Douglas Trumbull Quotes

Movies used to be called the 'flicks' because they flickered badly: because 16 or 18 frames a second - which was those hand cranked movies on a single-bladed shutter - was really badly flickering.

Douglas Trumbull

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I want my girls to be strong and self-sufficient.

Angie Harmon

Be StrongStrongWantSelf-Sufficient

I was very quiet, very shy and docile.

Ang Lee

QuietShyVeryDocile

You know, you can touch a stick of dynamite, but if you touch a venomous snake it'll turn around and bite you and kill you so fast it's not even funny.

Steve Irwin

FunnySnakeYouFastKnowTouch

I like going to France, because no one knows who I am.

Tracey Ullman

I AmGoingBecauseFranceWhoLike

My writing process is such that a story will be in my head for awhile, and I'll start making notes on my computer. I create character sheets that include a character's past, fears, goals and ambitions.

Tracie Peterson

GoalsCharacterPastWritingStart

I don't write plays for them to be turned into movies.

Tracy Letts

MoviesWriteTurnedThemPlays

The idea for 'Lifestyles' began to take shape in my mind as I became more and more frustrated with the type of celebrity interviews I was doing for television.

Robin Leach

MindDoingTelevisionCelebrityMore

We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.

Judith Martin

SocietyBornSpontaneousFreshMust

I always want my old clubs to do well. But I have only one love in my life in football - my home club Chivas, in Guadalajara. The other clubs are my girlfriends.

Javier Hernandez

LifeLoveHomeFootballMy LifeOld

I got into acting because my teachers kept nudging me into it. The power a teacher has to influence someone is so great. I can't think of a profession I have more respect for.

Jon Hamm

PowerTeacherRespectGreatMe

I've never been very successful in a monogamous relationship, but I'm looking forward to the day when I can assume that responsibility.

Don Johnson

RelationshipResponsibilityDayI Can

I became an actor by accident. I suppose I figured since I was in musical comedy from the time I was a teenager, I suppose I figured that I'd always been in that world to some extent.

Christopher Walken

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