“I don't enjoy doing nothing or sitting in my trailer watching ESPN.” EnjoySittingDoing NothingTrailersEspn Author:Mark Wahlberg
“I consider myself a lyricist first and foremost, but if you get something else out of what I do, that's fine too. I'm not sitting back here telling people how they have to take my stuff. We just want to play music, and hope that people like it.” PeopleIfsWantFirstsPlayStuffFineSittingLyricists Author:John Darnielle
“Procrastination is something you do yourself. You know: "I gotta sharpen these pencils before I start. I got 20 pencils, they're looking kinda dull." Well, the pencils aren't calling you and alluring you and inviting you and offering you anything. They're just sitting there. You're the one who's procrastinating.” KnowsWellsCallingSittingDullOfferingProcrastinationPencilsInvitingProcrastinatingAlluring Author:Michael Chabon
“Sometimes you can incubate a character and that can take me a month just sitting on it imagining it, doing everything from sketching it to taking long walks, but sometimes you can see the character immediately. A lot of it is instinctive.” LongSometimesCharacterWalksMonthsSittingTake MeSketchingLong Walks Author:Rebecca Hall
“I love hitting the stage and I don't think I could trade that for sitting in the basement making beats.” ThinkingStageBeatsSittingTradeHittingBasements Author:Kid Ink
“Plastic surgery is like a big elephant sitting in the Hollywood living room.” BigsRoomsSittingHollywoodPlasticSurgeryElephantsLiving RoomPlastic Surgery Author:Patricia Heaton
“I never sat down and wrote, but what I do is kind of act as a dramaturge for the piece. I am sitting with the writers. I'm discussing ideas with the writers and concepts. We're debating and having a dialectic where we are taking a lot of different ideas and trying to synthesize them into the right idea. I'm very much a part of that process. That's my job as the director.” TryingKindIdeasDifferentJobsProcessPiecesDirectorsSittingConceptsDown AndSatDiscussingDialecticsDifferent IdeasRight Ideas Author:Larry Charles
“It's always more interesting when you're doing things with someone you like because you're much more open to suggesting things. Also, it's fun. It's like if you're sitting with your mates and you're bantering, or you're winding each other up and insulting each other in a playful way, but having fun with it.” IfsWayFunInterestingSittingHaving FunMatesInsultingSuggestingSomeone You Like Author:Joseph Morgan
“Who wouldn't want to be in Scream? I was sitting on set thinking, "Aren't I supposed to be watching this movie? I don't think I'm supposed to be here." I never could have imagined myself on screen with Neve Campbell, screaming. It just didn't make sense.” ThinkingWantSittingScreensSupposed To BeMake SenseScream Author:Emma Roberts
“I like to relax. Spend it with people that I've grown up with, or people that I care about, and just relax, sit around doing nothing or sitting on a beach.” PeopleCareSittingBeachRelaxI CareDoing Nothing Author:Jason Statham
“When art is really great, it's really powerful, can really do something to you, make you feel more alive and make you feel more connected to something. If you don't feel like that when you do it, and you just make a movie to make money, that would be pretty boring to me. I just wouldn't do it. That would be like sitting in an office, which I don't want to do.” IfsWantFeelsArtWould BePowerfulAliveOfficeArt IsSittingBoringConnectedMaking MoneyReally GreatReally Powerful Author:Julian Schnabel
“I come from a very sporty background because my mom is a gymnastics teacher. So growing up I was never sitting watching TV in the afternoons. I always played ball outside in the backyard.” Growing UpTeacherGrowingTvsMomSittingBallsMy MomBackgroundsAfternoonGymnasticsBackyardsWatching Tv Author:Gal Gadot
“People think you have this exciting and romantic life, because you project this exciting, romantic life on screen. But in reality you're just doing the same thing as everyone else - you know, sitting around watching TV with your gut hanging out, playing with your kid, or even sitting on the toilet. You know what's weird? Even I'm not that interested in my personal life any more.” PeopleThinkingKnowsRealityKidsTvsProjectsSittingExcitingScreensGutsHanging OutPersonal LifeToiletsSitting AroundWatching TvRomantic Life Author:Ben Affleck
