“As an artist, let the creativity be the priority as often as you can, even though we all understand that there are bills to pay. My favorite artists are those who have always kept a strong creative image and their vision for their art at the forefront.” ArtArtistStrongVisionCreativityCreativeMy FavoritePriorities Author:Yukimi Nagano
“I said Revolver is my favorite The Beatles album, but only because it came to my head and it's a brilliant one. But they're all pretty brilliant. There's variations, but they're all brilliant, and it just depends on if they're very brilliant, or just a bit brilliant. It changes.” My FavoriteBrilliantRevolver Author:Nick Hodgson
“Neil Young, who isn't really evident when you listen to my music, is probably my favorite of the legends, besides Dylan. They're all a huge influence on me. For me, just following rock history and watching Darkness On the Edge of Town and realizing that's it's okay to be obsessed with a snare sound because Bruce Springsteen was obsessed with a snare sound.” RealizingDarknessInfluenceMusic IsOkayMy FavoriteObsessedDylanSpringsteen Author:Adam Granduciel
“I don't like my movies. I prefer John Ford's movies. I've made some movies that are interesting, or that have some point, or are more or less beautiful. But I've never made anything big to me, from my point of view. "Big" like John Ford or someone of that kind. I say John Ford because he is my favorite director.” KindBeautifulInterestingMy FavoritePoint Of View Author:Jesus Franco
“When I hear my favorite songwriters write about things they clearly have not experienced, like "Isis" by Bob Dylan or a lot of Bruce Springsteen songs or something like that, I'm always like, "Man, how do I tap into that?" Every time I tried to do something that wasn't autobiographical I felt pretty phony.” MenWritingSongMy FavoriteDylanPhonyFavorite SongSpringsteen Author:Taylor Goldsmith
“It's really about committing super-hard to whatever you're trying to create. In essence, I'm just copying my favorite comedic actors, and it's the people who make me laugh the hardest who commit the hardest.” PeopleTryingLaughingMy FavoriteCommitComedicMake Me Laugh Author:Adam DeVine
“My favorite songs are my favorite songs because they just feel like a certain moment, or a certain photo, just a snapshot for whatever three or four minutes the song is.” MomentsSongMy FavoriteFavorite Song Author:Tyler, The Creator
“A lot of people I know hate Paul McCartney in general. I guess I understand, but I'm a fan. I think he's a little underrated in my peer group - unlike John Lennon. He's not my favorite Beatle, but he's a goddamn good songwriter and he makes a lot of really cheesy, schmaltzy stuff but he's still underrated.” PeopleThinkingHateMy FavoriteCheesy Author:Mikal Cronin
“I've been in a band, so I understand the politics. Sometimes the bass player doesn't like what the guitar player is doing, and you have to sort of even that out. But I've also always loved the technology part of it. I've always loved the studio part. Making albums. Besides writing songs, which has been my primary thing, making records would be second. Obviously, touring would be third. Touring wasn't my favorite thing to do, but the first few tours were pretty fun. Seeing the world and everything.” WorldWritingSometimesSongFunTechnologyPlayerMy FavoriteGuitar Player Author:Ric Ocasek
“A Good Soldier is one of my favorite novels, for various reasons. But the class question is a good one, because it's not always easy to empathize with privileged people.” PeopleReasonEasyNovelSoldierMy FavoriteVarious Author:Matthew Specktor
“Some of my favorite all-time movies - Wong Kar-wai is just amazing. In the Mood for Love is probably my favorite film ever. Those lyrical montages are so stunning.” FilmLove IsMy FavoriteMoodLyricalStunning Author:Cherien Dabis
“Planning is my favorite - to have a vision and watch it materialize.” VisionMy FavoritePlanning Author:Dasha Zhukova
“All of my life doing interviews, comedy has been my favorite thing, comedians are my favorite people.” PeopleComedyMy FavoriteComedian Author:Larry King
“Two of my favorite artists are Josh Smith and Joe Bradley. But I argued against them for years, until I grew to love them and felt stupid for my immediate reaction towards their work. Now, I wouldn't be happier than to simply be their friend and to talk to them about what got them making art that was years ahead of my understanding. I never went to school for art or was told what to like or when. So every day is a learning process, like most of life.” ArtSchoolArtistUnderstandingStupidMy FavoriteLearning Process Author:Leo Fitzpatrick
“Music has always been a dominant force in my life. As a young kid, it was a way for me to escape everyday life. Today, it's a source of expression. I enjoy looking at old photos of some of my favorite rock icons, but also get inspired from the younger bands that are coming up and really creating their own style, their own image.” KidsTodayEnjoyStyleInspiredEverydayMy FavoriteEveryday Life Author:John Varvatos
