Richard Jenkins Quotes

If I'm playing a bad guy, and I'm playing him evilly - I'm making him evil; I'm being evil because I want the audience to understand that he's bad - or if I have a line that's funny, I do it in a comedic way, that, to me, is a lie. It's dead when I watch it.

Richard Jenkins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 4, 1947

Topics

FunnyLieMeEvilBadUnderstand

When I do entertain, in the summer, which is rare, I receive my guests on the front porch, set up wicker trays found at Pottery Barn, and serve iced beverages. Anytime I do welcome friends, it's always a tray of canapes or Planters peanuts, jellied candy from Paris, and a good bottle of Sancerre.

Andre Leon Talley

GoodWelcomeFriendsParisSummer

The golden child may be the oldest one, unless it's the youngest. It may be the toughest one, unless it's the most sensitive. It's not even necessary that Mom and Dad have the same favorite - and typically they don't.

Jeffrey Kluger

ChildMomGoldenSameMaySensitive

I have always been adventurous and rather daring.

Robert Vaughn

AlwaysAdventurousDaringBeen

I was so scared of my father. He'd pull up in his truck and start looking for something I'd done wrong. There was no escape, no excuse, no way out of nothing.

Roy Jones Jr.

FatherTruckLookingStartWrong

How many times have your parents told you not to do things, and the next thing you know, you go do it? And you realized you shouldn't have done it.

Michael Jordan

ParentsYouGoKnowDoneNext

I remember as a little girl going down to the beet fields in the Dakotas and in Nebraska and Wyoming as migrant workers when I was very, very small, like, I was, like, 5 years old, I believe. And I remember going out there, you know, traveling to these states and living in these little tarpaper shacks that they had in Wyoming.

Dolores Huerta

GirlSmallBelieveRememberYouOut

I've never really felt at home in L.A. I've only been here to work, and then I immediately go back to New York.

Dianne Wiest

WorkHomeNew YorkBackGoNew

'Deadline' is the story of a young man forced to discover who he is, and what's important in life, during the short span of his senior year in high school.

Chris Crutcher

LifeManSchoolHigh SchoolStory

History teaches us to beware of the excitation of the liberated and the injustices that often accompany their righteous thirst for justice.

Wole Soyinka

HistoryJusticeBewareUsThirst

He makes no friends who never made a foe.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

FriendsNo FriendsNeverWhoMade

I'm trying to enjoy my lie as much as I can and I know that tennis hopefully is going to be my life the next 10, 15 years.

Novak Djokovic

LifeLieMy LifeEnjoyTryingI Can

Between the kids, the jobs and everything, no matter what color you are, cardio is probably not on the top of your list.

Nicole Ari Parker

ColorYouMatterTopEverything

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