "rock-n-rolly", which is a little different than this world. For me, it was a chance to stretch a little bit.” WorldLittlesDifferentUsedBitsChanceCrazyRocksThis WorldLittle BitBeing Crazy Author:Jack Black
“Oh yeah, I'm the president of the lucky club. There are so many talented people who don't work. And the crop of young actors I'm surrounded by is incredible. When you have people like that around you it amps you up a little bit. Also, Emile Hirsch and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, or guys like Ryan Gosling. It's a really good crowd and I feel I'm coming up at a good time. But equally, there's a lot of good young actors who don't get to work who are more talented than I. I'm just lucky.” PeopleFeelsLittlesYoungGuyActorsBitsPresidentLuckyLittle BitYeahIncrediblesCrowdsClubsGood TimesCropsYoung Actors Author:Shia LaBeouf
“I think there's great value to the Associated Press and to Reuters, but if you wanted to generate original content, maybe written by local writers, it just takes a little bit of openness to open your pages up to a wider freelance writer pool, and then you might find new voices and a wider array of voices, and definitely more original content that can't be found anywhere else.” IfsThinkingLittlesMightWantedValuesFoundBitsVoiceWrittenLittle BitPagesOriginalsPressesLocalsOpennessPoolGreat Value Author:Dave Eggers
“I've learned to be more reserved, watch what I'm saying; I got in a little bit of trouble. People tell me 'Never lose that, never lose that,' but then I get in trouble so I have to lose it. I'm trying to keep a little bit; I'm never going to lose who I am, I just gotta tone it down a little bit.” PeopleTryingLittlesBitsLosesWatchesTroubleLittle BitWho I AmToneI've LearnedReserved Author:Shia LaBeouf
“In this rigged, two-party system, third parties almost never win a national election. It's obvious what our function is in this constricted oligarchy of two corporate-indentured parties - to push hitherto taboo issues onto the public stage, to build for a future, to get a young generation in, keep the progressive agenda alive, push the two parties a little bit on this issue and that.” LittlesTwoYoungWinningBitsPartyIssuesAliveGenerationsStageLittle BitThirdsFunctionElectionObviousCorporateAgendasProgressiveTabooOligarchyRiggedThird PartiesYoung GenerationTwo Party System Author:Ralph Nader
“When I'm writing novels, even screenplays, it's never an actor I have in mind; it's always the version in my head of who the character is. Once somebody gets cast, I have to adjust a little bit to who they are.” WritingMindLittlesCharacterActorsBitsNovelLittle BitCastsVersionsScreenplays Author:Jonathan Tropper
“It may seem like improv because it flows quite naturally, and a little bit of leeway for improvisation is good, but you have to be judicious with it. So it's good, but sometimes people deify it. You can't improvise your way out of a paper hat.” PeopleWayMayLittlesSometimesSeemsBitsPaperLittle BitFlowHatsImprovisation Author:Steve Coogan
“My kitchen looks like the one from my childhood - very homey, with a little bit of Alice in Wonderland!” LooksLittlesBitsChildhoodLittle BitKitchenWonderland Author:Paris Hilton
“I was into alternative stuff, but I was also open to a little bit of hard rock and metal, like Guns N' Roses, Metallica.” LittlesHardStuffBitsRocksLittle BitGunRoseAlternativesMetalsMetallicaHard RockGuns N Roses Author:Girl Talk
“Most of the drug CEOs I know, they're not themselves - they're what people want them to be. It's pretty obvious of the different drug executives. They're old white men, very buttoned up. They're appropriate, so to speak. I'm a little bit more irreverent, and I'm not going to change just because I have this job.” PeopleKnowsMenWantLittlesDifferentJobsSpeakBitsWhiteDrugLittle BitObviousAppropriateExecutivesCeoWhite ManIrreverent Author:Martin Shkreli
“We started out on the Internet, so I've been reading what people had to say about stuff since we were getting mean comments on iFilm, before we even had our site going. People are really, really rough on the web - that's their right, that's the whole point of it - but sometimes it can be a little bit brutal.” PeopleMeanLittlesSometimesWholeReadingStuffBitsInternetLittle BitRoughCommentBrutalSite Author:Andy Samberg
“I think it's nice when everyone's happy. I'm that kind of person. But then sometimes you have people that are never happy, which also happened to me a little bit, people that always find ways to complain about everything. But if they're never happy, that's the way they are.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayKindLittlesPersonsSometimesBitsNiceHappenedLittle BitComplaining Author:Julie Delpy
“I try to write every day. I don't beat myself up about word counts, or how many hours are ticking by on the clock before I'm allowed to go and do something else. I just try to keep a hand in and work every single day, even if there are other demands or I'm on a book tour or have the flu or something, because then I keep my unconscious engaged with the book. Then I'm always a little bit writing, no matter what else I'm doing.” IfsWritingTryingLittlesBookMatterHandsBitsHoursDemandLittle BitBeatsNo Matter WhatClockEngagedUnconsciousFlu Author:Jonathan Lethem
