“Michael [Douglas] is, I think, a great actor. He's made some very interesting pictures. When he was going to college, I was very proud of him, but when he said, 'Dad, I want to be in a play,' he had a bit part. I went to see it and Michael said, 'Dad, how was I?' I said, 'You were terrible.' I thought he would go on to be a lawyer and in three months, he was in another play and I went and, I must admit, he was great. I think he has been good in everything he's done.” ThinkingWantHas BeensMadeSaidDonePlayThreeActorsBitsInterestingCollegeMonthsGoes OnProudDadTerribleLawyerVery InterestingThree MonthsGreat ActorsGoing To CollegeProud Of Him Author:Kirk Douglas
“Knowing that we are primates, I think, is a fascinating discovery, and a very interesting and rather cheering one.” ThinkingInterestingKnowingDiscoveryFascinatingCheerVery InterestingPrimates Author:Christopher Hitchens
“Facebook is not ideologically neutral. In fact, it emerges from a very particular world view which we can trace back to Hobbes. I discovered this by examining the profile of Zuckerberg's fellow board members who, unlike him, are a very interesting bunch and, I suspect, the real power behind the poster boy.” WorldRealFactsInterestingViewsBehindsBoysParticularMembersFellowsBunchBoardsSuspectsVery InterestingProfilePostersExaminingWorld ViewReal PowerHobbesZuckerbergBoard Members Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“It's so easy to pick up a camera, white balance, and shoot people having sex, but I don't think there's anything very interesting about it. You might get off, but that's it.” PeopleThinkingMightSexEasyWhiteInterestingBalancePicksCamerasVery InterestingHaving Sex Author:Sasha Grey
“It's a historical fact that the Stasi did horrible things and that they monitored a lot of people in East Germany, but I find it very interesting to think about the importance of the Western secret services back then and still working today.” PeopleThinkingStillsFactsTodayInterestingSecretImportanceHistoricalWesternEastHorribleGermanyVery InterestingHorrible ThingsSecret ServiceHistorical FactsEast Germany Author:Christian Schwochow
“Right now is a very interesting time because of the digital cameras, and the fact that you can edit anywhere. It's a great time to be a filmmaker, is a great time to be starting off.” FactsInterestingCamerasStartingFilmmakerDigitalVery InterestingEditsGreat TimesDigital CamerasInteresting Times Author:Michael Pitt
“I think it's very interesting that [doctors] privilege the self that is saying, "I don't want to die," but want to discount the self that said, "I want to allow natural death in such a situation."” ThinkingWantSaidSelfDiesNaturalInterestingSituationDoctorsPrivilegeVery InterestingWanting To DieDiscountsNatural Death Author:Katy Butler
“It's been kind of extreme - people either love it or they don't like it at all - and I think that's a good thing. It's my first art project where there's not a middle ground. I find it very interesting. But the negative feedback hasn't at all kept me from doing it, obviously. Because I haven't really gotten any negative feedback that I feel is really warranted.” PeopleThinkingFeelsFirstsKindArtInterestingMiddleHavensProjectsNegativeGood ThingsExtremesFeedbackVery InterestingMiddle GroundArt ProjectsNegative Feedback Author:Tatyana Fazlalizadeh
“I've had a very interesting life. There are ways of handling the complexities. I'm willing to take on the responsibilities as a father, as a producer, as an actor; and I enjoy that. I've always been changing and evolving and growing. There's no pinnacle of power where you can sit back and relax.” WayActorsFatherEnjoyInterestingResponsibilityGrowingWillingProducersEvolveComplexityRelaxVery InterestingPinnacleInteresting Life Author:Tom Cruise
“In a city like London, the fact that cultures live together and cross-fertilize is a beautiful and natural thing. The many cultures in Amsterdam contribute to the city's high level of craziness - something which every interesting city should offer. But sometimes immigrants can live in parallel worlds which can exclude others and not be very attractive.” WorldShouldSometimesFactsTogetherBeautifulCultureNaturalInterestingLevelsCitiesOffersCrossesLondonAttractiveImmigrantsVery InterestingParallelsHigh LevelCrazinessNatural ThingsAmsterdam Author:Charles Landry
“French cinema has always been very interesting, and it's still very powerful. I think it goes to show that it's great to still have a cinema that doesn't try to emulate, for example, American cinema.” ThinkingTryingStillsShowsInterestingPowerfulExampleCinemaVery InterestingVery PowerfulEmulateFrench Cinema Author:Louis Leterrier
“When you do a slasher film, you find yourself repeating the same kind of scene, then it becomes not very challenging and not very interesting.” KindFilmChallengesInterestingSceneFinding YourselfVery Interesting Author:Alexandre Aja
“Reputation is a very interesting thing, and I always give people the benefit of the doubt, and I think that there's a part of all of us, especially in a generation where a lot of the stuff gets recorded.” PeopleThinkingGivingStuffInterestingDoubtGenerationsBenefitsReputationVery InterestingInteresting ThingsBenefit Of The Doubt Author:Damon Lindelof
