George C. Wolfe Quotes

I think all creative people are operating from the fear that, of the best of what they did, will anybody remember it? Will anybody tell stories about them? Will anybody keep those pictures on the mantle long after they are gone? It's why people write stories. It's peoples' grave markers.

George C. Wolfe

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FearBestCreativePeopleThinkWhy

I don't concern myself with thinking ahead to the finished product. I focus more specifically on what the character is experiencing. Once you relieve yourself of the very arbitrary and always punishing pressure of what an audience is expecting you to do, acting becomes a lot more fun and pure.

Jesse Eisenberg

CharacterMyselfFocusYourselfFun

I hear actors complain about being stereotyped, and a lot of the time, you have yourself to blame. Just don't take the part if you feel like it's a stereotypical part for you. You have control over your life. We don't have the old studio system, where you have to do what they tell you.

John C. Reilly

LifeTimeYourselfBlameControl

Humor was how I got through everything in my life. I used to find a funny way to get out of situations. That's who I was. That's who I am!

Jermaine Fowler

LifeFunnyHumorI AmMy LifeFind

Meryl Streep was my hero. I wanted to be that type of actor more than anything.

Jennifer Coolidge

HeroActorMoreAnythingThanType

The mandate for the CTO's office is to unleash the power of technology, data, and innovation on behalf of the nation. The CTO's office is really trying to bring best practices, possibilities, pilots, and policy advising.

Megan Smith

TechnologyInnovationPowerBest

What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action.

Meister Eckhart

ActionPlantBrainyHarvestSoil

I actually think Facebook made it their business to be close with all of the app developers. They couldn't have done more.

Max Levchin

BusinessThinkDoneMoreFacebook

Even as a kid, I wore J.C. Penney plain-pocket jeans because they were plain pockets. I didn't want anybody's name on my backside. I personally don't like to wear clothing that is named for somebody or has someone's likeness all over it.

Matthew McConaughey

NameSomeoneWantKidOverJeans

I used to empty the studio out and throw stuff away. I now don't. There will be a whole series of dead ends that a year or two down the line I'll come back to.

Anish Kapoor

YearBackDownNowWillDead

Suffering is always hard to quantify - especially when the pain is caused by as cruel a disease as Alzheimer's. Most illnesses attack the body; Alzheimer's destroys the mind - and in the process, annihilates the very self.

Jeffrey Kluger

PainMindSufferingSelfProcess

I've auditioned for roles that involved voice, but I don't like it. I feel like, I can't do this in front of you. It seems so separate - I don't share it with a lot of people. And I'm not into public performances.

Amanda Seyfried

PeopleVoiceFeelYouShareSeems

Cher wanted to be an entertainer more than I've seen anybody want to be an entertainer in my life.

Sonny Bono

LifeMy LifeWantMoreSeenThan

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