“Sometimes I'll go into an interview not knowing what it's about or who it's for. Sometimes I'm a little bit more prepared. I've been in certain interviews where they ask me questions that I know nothing about. Like obscure albums and they want to know my favorite song and I don't even know what to say.” SometimesSongMy FavoriteAsk MeObscureFavorite Song Author:Sameer Gadhia
“I'm always surprised at what I actually end up doing movies because I don't have a strategy or a game plan, especially now that I'm making my own choices where to act. I love strange things; my favorite movies are weird, eclectic, and intriguing.” ChoicesStrangeStrategyMy FavoriteIntriguingEclecticGame Plan Author:Gemma Arterton
“I haven't figured out how to do anything yet besides recording music - I don't even entirely know how to do that. My favorite phrase is "It takes a lot of imagination to have no talent." So it's a struggle because I struggle between thinking about whether or not I'm actually a musician, am I actually an artist. Does it matter what I'm doing? Should I just go and jump off a bridge? Thinking about the social hierarchy and the fact that I'm American, and how I don't identify with being American, nor do I identify with any nationality or my race.” ThinkingArtistImaginationStruggleTalentMusicianMy Favorite Author:Willis Earl Beal
“I think movies also played a part in my interest in fashion. I've also always been hooked on the movies. From my early teens on, I always had my favorite movie stars who I admired, like Carole Lombard and Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich, and the men in my life who I loved, like Gary Cooper.” ThinkingMenInterestFashionHe ManMy FavoriteMovie StarGary Author:Polly Allen Mellen
“I love True Blood and Buffy, and, obviously, this is one of my favorite jobs that I've ever had - but not just because it's horror, but because the cast is so good and the writing is so great.” WritingHorrorMy Favorite Author:Alexandra Breckenridge
“I'm either at the movie theater, or I'm at home cooking - well, not really cooking because I don't cook, I usually have friends over who can cook, and they do the cooking. I'm sort of a homebody, even though I love going out to dinner and I love going to the movies. Those are my favorite things to do on a night off.” HomeNightCookingMy FavoriteMovie Theater Author:Kate Mara
“I like dark music and I want to wear those goth clothes in school. And I suddenly discovered this whole world of music that I totally loved. The Cure was my favorite band, even though they're not specifically a goth band. I was listening to everything from The Cure to Depeche Mode to Siouxsie and the Banshees and Bauhaus and all of that stuff. It was just this release for me. I was able to channel a lot of my loneliness and my feelings of being misunderstood, and I could go into this world where it was okay to be really eccentric.” WorldFeelingsSchoolDarkLonelinessListeningOkayMy FavoriteMisunderstoodGothBeing Misunderstood Author:Diane Birch
“In the office, I actually act quite demented the whole day. Like Monty Python. That's my favorite kind of humor. My assistants sometimes ask me to leave.” KindSometimesOfficeMy FavoriteAsk MeDementedMonty Author:Italo Zucchelli
“I think casting is really important. Finding the right sensibility for the right part is an art in itself. If you're off there, you make it harder on yourself as a director. And it's fun to work that out with the actors. I don't think there's any magic to directing actors. It's very instinctual. Working with actors is really one of my favorite creative moments of the whole process, and the most fun, because it's collaborative. I spend a lot of time rehearsing. I'm very rehearsal-oriented, probably because I have some background in theater. I like knowing what will work beforehand.” ThinkingArtImportantMomentsFunCreativeMagicArt IsMy FavoriteSensibility Author:Richard Linklater
“My favorite date movie is Scarface. There's nothing like taking a woman to see Scarface. It gets the panties off quick.” My Favorite Author:Eddie Griffin
“The kinds of scenes I like most are the ones where you just bury yourself in there. So I wouldn't say that's the only way to be funny, but that's my favorite way to play stuff, to try to put myself in a situation where that kind of acting is necessary.” TryingKindActingSituationSceneMy Favorite Author:Will Forte
“One of my favorite pieces of advice about being a writer came from a very formative teacher I had as an undergraduate, named John Hersey. On our last day of class together, which was also John Hersey last day before retirement, he said, "Remember, the world doesn't need any new writers." Which at first didn't seem like great advice, but when you unpacked it, it was really that it's not enough to be confident in what you do; be conscious of bringing something to the world of readers and writers that it hasn't seen before. Something idiosyncratic.” WorldEnoughTogetherRememberTeacherAdviceConsciousMy FavoriteRetirementLast DayBe Confident Author:Jonathan Dee
