All Quotes

Usually the characters I play are men of few words, who communicate in non-verbal ways.
‐‐ Viggo Mortensen

Usually, the energy in elevators is so awkward; I mean, I can't imagine the politics in the ones in the Conde Nast building.
‐‐ Marco Brambilla

Usually, the extras have a different mentality. I had the mentality of an artist, because I was a 'ballet-rina.' But most extras are out to make a fast buck for nothing. They're 'atmosphere.'
‐‐ Teri Garr

Usually, the fairy tale ends with the girl marrying the prince. But mine started as soon as the marriage was over.
‐‐ Diane von Furstenberg

Usually the films that I do are released theatrically in foreign markets. In the U.S., they're either picked up as HBO premier films or Showtime first-runs. In today's market, in America, you need at least $50 million for your budget to go to the big show, and I'm not quite there yet. But keep watching - maybe someday I will be.
‐‐ Brian Bosworth

Usually the first problems you solve with the new paradigm are the ones that were unsolvable with the old paradigm.
‐‐ Joel A. Barker

Usually, the first thing I do when I wake up is I start working, so I often won't start the day by reading anything because I like to minimize my 'commute' as much as possible. I wake up, open my laptop and start working in bed.
‐‐ Mallory Ortberg

Usually, the great thing about cycling is that anybody can watch it; it's very accessible.
‐‐ Bradley Wiggins

Usually, the kills are almost Wile E. Coyote kind of things in horror movies.
‐‐ Jonathan Levine

Usually, the leaders appear in the moment of the highest stress, when it is time, speaking symbolically, to go to the barricades. Then people, clever, capable, but focused on their own tasks, will leave their immediate occupations and go to the barricades, because there is nowhere to hide.
‐‐ Vladimir Bukovsky

Usually the nonsense liberals spout is kind of cute, but in wartime their instinctive idiocy is life-threatening.
‐‐ Ann Coulter

Usually the science-fiction fan has some indication they're a sci-fi fan and, therefore, a 'Stargate' fan. In other words, they could be wearing a rubber head or some kind of costume or just a T-shirt that gives them away.
‐‐ Richard Dean Anderson

Usually, the stuff that's your best idea or work is going to be attacked the most.
‐‐ Francis Ford Coppola

Usually the thing that signifies that I'm done with the winter and all that is that I start skateboarding.
‐‐ Shaun White

Usually the wacky people have the breakthroughs. The 'smart' people don't.
‐‐ Burt Rutan

Usually, there is no equivalent of air traffic control at sea. Some busy areas operate 'traffic separation schemes,' but mostly, ships are treated like cars on roads where there are rules and codes of behavior, and successful, accident-free outcomes depend on everyone respecting them. As on roads, this doesn't always work.
‐‐ Rose George

Usually, those persons closest to the incoming President will be the main leaders of the Transition effort. They are most familiar with his policies and practices, and are able to interpret his wishes regarding the structure and staffing of the new Administration.
‐‐ Richard V. Allen

Usually, watching yourself is pretty awful. People think we all love watching our own films. We don't. We cringe away from it.
‐‐ Charlotte Rampling

Usually we are saying only part of the truth.
‐‐ Erno Rubik

Usually, we find it difficult to control our mind. It seems as if our mind is like a balloon in the wind - blown here and there by external circumstances.
‐‐ Kelsang Gyatso

Usually we praise only to be praised.
‐‐ Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Usually what is difficult for me are things that make me feel scared. That's when difficulties rather than challenges arise.
‐‐ Jenny Slate

Usually, whatever people's particular political leaning is, they either think I'm just like them or the opposite.
‐‐ Tucker Max

Usually when a song comes to me, I don't ask a lot of questions; I hear something, and I just let it out in song. It's like making a salad. Everything I hear, and everything I am, I mix together in a different way in each song.
‐‐ Yael Naim

Usually when a woman is 60, it's over.
‐‐ Jeanne Moreau

Usually, when a young girl is pregnant, she drops out of school and concentrates on being a mother. I thought that's what I had to do, but my counselors told me there was no way they would let me drop out. I had too much promise.
‐‐ Jenni Rivera

Usually when attorneys are assembling a jury, they're just looking for sheep that are easily impressed.
‐‐ Johnny Kelly

Usually when I am approached to do a score for a horror movie, it's to attempt a repeat performance of what I did way back on 'Hellraiser' or 'Jennifer 8' - one of those really orchestral scores.
‐‐ Christopher Young

Usually when I am in a movie that is about to come out, if people don't love it, that is fine - I can handle it.
‐‐ Melanie Lynskey

Usually, when I do a soundtrack, the music from the movie doesn't have anything to do with me personally. It's music to enhance to the film. My own stuff is more introspective and about what's on going in my head.
‐‐ Stanley Clarke

Usually when I get nervous and don't know how to prepare for something, I just don't do anything at all, which is not necessarily the best idea.
‐‐ Gia Coppola

Usually when I go to a place for the first time, unless there's something historical or spectacular that nature has to offer, the first thing I like to do is see what's on the minds of the people.
‐‐ Patti Smith

Usually when I'm out doing stuff, I'm just out in the wild, doing the wild thing. I don't really get a chance to just chill out until I come here, in my creative space.
‐‐ Bootsy Collins

Usually when I'm trying to establish character, I try and find out where they live.
‐‐ Denise Mina

Usually when I mention suspended animation, people will flash me the Vulcan sign and laugh.
‐‐ Mark Roth

Usually when I read something, first of all I'm looking for the story and then when I reread it, I'm sort of checking every part of it to see if every scene is necessary.
‐‐ Gus Van Sant

Usually, when I read something, I'm looking for the story first. And then, when I re-read it, I check every part of it to see whether every scene is necessary. You imagine yourself watching the movie, to see whether or not you're losing the through-line of the story.
‐‐ Gus Van Sant

Usually, when I see films that don't have any score attached to them, I think they're beautiful. I love just the naked sound of the voice. That's already music.
‐‐ Jason Moran

Usually when I see myself in a film or on television, there's about a six-month period where I can't look at it because all I'll see are the mistakes. I'm just appalled by the person that I see.
‐‐ Tim Daly

Usually when I see someone famous, for some reason, I think I know them.
‐‐ Leona Lewis

Usually when I start a new project there's a fear of the unknown; maybe it's a band I've never been in the studio with before. People are so different. It's almost like you need to go through the process, discover and unlock what it is that makes that band that band. And a lot of times they don't know it.
‐‐ Rick Rubin

Usually when I take my films to festivals, I feel incredibly anxious about them. I wonder how it will be received, how the audience will react. I feel deeply responsible for them.
‐‐ Abbas Kiarostami

Usually, when I walk on a wire, I inspect the anchor point on both sides before crossing.
‐‐ Philippe Petit

Usually when I wielded a hockey stick, it meant somebody was going to get hurt. This is just a friendly match.
‐‐ Stan Mikita

Usually when I write a script, I have in mind some real people that I'm writing about, who don't always act in the film afterward.
‐‐ Abbas Kiarostami

Usually when I write a song, I'll write the music and then kind of fit some words to it.
‐‐ Oscar Isaac

Usually, when Nirvana made music, there wasn't a lot of conversation. We wanted everything to be surreal. We didn't want to have some contrived composition.
‐‐ Dave Grohl

Usually when painters use photographs, they enlarge and copy them and simply make a large, boring painting of a large, boring photograph.
‐‐ Duane Michals