All Quotes

A lot of the stuff I am now seeing is edgy, raw kinda material.
‐‐ Mickey Rourke

A lot of the stuff I have done had been not only the likable guy, but like the nice likable guy.
‐‐ Ron Livingston

A lot of the stuff I've accumulated over the last few years of touring I thought was really interesting. Like sounds, sound bites, and beats even, but they weren't good dance beats they weren't ones anyone would want to rap over or anything.
‐‐ Eric San

A lot of the stuff in 'Speed Racer' has never been done before, from it having a multi-tone, to it having a retro-cool family movie, to having the photo-realism with the CG-backgrounds and infinite focus the way they worked with these digital cameras, to even the color experimentation.
‐‐ Emile Hirsch

A lot of the stuff that I do with Betty is in the eyes. A lot of the feelings that I evoke with her are unspoken, so that's been fun to play with.
‐‐ January Jones

A lot of the stuff that I say doesn't even make TV because it gets cut out. So if you're at the live events you get to hear what I have to say, but if you're watching on TV, you're only getting about 50% of it.
‐‐ John Cena

A lot of the stuff that I've done has been more drama and less comedy. I've had some opportunities to do some comedy, and I've often wanted to do that because it fits with me very comfortably because I talk too much, and I'm always saying the wrong thing all the time.
‐‐ Cush Jumbo

A lot of the stuff that's happening now, I can trace back to 'Death of a Salesman.' Francine Maisler, the casting director, saw 'Death of a Salesman' and called me in for 'Unbroken.' The casting director of 'Normal Heart' had seen 'Salesman' too. I look back on it now, and it's like one thing led to another; it was a chain reaction.
‐‐ Finn Wittrock

A lot of the stuff you do as an actor - or I do, because I can't speak for everyone - is not always consciously thought out. A lot of the time, for me, it's actually just feeling stuff, and it happens all in the moment and your body reacts.
‐‐ Henry Cavill

A lot of the surreal writing that I love is really dreamlike. Like Murakami. He uses the real world, and it's pretty recognizable, but its populated by these strange visitors, or it has these underground spaces. I was always really compelled by that.
‐‐ Alexandra Kleeman

A lot of the tabloid stories are written so well, they're very clever and very funny. But you have to focus on what's really important and not read them - don't dive into it and don't get caught up in it.
‐‐ Calista Flockhart

A lot of the television industry is so cookie-cutter. In general, there are so many shows that are easy and bland to watch. You can tune in at any time and know exactly where you are in the story arc because it's pretty much the same every week.
‐‐ Adam Baldwin

A lot of the themes of my movies, the actual stories, come from tabloid stories.
‐‐ Errol Morris

A lot of the things I did - it's not going to sound anything but egotistical - if I'm lucky and I did the right thing, they will be at Zara way before I can get them in the store, and I don't like that.
‐‐ Tom Ford

A lot of the things I do are obvious things that for some reason are not done. I could never figure this out. Why don't people do the obvious?
‐‐ Peter Saul

A lot of the things I hold onto have memories attached to them. Bags, shoes and jewelry that were given to me from photo shoots and fashion shows throughout my career.
‐‐ Kimora Lee Simmons

A lot of the things that until now seemed unthinkable are starting to be thinkable.
‐‐ Nick Johnson

A lot of the things that we've been able to do in the last several years were Democratic ideas, including the structure for this new director of national intelligence.
‐‐ Jane Harman

A lot of the things that will really improve the world fortunately aren't dependent on Washington doing something different.
‐‐ Bill Gates

A lot of the time, a moral compass is all that separates a hero from being a villain; otherwise, the two are very much the same. Both are generally the richest and most complex characters, and they get to have all the fun. I guess it's those types of roles that I ultimately gravitate towards.
‐‐ Ian Anthony Dale

A lot of the time, as an actor, you don't have the freedom to change what your lines are, and they can often be very unnatural or difficult to portray in a real light.
‐‐ John Francis Daley

A lot of the time I get obsessed by little nerdy things in my corner that no one else is interested in. I have that nerd factor in my character.
‐‐ Bjork

A lot of the time I hate acting. It has a lot to do with the way I was brought up in a world where showing your emotions is frowned upon. It's just not manly. I don't do anything in life because I love doing it. It's because I want to be good at it.
‐‐ Matthew Fox