“I do question a band's longevity, because most of my favorite bands only made one or two good albums. After that, I didn't care about them anymore. Sometimes I wonder if people feel the same thing about us. The way I look at it is, if we can continue to inspire ourselves and write really beautiful music that we're proud of, I don't think there's any intention to stop.” PeopleThinkingWritingSometimesCareBeautifulWonderInspireProudIntentionMy FavoriteLongevityReally Beautiful Author:Sune Rose Wagner
“My favorite thing about acting is you have to learn how to work with people that you probably would never try to. Some people just aren't supposed to be in a room together, and you have to be in a room with a group of people who might not all get along and you have to figure out how to come together for one thing. That collaboration is special, and people don't get to exercise that. I think that's why people become stubborn, and I think that's why people become uninspired to change. In this job you have to.” PeopleThinkingTryingTogetherActingSpecialExerciseMy FavoriteCollaborationStubborn Author:Elizabeth Olsen
“If I was not a film-maker I'd probably be a musician. I like Kanye West, Jay-Z, R&B, classical, jazz and all kinds of music, but I'd say soulful World Music is my favorite.” WorldKindMusicianMusic IsJazzMy FavoriteAll KindsSoulful Author:Kasi Lemmons
“My favorite Founding Fathers, Christians like John Adams, were absolutely appalled by slavery, and did not own slaves. I think we're going to have to call on God's grace not only for slavery, but for what we're doing now with abortions.” ThinkingChristianFatherGraceSlaverySlaveMy FavoriteAbortion Author:Ann Coulter
“I would have to say movies are my favorite. I love doing TV, too, but it's always rush, rush, rush. With a feature film, those moments and scenes get a chance to breathe, because you don't have to accomplish as much in one day.” MomentsFilmChanceSceneOne DayMy FavoriteAccomplishBreathe Author:Taraji P. Henson
“I don't like rides. I take everything in life quite literally, and so I genuinely feel terrified on rides and liable to vomit at any moment, and I hate to vomit even more than I fear rides. So, all this to say, I don't have a favorite ride. I don't go on rides. Well, that's not true. A few years ago I had a beautiful, romantic moment on the Ferris wheel at Coney Island, known as the Wonder Wheel, and so I guess that's my favorite ride, though even that, to be frank, terrified me.” MomentsBeautifulHateWonderI HateMy FavoriteFrank Author:Jonathan Ames
“I've been making electronic music since I was 12. I was making music as soon as I knew how to make sounds on a piano. My parents had a baby grand, and the piano is still my favorite instrument. I look at it as a songwriting machine.” ParentBabyMy FavoriteSongwritingElectronic Music Author:Travis Stewart
“My favorite actresses were Geraldine Paige, Anne Bancroft and Kim Stanley.” My FavoriteActressesKimStanleyPaige Author:Sally Kirkland
“I've actually tasted the beer; it's quite nice. It's called Samuel Smith, which is my actual name. It's good beer. Maybe that's my favorite.” NiceMy FavoriteBeer Author:Sam Smith
“We need a federal government commission to study the way our financial services system is working - I believe it is working badly - and we also need more educated investors. There are good long term low-priced mutual funds - my favorite is a total stock market index fund - and bad short term highly priced mutual funds. If investors would get themselves educated, and invest in the former - taking their money out of the latter - we would see some automatic improvements in the system, and see them fairly quickly.” BelieveLongI BelieveTermStudyFinancialMy FavoriteImprovementEducatedLong TermFundMutualInvestorsShort TermMutual FundGood Long Author:John C. Bogle
“Every once in a while, someone comes up to me and says, "Excuse me, are you Tim Daly?" And I say yes and they say "I have to tell you, I am such a huge fan of yours, and my favorite work of yours is the voice of Superman." I'm always sort of surprised when that happens - I used to think that it was all about the kids watching those animated shows, and who did the voices didn't really enter their consciousness. But there are people that it means a lot to and I'm always a little bit taken aback by that. And I'm thrilled when that happens.” PeopleThinkingMeanKidsConsciousnessTakenMy FavoriteExcuseAnimatedExcuse Me Author:Tim Daly
“To me, my favorite comic book movies were the ones that were never based on comic books, like Unforgiven. That's more the kind of thing that get us inspired. Usually when you say something's a comic book movie, it means you turn on the purple and green lights. Suddenly that means it's more like a comic book, and It's not really like that.” KindMeanBookInspiredMy FavoriteComicComic Book Author:Adrianne Palicki
