Home / Topics / Over The Top Quotes

Over The Top Quotes

Browse 154 quotes about Over The Top.

Related topics

Over The Top Quotes

“It's kind of a cross between, I think. It's not, you know, over the top Old English, like Lord of the Rings would be or something like that, but there is a very sophisticated air about the Asgardians[?], you know, in their dialogue, and - hold on. Okay. Um, and I'm doing an English accent in the movie.”

Thinking Knows Kind Would Be Lord Air Crosses Okay Rings Dialogue Sophisticated Accents Over The Top Old English

Author:Jaimie Alexander

“Which is so important, I mean, that's what's so great about the books, is, you know, those two worlds are sort of, the slacker world of just comedy and laziness and then this crazy, over the top action, supernatural world, and you know, combined.”

Knows World Mean Two Important Book Action Comedy Crazy Laziness Natural World Over The Top Two Worlds Slacker

Author:Mary Elizabeth Winstead

“Every time I see a guy walk out of an over-the-top sports car, I think they need a cold shower.”

Thinking Needs Guy Sports Walks Car Cold Showers Over The Top Sports Cars

Author:Gia Allemand

“I have the Midas touch, in the way that when I hook up with a project, I feel, not speaking cocky or conceited, but there's a confidence I have. I learned that from Muhammad Ali; I used to bodyguard him. He taught me about confidence. So when it comes to any job I work, I'm gonna do it good; I'm going to bring it over the top.”

Way Feels Jobs Used Taught Projects Hook Muhammad Cocky Conceited Over The Top Bodyguard Hook Up Midas

Author:Mr. T

“But I always wanted to do a theatrical stuff. But when you're in a metal band of course you're limited because five people in the band, um, you've got no keyboards... you're limited. And I wanted... to go over-the-top, you know. Literally. I wanted to make an album that people would either hate or love.”

People Knows Wanted Hate Courses Stuff Five Band Albums Metals Theatrical Keyboards Over The Top Metal Band

Author:Arjen Anthony Lucassen

“In the US, first of all, the electoral system has been almost totally shredded. For a long time it's been pretty much run by private concentrated spending but now it's over the top. Elections increasingly over the years have been [public relations] extravaganzas.”

Years Firsts Long Has Beens Running Long Time Relation Election Spending Public Relations Over The Top Electoral Systems

Author:Noam Chomsky

“For stage wear and gowns, Julien McDonald, who is a friend of mine. I love that he can be totally over the top for stage wear!”

Love Age Stage Mines Mcdonalds Gowns Over The Top

Author:Katherine Jenkins

“I am fussy, about my diet and straining my voice. I know, sounds a bit over the top. But I'm not as bad as I used to be. These days I don't drink alcohol for five days before a show - very dehydrating for the vocal cords, and all that acid reflux. I used to ban it for a fortnight. Nightmare.”

Knows Shows Used Bits Sound Voice Five Drink Alcohol Used To Be These Days Diets Nightmare Vocal Acid Bans Cords Over The Top Fussy Fortnight Don't Drink Alcohol Vocal Cords Acid Reflux

Author:Katherine Jenkins

“My personal style is over-the-top dowager. The old days they said get dressed and take one thing off, I say get dressed and put one thing on.”

Said One Thing Style They Said Old Days Over The Top Personal Style

Author:Joan Rivers

“If I think about what other people are thinking when I'm making music, I just can't do it. It's too withheld - I need to go totally over the top, and then kind of clean it up a bit and make it more reasonable after the fact.”

People Ifs Thinking Needs Kind Facts Bits Clean Reasonable Over The Top

Author:Grimes

“If you listen to the rhetoric, it is so over-the-top and so overheated, and most importantly, is not acknowledging the fact that there's nothing else [like guns] in our lives that we purchase where we don't try to make it a little safer if we can.”

Ifs Trying Littles Facts Our Lives Gun Rhetoric Over The Top

Author:Barack Obama

“I am a little crazy but when I'm on-stage, then I really get to play it up and perform and be over the top and it's like an outlet. It's fun to 'wild' out.”

