Whit Stillman Quotes

The cinema I particularly love is the cinema of the golden age of the studios in the 1930s. One of the really nice things about it was the way teams of actors and directors and crew people worked together again and again.

Whit Stillman

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LoveAgeTogetherLove IsPeople

I'm so different to the roles I play, and perhaps that's why they are appealing to me as an actor. But I would never want to inhabit my characters' shoes in real life.

Jennifer Jason Leigh

LifeShoesMePlayWantWhy

Films have become shorter in length, jumpier in style, and simpler in story so that they can be more easily transferred to once under-exploited international markets.

Matthew Pearl

StyleStoryBecomeMoreSimpler

I know Australians are no strangers to pubs, but in the U.K., the pub is a real meeting place because the houses can be quite small, so the pub is an extension of the living space.

John Tiffany

SpaceSmallStrangersMeetingLiving

I have always been very rebellious and gone against the grain. I've always challenged the standards set before me.

Amber Heard

MeAlwaysStandardsGoneAgainst

I'd never really thought about it before, but now you ask I can see that how my parents handled money definitely affected my relationship with it.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

RelationshipMoneyParentsThought

The middle of the road is where the white line is - and that's the worst place to drive.

Robert Frost

DriveRoadWhitePlaceWorstLine

I didn't know writers could be real live people, because I never knew any writers.

Rita Dove

LivePeopleKnowNeverRealBe Real

When people accuse me of being really posh, I think, 'Hang on a minute - no, I'm not!'

Rob James-Collier

PeopleMeThinkHangBeingMinute

I had originally written 'Pariah' as a feature, and we shot the first act as a short film, and then we used the short as a marketing tool to fundraise for the feature.

Dee Rees

ShortMarketingFirstActToolFilm

Cable is a niche business. If you can own a niche, that can be a very strong business.

David Zaslav

BusinessStrongYouOwnNicheVery

If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.

Bob Hope

HeartCharityYouTroubleChristmas

I was real skinny in high school. I was real fast and explosive. I just didn't really have a good nutrition plan; I didn't understand how important it was to be healthy. I was eating hot fries, potato chips in the morning, Capri Sun. That was like my breakfast. That changed when I got to college - I put on 20 pounds of muscle.

Antonio Brown

GoodMorningSchoolSunBreakfast

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