“I could almost say it is my religion. I guess that sounds pretentious, but I want to live and breathe cinema.” WantSoundBreatheCinemaPretentious Author:Giovanni Ribisi
“When I started off with Trainspotting, it was the way the characters came to me. That's how they sounded to me. It seemed pretentious to sound any other way. I wasn't making any kind of political statement.” WayKindCharacterPoliticalLiteratureSoundStatementsPretentiousTrainspotting Author:Irvine Welsh
“Part of the fun of the movie is understanding exactly why we called it Prometheus. And also, it sounds really pretentious, like Inception, so we were just like, "Yeah, that makes the movie sound really smart!" It's so much better then my original title, Explosion. Well, there might be an explosion in the movie.” WellsMightFunUnderstandingSoundSmartOriginalsYeahTitlesExplosionsPretentiousReally SmartInceptionPrometheus Author:Damon Lindelof
“I look at myself more as a storyteller than a screenwriter, as pretentious as that may sound, but that's what really attracts me to TED Talks. For me, the really effective ones are being presented by expert storytellers.” LooksMaySoundExpertsStorytellerPretentiousScreenwritersTed Talks Author:Damon Lindelof
“I never personalize anything because I think that can be dangerous. For me, the best way is - this may sound pretentious - but its to breathe the character and get into the psychology of it.” ThinkingWayMayCharacterSoundPsychologyDangerousBreatheBest WayPretentious Author:Imogen Poots
“I think that the celebrity memoir as a genre is looked upon as a lesser form. One of my missions as a ghostwriter has been to elevate that form. Maybe that sounds pretentious!” ThinkingHas BeensFormSoundMissionsMemoirGenrePretentiousGenre Is Author:Hilary Liftin
“I was never afraid of getting old. I remember being young and thinking, Wow, I can't wait until I'm older because I feel like everything is going to happen then. I don't want to sound pretentious or anything, but I'm always one of the first ones to say, "Let's try that."” ThinkingWantFeelsTryingFirstsI CanHappensRememberYoungWaitingSoundWowGetting OldPretentious Author:Mario Sorrenti