Littles Play Fun Crazy Stage Outlets Over The Top

Author:Bonnie McKee

“I always have Aquaphor which is just for like chapped lips, especially in the wintertime when you're traveling a lot. That's just the worst combination of things. And always a really good pair of jeans. Something vintage-y, a little loose and boyfriend-y, but not over the top. They're just comfortable but could still be dressed up or down.”

Littles Stills Worst Comfortable Lips Combination Pairs Jeans Vintage Dressed Up Over The Top Wintertime

Author:Emily Ratajkowski

“In general, I'm pretty busy with the other things I charted ... I bought a piece of a sports-tech company. We do a lot of work with at the Clippers. I think that'll be great. We're really looking at the possibility of extending and building a real over-the-top distribution channel with value-added services for the Clippers, that could lead to other partnerships and investments. But most of the stuff I'm looking at isn't because I say, "Hey, I want to invest." It sort of comes around from the work we're doing with the Clippers.”

Thinking Want Real Values Stuff Sports Company Pieces Possibility Building Investment Busy Hey Partnership Distribution Extending Over The Top

Author:Steve Ballmer

“I think strong rhetoric and strong action are two separate things. Anyone can use tough words. Anyone can go over the top and say things that sound strong. But sounding strong is not enough. You have to know exactly how you're going to do it. And if you look at some of the policies he's talked about, they would not make America stronger.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Looks Two Enough Use Action America Strong Sound Policy Tough Stronger Rhetoric Over The Top

Author:Marco Rubio

“I want to look classy and sophisticated. For the "Running" video, I wanted to make a bit of a statement and to be slightly over-the-top. I'm not taking the piss out of myself, but I'm not taking myself too seriously, either. I'm just having fun and trying to pretend I'm a pop star, really.”

Want Trying Looks Running Wanted Fun Stars Bits Pops Statements Video Having Fun Sophisticated Over The Top Pop Stars Just Have Fun

Author:Jessie Ware

“I think I got interested in singing without being too over-the-top. I was more calmly singing the words - which I thought had really come a long way. I thought they were worth singing clearly.”

Thinking Way Long Singing Long Way Over The Top

Author:Hamilton Leithauser

“If I had cast someone else who didn't have that kind of timing, it would have been leaden and one note. But Ann [Morgan Guilbert] made her really human and really funny without being caricatured or over the top. She feels like a real person.”

Ifs Feels Humans Kind Persons Has Beens Made Real Notes Casts Timing Over The Top Real Person

Author:Nicole Holofcener

“I don't read all the junk. I joke if I did, I wouldn't get out of bed in the morning. But, Sometimes the comments over the top - really ugly. Many of them are critical of my looks, like the one that criticized my "thunder thighs." I get that a lot. Some of the tweets are too vulgar to repeat.”

Ifs Looks Sometimes Morning Bed Jokes Ugly Critical Repeats Comment Vulgar Thunder Junk Tweet Thighs Over The Top

Author:Gretchen Carlson

“In Japan they're definitely more over the top. They had four Boogie stacks and 20 guitars. But otherwise it's pretty much the same thing, except there's a translator. It's really nice.”

Four Nice Guitar Japan Really Nice Over The Top Translators Boogie

Author:John Petrucci

“You should look up some of the reviews. The New York Times review is so over-the-top funny. It's hysterical. You should dig it out.”

Should Looks New York Look Up Reviews New York Times Hysterical Over The Top

Author:Judd Apatow

“How many times can a rock star go over the top on drugs? How many times can a rock star be unfaithful to his old lady? It is really fu**ing boring, and that is what they do over and over and over. They just print the same sh*t.”

Stars Rocks Drug Boring Print Rock Star Old Lady Unfaithful Over The Top

Author:Lemmy Kilmister

“We are all brothers and sisters under the skin and above it . . . it's super important that we stop lobbing bombs over the top of the wall and start trying to dismantle it, so that we can say 'hi' to whoever is on the other side, whether the divide is religious or nationalistic or politic or economic.”

Trying Important Sides Religious Economic Brother Wall Skins Bombs Divides Brothers And Sisters Over The Top Nationalistic

Author:Roger Waters

“I was on Batman with "Superheavy" or "Zero Year" where there was a lot of fun and bombast, but it was also personal. [In All-Star], I wanted to take that to its complete extreme, like the end of the Earth extreme, where it's over-the-top humorous, yet at the same time really deeply about what I think is of this particular moment in time, at least for me. The things I'm terrified of and the things I'm hopeful about. My life is the page.”

