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Penny Marshall Quotes

I don't know one lens from another. That's not my job. It's the cinematographer's job. But I can talk to people.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: american
Birth: October 15, 1942 - December 17, 2018

Topics

Job People I Can Lens Know Talk

If nothing else in life, at least I've had the ability to recognise an opportunity.

Life Opportunity Nothing Ability Had

What I feel I am doing now is giving to the people exactly what they paid for but never actually heard before.

I Am People Feel Giving Doing Never

The American woman is a charming creature. She is of a type most unusual and delightful... And their feet and ankles are the most perfect in the world.

Woman World Feet American Perfect

The film 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,' based the book of the same name, has a line that enlightens and comforts me. The protagonist, who has lost all ability to move except one eye, discusses his role as a father. He notes, 'Even a fraction of a father is still a father.'

Father Butterfly Me Eye Book Name

Now, being a science fiction writer, when I see a natural principle, I wonder if it could fail.

Science Wonder Now Science Fiction

In order to be a good emergency contact, you need a lot of friend-patience and empathy. Often, this comes from personal experience with anxiety, trauma, and depression.

Good Depression Experience Empathy

The networks are business-oriented cowards.

Cowards Networks

Everyone talks about how we're on our phones all the time, but the fact remains that when I'm away on a film set for two months, I can Skype my family. I remember the phone calls my parents had to make when my dad was away for a while when I was younger - that once-a-week expensive phone call! The time pressure on talking to your father!

Domhnall Gleeson

Family Father Time Parents Pressure

I didn't know anything about acting at all. I was completely green. I got into it to meet people, to try and figure out what I wanted to do.

Courtney B. Vance

People Green Acting Know Meet Try

No one individual vote, no one individual quote or no one individual statement defines me, my beliefs, or my record.

Me Vote Individual Quote Statement

We can't deny that films have a bigger reach. After the popularity of the 'Slumdog Millionaire,' a lot of people started reading Vikas Swarup's 'Q & A'. From a business sense, films are a good tool to increase the number of readers.

Good Business People Reading Reach

My role is really just to try to make sure that the voice of all shareholders and employees is heard - that no one is bullying their agenda, their choice of a CEO, or their selection of who should be the board members. Benchmark, I believe, has been pushing their agenda at the expense of those stakeholders.

Shervin Pishevar

Bullying Believe Voice Employees Try

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