“We do have a big kind of history in literate tradition of Vikings and we have a lot of Viking blood in Scotland, I mean especially up north wherever you go you see a plastic Viking sitting outside a shop and Viking calendars and - because they - you know they came down and stole all our chicks and then some of them didn't quite get back and ended up settling down here. So there's a lot of Viking blood in Scotland.” KnowsKindMeanBigsBloodSittingTraditionDown AndSettlingShopsGet BackPlasticScotlandChicksCalendarsSettling DownVikingsUp North Author:Craig Ferguson
“There's a lot of time sitting in movies, so you can put alligators in people's trailers in your spare time. So it [making a film] moves slower, which in some ways is great, because you can live with a scene and invest in it a lot. And in some ways it's hard, because sometimes you can start to lose your energy a little bit, but both are fun.” PeopleWayLittlesSometimesHardFilmMovingEnergyFunBitsLosesSceneLittle BitSittingSparesTrailersSpare TimeAlligators Author:Mary-Louise Parker
“I had a very blessed journey with the upbringing I had. When you're working on sets as a stuntman, you have a firsthand account of the dynamics between actors and directors, because you're working hand in hand with them. You're not sitting outside the process watching. You become part of the process. You also see your tradecraft and see how movies are made.” MadeHandsActorsProcessJourneyDirectorsSittingAccountsBlessedUpbringingHand In HandDynamicsStuntman Author:Ric Roman Waugh
“There's nothing worse than sitting down to write a novel and saying, "Well, okay, I'm going to do something of high artistic worth." It's funny.” WritingWellsNovelSittingOkayArtisticWorth ItSitting Down Author:Douglas Adams
“People teach their dogs to sit; it's a trick. I've been sitting my whole life, and a dog has never looked at me as though he thought I was tricky.” PeopleWholeFunnyTeachDogSittingWhole LifeTricksTricky Author:Mitch Hedberg
“It was months later when I was sitting at the board in my studio and my wife would stick her head in and say, "What if you did Pooh and...oh, we don't do that anymore." I do have my soapbox and will go to my grave being a Disney company man.” IfsMenCompanyWifeMonthsSittingSticksStudiosMy WifeGravesBoardsWhat IfDisney CompanySoapbox Author:Mike Royer
“I work all the time because it's a great distraction and it keeps me from sitting home and obsessing morbidly.” HomeSittingDistractionObsessing Author:Woody Allen
“There is an advantage in having a routine and working with the same people when you can and in writing as a regular thing and filming as a regular thing. That routine pays off for you. You get a lot of productivity that way, rather than sitting around waiting for inspiration and waiting for the perfect thing to happen. I would be much less productive that way.” PeopleWayWritingInspirationHappensWould BeWaitingPerfectPaySittingAdvantageProductivityProductiveRoutineSitting AroundPerfect ThingsSitting Around Waiting Author:Woody Allen
“I love blackjack. But I'm not addicted to gambling. I'm addicted to sitting in a semi circle.” SittingCirclesGamblingGambleGambling And Love Author:Mitch Hedberg
“Leveling off at 42,000 feet, I had thirty percent of my fuel, so I turned on rocket chamber three and immediately reached .96 Mach. I noticed that the faster I got, the smoother the ride. Suddenly the Mach needle began to fluctuate. It went up to .965 Mach - then tipped right off the scale ... We were flying supersonic. And it was a smooth as a baby's bottom; Grandma could be sitting up there sipping lemonade.” ThreeFeetBabyPercentSittingBottomFlyingScalesFlightFasterThirtyFuelAviationSmoothChamberRocketsNeedlesGrandmaLemonadeSippingSitting Up Book:Yeager: An Autobiography Source: Yeager: An Autobiography
“As an activist, you do find yourself directed more toward public action. But I've always tried to use stories from my own life in my writing for instance. It has always been clear to me that the stories of each other's lives are our best textbooks. Every social justice movement that I know of has come out of people sitting in small groups, telling their life stories, and discovering that other people have shared similar experiences. So, if we've shared many experiences, then it probably has something to do with power or politics, and if we unify and act together, then we can make a change.” PeopleIfsKnowsWritingStoriesUseActionTogetherSocialJusticeMy OwnClearGroupsMovementSittingSocial JusticeInstanceFinding YourselfActivistDiscoveringMaking ChangesMy Own LifeTextbooksLife StorySmall Groups Author:Gloria Steinem