“I always keep some form of cartoon or comic book with me, especially Batman - he's my favorite. The reason I keep them around is that it keeps the kid in me alive. Some older folks, they like to drink - can't wait to get old. Me? I like to stay young. I know I'm going to be get older, but I can at least be young at heart so I read these comic books so I keep myself right on that level of kid to keep me having fun on stage.” HeartBookReasonKidsFunWaitingDrinkMy FavoriteComicHaving FunComic BookCartoon Author:James Monroe Iglehart
“My favorite show of my father Aaron Spelling is probably a show that was his favorite and that was a show called Family. He was the most proud of that show because, you know, my dad kind of got a bad wrap, I think. A lot of times people would say oh he just makes jiggle TV and it's all for entertainment purposes. But he did some really amazing shows as well that he was really proud of, that people kind overlooked. And Family was one of them.” PeopleThinkingKindPurposeFatherProudDadMy DadMy FavoriteReally Amazing Author:Tori Spelling
“It is very hard to answer the oft-posed questions about how Abraham Lincoln would respond to some current condition. My favorite story on that count is that the late great Lincoln scholar Don Fehrebacher was asked, during the struggles over bussing for racial balance a few years ago, what Lincoln would say about "bussing" and he thought awhile and then answered : "what Lincoln would say would be: "What's a bus?"” StruggleBalanceMy FavoriteBusScholar Author:William Lee Miller
“"On Script" is one of my favorite songs I've ever written. I'd just been jamming on it one day, and again I was struggling with lyrics. I'm still figuring out what it's about. I've seen a couple of reviews that are like, "It's about the monotony of playing the same songs every night," because I say, "On script every night/Like a well-rehearsed stage show." It's not about that at all, but I find that funny, how people project what they think about me, or songwriters in general.” PeopleThinkingNightSongStruggleCoupleOne DayMy FavoriteMonotonyFavorite Song Author:Courtney Barnett
“My favorite phrase, that a friend of mine who worked on the Potter films and was a lot older than me would use in front of me, and I picked up from him many great phrases - the English have a lot of great idioms for sweating. I don't know why that is. But that's what we do. I feel like it's particularly our country; probably everywhere has a lot of idioms for sweating. He always said, "I'm sweating like a glassblower's asshole," which I always found an incredibly strange and yet vivid image.” CountryFilmStrangeMy FavoriteIdiom Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“That scene that I have with Brad Pitt in Meet Joe Black is one of my favorite scenes that I've ever done. He's very modest. He's a real hardworking actor. I think he was going through something difficult at that time, and he never brought his personal stuff - not once! - on the set. He was a real pro. I remember doing that scene, and as I was acting, I thought, "I understand why this guy's a movie star." Because there was just something that he did when the cameras rolled. There was some kind of energy that was really magnificent, a real aura about him.” ThinkingKindRealDoneRememberEnergyDifficultBlackActingSceneMy FavoriteMagnificentModestMovie StarHardworking Author:Jeffrey Tambor
“One of my favorite things about art, especially at a gallery, is hearing people talk about the art. I find it quite amusing.” PeopleArtMy FavoriteAmusing Author:Eugene Souleiman
“In fact, my favorite Beatles song is "In My Life." And from that, you can gauge that my friends mean so much to me. I love John Lennon, so it's kind of like moody... There's a lot you can gauge from that. As insignificant as it seems, as an actor, it's an interesting way to approach a character.” KindMeanCharacterSongInterestingMy FavoriteInsignificantMoody Author:Matthew Lewis
“Go is one of my favorite things that I ever did. Not that I critique myself, but sometimes I'll be passing by the television, and I'll say, "Meh, maybe I would have done that a little different." I can't help [but] do that. But Go was one of those things - I really loved working with Doug Liman. Detective Burke in Go is one of those roles that's about everything I like to do. I love parts like that. And Go seems to be the thing that rolled it all into one.” DifferentSometimesDoneHelpingMy FavoriteCritique Author:William Fichtner
“My favorite season is autumn, and Maine is lovely for that reason. In Maine, autumn begins on July 29. That's when you start building a fire in the fireplace and the leaves literally start falling from the trees. It is a cold and rugged and a beautiful place that reminds you with its many death traps - its painfully cold oceans, its sharp, jagged beaches, and perilous cliffsides - that nature doesn't care whether you live or die.” ReasonCareBeautifulFallTreeBuildingColdOceanMy FavoriteLovelyBeachAutumnBeautiful Places Author:John Hodgman