Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

John Tiffany Quotes

I'm a sucker for emotionally exploitative cello.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: director
Nationality: english
Birth: 1971

Topics

Cello Sucker Emotionally Exploitative

We have discharged one generation of debtors after another, but we do not find that their numbers lessen. We find only that we forget, when times are good, that times were ever bad.

Good Generation Bad Find Numbers

I first met Dr. King in 1954 when I was a student at Alabama State University and a member of a local church down there. He was in town to organize a rally against public transportation. Rosa Parks had been arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man, which was illegal back then.

Man King Church Transportation Down

I've said it for four decades - work 'on' your business, not just 'in' your business!

Work Business Said Just Four Your

Writing is not the easiest way to make a living. Your work long hours, usually all by yourself. It is not a way to make money.

Stephen Ambrose

Work Money Yourself Writing Long

Not every show needs to reach the same size of audience, or same width, of a 'Sopranos'.

Reach Same Size Audience Show Needs

My problem is that my imagination won't turn off. I wake up so excited I can't eat breakfast. I've never run out of energy. It's not like OPEC oil; I don't worry about a premium going on my energy. It's just always been there. I got it from my mom.

Steven Spielberg

Imagination Breakfast Mom Energy Run

With 'Silver Linings,' I didn't feel - I was thinking of certain things, but I just said, 'Let me go with it.' You have to know what you're doing, where you're going with the scenes, and I put a lot of work into that. But when you're out there, at the same time you gotta be ready for anything.

Work Time Me Thinking Doing You

I try to bring elements of my own personality to every character I've played, but I think I'm pretty similar to the character I'm playing now. The biggest departure would have to have been Freaks and Geeks Sara, who was this sort of subordinate and shy girl.

Girl Character Personality Think Shy

To me the most important thing is a good story, though I know how cliche that sounds.

Good Me Story Know Important Most

I've never thought of myself as just an actor.

Myself Thought Actor Never Just

I'm a unique person, as everyone is, but none of us has more of a right to existence or a right to specialness or uniqueness than anyone else.

Unique Person Uniqueness More Right

I got fired - November 8, 1979. And all of a sudden, I got a call, two weeks later, about doing a game on ESPN. And I truly said - Scotty Connal, the head of ESPN production at the time, was the guy that called me - I said, 'Man, ESPN sounds like a disease. What is ESPN? I know nothing about it, never heard of it.'

Time Man Me Game Doing Know

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by John Tiffany