John Logan Theater people say you are either a comedian or a tragedian, and I’m a tragedian. And the vexing, dark characters, the ones where I don’t understand their pain or their anguish, they are the characters that appeal to me. – John Logan Anguish Quotes Appeal Quotes Characters Quotes Comedian Quotes Dark Quotes Pain Quotes People Quotes Theater Quotes Tragedian Quotes Understand Quotes Vexing Quotes Young screenwriters are always very frustrated when they talk to me. They say, ‘How do we get to be a screenwriter?’ I say, ‘You know what you do? I’ll tell you the secret, it’s easy: Read ‘Hamlet.’ You know? Then read it again, and read it again, and read it until you understand it. Read ‘King Lear,’ and then read ‘Othello.’ We wanted ‘Hugo’ to be a cornucopia of cinema, a celebration of everything we do in movies.
Monica Johnson Pray for someone else’s child, your pastor, the military, the police officers, the firemen, the teachers, the government. There’s no end to the ways that you can intervene on behalf of others through prayer. – Monica Johnson
Eric Schmidt When you use Google, do you get more than one answer? Of course you do. Well, that’s a bug. We have more bugs per second in the world. We should be able to give you the right answer just once. We should know what you meant. – Eric Schmidt
Pearl Cleage Denzel Washington is a big Hollywood movie star now. But he started out as an actor in the Negro Ensemble company. – Pearl Cleage
Frank Oz The Stepford Wives’ was too big, and it was unsatisfying to do. Not that it was unsatisfying to do, but it was unsatisfying as a result because, as much as I loved parts of it, and I’m really proud of so much of it, the entire movie wasn’t what I wanted it to be. It’s my own fault; I didn’t follow my instincts. – Frank Oz
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