Tom Bissell Quotes

For film at the beginning of the 20th century, they didn't even know what editing was yet. Actors didn't know how to perform in front of the camera. There wasn't sound.

Tom Bissell

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I'm curious about other people. That's the essence of my acting. I'm interested in what it would be like to be you.

Meryl Streep

CuriousPeopleYouActingEssence

I was a pretty scrappy, tough kid; I got in all sorts of fights at school. I defended myself - boys didn't mess with me. But as one of seven children, you have to fight for everything anyway.

Amy Adams

ChildrenMyselfFightSchoolMeYou

First of all, plain and simple, you have no real idea of what it means to be famous until you become famous. It's a double-edged sword. Obviously there are a lot of amazing things about fame, but there are also a lot of challenging things about it.

Michelle Pfeiffer

SimpleAmazingFamousYouSword

I'm not one of those critics that believes U.S. foreign policy is confused, or stupid, or misinformed, or well-intentioned but it goes awry. I think it's a brilliant policy filled with many brilliant, terrible, horrible victories.

Michael Parenti

StupidThinkConfusedBrilliant

'Fast Food Nation' was boring and aimed at yuppies, and yuppies don't eat fast food.

Lloyd Kaufman

FoodFastBoringFast FoodEat

I'm extraordinarily lucky to have so many friends across such a diverse group of people. One day I'll be at Oxford, the next at some complete idiot's lunch.

David Tang

DayPeopleLunchFriendsIdiotNext

I love to be outside.

Christen Press

LoveOutsideI Love

If I do something that depresses, it's not because I'm depressed, but because political life and history is depressing.

Anselm Kiefer

LifeHistoryPoliticalSomething

Any great, long career has at least one flameout in it.

Tina Brown

GreatLongCareerLong CareerLeast

Gone are the days when you'd have to tune in to a mad illegal radio station late at night to be able to hear the rapper of your choice. That's all changed now. That's all gone out of the window. And I feel like I represent that change. I represent the era of iPods and Shuffle and things like that.

Tinie Tempah

ChangeWindowNightFeelYouChoice

The amount of times my wife has rolled her eyes at board games is impossible to count.

Rich Sommer

EyesWifeImpossibleGamesCount

I've known Larry Clark since I was fourteen. I've always skateboarded in Manhattan. Larry got into the scene in the early '90s, taking pictures and skating with us.

Leo Fitzpatrick

EarlyPicturesSkatingAlwaysUs

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