A lot of the time I hate the theater. You think, 'I have to climb Mount Everest, again, tonight.' Oh, the theater is a scary place to be.
‐‐ Alan Rickman

A lot of the time I'm working with people who are older than me.
‐‐ Abigail Breslin

A lot of the time, I was unhappy as a kid, so I spent it, I guess, in a gray place.
‐‐ King Krule

A lot of the time, I write in the third person, but I'm mostly describing my own ordeals. When those unsettled struggles prey on your mind, you become haunted. To get free, you must defeat your ghosts.
‐‐ John Mellencamp

A lot of the time in animation is spent getting the story right - that's something you can't rush.
‐‐ Jennifer Yuh Nelson

A lot of the time, in the past, I have played the pretty blonde in a lot of roles.
‐‐ Nicky Whelan

A lot of the time nothing happens in a day.
‐‐ Nate Silver

A lot of the time, people think I'm really dumb or really uncomfortable talking to them, which is kind of a real thing.
‐‐ Nathan Fielder

A lot of the time the film chooses me. I'll be working and I'll get a call from my agent and I'll get the script and then tell him what I think.
‐‐ Jodi Lyn O'Keefe

A lot of the time, the way it's portrayed is that I only see women in a sexual way. But I grew up with just my mum and sister, so I respect women a lot.
‐‐ Harry Styles

A lot of the time, unfortunately for women, there's not a lot of complex roles. I don't mean complex like tortured or whatever. I mean complex like there's more going on with them than, 'I'm a mom.'
‐‐ Riley Keough

A lot of the time, we're shooting summer campaigns in winter because they have to come out the next season. It's the hardest to feel great in a bikini when it's cold... so I appreciate a swimsuit shoot that's in warm weather.
‐‐ Gigi Hadid

A lot of the time we think finances are immediately linked to experience, opportunities, image, and all sorts of important things that can progress us in life. Sometimes they're not. Finances can be completely irrelevant if you allow yourself to feel like things are going well.
‐‐ Natalia Kills

A lot of the time, when I'm choreographing, I'm not thinking about what movement look best next to the next movement - I'm actually thinking about what song and what sound sounds right next to the next thing. So kind of choreographing as if I'm always making a mix tape, so to speak.
‐‐ Kyle Abraham

A lot of the time when I'm working, I'm abroad.
‐‐ Asif Kapadia

A lot of the time when I write about the person that I love, I feel like I'm writing about New York.
‐‐ Lana Del Rey

A lot of the time when people get married in the infatuation, it will go down. That is inevitable. The infatuation stage will not last forever.
‐‐ Tamera Mowry

A lot of the time with child actors, you get the feeling they're trying to have a kind of poise or presentation that's beyond their years that might be put on, but also might be because they've spent years just hanging out with adults and they don't even have a sense of what it's like to grow up with kids their own age.
‐‐ Alessandro Nivola

A lot of the time writers are just sponges... for what's around them, and so books are helpful for focusing your mind and literally putting it into words.
‐‐ Marcus Mumford

A lot of the time, you're supposed to play to the top of your intelligence, as truthful as possible. But when you're on stage making people laugh, you're still acting. I think it helped me a bunch to go on stage two or three times a week.
‐‐ Ben Schwartz

A lot of the time, you see something really beautiful, but if you don't have the perfect figure and are a really small size, it won't work well for you.
‐‐ Camila Alves

A lot of the times when I've auditioned for parts in America, the answer is, 'Sorry, we need a bigger name.'
‐‐ Michael Sheen

A lot of the traditional sitcom stuff I did - I think I could have gone that route when I was younger as a staff writer, and I just didn't want to.
‐‐ Brian Posehn

A lot of the TV shows, they do long hours, and they do a lot of days, and you don't get a lot of time. But the good thing is, if you get one that's made in L.A., or made in a place you want to be, you get to go home every night.
‐‐ Jason Statham

A lot of the ups and downs for me, especially the downs, I feel like it came in a lot of indirect ways because I didn't appreciate what I had.
‐‐ T. J. Perkins

A lot of the vocal music I've been doing recently has been quite clubby. But that's mainly because I've had more time to go to clubs, and that normally breeds that kind of influence.
‐‐ James Blake

A lot of the Warp stuff has infected people's minds 'cause they're at the point where they can put tracks out, 'cause electronics are cheaper in America and kids are richer generally.
‐‐ Sean Booth