David Puttnam Quotes

As intelligent and responsible filmmakers, working in a free society, we have a duty to ensure that our chosen medium is a force for good. Especially in this ever-more complex and difficult world.

David Puttnam

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: producer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: February 25, 1941

Topics

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If you know everything, it keeps you from writing. You don't want a story to burn you out instead of surprising you.

Joe R. Lansdale

WritingStoryYouKnowBurnWant

In Hollywood, she's revered, she gets nominated for Oscars, but I've never heard anyone in the public or among my friends say, 'Oh, I love Winona Ryder.'

Jennifer Lopez

LoveFriendsSayHollywoodNeverOh

Ja Rule not doing '2 Fast 2 Furious' changed Ludacris's life.

John Singleton

LifeDoingFastRuleChanged

Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward.

Ambrose Bierce

WorldHeavenLyingPrettyUsBegins

I was always embarrassed because my dad wore a suit and my mother wore flat pumps and a cozy jumper while my friends' parents were punks or hippies.

Shirley Manson

MotherParentsFriendsCozyAlways

A defendant on trial for a specific crime is entitled to his day in court, not in a stadium or a city or nationwide arena.

Tom C. Clark

DayCityCrimeStadiumCourtTrial

It's one thing to talk the talk; it's another thing to walk after getting whacked with a coconut.

Roddy Piper

WalkTalkCoconutOne ThingAfter

I had - like a cat with nine lives, I've had so many different careers and tried so many different things.

Ron Ben-Israel

CatThingsDifferentLikeTried

Democrats fell in love with the idea that winning elections was a matter of talking to voters about the one issue we think impacts them, instead of our plan to move the country forward as a whole.

Jason Kander

LoveWinningForwardThinkPlan

I've had the liberty of having a lot of control in the offences I've been a part of because I get the game pretty well, and I pick things up fast.

Jordan Rodgers

ControlGameFastLibertyUpPretty

I still work out on a daily basis.

Clint Eastwood

WorkDailyOutWork OutStillBasis

I know what the important things are in life. I know that just because I pretend to be someone else for two hours on the silver screen doesn't make me a better person than the next man. So, I mind all those things. Simple things.

Colin Farrell

LifeSimpleManMindMeBetter

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