“Yoga is my luxury workout. If I'm on vacation or I have a day off, I love a 90-minute yoga class. It's a really strong workout, but it takes a little bit longer.” IfsLittlesStrongBitsClassMinutesLittle BitYogaLuxuryVacationWorkoutDays Off Author:Alison Sweeney
“Writing is nearly always a matter of finding whatever your brain needs to trick it into being creative, and in my case, a tiny little bit of fact just seems to work.” NeedsWritingLittlesMatterFactsSeemsBitsBrainCasesCreativeFindingsLittle BitTinyTricksBe Creative Author:Emma Donoghue
“I'm trying to avoid any more asshole roles, at least for a little bit. The main criteria for me when choosing a project is a good director. I just want to work with these guys that I admire because I do want to direct my own films one day, and I want to pick their brains to see what their process is like, and see what I can take from that.” WantTryingLittlesI CanFilmGuyBitsProcessMy OwnBrainRolesOne DayDirectorsProjectsLittle BitPicksDirectAdmireCriteriaGood Directors Author:Dave Franco
“To be honest, I don't see myself acting forever. I just can't imagine myself being a 70-year-old man fighting for roles. I would love to do small parts in my friends' movies or things that I'm directing myself. I do envision myself behind the camera as I get a little bit older.” MenYearsLittlesFightingBitsActingBehindsRolesForeverImagineHonestLittle BitMy FriendsCamerasBeing HonestOld ManSmall Parts Author:Dave Franco
“It's an important point, and every little bit helps not least because those who make those kinds of changes are more likely to make their voices heard as citizens. But the ultimate solutions are going to come through policies.” KindLittlesImportantHelpingBitsVoiceHeardPolicyCitizensLittle BitSolutionsUltimate Author:Al Gore
“Making music clips, I have a responsibility to depict the artist in a way that suits them, and feels comfortable with how they want to present their music. From there I usually try to tell a story visually that complements the music, that lets the music be the hero element of the project. I just try to do something that feels sincere and creative and a little bit home-brewed so it doesn't feel too plastic or phony.” WayWantFeelsTryingLittlesStoriesHomeArtistBitsResponsibilityCreativeHeroElementsComfortableProjectsLittle BitMusic IsSuitsSincerePlasticPhonyComplementClip Author:Adria Petty
“There are a lot of people that have marginal powers, like a guy who levitates a little bit off the ground, or someone who can breathe a little bit of fire, or someone that can freeze a little bit of something, if it's really close to him, you say, "Well, what do you do with that? How is that useful?" There is so much of it around you and you're seeing it, it becomes the important thing in society.” PeopleIfsWellsLittlesImportantGuyBitsFireSeeingLittle BitImportant ThingsBreatheFreeze Author:Sharlto Copley
“I think people kind of come in who they are, and it sort of doesn't even matter who their parents are - it can affect you a little bit, and you can be guided and shaped.” PeopleThinkingKindLittlesMatterBitsParentLittle Bit Author:Rashida Jones
“To be brutally honest, I am a little bit of a Clint Eastwood nerd. Clint Eastwood who was the man who drew me into movies. When everybody else was watching Star Wars, I was watching Fistful of Dollars.” MenLittlesWarStarsBitsHonestHe ManLittle BitDollarsNerdBrutally Honest Author:James Purefoy
“I think there's a real connection between acting and writing novels because the way I write characters has a little bit to do with the method acting that I was taught in high school and college.” ThinkingWayWritingLittlesRealCharacterSchoolBitsActingNovelTaughtCollegeLittle BitHigh SchoolConnectionsMethodMethod ActingReal Connection Author:Jeffrey Eugenides
“When I'm creating a character, it's a little bit like what my theater teachers used to tell me about Stanislavsky, like if you're using sense memory to do a scene - if you have to cry in a scene, you try to remember something in your life that made you cry and you use that in order to get the tears.” IfsTryingLittlesMadeCharacterUseRememberUsedOrderBitsMemoriesTeacherCryTearsSceneCreatingLittle BitTheaterRemember Something Author:Jeffrey Eugenides
“But work that's got real substance does make people feel, "There's someone else out there who relates to my experience, or who just helped me understand my own experience a little bit better." And I think that's still got enormous value.” PeopleThinkingFeelsLittlesDoeStillsRealValuesBitsMy OwnLittle BitEnormousRelateSubstance Author:Edward Norton
“I love Michigan, to be honest. I don't think I'd live nowhere else. It's cheap! This is Detroit. A little bit of nothing gets you a lot of something.” ThinkingLittlesBitsHonestLittle BitBeing HonestDetroitMichigan Author:Danny Brown
“Television is where you earn regular money so you can plan a little bit but even then only when you have a regular gig. If you're just doing the odd appearance, you don't know if it will carry on.” IfsKnowsLittlesBitsPlansTelevisionLittle BitAppearanceOddGigs Author:Bill Bailey
