“I have always wanted to play different kinds of stuff, but it's hard, first to find good material, and then to change people's perception of you so they'll let you do it. I mean, I would really like to play a poet, but once they get this notion of you as a street guy, it's hard to change that.” PeopleFirstsKindMeanDifferentHardPlayWantedGuyStuffStreetsPoetMaterialsPerceptionNotionDifferent Kinds Author:Matt Dillon
“If I were a teacher, I would like to teach freshman English - so I could be the Robin Williams type in Dead Poets Society. I wanna be that guy. I couldn't teach seniors because they'd be smarter than me.” IfsGuyTeachTeacherPoetTypeSmarterSeniorThat GuyRobinsFreshmanDead Poets SocietyDead Poets Author:Jake M. Johnson
“He led quite a great life, ... He was an Old Testament figure railing against the establishment - a Jewish guy from New York who became a Buddhist, a poet, a musician.” GuyFiguresNew YorkPoetMusicianBuddhistEstablishmentTestamentOld Testament Author:Tom Hayden
“My mom was a manic depressive schizophrenic who, after a year in prison, went home and shot herself. My sister, Kirsten, an amazing poet, who was raised by this woman, and was dating a guy who broke up with her for the fourth time in three weeks. And one day, she came to his house, got a gun, and blew her brains out all over his headboard. I just went through a divorce, five years in court and cost me $2 million dollars. If anyone, by law, should be forced to take antidepressants it's me... But instead, I choose to be an antidepressant. And you can take me with alcohol.” IfsShouldYearsHomeLawGuyThreeHouseBrainMillionsFiveWeekPoetMomOne DayCostGunShotsDatingCourtDollarsPrisonRaisedMy MomDivorceAlcoholBrokeFive YearsTake MeMy SisterFourthMillion DollarsManicBroke UpSchizophrenicDepressiveAntidepressants Author:Christopher Titus
“It was when I was on the set of Dead Poets Society.There was actor,his name was Norman Lloyd. One day he took us all aside and said, "You guys don't even understand what a powerful experience you're having. You don't really understand what a gift this is." We were going, "What does he mean?" It was that really wonderful opportunities aren't to be taken for granted. I often found that it had embedded itself in my memory.” MeanDoeSaidGuyActorsFoundOpportunityNamesMemoriesPowerfulTakenWonderfulPoetOne DayGrantedEmbeddedTaken For GrantedDead Poets SocietyDead Poets Author:Ethan Hawke
“There are reviews that are clearly wrong. Dr. Johnson's famous Life of Savage, he's clearly wrong about the value of Savage. But it's one of the great works in English literature. You can learn more about the artistic expression and what the poet does and how to write about art from that than any number of guys who are terrible writers, who have no original ideas, but who say yes, "Hamlet" is a wonderful play. It's a meaningless statement.” WritingArtGuyValuesLiteratureWonderfulPoetTerribleArtisticMeaninglessGreat WorkEnglish Literature Author:Gary Giddins
“I'm an old guy, and I was protesting during the Vietnam War. We killed fifty Asians for every loyal American. Every artist worth a damn in this country was terribly opposed to that war, finally, when it became evident what a fiasco and meaningless butchery it was. We formed sort of a laser beam of protest. Every painter, every writer, every stand-up comedian, every composer, every novelist, every poet aimed in the same direction. Afterwards, the power of this incredible new weapon dissipated.” WarCountryArtistGuyPoetIncrediblesPainterComedianProtestMeaninglessComposerLoyalVietnam War Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“Everything is symbolic. If they'd picked some middle-aged white guy, well, that would have been a symbol, but it wouldn't have been shocking because that's the expected norm, right? I felt I was a good match: here's an accomplished poet, and he's also gay and Latino.” GuyPoetGayAccomplishedNormLatino Author:Richard Blanco