“My first ten years in Hollywood were really tough. I'd be coaching friends who came to me for acting advice, and then they'd make it before I did. I'd still be helping them while they were on movie sets and I had four lines on a TV show.” YearsFirstsStillsHelpingShowsLinesActingFourAdviceTvsTenToughHollywoodCoachingTv ShowsMovie Sets Author:Michael Pena
“The great thing is that young talent isn't tied to a how-to model for starting a line; we get to find new ways to go about doing things. And don't let people tell you you can't. Go find a way to show that you can.” PeopleWayShowsYoungLinesTalentModelsStartingGreat ThingsTiedNew WaysYoung Talent Author:Alexander Wang
“I'm definitely in the market for being uncool. There was some funny stuff, like the thing about making sure I show people that I have tattoos and cigarettes so that they know I'm badass. But really, I do have tattoos! And I do smoke cigarettes sometimes, and I can't change that. But I am not badass, by any means. I do some stuff that's tongue-in-cheek, and some stuff that's on the line. And it could be funny, it could be serious, and I never even know myself, because it could be funny that day, and the next day it's totally embarrassing.” PeopleKnowsMeanI CanSometimesShowsNextStuffLinesSeriousTongueSmokeCheeksCigaretteTattooNext DayEmbarrassingBadassCan't ChangeUncoolTongue In CheekFunny Stuff Author:Ryan Adams
“It’s an interesting sign of the times that models are being booked for jobs and covers because of their following on a social media platform, I walked in the Balmain show for Olivier Rousteing. If you rounded up all the numbers of the majority of his line-up, there would be upwards of 10, 15 million followers.” IfsShowsWould BeJobsSocialLinesInterestingNumbersMillionsMediaModelsMajorityFollowingSocial MediaFollowersPlatforms Author:Karlie Kloss
“I would like you to show me, if you can, where the line can be drawn between an organism and it's environment. The environment is in you. It's passing through you. You're breathing it in and out. You and every other creature.” IfsShowsLinesEnvironmentLike YouCreaturesPassingPassingsBreathingOrganismsShow MePassing Through Author:Wendell Berry
“I did about 10-12 national commercials and then got one line parts in things like 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' and the show 'The Unit.' Got a little part in the movie 'Redbelt' by David Mamet and kept slowly grinding up and then started getting bigger parts in independents and getting noticed by Liz Meriwether.” LittlesShowsLinesBiggerEnthusiasmUnitsCurbOne LineLizCurb Your Enthusiasm Author:Jake M. Johnson
“There's got to be a point where we fix the system so that legal immigration is easier than illegal immigration and show respect for people, a kid who might have been here for 10 years, that might be a valedictorian of their high school to say, no, no, no you're not allowed to go to college. I just think there's a point past which we are over the line.” PeopleThinkingYearsHas BeensShowsMightKidsSchoolPastLinesCollegeEasierHigh SchoolImmigrationIllegalMight Have BeenIllegal ImmigrationLegal ImmigrationShow RespectValedictorians Author:Jeb Bush
“Reality TV now doesn't feel reality TV when it started. The line between reality and fiction is blurred. So many of these people are phony or shallow, in their own right. If you've ever watched any of The Real Housewives, or those types of shows, they're all performing. Even though they're real people, they're performing.” PeopleIfsFeelsRealShowsRealityLinesFictionTvsTypePerformingShallowHousewifePhonyReality TvReal Housewives Author:Portia de Rossi
“I like to do from racing my radio control cars to doing work at the zoo to poems to the TV show. There are a lot of things that I like to involve myself with, but I have a pretty packed schedule nine times out of ten. I have a good sense of working things in at the same time so that I can get all my hobbies in line.” I CanShowsLinesCarTvsTenRadioNineRacingHobbiesTv ShowsSchedulesGood SenseZoosWorking Things Author:Dhani Jones
“I've never like had a system or a program, I always think that I don't know how to act. I'll adapt to any director because I don't really have a set way that I do things. If a director hires me and says, "I want you to get started right now and do this research, this research, this research and I want you to have every line memorized before you ever show up for the first day," then that's what I'll do.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayWantFirstsShowsLinesKnow HowRight NowDirectorsResearchProgramI Want You Author:Jennifer Lawrence
“These types of films that are psychologically sort of dark at times, I find extremely exciting to do because there's always something to think about. There's nothing more boring than to show up on set and say a line and know that your character means exactly what they say. It's interesting to have an unreliable narrator in a film and that's what both of those films have been.” ThinkingKnowsMeanHas BeensCharacterShowsFilmLinesDarkInterestingTypeExcitingBoringUnreliableNarrators Author:Leonardo DiCaprio