Thinking Years Ends Moments Wanted Earth Life Is Fun Stars Particular Pages Humorous Extremes Hopeful Zero Terrified Moments In Time Over The Top Really Deep All Stars

Author:Scott Snyder

“My first day on set [Bad Santa 2] was with Billy [Bob Tornton] and it was a sex scene in a Christmas tree lot and you know in order to make it great for the audience you just have to go for it! It was our sort of our icebreaker. There is something very freeing and fun about just playing make believe and it's just over the top and hilarious so you just go for it.”

Knows Firsts Believe Order Fun Sex Audience Tree Scene Bob Santa Make Believe Over The Top Christmas Tree Playing Make Believe Bad Santa

Author:Christina Hendricks

“You need to either create a slurry in a cold liquid, which also works with cornstarch, or you've got to do your gravy in a very wide pan and kind of scatter the flour over the top and then very quickly whisk it in.”

Needs Kind Cold Wide Liquid Over The Top Flour Gravy Whisk

Author:Alton Brown

“One of the series of decisions that the great screenwriter John McNamara made was about who to depict. [Ronald] Reagan had a role in HUAC, he was a friendly witness, but never went over-the-top about it.”

Made Decision Roles Series Witness Friendly Screenwriters Over The Top

Author:Jay Roach

“As a healthy person, my breakfasts are very bland and boring. Think kind of a white pasty gruel. Or there can be an occasional banana over the top.”

Thinking Kind Persons White Healthy Boring Breakfast Occasional Bananas Over The Top Bland Healthy Person Pasties

Author:Billy Corgan

“I grew up in Dubai, all my friends are there and I'm so used to it. It's such an over-the-top kind of place. It's really fun to perform there.”

Kind Used Fun Grew Grew Up My Friends Over The Top Dubai

Author:Karl Wolf

“My dream is a red dress Above my knees High-heel red sandals And me coming over the top The music booming Hi Howie I will say With a lovely smile I don't want to play the game I want to be it.”

Want Play Dream Games Red Dresses Lovely Knees Heels High Heels Over The Top Sandals

Author:Nikki Giovanni

“Many social critics wag their fingers at what they perceive to be frivolous luxury spending. But that misses the point that consumption norms are local. It's not just the rich who spend more when they get more money. Everyone else does, too. The mansions of the rich may seem over the top to people in the middle, but the same could be said of middle-class houses as seen by most of the planet's seven billion people.”

“Just because you're a good caddie doesn't mean to say that you're the one that can put a player over the top. A good caddie doesn't necessarily help you've got to gel.”

Mean Helping Player Over The Top Caddies

Author:Steve Williams

“People talk about Bollywood being very kitsch, and just songs and dances, and over the top and colorful.”

People Song Colorful Over The Top Kitsch Bollywood Song And Dance

Author:Shahrukh Khan

“Two records put me over the top with hip-hop. One of them was 'Planet Rock,' and the other had no lyrics - it was called 'Numbers,' from a group called Kraftwerk. Every kid in the 'hood in New York and New Jersey was popping, locking, and breaking to that record. It was the hottest track on the street at the time.”

Two Kids Numbers Records Groups Streets Rocks New York Planets Track Hip Hop Hips Hops Jersey Hood New Jersey Over The Top Hottest Popping

Author:Queen Latifah

“Every time you see a black romance it's over-the-top. There always has to be extreme hostility between the sexes. He has to cheat. She has to show him how independently strong she is, not just as a woman but as a black woman.”

Shows Romance Strong Sex Black Extremes Cheat Black Women Hostility Over The Top

Author:Bernie Mac

“When playing big festivals, I tend to play big, over the top techno tracks, like hands in the air songs that make sense being played in front of 30,000 people. I steer away from subtlety in the interests of big bombastic dance music.”

People Play Hands Bigs Song Interest Air Fronts Track Make Sense Festivals Steers Subtlety Over The Top Dance Music Techno Being Played Bombastic Hands In The Air

Author:Moby

“You can tell a more over-the-top incredible story if you use a nonfiction form.”

