Jeff Nichols Quotes

I was always interested in creative writing growing up. From junior high on, I was writing short stories. I also grew up watching movies. My father would take me to everything. Most weeks, I could open the paper having seen every movie listed.

Jeff Nichols

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FatherCreativeMeGrowing UpShort

I didn't have money to eat when I was 21. When I was short on cash, I would sometimes scam food from fast food places. I'd go into fast food chains and pretend I was from a movie studio, tell them they didn't send us the right order and demand they fix it. I've tried to make that right whenever I could.

Jim Parrack

FoodMoneyShortFastGoSometimes

I grew up with a fascination with Marco Polo. I had this unlikely interest in the East as a young man, and you can't really read about Chinese history and philosophy without encountering him at every turn.

John Fusco

HistoryManPhilosophyYouYoungUp

I am a competitive person. But more good TV is more good TV.

Matthew Weiner

GoodI AmPersonMoreCompetitive

I follow my conscience - and this is upsetting to some people, but I maintain the conscience is going to be the only thing between us and communication in the future.

Matt Drudge

CommunicationFuturePeopleFollow

It usually takes two people a little while to learn where the funny buttons are and testy buttons are.

Matt Lauer

FunnyPeopleLearnTwo PeopleTwo

I think too often in films, people think endings are a summation of plot, and I don't like that. Because once you know where you're going as an audience member, then it's like a video game. You're just waiting for them to get through the levels and beat the bad guy. And I just think that's boring.

Jeff Nichols

WaitingPeopleGameThinkYouBad

I've been offered a few movies lately, but I don't want to do a movie just for the sake of saying, 'Oh, boy! There's popcorn involved in this.'

John Ritter

SayingWantMoviesBoyPopcornBeen

'New' movies are almost always hipper, faster, they mix genres aggressively, they smother their genre origins in new form, there are fewer of them, and they tend to cost a lot more money because you usually make more money on the megahit than you do on the steady progression of break-eveners. Except for the horror movie.

Stephen Hunter

MoneyYouNewMoviesHorrorMore

I grew up in the home of a political cartoonist, so I was a junkie for politics.

Rod Lurie

HomePoliticsPoliticalUpGrew

There are some women I definitely would not want to succeed me... but a man like David Souter, that would be great.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

WomenGreatManMeSucceedWant

The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

WomanEqualityMeanHerAutonomy

I don't like losing. I don't want to lose. I don't want to be associated with losers.

Rohan Marley

LosingLoseWantLikeLosers

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