Robert Towne Quotes

I think that those are the things that you can uniquely do with film that are difficult to do anywhere else: they can bring a picture to life, give it a natural and historical context and make you feel that everything else is suddenly credible.

Robert Towne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 23, 1934

Topics

LifeThinkPictureFeelYouBring

I've always said this and finally I had a chance to demonstrate it: The moderator should be seen little and heard even less. It is up to the candidates to ask the follow-up questions and challenge one another.

Jim Lehrer

ChallengeChanceQuestionsSaidAsk

I'm a naturally open person - some might say radically open.

Jill Soloway

PersonSayOpenMightSome

I probably took on the father role, as children will. I know I did.

John Candy

FatherChildrenKnowWillRoleDid

I didn't want to spend my life behind a desk.

John Gilpin

LifeMy LifeDeskWantBehindSpend

Never mind what you've heard. Halle Berry was not the first black woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress. She was actually the 74th white one. And never mind all this talk about America electing its first black President; Barack Obama is actually the 44th white man to hold the job.

Jeffrey Kluger

BestJobWomanManMindWin

I don't think you necessarily have to be part of a traditional nuclear family to be a good mother.

Mary-Louise Parker

FamilyGoodMotherThinkYouPart

I never wanted to marry Roger Clemens. I wanted him to do right by his family.

Mindy McCready

FamilyNeverRightHimMarryWanted

I read a lot of history, and I know that once upon a time, a coin was worth $5 if it had $5 worth of gold in it. Now we have paper that is just backed by fiat... Maybe in the new world, something gets backed by consensus.

Lloyd Blankfein

HistoryTimeGoldWorldWorthKnow

I learned from my past.

Jason Calacanis

PastLearned

If I'm going on any trip, driving music is key. Road Hammers is good driving music. I don't mind listening to my own stuff. You record it for a certain reason. You fall in a love with a certain song at a certain time and how you record it is a labour of love. You better love it.

Jason McCoy

LoveGoodMusicTimeMindSong

It's still amazing to me to walk down the halls of 'SNL.' You see pictures of the greatest comedians we grew up worshiping, basically. It's crazy to be able to still work there.

Jorma Taccone

WorkWalkAmazingMeCrazyYou

It doesn't bother me when I'm labeled, but it's so... limiting. It's so boxy.

Dawn Richard

MeBotherLimitingLabeled

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