“I think anybody who's willing to really sink their teeth into a work like the Hammerklavier, which is a very interesting, different experience, should look instead at something like the Sonata by Paul Dukas, which, in my opinion, is a real marvel.” ThinkingShouldLooksDifferentRealInterestingOpinionWillingTeethVery InterestingDifferent ExperiencesSonatas Author:Marc-Andre Hamelin
“There are no important differences between men and women, but the unimportant ones are sometimes very interesting.” MenImportantSometimesDifferencesInterestingMen And WomenVery InterestingUnimportantDifferences Between Man And Woman Author:Ashleigh Brilliant
“I've lived almost, like, four completely different lives. (Stripping) was just one section - one little small section, if that - but it was a very interesting and turbulent but kind of wild ride and I'm not ashamed of it all. I think it's hilarious and I learned a lot about human nature.” IfsThinkingHumansKindLittlesDifferentInterestingFourHuman NatureJust OneAshamedSectionsVery InterestingStrippingDifferent LifeWild Ride Author:Channing Tatum
“Isaac Watts, of course, is a hymn writer in the tradition of Congregationalism who lived in the seventeenth and early eighteenth century. He is very interesting and important because he was also a metaphysician. He knew a great deal about what was, for him, contemporary science. He was very much influenced by Isaac Newton, for example. There are planets and meteors and so on showing up in his hymns very often. But, again, the scale of his religious imagination corresponds to a very generously scaled scientific imagination.” ImportantCoursesImaginationReligiousInterestingDealsCenturyExamplePlanetsTraditionScalesContemporaryVery InterestingNewtonHymnsShowing UpIsaacMeteors Author:Marilynne Robinson
“Comedy is very interesting because you can very quickly cross into dangerous territory. I mean look at what happened, unfortunately, (in) Paris a couple of weeks ago. They were making comics - which were really satire - but it offended people. I'm not saying the reaction was justified but there's definitely a line when you're doing comedy or satire and how it might affect somebody. That's the thing you have to watch and I think you have to be respectful of it.” PeopleThinkingLooksMeanMightLinesInterestingWatchesComedyHappenedWeekDangerousCoupleCrossesReactionsParisSatireTerritoryJustifiedOffendedVery InterestingRespectfulBe Respectful Author:Corbin Bernsen
“It's very interesting to blur the line between eating human beings and eating animals, because I do think people should think more about what they put in their bodies, whether it is nutritionally or philosophically.” PeopleThinkingShouldHumansBodyLinesHuman BeingsAnimalInterestingEatingVery InterestingBlurEating Animals Author:Bryan Fuller
“I have, over the years brought an enormous number of plays to television starting obviously with Nicholas Nickelby and then things like Angels In America or in Wit with Emma Thompson and Mike Nichols. So, yes, I do find that very interesting and I'm sure that down the road there will be plays that I'll want to do that way.” WayWantYearsPlayAmericaInterestingNumbersTelevisionAngelStartingWitEnormousVery InterestingMikeDown The RoadEmmaAngels In America Author:Colin Callender
“Interesting thing that is happening in American society is that people are starting to talk about money. I don't know how you feel about this, but for a long time, nobody was talking about money. It was a secret. And it's kind of very interesting because we do lots of stuff to portray to people about how much money we have, the clothes we wear and the cars we have and the house - they all kind of depict to other people, signal how much money we make, but we don't talk about it specifically.” PeopleKnowsFeelsKindLongHouseStuffInterestingSecretTalkingKnow HowCarClothesLong TimeHappeningsStartingAll KindsSignalsVery InterestingInteresting ThingsHow You FeelAmerican SocietyTalking About Money Author:Dan Ariely
“When you make something that everyone likes, it's very easy to say, "Well, I'll just repeat that." Because that was easy. I have a formula. But creatively, it's not very interesting.” WellsEasyInterestingLikesRepeatsFormulasVery Interesting Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“The exciting part for me, as a pilot, was the landing on the moon. That was the time that we had achieved the national goal of putting Americans on the moon. The landing approach was, by far, the most difficult and challenging part of the flight. Walking on the lunar surface was very interesting, but it was something we looked on as reasonably safe and predictable. So the feeling of elation accompanied the landing rather than the walking.” FeelingsDifficultGoalChallengesInterestingWalkingMoonSafeApproachExcitingSurfaceFlightPilotsVery InterestingPredictableLandingElation Author:Neil Armstrong
