All Quotes

The thing about Republicans is that they don't care so much about respect, but they love fear, at least in others.
‐‐ Jane Smiley

The thing about research is that there's no end. You constantly have this fear that an expert who knows more than you will call you out on some detail in your book.
‐‐ Gene Luen Yang

The thing about rigging is, you can learn it if you become a master rigger but there's no book on rigging.
‐‐ Richard Serra

The thing about rights is that in the end you can't prove what should be considered a right.
‐‐ Paul Farmer

The thing about rock is that people are not just interested in bands because of where they want to go. It's where they want to escape from that matters.
‐‐ Colin Greenwood

The thing about romance and romantic movies is that they can be somewhat melodramatic. For a lot of actors, there's a certain cringe factor that's involved with that.
‐‐ David Lyons

The thing about science fiction is that it's totally wide open. But it's wide open in a conditional way.
‐‐ Octavia Butler

The thing about science is that it's an accurate picture of the world.
‐‐ Jonathan Miller

The thing about 'Soft Machine' and me was that I never considered another profession.
‐‐ Kevin Ayers

The thing about Sondheim is that it does get very cerebral. You do need a faculty with words and a love for the lyrics to not just pull it off, but to have an appreciation for it.
‐‐ Lea Salonga

The thing about Spike Lee... that's a deep experience to work with someone who is that intense and knows their vision that well. The character I play in 'Red Hook Summer' is super country and super loud. I suppose he is some version of myself.
‐‐ Jon Batiste

The thing about sport, any sport, is that swearing is very much part of it.
‐‐ Jimmy Greaves

The thing about sports movies is, they can't help but feel epic - putting music to images, etc.
‐‐ Lindsey Shaw

The thing about stand-up was, I was doing all this sketch and YouTube stuff where I was not being censored and I got to do my own thing, and it was really cool.
‐‐ Donald Glover

The thing about stand-ups is you can't really get good unless you're failing in front of a large number of people. That makes stand-up comedy unique: you need a tremendous amount of reserve within you to take the rejection from the audience, and without it, you can't do anything.
‐‐ David Steinberg

The thing about 'Star Trek' is that it is not judgmental. You can do what ever you want, within reason.
‐‐ Marina Sirtis

The thing about 'Star Wars' is that every single person is important. Even though Rey is a big role, everyone influences everyone. If that wasn't so, why would so many people remember Admiral Ackbar?
‐‐ Daisy Ridley

The thing about startups is you can make it, and if it's wrong you can remake it, and you can build a team that you want to have, a product that you want to have. You're utterly focused on your users or your customers and their needs, and trying to figure out how to meet those needs.
‐‐ John Katzman

The thing about talent is that it comes at different ages, sometimes at a very early age. That's when I find it to be the most challenging.
‐‐ Itzhak Perlman

The thing about talking about human rights is that when one bears in mind the sharp end of it, one does not want to worry too much about semantics.
‐‐ Tom Stoppard

The thing about television is that you can't fake it. Your sense of discovery must be genuine; you can't pretend to be surprised.
‐‐ Trevor McDonald

The thing about tennis is if you stay off for two weeks, or just for three days, you can lose your rhythm quickly. So it's just a question of constant diligence and vigilance.
‐‐ Venus Williams

The thing about that too is that we had the same extras everyday. It was such a community. It was like a microcosmic little town. We were like all little towns people with extras and a crew.
‐‐ Erika Christensen

The thing about the 600 words, I mean some day, you can do a very, very, very hard day's work and not write a word, just revising, or you would scribble a few words.
‐‐ J. K. Rowling

The thing about the Air Force or any branch of the military is that all of us were plucked away from our homes and our comfort zones and our families. So there was a solidarity in the military, a brotherhood.
‐‐ Jon Huertas

The thing about the banjo is, when you first hear it, it strikes many people as 'What's that?' There's something very compelling about it to certain people; that's the way I was; that's the way a lot of banjo players and people who love the banjo are.
‐‐ Steve Martin

The thing about the basics is they don't really change - it's the details and the proportions that change. The shirt may be cut slimmer or looser, the suit might be darker or lighter, the sneakers might not have laces, but you're still talking about shirts and suits and sneakers.
‐‐ John Varvatos

The thing about the classics it that they are such great characters, they have a great deal of depth and different layers to them. I always find that very stimulating to play.
‐‐ Frances O'Connor

The thing about the end of the world is that not just the West collapses, the whole world does.
‐‐ Douglas Coupland

The thing about the future is that it never feels the way we thought it would.
‐‐ Douglas Coupland

The thing about the Internet is that you can write something... for a very narrow audience and make a living at it.
‐‐ Randall Munroe

The thing about the Internet is the openness. People can link to each other themselves.
‐‐ Niklas Zennstrom

The thing about the Internet is we take everything too far. Once something becomes 'popular' in our realm, it's everywhere, and I get sick of hearing about it quickly.
‐‐ Connor Franta

The thing about the Islamic situation is we don't have a church. We don't have an ordained priesthood, which makes it a little complicated. But we do have a tradition of scholarship, and rules of scholarship. It's very much like any field of knowledge.
‐‐ Feisal Abdul Rauf

The thing about the 'Melrose' novels is that I have to feel they're impossible when I set out.
‐‐ Edward St Aubyn

The thing about the movie 'Navy SEALs' is that it was just such a waste. The script could've been shaped to be much better, and you just hate to see all that talent and passion go to waste.
‐‐ Michael Biehn

The thing about the NBA, any pro sport, is, guys don't know how to take care of their body.
‐‐ John Salley

The thing about the Nobel ceremony is that for a whole week, you get treated like a superstar. You get driven everywhere. You have minders who always make sure you get where you're going. And you always get into the back seat of the limo.
‐‐ Jack W. Szostak

The thing about the performance part... starting with improv and standup, you're starting with yourself as the character, and I don't feel as much like, 'Oh, I'm a vessel for -' I feel like someone who calls themselves an actor is a vessel.
‐‐ Ilana Glazer

The thing about the South is we accept our history. We don't push it under the rug.
‐‐ Octavia Spencer

The thing about the truth is, not a lot of people can handle it.
‐‐ Conor McGregor

The thing about the UK is we don't really make that many great movies.
‐‐ Jason Statham

The thing about the wacky fans is that they're really sweet.
‐‐ Margot Kidder

The thing about theater that always and still kind of makes me edgy is that you work and work and work and work, and then you're just in performance mode, and then you have to just be on; the work is done, and then you just have to do it over and over again, so you're just constantly at that performance level.
‐‐ Allison Tolman

The thing about theatre is that when it is actually occurring, when you have the audience on your side, you absolutely think you can will them to do anything. It's exhilarating.
‐‐ Kenneth Cranham

The thing about this business is that you always end up finding these amazing stories and these amazing people who make amazing films. I just want to work with good people and keep challenging myself with different kinds of characters.
‐‐ Madhur Mittal

The thing about tourism is that the reality of a place is quite different from the mythology of it.
‐‐ Martin Parr

The thing about travelling is that you work hard and play hard, but you can do all those things without your parents knowing.
‐‐ Aaron Johnson

The thing about TV is it's a meritocracy. I love that aspect of it - and I've had shows that have gone on the air and been canceled. I've seen the good and the bad of it.
‐‐ Doug Liman

The thing about Uggs is that they're so comfortable. Once you've worn them, you don't want to go back.
‐‐ Tamara Mellon