“I've never revised my opinion of myself as an actor. I've always thought I was as good as my material.” ActorsOpinionMaterials Author:Troy Donahue
“I like what a third man brings. A kind of oblique vision, seeing something in the material that you didn't know was there. As a comedian, I'm always listening to the audience. And in movies, sometimes the only audience you have is the producer and the director. I like having someone else's opinion, especially if you're on the same wavelength.” IfsKnowsMenKindSometimesVisionOpinionAudienceSeeingMaterialsListeningDirectorsThirdsProducersComedianWavelength Author:Steve Martin
“A prejudice may be an unreasoned judgment, he [Hibben] pointed out, but an unreasoned judgment is not necessarily an illogical judgment. ... First, there are those judgments whose verification has simply dropped out of memory. ... The second type of unreasoned judgments we hold is the opinions we adopt from others ... The third class of judgments in Professor Hibben's list comprises those which have subconscious origin. The material that furnishes their support does not reach the focal point of consciousness, but psychology insists upon its existence.” FirstsMayDoeMemoriesExistenceConsciousnessOpinionClassSupportPsychologyMaterialsTypeJudgmentThirdsPrejudiceListsProfessorsSubconsciousIllogicalVerificationFocal Point Author:Richard M. Weaver
“It is my opinion that the use of this barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender... In being the first to use it, we had adopted an ethical standard common to the barbarians of the Dark Ages.” FirstsWarUseAgeDarkCommonOpinionReadyMaterialsWeaponsStandardsSurrenderJapanEthicalDefeatedAssistanceAdoptedDark AgesBarbariansAtomic BombHiroshimaAtom BombHiroshima And NagasakiAtomic WarEthical StandardsAtomic WeaponsDropping Bombs Author:William D. Leahy
“I don't know if people really care about my opinion on things or how I come up with things, and maybe that's an insecurity and why we're comedians in the first place, so I think with that you keep doing the material, you keep trying to be funny cause you think that's all you're wanted for.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsTryingFirstsCareWantedCausesOpinionMaterialsCome UpComedianInsecurityKeep Trying Author:Nick Thune
“Learning the craft as an actor in Los Angeles is a very hard thing to do, in my opinion. We all come from a certain world and when you start learning the craft, you need material to read/study that you can relate to. We do not have too many Latino writers on the West Coast that I was able to relate to (or at least, I didn't know at the time). I came from the streets, so the most published authors had no relation to my world. As soon as I picked up Pinero & Guirgis, it was all over. It was my world, just in a different location. They cracked me open inside and out.” KnowsWorldNeedsDifferentHardAbleCertainActorsOpinionStudyStreetsMaterialsRelationWestCraftsRelateThings To DoOver ItLos AngelesLocationCoastLatinoCrackedHard ThingsWest Coast Author:Richard Cabral
“From [Nikolai] Medtner himself, who I do not think was the best possible advocate of his own works. But that's my opinion: I find him a little uninteresting and cold, sometimes. Also, at first, the thematic material is not of a kind that makes the greatest appeal, but if you keep with Medtner, I think he will take hold of you, and you're very likely to become a fan.” IfsThinkingFirstsKindLittlesSometimesOpinionFansMaterialsColdAppealsThematic Author:Marc-Andre Hamelin