“I'm clearly not frightened of flying because I fly all the time, but every once in a while I do, as we all do, think, What if this plane goes down? And I think, Well, if I'm holding the hand of the person sitting next to me, then I'm holding everyone's hand.” IfsThinkingWellsPersonsHandsNextSittingDown AndFlyingPlanesWhat IfFrightened Author:Gloria Steinem
“I knew I just loved comedy, and I think it was my parents who initially brought up the notion of me trying to do stand-up. I think I actually tried writing jokes just at home, just kind of sitting around. But it seemed like a very real way to step into the world of comedy. I felt I could do it, so why not?” ThinkingWorldWayWritingTryingKindRealHomeFeltParentStepsComedyJokesSittingNotionWhy NotSitting Around Author:Seth Rogen
“I had parents who were working actors, who did really well in their careers, but it was a living. So it was a reality for me growing up; it wasn't a fantasy. It wasn't sitting there going, "I want to be adored." It wasn't that at all. Not to say that the screams of fans aren't a smile-raiser, but that was never the pull for me.” WantWellsRealityActorsParentCareersFantasyGrowing UpGrowingFansSittingScream Author:Benedict Cumberbatch
“I'm enjoying everything in my life, but I think the element of surprise in show business is what makes us really love it, because one day you're sitting by the phone waiting to do something or not doing anything, and the next day you've got the chance of a lifetime. Those little phone calls don't come up so often, but when they come up, it's fantastic.” ThinkingLittlesShowsNextWaitingEnjoyChanceOne DayElementsSittingSurpriseLifetimePhonesCome UpFantasticNext DayShow BusinessPhone CallsElement Of Surprise Author:Elton John
“I felt, as a lawyer, when I was mentoring and working with kids, that I gained a level of groundedness that I just couldn't get sitting on the forty-seventh floor of a fancy firm. Selfishly, it gives me joy - it makes me feel like my life has a purpose.” GivingFeelsKidsJoyPurposeFeltLevelsSittingGive MeLawyerFirmFancyFortyMentoringGroundedness Author:Michelle Obama
“If my songs are being listened to between any other songs, that is awesome, and I'm glad people are getting something out of them. We go to countries like Germany, where I can't imagine that all of my fans are engaging with the lyrics first and foremost. I think they're catching a vibe, a feeling. I consider myself a lyricist first and foremost, but if you get something else out of what I do, that's fine too. I'm not sitting back and telling people how they have to take my stuff. We just want to play music, and hope that people like it.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantFirstsI CanCountryPlayFeelingsSongStuffImagineFansFineSittingGladGermanyImagine ThatEngagingCatchingLyricists Author:John Darnielle
“Sometimes, you've got to be in a place. You're just another guy. You can just blend in. I live out in the wilds of nowhere, out in Jersey. Even there, there's sometimes problems. College students like journey out there and show up at 11 o'clock at night, on my porch, looking into the door not saying anything. My wife and I are sitting there; it's really creepy.” SometimesShowsProblemNightGuyWifeDoorsJourneyStudentsCollegeSittingMy WifeClockJerseyCreepyOther GuysPorchCollege StudentsReally Creepy Author:Lou Reed
“All Christian religions are outer-directed. "Who can I convert?" "Let's go to this country and make them Christians." "Wear this." "Do that." "No, don't worship that way. Worship this way or I'll kill you - for the good of your soul, of course." Meanwhile, followers of Eastern religions are sitting in the middle of their minds, experiencing a bliss and a level of consciousness that Western man can't begin to approach.” MenWayMindSoulCountryChristianCoursesLevelsConsciousnessMiddleApproachWorshipSittingWesternYour SoulBlissFollowersEastern Author:George Carlin
“I eat eight bags of chips in one sitting, and then nothing for a day or two. I learned that my body thought it was starving, so it would hold on to fat.” TwoBodySittingEightFatsBagsChipsStarving Author:Whoopi Goldberg
“What comics sacrifice and what lives they live - I know that most of their lives, their adult lives, they're sitting around or walking around with notebooks, writing things down. Usually they're fairly sensitive. Usually they're very bright. And that makes them poets.” KnowsWritingSacrificePoetWalkingSittingAdultsSensitiveNotebookSitting AroundWriting Things Down Author:Marc Maron
“The medium of podcasting and the personal nature of it, the relationship you build with your listeners and the relationship they have with you - they could be just sitting there, chuckling and listening... there's nothing like that.” ListeningSittingMediumsListenersPodcasting Author:Marc Maron