“I memorize my lines and I show up. I think it's just instinctual, and sometimes it's wrong and the director says, "No, do it this way." And then I can change, because I didn't spend all night practicing it this one way. All I do to get ready for the day is the night before, I read my lines once or twice, memorize them, and then I show up.” ThinkingWayI CanSometimesShowsNightLinesReadyDirectorsOne WayAll Night Author:Jennifer Lawrence
“The entire spring and summer line from Marc Jacobs was stolen on the way to the fashion show in Paris. The thief is considered armed and fabulous.” WayShowsLinesFashionSummerSpringParisThievesFabulousStolenJacobFashion Show Author:Jay Leno
“It always seems to someone outside the business that it is very difficult to write for a comedy show because it must be done quickly. Actually, it is much easier to write this humor than to do a joke or a show from scratch, because the audience knows the plot. Just mention what is going on and then deliver the punch line.” KnowsWritingDoneShowsSeemsDifficultLinesAudienceComedyEasierJokesPlotScratchesComedy Shows Author:Robert Orben
“We're always pitching ideas and being told "no thank you." No offense taken, because I would so much rather be told the truth that they're not interested and be able to find the right show for that network down the line.” IdeasShowsAbleLinesTakenNot InterestedOffensePitching Author:J. J. Abrams
“We want to believe we are good, we are different, we are better, or we are superior. But this body of social-psychological research--and there are obviously many more experiments in addition to mine and Milgram's--shows that the majority of good, ordinary, normal people can be easily seduced, tempted, or initiated into behaving in ways that they say they never would. In 30 minutes we got them stepping across that line.” PeopleWayWantBelieveDifferentShowsBodySocialLinesMinutesMinesNormalResearchOrdinaryMajorityExperimentsSuperiorsPsychologicalTemptedPsychological Research Author:Philip Zimbardo
“I understand some of the people's impatience with the show last year. I think that Lisa's (Lili Taylor) story line (marrying Nate with minimal motivation in season three) became a little bit of a diversion - and that happens. It happens in every show.” PeopleThinkingYearsLittlesStoriesShowsHappensLastsMotivationThreeBitsLinesLittle BitSeasonsLast YearImpatienceMarryingDiversion Author:Chris Albrecht
“There is no firm dividing line between what is an epidemic and what is not an epidemic, but I think, when you look at a map that shows widespread influenza activity in 36 states, that we regard it -- from a common-sense perspective -- as an epidemic.” ThinkingLooksStatesShowsLinesCommonPerspectiveActivityRegardCommon SenseFirmMapsEpidemicsDividingInfluenza Author:Julie Gerberding
“Politicians are really getting desperate. In fact, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sent out a final fundraising email to Democrats with the subject line, 'I'm begging.' Because what better way to show you're a strong leader than acting like you're drunk and dialing your ex?” WayFactsShowsStrongLinesActingLeaderSubjectsLike YouPoliticianMajorityDemocratFinalsDrunkDesperateSenateEmailExesBetter WaysBeggingFundraisingStrong LeadersYour ExMajority Leader Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Massage therapists, and others in the holistic arts ... seem to be a particularly gullible bunch. And there are a lot of people who have seized upon that, and marketed their products, their classes, their modalities, and their wild claims to us ... and many of us have fallen for it, hook, line and sinker ... and unfortunately, gone on to convince our clients to buy into it, as well. ... Our profession has turned into the snake oil medicine show.” PeopleWellsArtShowsSeemsPainLinesClassGoneProductsClaimsMedicineOilProfessionBunchTherapyFallenInjuryConvinceClientsSnakesHookTherapistsHolisticMassageGullibleMassage Therapists Author:Laura Allen
“There are so many wonderful shows that come out through the year. What makes some stick is an unknown factor, you know? It's gotta be the right show at the right time. Really, you've got to have magic elements line up. But I felt that this was going to be something that was really going to ring true to people.” PeopleKnowsYearsShowsFeltLinesWonderfulMagicElementsSticksRingsFactorsRight TimeThrough The Years Author:America Ferrera
“Also, now as a result of that show being on, the cruise industry is just growing all over the place. Princess Cruises, who I now represent, is the fastest growning cruise line in the world.” WorldShowsLinesResultsGrowingIndustryPrincessCruise Author:Gavin MacLeod