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Stellan Skarsgard Quotes

The distribution systems and the cinemas have adopted to the blockbusters, and they now get their main income from selling popcorn, and if you don't make a film that sells popcorn, it's very hard to get it out there.

Stellan Skarsgard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actor
Nationality: swedish
Birth: June 13, 1951

Topics

You Selling Now Popcorn Hard Out

The act of writing... is the act of trying to understand why my opinion is what it is. And ultimately, I think that's the same experience the reader has when they pick up one of my books.

Jodi Picoult

Experience Writing Opinion Think Why

I've always had a love for poetry and when I got signed to a record label I thought, 'How odd that I'm doing a record before a book of poetry,'

Jewel

Nature Fear You Things Approach

If you're saying something that people don't want to hear or accept, a significant proportion of them will reply with hostility. Not because they know the facts, or because they have researched it themselves, but because they're so psychologically involved in believing good news that they will oppose it with a reflex.

Jeremy Grantham

Good People Saying Facts You Know

Of course, I think it is legitimate for the Commander-in-Chief to be concerned for the safety of his soldiers.

John Cusack

Safety Think Soldiers Course I Think

If we compare the two, Facebook is currently a superior place to market a product like Slide. Twitter is more like a general distribution agent. It's like broadcast radio.

Max Levchin

Place Product More Two Radio Market

The charity that I work for is the Johnson Cancer Research Foundation at UCLA. I also do work with Stand Up To Cancer.

Maura Tierney

Work Research Stand Up Foundation Up

Drawing teaches you to look at things properly and to understand form and structure.

Michael Foreman

Drawing You Look Understand Things

I appeal to my fellow scientists to remember their responsibility to humanity.

Joseph Rotblat

Responsibility Remember Humanity

I am not a refugee. I sought refuge for many years, but the word 'refugee' does not define me. It just limits me and puts me in a box.

Clemantine Wamariya

I Am Me Limits Box Years Refugee

Words in a person's word stock are like paints on a palette. It helps to have just the right shade when you need it.

Anu Garg

Words You Person Need Right Shade

A novel is, hopefully, the starting point of a conversation, one in which the author engages readers and asks that they see things from a different point of view than they might otherwise.

Anne Fortier

View Point Of View Conversation See

It's just a matter of understanding what's necessary and discipline yourself to do it.

Arthur Lydiard

Discipline Yourself Understanding