“I can't remember ever being really bored. I find life very interesting, actually. I think some other musicians are always looking for something to give them an idea, but I find I have to reject 90 percent of my ideas because they don't live up to some self-imposed standard. That's also why I don't make a record once a year. I throw so many things out, and I have to have something to say.” ThinkingGivingYearsI CanIdeasSelfRememberInterestingRecordsMusicianStandardsPercentBoredRejectsBeing RealVery Interesting Author:Tom Verlaine
“I was skinny as a rail and had high cheekbones and a very interesting face - or so I was told.” FacesInterestingVery InterestingSkinnyRailCheekbones Author:Grace Jones
“You'll find in Africans a fantastic amount of heavy space opera and so on, going on ... which makes the colored African very, very interesting to process because he doesn't know why he goes through all these dances ... and why he feels so barbarous.” KnowsFeelsProcessSpaceInterestingAmountHeavyFantasticOperaVery Interesting Author:L. Ron Hubbard
“Stories of friendship are very interesting to me. Artificial families are something I like to explore. Whether it's a bunch of guys or a bunch of ladies, there's something interesting about that.” StoriesGuyInterestingBunchArtificialVery InterestingSomething Interesting Author:David Ayer
“I think it's very interesting how an American network chooses to tell this story. We don't name one country the good guy and the other country the bad guy. We talk about this co-responsibility that we share, in everything.” ThinkingCountryStoriesGuyNamesInterestingResponsibilityShareOther CountriesBad GuysVery InterestingGood Guy Author:Demian Bichir
“Of course, we're so lucky to be in a time where that's not our reality anymore. I just thought it was very interesting to go back to that time now, and to look at all of these issues that are still relevant today, but just in such a different way, and to see how we approach them and try to overcome them. Yeah, we've come a long way with medicine and women's health in the Western world, but in a lot of parts of the rest of the world, that's still a huge issue.” WorldWayTryingLooksLongStillsDifferentRealityTodayCoursesInterestingIssuesHugeLuckyApproachOvercomingYeahMedicineWesternDifferent WaysRelevantLong WayVery InterestingWestern WorldSo LuckyWomen's Health Author:Eve Hewson
“I love exploring the relationship between fathers and daughters. I think that's a special thing, especially with daughters who are dealing with being adults. That's fascinating to me. I've had a lot of very interesting parenting techniques that I've employed with my own daughter that have worked really well, so far.” ThinkingWellsFatherMy OwnInterestingSpecialDaughterAdultsTechniqueFascinatingExploringEmployedVery InterestingSpecial Things Author:Tim Daly
“It's the chauffeur's outfit from hell, right down to the alligator shoes. I was wearing these alligator shoes and this very interesting and haunting chauffeur's outfit, but what really did it for me was the hat. And then, when I eventually get my eye taken out, the gold eye really brought it home for me.” HomeEyeInterestingHellTakenGoldShoesHatsVery InterestingHauntingAlligatorsChauffeurs Author:Dennis Haysbert
“All of the directors I work with have their own unique gifts. My particular segment deals with online dating. It's a very interesting take on it, and a great observation of what goes on there.” InterestingDealsParticularGoes OnDirectorsUniqueDatingObservationOnlineVery InterestingOnline DatingUnique Gifts Author:Dennis Haysbert
“It would be very interesting to make a survey around the world, from wealthy countries to the most advanced countries to see what influence Americans have had. I” WorldCountryWould BeInterestingInfluenceAround The WorldWealthyVery InterestingSurveys Author:Emilio Pucci
“Acting careers are very interesting things. They come with a lot of ups and downs. You just have to ride the waves and bide your time during the lulls, and enjoy the high times when they're there.” EnjoyInterestingActingCareersWaveVery InterestingInteresting ThingsUps & DownsLulls Author:Pablo Schreiber
“There's usually a sense of humor about all of it. It is what it is. I had two characters that were equally detestable, in very different ways, that hit the airwaves, at the same time. It was a very interesting year in my career, in that way. But I have no fear, on that note. I have a new project for HBO, where I'm going to play the good guy. That's going to be fun and exciting, and shift the paradigm a bit.” WayYearsTwoDifferentPlayCharacterGuyFunBitsInterestingCareersProjectsExcitingNotesDifferent WaysSense Of HumorNo FearVery InterestingParadigmGood GuyHave No FearIt Is What It IsHboNew Projects Author:Pablo Schreiber
“I think it's very interesting for a director that enjoys thrillers and mysteries like I do to have the challenge to do that.” ThinkingEnjoyChallengesInterestingMysteryDirectorsVery InterestingThrillers Author:Jaume Collet-Serra
