Zach Anner Quotes

Depending on where my self-confidence was, growing up, I would use humor either to bring people closer, or to keep them away from certain feelings I had.

Zach Anner

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HumorPeopleGrowing UpFeelingsUp

Most men are far younger when they have their children and they're building their careers. If they are older they probably don't have the luxury of retiring - and generally sixty something-year-old men don't choose to have a child and spend all their time with that child. So it was a very unique situation.

Jennifer Grant

ChildrenTimeMenChildBuilding

I have an illogical affinity for 'Star Trek: The Next Generation.'

John Joseph Adams

GenerationNextStarIllogicalTrek

In old movies, the cinematography is a thousand times better than anything today. Writing, a thousand times better.

John Kricfalusi

TodayWritingBetterMoviesAnything

I was the first critic ever to win a Tony - for co-authoring 'Elaine Stritch at Liberty.' Criticism is a life without risk; the critic is risking his opinion, the maker is risking his life. It's a humbling thought but important for the critic to keep it in mind - a thought he can only know if he's made something himself.

John Lahr

LifeMindWinOpinionThoughtKnow

The time during bombings was definitely difficult for everyone. My parents, they really protected me from it, and we came through together.

Ana Ivanovic

TimeTogetherParentsMeDifficult

I want to make films without a single clear message, and films that are as close as possible to what it feels like to be alive. At least to me.

Spike Jonze

MeAliveWantPossibleSingleClear

The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.

Jean de la Bruyere

EducationSocietyIndividual

I'm not sure if this is a good thing or not, but I'm not a very competitive person.

Disha Patani

GoodPersonCompetitiveSureVery

There's a lot of risk involved in acting, and you can't take the same kind of risks when you have a kid to feed.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

RisksYouActingKindRiskKid

If you've ever been to a great clown show, there's always a moment where the clown goes into the house and fuses with the audience. There's something fantastic about the improv of it all.

Annaleigh Ashford

GreatMomentYouHouseAudience

By itself, just to draw crazy creatures has limited appeal - if I had to give up one thing, it would be the wild imagination. When the work becomes too detached from ordinary life, it starts to fall apart. Fantasy needs to have some connection with reality, or it becomes of its own interest only, insular.

Shaun Tan

LifeWorkImaginationCrazyReality

We cannot grow jobs without investment; we cannot grow economies if we don't earn.

Sharan Burrow

GrowInvestmentEarnWithoutCannot

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