John Patrick Shanley Quotes

I've done very well in the film business. Whenever I have wanted something, the film business has given it to me. I'm very fortunate. My big problem in life has always been, 'What do I want?'

John Patrick Shanley

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LifeBusinessMeProblemDoneWant

It's very hard to tell an actor, 'Stop acting.' It's easy to tell a non-actor, because they're embarrassed when they act. They get ashamed when they do something cliche, whereas an actor is happy.

John Carney

HappyEasyActingStopActorHard

For Jews, the paradigmatic convert is the biblical Ruth, who sought not only a new relationship with God but also a new nationality.

Meir Soloveichik

GodRelationshipNewOnlyWhoJews

I used to teach kids when I was younger. When I was about 14 or 15 I started teaching children drama and something that I used to say to them was, 'Don't be afraid.' People would be afraid of forgetting their lines or something.

Stephen Moyer

ChildrenPeopleDramaSayTeach

I can be affectionate about a lot of things without watching them.

Tom Stoppard

I CanWatchingWithoutThingsAbout

I feel that marriage can lead to the ultimate rejection and failure and divorce and things we all fear.

Mike Birbiglia

FailureMarriageFearFeelRejection

The iPad is a superior consumption device for material on the Web.

Mike McCue

SuperiorWebiPadConsumptionDevice

One might almost say that the history of geographical discovery, properly so called, begins with Captain Cook, the motive of whose voyages was purely scientific curiosity.

Joseph Jacobs

HistoryCuriosityDiscoverySayCook

No one cuts backs like he did. No one knows what a back is anymore.

Diana Vreeland

BackLikeKnowsHeDidBacks

When you're a young child, you pick a totem animal, and you just identify with it to the point of wishing you were that animal.

Diane Lane

AnimalChildYouYoungPointJust

Successful fiction does not need to be validated by 'real life'; I cringe whenever a writer is asked how much of a novel is 'real'.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

LifeNeedRealFictionSuccessful

I was always keen to get involved in the school drama productions and was a member of the school choir. I was lucky to have attended schools that took music and drama very seriously and the teachers were just brilliant.

Bronagh Gallagher

MusicSchoolDramaSeriouslyLucky

You learn a lot from traveling around.

Aurora

LearnYouTravelingAroundLot

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