Alexandra Cassavetes Quotes

I didn't plan to be a director until I was 35. For years I wanted to do anything but!

Alexandra Cassavetes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 21, 1965

Topics

PlanDirectorYearsAnythingWanted

We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

BelieveWishNeverFurtherThan

Even low-calorie diets and vigorous exercise fail to work in the long term for at least some people.

Andrew Weil

WorkPeopleExerciseLongFailEven

I got a young black woman agent, and she kinda just knew what I would be attracted to. She sent me this pilot for 'Insecure.' I never saw myself as a comedy director, but when I read those pages, I said, 'Wow - this is my life on the page.'

Melina Matsoukas

LifeMyselfWomanMeBlackMy Life

Getting wasted is only OK when you're young enough to not know better.

Sophia Bush

BetterEnoughYouKnowYoungWasted

I have the greatest respect and admiration for Congressman Issa, but I don't intend to be Darrell Issa-like.

Jason Chaffetz

RespectAdmirationGreatestIntend

I've become more interested in creating a band sound than trying to outshine the other guys.

Dimebag Darrell

TryingCreatingBecomeMoreSound

C was already implemented on several quite different machines and OSs, Unix was already being distributed on the PDP-11, but the portability of the whole system was new.

Dennis Ritchie

NewSystemWholeDifferentMachines

Immortality is to live your life doing good things, and leaving your mark behind.

Brandon Lee

LifeGoodLiveGood ThingsDoing

But then Iraq happened after September 2001 and America claimed that Al Qaeda was there, and we all know that was a lie and we now know that our own Prime Minister deceived the country terribly.

Clare Short

LieAmericaCountryKnowNowOwn

Martin Scorsese was being given an honorary doctorate, and one of the tutors asked if there was a student film he particularly liked. He mentioned our film. There was a dinner after the final show just for the tutors, but I was smuggled in to meet Scorsese over dessert.

Asif Kapadia

DinnerStudentMeetDessertOver

Songs come from all over the place. You can't predict what you're going to like. You might like something that doesn't fit right now. What was working for you at one point, something you've loved for years and years, when you get together with everybody, you think, this doesn't match up with what's going on with you personally.

Alison Krauss

TogetherThinkLovedGet Together

Aine had to change her entire routine; my dad had to quit his job, which was painful because he loves to be busy. My parents eventually moved back to Brazil, so since then, it has been me and my wife, although they are always involved.

Philippe Coutinho

ChangeJobWifeParentsMeBusy

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