“It's pretty easy to make a film in China. A few years ago I just walked into the office and let them know I wanted to make a movie called 'Red Cliff' and they were so excited. They said, 'Let's do it!' It's that simple.” KnowsYearsSaidWantedFilmEasySimpleOfficeRedYears AgoExcitedChinaThey SaidCliffs Author:John Woo
“I don't have any expectations about my films. If they're good, they're good - if they're not, they're not. About 10 years ago, I remember going to see one of my movies - I can't even remember which one now - and everyone was jumping up and down, getting excited, saying what a great film it was going to be. We all went in and watched it, and it was the slowest movie I've ever seen. The next day, the reviews were terrible and half the studio was fired.” IfsYearsI CanRememberFilmNextHalfTerribleExpectationsYears AgoStudiosExcitedReviewsNext DayJumpingUp And DownGreat Film Author:Anthony Hopkins
“Life, the moment. Where the magic is. That's what really keeps me motivated, alive, hungry. I'm still as excited and motivated now as I was twenty-five years ago, and that's because I really live for those moments. And that's where the art comes from, that's where the music is born, that's where it all appears. I love it.” YearsArtStillsMomentsBornFiveAliveMagicMusic IsYears AgoTwentiesExcitedHungryFive YearsMotivatedTwenty Five Author:Lenny Kravitz
“Every time I come to Europe, I'm just as excited as I was my very first time, which was many, many years ago. I love that part of the world, and I especially love the fans.” WorldYearsFirstsFansFirst TimeEuropeYears AgoExcited Author:Dolly Parton
“A young person in Africa with a smartphone has more communications technology than the U.S. president had 25 years ago. So if the tools to change the world are now in everyone's hands, then the individuals now have the power that only governments and corporations used to have a couple of decades ago. I get excited by how that increases our capacity to be creative, and how that increases our capacity to create transformative things in the world.” IfsWorldYearsPersonsHandsGovernmentYoungUsedIndividualPresidentTechnologyCreativeCommunicationCoupleCapacityYears AgoToolsIncreaseExcitedDecadesCorporationsChanging The WorldBe CreativeSmartphonesCommunication Technology Author:Jason Silva
“I got my first lifetime achievement award years ago, and I was very excited, but then I got a sense of: Well, can one get a second lifetime award?” YearsFirstsWellsAchievementYears AgoLifetimeExcitedAwardsLifetime Achievement Author:Michael Palin
“Dance in the most perishable of the arts. Ballets are forgotten, ballerinas retire, choreographers die--and what remains of that glorious production which so excited us a decade ago, a year ago, or even last night?” YearsArtLastsNightDiesYears AgoRemainsDancingDanceForgottenProductionsExcitedDecadesGloriousDancerRetiringLast NightJust DanceBallerinaChoreographersArt DanceLast Dance Author:Jack Anderson