Anna Torv Quotes

We just say things differently in Australia - like torch. I'd ask, 'Can I have the torch?' It seems to fall flat when I say, 'Can I have the flashlight?'

Anna Torv

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Topics

FallSayAustraliaAskTorchThings

I'm not in charge of my life.

Jennifer Weiner

LifeMy LifeCharge

When I grew up reading comics, the part in the Marvel universe that was so exciting was that you could have a battle going on in 'Iron Man' and then, suddenly, Thor would fly overhead, and you realized, 'Oh, it's all one place.'

Jeph Loeb

ManFlyReadingBattleUniverseYou

For me, all you want from your actor is for them to engage on a deeply emotional level with the material. If you feel like that happens, directing the actors is pretty much done at that point.

Andrew Haigh

MeFeelYouDoneWantActor

No one can take away the experience of Yeltsin's freedoms, but Russian democracy will never follow Western models: other authoritarian 'controlled democracies' - Turkey, Taiwan, Mexico - ultimately developed into democracies. But it took decades.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

ExperienceDemocracyNeverFollow

It was not just that Ross Macdonald taught us how to write; he did something much more, he taught us how to read, and how to think about life, and maybe, in some small, but mattering way, how to live.

Robert B. Parker

LifeLiveSmallThinkWayWrite

And I love Mel Brooks. My Dad loved his movies, too, they're awesome, the kind of thing that if you're in for ten minutes, you're in for two hours.

Mike Myers

LoveLovedYouMoviesKindAwesome

For it is, and must remain, the case that we must obey God rather than man.

Martin Niemoller

GodManObeyMustRatherThan

I'm not really interested in sports psychology. It makes me feel like a crazy person.

Michelle Wie

SportsMeCrazyFeelPersonLike

One belongs to one's language as a writer.

Joseph Brodsky

LanguageWriterBelongs

Before 'Y Tu Mama,' I did 16 movies that only my family got to see because I invited them to the premiere.

Diego Luna

FamilyMoviesSeeMamaGotBecause

Being a secretary was considered a very good job in those days.

Brenda Blethyn

GoodJobGood JobDaysBeingThose

I've been kinda fascinated by misfits, outcasts, and downtrodden people. I've identified with them. 'Blade Runner' probably got me more work than any. It convinced some producers that I could play something other than a rural crazy, I guess.

William Sanderson

WorkPeopleMeCrazyPlayMore

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Anna Torv