“It's a very interesting fight [Klitchko vs Tyson Fury] because this is the first time [Wladimir] Klitschko is fighting someone as big as him and with longer arms. He will have to be a little bit more aggressive, otherwise the younger guy will have more speed and more energy and I think that may be the difference.” ThinkingFirstsMayLittlesBigsGuyFightingEnergyBitsDifferencesInterestingArmsLittle BitFirst TimeSpeedAggressiveVery InterestingFuryTyson Author:Lennox Lewis
“In reality, in the history of it, the captains are only really in charge during an engagement. The rest of the time, everyone had got the same vote. It's been very interesting finding that.” RealityInterestingFindingsVoteEngagementCaptainsVery Interesting Author:Zach McGowan
“I think one of the ways that these young singers got started is that they would end up in clubs. And a lot of them were mafia owned. And so there was almost an unspoken kind of mafia sponsorship, which is just a very interesting part of that area's music history.” ThinkingWayKindEndsYoungInterestingAreasClubsSingersVery InterestingMafiaUnspokenSponsorship Author:John Lloyd Young
“We've seen some insane signs: 'Is that a loaf of bread in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?' Funny stuff along those lines. Very original. One just said, 'I will do unspeakable things.' I thought that was very interesting - and mildly terrifying!” SaidFunnyStuffLinesInterestingOriginalsBreadInsanePocketsVery InterestingUnspeakableFunny Stuff Author:Josh Hutcherson
“In our profession someone can be very brilliant and acquire total technical mastery. Yet in the last resort, the only thing that really counts is his quality as a human being. For music is created by Man for Man. And if someone sees nothing more than notes in it, this can perhaps be very interesting, but it cannot enrich him. And music should exist for one purpose only; to enrich Man and give him something he has lost in most respects.” IfsMenGivingShouldHumansLastsPurposeLostHuman BeingsInterestingQualityMusic IsNotesProfessionBrilliantAcquireMasteryResortsVery Interesting Author:Herbert von Karajan
“I like playing strange characters. Some people might say it has something to do with a hidden part of myself, but I think it's a lot simpler than that: normal people are just not very interesting.” PeopleThinkingCharacterMightInterestingStrangeNormalVery Interesting Author:Colin Firth
“My experience of working on this show, even though there is so much about sex and sexuality, and we find out a lot of facts and statistics that are very interesting, in their own right, I found that I started talking about relationships more, and the emotions, the difficulties and the challenges. So, I became far more open about that, which I think is probably an indication with the show itself.” ThinkingFactsShowsFoundSexChallengesInterestingEmotionTalkingDifficultySexualityStatisticsVery InterestingIndication Author:Michael Sheen
“The revolution is here. It's established that Netflix is a place where you can get premium content. It's a whole new world. It's very interesting. We'll be discovering it together. It's going to be interesting because they don't have a lot to compare it to.” WorldWholeTogetherInterestingRevolutionCompareNew WorldDiscoveringVery InterestingPremiumNetflix Author:Mitchell Hurwitz
“My father represents a very interesting challenge to the Republican party. I think this is taking people by surprise. (But) I think that's why he's so welcomed by the American voters, because they want somebody who says what they are thinking.” PeopleThinkingWantFatherChallengesInterestingPartyRepublicanSurpriseVotersRepublican PartyVery InterestingAmerican Voters Author:Ivanka Trump
“Famous in our circles is the story of the visiting English banker who in 1948 upon seeing our model 95 camera commented, 'Very interesting, but why would one want a picture in a minute?'” WantStoriesInterestingSeeingMinutesModelsCamerasCirclesVery InterestingBankersVisiting Author:Edwin Land
“I'm completely fascinated with American politics because I think they dictate the politics of every nation of the Western world. So, it's very interesting to follow what's going on over here.” ThinkingWorldNationsInterestingWesternFascinatedVery InterestingAmerican PoliticsWestern World Author:Nikolaj Arcel
“And then, with a European director and Norwegian actors speaking in Norwegian, it was going to be very interesting. So, whatever initial trepidation or fear I may have had was alleviated by those factors. I just said, "This is something to get on board with."” MaySaidActorsInterestingDirectorsFactorsBoardsVery InterestingInitialsNorwegiansTrepidation Author:Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
“Russian directors, we are shooting the same streets. The same things. Tom Jacobson has a fresh eye and found very interesting and very cool locations and angles and characters.” CharacterEyeFoundInterestingStreetsDirectorsShootingTomsLocationAngleVery InterestingVery Cool Author:Timur Bekmambetov
“I have a particular relationship with Vinod Khosla because he's got a lot of very interesting science-based energy startups.” EnergyInterestingParticularVery Interesting Author:Bill Gates