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John Wells Quotes

I grew up in a family that was very barbed and difficult, and there was a lot of humor. None of it was painless humor. All of it was at someone else's expense. It was kind of always about power.

John Wells

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: producer
Nationality: american
Birth: May 28, 1956

Topics

Family Power Humor Someone Kind Up

I don't like the outside world to intrude when I'm making a film. I like to either see my family or work, but I don't like to go out.

Jodie Foster

Work Family World Go Outside See

It was in the year 1820, when I was nearly nine years old, that I first went to a regular school.

John Bright

School Year Old First Years Nine

Dream a big dream, a bold dream. Don't play conservatively between the 40 yard lines. Don't just play it safe.

Robert Kraft

Dream Bold Play Safe Big Just

I'm totally comfortable not being as funny as Larry David.

Jeff Garlin

Funny Comfortable Being Totally

When I first envisioned 'Funny Games' in the mid-1990s, it was my intention to have an American audience watch the movie. It is a reaction to a certain American cinema, its violence, its naivety, the way American cinema toys with human beings. In many American films, violence is made consumable.

Michael Haneke

Funny American Violence Intention

The poet laureate of England talked about murdering Jews on the West Bank.

Steven T. Katz

Bank Poet West Jews England About

I was so lucky because what I did in 'Thor' was I built the character from the ground up - the foundations of his spirit, really. He was someone who was born with an expectation that he would one day be a king, born with an entitlement.

Tom Hiddleston

Character Day King Someone Born

I don't believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on a field and be prepared to play a good game.

Tom Landry

Good Confidence Team Game Believe

A lot of times in television, it's incredibly rushed, and you're just trying to get the pace.

Mike O'Malley

Trying You Television Get Pace Just

One of the main techniques I used was focusing on the goal and visualising myself competing in the race before the race started.

Michael Johnson

Myself Goal Race Competing Started

At the end of the day, it is just a movie, and we should remember that we're doing it for the audience, and we should have fun doing it. If we have fun doing it, it will come across on the screen.

Luke Bracey

Day Fun Have Fun End Of The Day End

I feel like emotional content is the most important of any song, for any artist.

Song Feel Artist Important Emotional