Barry Eisler Quotes

The job of the screenplay is to identify and extract the essence of the story from the novel and reconfigure it for the screen, maintaining its essence in a different vehicle.

Barry Eisler

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I always loved playing the sidekick, and that's what I expected - I didn't think I was pretty enough or diva enough to play the lead.

Jessie Mueller

ThinkLovedEnoughPlayAlwaysDiva

I don't really watch my moves all that often; I mean, really, I don't.

Jennifer Jason Leigh

MeanWatchMovesOftenReally

Suffer not thy wrongs to shroud thy fate, But turn, my soul, to blessings which remain.

Anna Seward

SoulFateBlessingsMy SoulTurn

It's important for me as an actor to know the entire script before you start shooting, and especially if you're directing, you don't want to be struggling with anything.

Tommy Lee Jones

MeStartYouKnowImportantWant

With respect to Holy Communion, it is up to the communicant to decide whether they are in a state of grace and worthy to receive the Eucharist. Each one of us makes that decision.

Roger Mahony

RespectDecisionGraceWorthyDecide

I can't imagine what this place would be - I can't imagine what the country would be - with Donald Trump as our president.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

CountryPlaceDonald TrumpPresident

Through a voluntary national certification program, SAFLA will create uniform rules and definitions for foods carrying a GMO-free label, allowing consumers to understand and identify those products that fit their food preferences.

Mike Pompeo

FoodRulesCreateUniformUnderstand

You seize sentiment better when you get clear of nature. You breathe it in every sense!

Jules Verne

NatureBetterYouBreatheSeizeGet

I fall in love with contradictions without understanding. I can't really portray them unless I do. So in a roundabout way I have to fall in love, it's my duty. If love is about understanding and understanding is compassion and compassion is love, I have to have compassion towards the world.

Joseph Fiennes

LoveCompassionLove IsWorldFall

I always kind of did my own thing, but it got me into trouble a lot, so I started listening to what people were telling me to do to show I was a team player.

Dolph Ziggler

PeopleMeTeamListeningTrouble

When I finished my initial year at Oxford, I flew home to marry Kirby, who had been my girlfriend in college. We had met on a blind date.

Donald Hall

HomeCollegeBlindYearGirlfriend

I met Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I'm not really star struck by actors, but musicians, that's when I get star struck. Chad Smith is my number one drum influence, so that was a real mind-blow. I spoke to him - proper English, thank God!

Christopher Mintz-Plasse

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