Adriana Barraza Quotes

In Mexico, there are good filmmakers, but they didn't always have the opportunity to show their work. But since 'Amores Perros,' many of these filmmakers had the opportunity to show their films, and they have a newfound energy for cinema.

Adriana Barraza

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: mexican
  • Birth: March 5, 1956

Topics

WorkGoodOpportunityEnergyCinema

We have tried you good people of the public and we have found you wanting.

Rose Schneiderman

GoodPeopleGood PeopleYouWanting

The requests for blurbs seem to come in waves. I'm not sure what precipitates them. I think it must be excruciating for editors to draft those elaborate letters asking for a blurb, and I know it's torturous for us writers to ask directly. But publishers encourage us to. Rock and a hard place.

Miriam Toews

WavesThinkPlaceKnowLettersRock

When I first encountered the 'Sigma Force' novels - long before I became friends with Jim Rollins - a bookseller told me that these stories were about 'geeks with guns.' While not entirely accurate, that's pretty close to the mark, and that really speaks to me.

Jonathan Maberry

MeFriendsLongFirstGunsPretty

I have a lot of conservative views on a lot of things.

Denis Leary

ConservativeThingsViewsLot

I can remember watching 'Lord of the Rings' and being truly regretful that I wasn't a being in that world.

Chris Hemsworth

WorldRememberI CanWatchingRings

I don't remember that I ever really went all out to come up with a costume or a persona that could compete with everyone around me. I didn't know what to do. I found Halloween scary for just that fact - it meant that I had pressure to get up and be scary, makeup and all that. That was pretty horrifying for me.

Christopher Lloyd

MeMakeupPressureRememberKnowUp

The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.

Clarence Darrow

BusinessLawSeriouslyEverything

What I am really concerned about is what art is supposed to be - and can become.

Bruce Nauman

ArtI AmBecomeConcernedSupposed

I love New Orleans physically. I love the trees and the balmy air and the beautiful days. I have a beautiful house here.

Anne Rice

LoveBeautifulTreesHouseNewAir

All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today.

Pope Paul VI

LifeWorkHard WorkTodayStruggle

I did, but I'm not real fond of giving interviews.

Priscilla Presley

GivingRealInterviewsDidFond

I think the age we're living in is starting to get scary.

Paula Patton

AgeThinkLivingScaryStartingGet

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