“If you let someone talk for an hour, you're gonna have a pretty good idea of who they are, and I think that's more rewarding than me sitting there going, "That's complete bullshit about health care."” IfsThinkingIdeasCareHoursSittingHealth CareGood IdeasBullshit Author:Marc Maron
“Every social justice movement that I know of has come out of people sitting in small groups, telling their life stories, and discovering that other people have shared similar experiences.” PeopleKnowsStoriesSocialJusticeGroupsMovementSittingSocial JusticeDiscoveringLife StorySmall Groups Author:Gloria Steinem
“If I'm in a bar and I gotta be sitting next to some clown who's like, "It's my tune," I don't want to hear you belt out Bruce Springsteen. That's why we have jukeboxes! Let's let Bruce be Bruce.” IfsWantNextSittingBarsTunesClownBeltsSpringsteenJukebox Author:Jake M. Johnson
“When you're actor, you have no idea how much work goes into pre-production. We're just sitting in our trailers waiting for someone to knock on our door to go to the set.” IdeasActorsWaitingDoorsSittingProductionsNo IdeaTrailers Author:Jason Bateman
“Even if you don't feel like sitting down to write or working on that big proposal, or whatever it is, just show up anyhow and the rest will follow.” IfsFeelsWritingShowsBigsSittingProposalSitting Down Author:Ayana Mathis
“So the best thing is to really work on yourself and opening your own heart and just letting all that stuff [worrying] go. And it is possible. It's sometimes takes a lot of time; it's not easy. And a lot of sitting with yourself and trying to work with your own heart.” TryingHeartSometimesEasyStuffWorrySittingOpeningBest Things Author:Alice Walker
“Most writers, I'm afraid, live very boring lives sitting in front of a screen. However, having said that: every writer puts a bit of themselves into the characters to bring them alive.” SaidCharacterBitsAliveFrontsSittingBoringScreensBoring Life Author:Michael Scott
“The good thing about being shy though as a child is that you become very observant because you're not really actively participating. You're sitting back watching everyone. I think that's really helped me as an actress because I'm good at observing people and then copying them for comic effect.” PeopleThinkingChildrenEffectsSittingGood ThingsActressesComicShyObservingParticipatingCopyingObservantBeing Shy Author:Rebel Wilson
“It is kind of lovely to be sitting alone, just thinking, very quiet, no one around. I don't feel alone or left out.” ThinkingFeelsKindLeftQuietSittingLovelyLeft OutSitting Alone Author:Vin Scully
“I don't think I've gone a day in my life without being inspired by Celine Dion. If you would've seen me at her concert in Las Vegas - like, I'm surprised I didn't get kicked out. I was literally sitting at the edge of my seat like the happiest girl in the entire universe.” IfsThinkingGirlUniverseGoneSittingInspiredEdgesSeatsConcertsVegasLas VegasCeline Author:Lea Michele
“My most vivid memories of those times weren't the actual nuts and bolts, but just pleasant times sitting with Jack [Kirby] in his studio, going over the pages and looking out the window at my kids playing in his swimming pool .” KidsMemoriesPagesSittingWindowStudiosPleasantSwimmingNutsPoolVividBoltsSwimming PoolKids PlayingNuts And BoltsVivid Memories Author:Mike Royer
“I know some stories about "liberation" and stuff that's been liberated by people who turn around and get on their soapbox about how it's unfair that the artists didn't benefit while they're sitting on stuff that they "liberated," but that's another story for another time.” PeopleKnowsStoriesArtistTurnsStuffBenefitsSittingLiberationUnfairLiberatedAnother TimeSoapbox Author:Mike Royer
“I'd much rather be on stage talking to a couple of retards for twenty bucks than sitting at my desk thinking up jokes for...well let's say a few dollars more.” ThinkingWellsTalkingStageCoupleJokesSittingTwentiesDollarsDesksBucksRetard Author:Larry David
“Once you have your character sitting right there in your head, all you really need to do is wind them up, put them down, and simply write down what they do, say, or think.” ThinkingNeedsWritingCharacterWindSittingDown And Author:Terry Pratchett
“I never wanna have a time where I'm on the big lawn just sitting back smoking cigars and drinking lemonade. I wanna work forever. Until I die. I wanna die on the way to a show.” WayShowsBigsDiesForeverSittingDrinkingSmokingLawnsCigarLemonadeSmoking Cigars Author:Schoolboy Q