I make sure the events I do have the element of entertainment that Allah (swt) and his Prophet (pbuh) permit. Having said that, I would also like to make sure they are contemporary and our children can actually relate to them.
The beautiful thing about older people is their ability to cut the fat off of conversation. When they talk, they don't go on forever and ever. They say what they have to say, and that's it. That was my grand dad. Some of the things he said stunned me, but his words were logical. I'll never forget them.
In 2009, Scott Rudin sent me August's [Wilson] original screenplay [Fences] and asked me what I wanted to do with it. He wanted to know if I wanted to act in it, direct it or produce it. I said, "Well, let me read it first. "
The northern people are riders and the southern people sailors; it is said quite true.
Said I, in scorn all burning hot,In rage and anger high,"You ignominious idiot,Those wings are made to fly!
As I said before, stones to me is meant things that hurt people, things that cause pain and thats what this song is about.
Confucius once said that a bear could not fart at the North Pole without causing a big wind in Chicago.
The boy shall have a proper beating,' said Cecil. 'But I beat him already,' I said, 'and don't tell me I didn't do it properly. I'm touchy about these things.
Mother Theresa always said, "Calcuttas are everywhere if only we have eyes to see. Find your Calcutta. "
They said pret-a-porter will kill your name, and it saved me
Archives exist because there's something that can't necessarily be articulated. Something is said in the gaps between all the information.
An ignorant man is insignificant and contemptible; nobody cares for his company, and he can just be said to live, and that is all.
Ever since I was a about seven or eight; I think it was seven. My brother said "I want to start acting," and me and my sister just said, "Oh we'll try it, we'll see. " It was just one of those things - we were just like, "Oh, we'll see what happens. " So we ended up - all my siblings and me - we ended up just trying it, and I got that one role on In Plain Sight and then we just decided to keep going and see what happens. And then: Hunger Games.
Sartre said that hell is other people, I believe that most of them are
The nature of emergent technology is, as Kevin Kelly once said, right out of control. It's an element of human evolution that's completely out of control. It's sort of driving itself, and I don't see it ceasing to do that.
First be sure that you know exactly what you want to say. Then be sure you have said exactly that.
Our heaven is their hell, said God. I like a balanced universe.
That's what David Caruso said to me. We were talking about the whole Emmy thing, and he said that one of the things about awards in this town is that a lot is about the drama - like the drama of the performance. And he said "Your show, The Wire, looks so real, it almost looks like a documentary. And people who aren't artists - a lot of people who vote for this stuff - don't get it. "
I'd prefer it if the coach said certain things to me face to face.
Oh no, Nick" Jaime said in tones of supremely unconvincing shock, "how could you? When my back was turned for one momement. And my food was so delicious.