Ellen DeGeneres Quotes

I'm not an activist; I don't look for controversy. I'm not a political person, but I'm a person with compassion. I care passionately about equal rights. I care about human rights. I care about animal rights.

Ellen DeGeneres

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Topics

CompassionAnimalCarePolitical

On the movie side of things, the difficulties come with so few movies being made, and when they are, it seems that it's a marketing game. Story sometimes takes a backseat to that one grand marketing idea.

Jim Rash

GameStoryMarketingSometimesSide

I hate when actors call stuff they're in their 'work.'

Jeremy Sisto

WorkHateCallStuff

I don't have actor training myself.

John Hawkes

MyselfTrainingActor

We need a greening of globalisation.

Sigmar Gabriel

NeedGlobalisation

It is better of course to know useless things than to know nothing.

Tom Stoppard

BetterKnowNothingUselessThings

I just like, when you look at people who have long careers in film, they're able to make films that are far away from themselves, because they're metaphorical. It creates more opportunities, I think.

Mike Birbiglia

PeopleOpportunitiesThinkYouLook

Comedy is tragedy plus time, but the time is different for everybody.

Mike Birbiglia

TimeComedyTragedyDifferentPlus

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.

Louisa May Alcott

BeautySunshineBelieveReachLook

When I do period work, I really like to read about the period as much as I like to look at pictures because sometimes the written word is much better at conveying what their lives were really like and how much they had and where their clothes came from. Because, a lot of time, people dressed in their Sunday best to pose for a picture.

Colleen Atwood

WorkTimeBestPeopleBetterLook

My personal theory is that younger audiences disdain books - not because those readers are dumber than past readers, but because today's reader is smarter.

Chuck Palahniuk

TodayPastPersonalTheoryBecause

I've always loved cemeteries since I was a kid. They're very calm.

Britne Oldford

CalmLovedKidAlwaysVerySince

I never think about a shoot before I do it. Because there's no formula for people. What I try to do is to strip everything away rather than go in with preconceived notions. If I do that, I might miss a gem or a jewel that the person is offering me.

Platon

PeopleMeThinkPersonGoNever

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Ellen DeGeneres