Jay Roach Quotes

But I couldn't cut that whole septic tank scene out because the audience liked it so much. So I sort of fell right back into getting a cheap laugh, but I still loved it.

Jay Roach

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LovedLaughBackCheapRightOut

In Shakespearean tragedy the main source of the convulsion which produces suffering and death is never good: good contributes to this convulsion only from its tragic implication with its opposite in one and the same character.

Andrew Coyle Bradley

GoodCharacterDeathSufferingNever

When a small child, I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong, happiness is like a butterfly which appears and delights us for one brief moment, but soon flits away.

Anna Pavlova

SuccessHappinessMomentButterfly

The poor wish to be rich, the rich wish to be happy, the single wish to be married, and the married wish to be dead.

Ann Landers

HappyBe HappyRichWishPoorDead

It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny.

Jean Nidetch

DestinyChanceChoiceYour

It is amazing to sing in front of a live audience. It is incredible. The energy is awesome.

Shraddha Kapoor

LiveAmazingEnergyAwesomeAudience

The Great Inflation of the 1970s destroyed faith in paper assets, because if you held a bond, suddenly the bond was worth much less money than it was before.

Ron Chernow

FaithGreatMoneyBondWorthYou

Anything that you think is wild or fun, or can't wait to see or show your friends, go for it.

Roman Coppola

FunWaitThinkFriendsYouGo

As a writer, it's very difficult to just hand your script over to someone else, especially if you have to watch them hurt it, and that's when I decided I would direct my own work.

Mike Binder

WorkHurtSomeoneYouHandMy Own

I'd never bought a bottle of cologne in my life, never dabbled in Drakkar Noir before the big high school date or Polo before the prom.

Michael Paterniti

LifeSchoolHigh SchoolMy LifeHigh

Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation; not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive you are free of them yourself is pleasant.

Lucretius

SeaGreatManYourselfJoyFree

I grew up in a time where on things like 'The Red Skeleton Show' or even to a certain extent on 'The Carol Burnett Show,' people wrote in the breakouts or ad-libs. They were scripted to look spontaneous. So I always had a dislike of that kind of thing.

Lorne Michaels

TimeRedPeopleLookKindDislike

I wouldn't say I was bullied per se, but I did get a lot of unwanted attention because I was musical and stood out. In school you don't want to stand out; you want to blend in.

Debbie Gibson

SchoolStandAttentionYouSayWant

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