“I think that we are in a very strange time, when everybody is thinking about what is going to happen, and everybody is kind of cleaning house a little bit. In the fashion world, we are doing something similar. We are taking the fake out and being a little bit more real and simple.” ThinkingWorldKindLittlesRealHappensHouseBitsSimpleFashionStrangeLittle BitFakeCleaningFashion WorldClean HouseStrange Times Author:Alber Elbaz
“I feel like the modeling industry is a little bit more accepting of women who make mistakes. They appreciate the idea of icons.” FeelsLittlesIdeasBitsMistakeAcceptingIndustryLittle BitAppreciateMaking MistakesModelingIconsModeling Industry Author:Lindsay Lohan
“I'm very much for strengthening our industry at home. It's great now there's a lot of work happening but I think with Irish film in particular, the views were starting to get a little stereotypical and we were pigeonholing ourselves a little bit. We needed to get out of that.” ThinkingLittlesHomeFilmBitsViewsParticularIndustryNeededLittle BitHappeningsStartingStrengthening Author:Saoirse Ronan
“When I did Sean Penn’s movie, I think I was living in, like, a $500-a-month room, and someone called me up or bumped into me and asked me if I’d come up to work for a day. That sort of got me going a little bit. But it wasn’t until Sin City [2005] that I kind of got back into the game.” IfsThinkingKindLittlesGamesBitsSinRoomsCitiesMonthsLittle BitCome UpSeanSin City Author:Mickey Rourke
“I am not a fan of improvisation, because it bores me. Working off a tight scenario gives you the confidence and ability to - why don't we change this a little bit and bring it back to the script. You always discover things while shooting.” GivingLittlesBitsAbilityFansLittle BitScriptsShootingBoresScenariosImprovisation Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“I've always felt a little different than everyone - you know, most of the other kids in my class - and I didn't quite see things the way they did or I didn't experience things the same way they did. I often felt a little bit like an outcast.” KnowsWayLittlesDifferentKidsFeltBitsClassLittle BitOutcast Author:Erin Davie
“I think being young in a grownup world, I think it stunted me a little bit. I had to grow up too fast on the outside, but I didn't get to grow up on the inside in the way that you might if you're allowed to fail more.” IfsThinkingWorldWayLittlesMightYoungGrowsBitsGrowing UpFailingLittle BitGrownups Author:Laura Benanti
“I think it's really hard to make songs that pursue an agenda. You can kind of do it a little bit through a character, so the character gives voice to something or their story, the story of the character tells you something, but, for me anyway, it's really hard to write directly about politics.” ThinkingGivingWritingKindLittlesHardCharacterStoriesSongBitsVoiceLittle BitPursueAgendas Author:David Byrne
“Our natural thing to do when we break away from our parents and our family is to decide in how many ways they were wrong and bad, and the older you get you start to realize, "By 'bad' I mean 'different'" and then you get a little bit older and you think, "And by 'different' I mean 'pretty awesome but just not like me.'"” ThinkingWayMeanLittlesDifferentBitsParentRealizingNaturalBreakLittle BitLike MeOur FamilyThings To DoNatural Things Author:Kelli O'Hara
“Usually I just let my songs do the talking. As a matter of fact I have long had an aversion to celebrities endorsing politics, and in some cases even other causes. I wonder about their motives. And I have to admit when celebrities get involved in political campaigns I tend to get a little bit sarcastic about it.” LittlesLongMatterFactsPoliticalSongCausesBitsTalkingWonderCasesInvolvedLittle BitCampaignsMotiveSarcasticGet InvolvedMatter Of FactAversionPolitical CampaignEndorsing Author:John Fogerty
“Being in the studio, it's more of a controlled environment, where you can be Salvador Dali and sit back and look at the painting. And you can go, 'Ah, you know what? Maybe a little bit more red over here...maybe add some blue over here.' You can sit back and look at the painting.” KnowsLooksLittlesBitsEnvironmentPaintingLittle BitRedBlueAddStudiosControlled Author:Zakk Wylde
“When I started it still wasn't okay to be this age and still make this kind of music. And believe me, I consider our stuff to be much poppier than - we're not on like cutting edge, that kind of thing anymore. And even though we're not doing Britney Spears music or Nsync, it's still what I consider to be pop music. So that does give you a little bit more longevity, I guess. But if somebody told me I'd be getting up there and singing "Heartbreaker" at fifty I'd laugh. So I don't know, I have no idea.” IfsKnowsGivingBelieveKindLittlesDoeStillsIdeasAgeStuffBitsLaughingCuttingLittle BitSingingOkayEdgesPopsNo IdeaFiftyBelieve In MeLongevityPop MusicSpearsCutting EdgeHeartbreakerNsync Author:Pat Benatar
“I didn't want to be precious about things. Of course, the idea is to make great music, but if you have great musicians up there, it gives me some leeway to play around a little bit.” IfsWantGivingLittlesIdeasPlayCoursesBitsLittle BitMusicianGive MeGreat MusicGreat Musician Author:Fiona Apple