Ifs Stories Use Form Incredibles Nonfiction Over The Top

Author:Chuck Palahniuk

“I came to office promising major ethics reform to end the culture of self-dealing. And today, that ethics reform is a law. While I was at it, I got rid of a few things in the governor's office that I didn't believe our citizens should have to pay for. That luxury jet was over-the-top. I put it on eBay.”

Should Believe Ends Self Today Law Culture Pay Citizens Office Majors Ethics Should Have Luxury Reform Governors Jet Over The Top Ebay

Author:Sarah Palin

“Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death.”

“Yes, I live a crazy, exciting, whatever life, but I do think it's quite relatable because it has to be - I'm just a girl from St Louis, Missouri that has lived life like anyone else. There are things that are crazy and over the top, but the basic thread is my family, my career, trying to live and pursuing my dreams.”

Thinking Trying Dream Girl Careers Crazy My Family Exciting Thread Relatable Over The Top Missouri Just A Girl

Author:Kimora Lee Simmons

“When I want to show the kind of meanness people are capable of, to make it believable I find I have to tone it down. It's in real life that people are over the top.”

People Want Kind Real Shows Capable Real Life Tone Meanness Mean People Believable Over The Top

Author:Todd Solondz

“I think audiences have hit the wall with CGI and special effects. They have seen so many over-the-top events that they can't suspend disbelief.”

Thinking Audience Special Effects Events Wall Disbelief Over The Top Special Effects Cgi

Author:Sylvester Stallone

“I attract a crowd, not because I'm an extrovert or I'm over the top or I'm oozing with charisma. It's because I care.”

Care Crowds Educational I Care Charisma Over The Top Extroverts Because I Care

Author:Gary Vaynerchuk

“I wish I could view the belly that oozes over the top of my pants as a badge of maternal honor. I do try. I make sure that the women whose looks I admire all have sufficient fat reserves to survive a famine, and I make a lot of snide comments about the skeletal likes of Lara Flynn Boyle and Paris Hilton.”

Trying Looks Wish Views Honor Likes Fats Admire Paris Sufficient Comment Pants Reserves Belly Famine Badges Over The Top

Author:Ayelet Waldman

“I used to be terribly shy, so I was either shy or over the top, and I always had a difficult time.”

Used Difficult Used To Be Shy Difficult Times Over The Top

Author:Sigourney Weaver

“Figure skating is theatrical, and a part of it is wearing costumes. My costumes were very over-the-top and outrageous for figure skating. But for me, it's all beautiful. Even when nobody else believed they were beautiful, I felt beautiful in them.”

Beautiful Felt Figures Costumes Outrageous Theatrical Skating Figure Skating Over The Top

Author:Johnny Weir

“I shared a vagrant optimism that some of us were making real progress, that we had taken an honest road, and that the best of us would inevitably make it over the top. At the same time, I felt that the life we were leading was a lost cause, that we were all actor, kidding ourselves on a senseless odyssey. It was the tension between those two poles - a restless idealism on one hand and a sense of impending doom on the other - that kept me going.”

Two Real Hands Actors Lost Felt Causes Taken Progress Honest Optimism Tension Idealism Hunters Restless Doom Loathing Over The Top Odyssey Gonzo Fear And Loathing Lost Cause Vagrants

Author:Hunter S. Thompson

“Don't order any of the faerie food," said Jace, looking at her over the top of his menu. "It tends to make humans a little crazy. One minute you're munching a faerie plum, the next minute you're running naked down Madison Avenue with antlers on your head. Not," he added hastily, "that this has ever happened to me.”

Source: Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls

“Asking an eight-year-old girl if something is a little over-the-top is like asking a Texan if there are too many jalapenos in the salsa. The answer is always no." -Liberty Jones”

Ifs Years Littles Girl Answers Liberty Asking Eight Over The Top Texan Salsa Jalapenos

Author:Lisa Kleypas

“Well, I should like a plan that doesn’t result in the death of my heir. (Eli) Would a good maiming be considered over-the-top? (Varyk)”

Should Wells Results Plans Heirs Over The Top

Book:Bad Moon Rising: A Dark-Hunter Novel

Source: Bad Moon Rising: A Dark-Hunter Novel