Jonathan Demme Quotes

I've never fallen into what I consider to be a trap of trying to figure out something analytically that could be a very popular film. I would hope my enthusiasm could match up with something with that potential.

Jonathan Demme

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 22, 1944 - April 26, 2017

Topics

HopePotentialEnthusiasmTryingOut

If opening your own business is the dream, then it must start with a Dream - not only to understand what it is that you want to do, but also, how you are going to build something better than the same chaotic environment you just left.

Michael Gerber

BusinessStartBetterYouDream

I've been slagged off completely by the art world.

Tracey Emin

ArtWorldOffBeenArt World

Where I'm from, you go to college, become a carpenter or something, and stay in the district.

Travis Fimmel

CollegeYouGoBecomeSomething

The first guy who came up with the concept of religion was sitting out under a tree. I'm sure of that.

Tom T. Hall

TreeReligionSittingFirstOutUp

Hometown Aerosmith fans are different from other Aerosmith fans, and that mainly has to do with Joe Perry. It's tough to overstate his strange grip on the local psyche. Tyler is a star who belongs to the whole world, but Perry, that dude belongs to Boston.

Rob Sheffield

WorldToughHometownStrangeBoston

In 2004, there were more black men disenfranchised than in 1870 - the year the 15th Amendment was ratified, prohibiting laws that deny the right to vote exclusively on the basis of race.

Michelle Alexander

MenBlackYearVoteRaceRight

I am Maradona, who makes goals, who makes mistakes. I can take it all, I have shoulders big enough to fight with everybody.

Diego Maradona

GoalsMistakesFightI AmEnough

I don't want my work to be issue-based. I want people to be able to read it in lots of different ways.

Cornelia Parker

WorkPeopleWantDifferentAble

It's not easy to walk out on a marriage and two young kids, and it's the most difficult thing I've ever had to do.

Bob Hoskins

MarriageWalkEasyYoungDifficult

In the end, I think people prefer the good to win rather than the bad.

Aung San Suu Kyi

GoodPeopleWinThinkEndBad

The writing I love has something memorable in it - an image, a smell. It's the connection between the moment and the whole concept, weaving the micro together with the macro so that it has a hold on people - that's writing.

Atul Gawande

LoveMomentTogetherPeopleWriting

Scripts and directors make great actors, not the other way around.

Ali Fazal

GreatWayMakeOtherAroundScripts

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