Mary Elizabeth Winstead Quotes

Usually a lot of moviemaking is boring.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 28, 1984

Topics

BoringLotMoviemaking

If you have the skill, then you can move as you age.

Joe Morton

AgeYouSkillMoveThen

To make three films out of one shortish book, they have to turn it into an epic, just as 'Lord of the Rings' is an epic. But 'The Hobbit' isn't an epic: its tone is intimate and personal, and although it's full of adventures and excitement, they're on a different scale to those of the bigger book.

John Lanchester

BookThreePersonalExcitementTurn

I don't like the monikers, and I don't like being pigeonholed. You know, I'm a human being.

John Lydon

YouKnowHumanHuman BeingBeing

I do try to be of some use in the world. I sometimes do volunteer work with kids, and manage to help some people a little, but really making a significant difference can be hard.

John Shirley

WorkPeopleWorldHelpSometimes

My complaint, as an exile who once loved New York and who likes to return a half-dozen times a year, is not that it plays host to extremes of the human condition: There is grandeur in that, and necessity.

John Updike

New YorkLovedYearNewHumanHost

Al Qaeda has come back. Al Qaeda is a resilient organization. But they're not here in large numbers. But al Qaeda doesn't have to be anywhere in large numbers.

John R. Allen

OrganizationBackNumbersHereCome

I believe religion is man-made.

Amar'e Stoudemire

ReligionBelieveI BelieveMan-Made

Unfortunately, the author of a book pretty much gives up control of the story when the producers take over a book to make it into a movie.

Rodman Philbrick

ControlBookStoryOverUpPretty

I like to stay within the context of the character's background. If he's a cop, I have to make sure the audience is convinced that this person, a cop, can do only so much without a gun.

Donnie Yen

CharacterGunPersonAudienceWithin

Marriage has historically been in the domain of the States to regulate.

Corrine Brown

MarriageBeenDomainStatesRegulate

All too often miners, and indeed other trade unionists, underestimate the economic strength they have.

Arthur Scargill

StrengthUnderestimateTradeEconomic

Whatever vocation you decide on, track down the best people in the world at doing it and surround yourself with them.

Scott Weiss

BestYourselfSurround YourselfWorld

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