I look at myself more as a storyteller than a screenwriter, as pretentious as that may sound, but that's what really attracts me to TED Talks. For me, the really effective ones are being presented by expert storytellers.
Damon Lindelof
Related That's SHIT! How do you remove it? You just put it inside the trash, easy as that. DEYTH BANGER Only fools wait, and only tools bait. CRE There are approximately two trillion cells in the human body. You are never alone, there are always ... DWIGHT W. HAYES I don't look at myself as a writer; I am a storyteller. VIKAS SWARUP The thought had occurred to me as I was flying to Salt Lake City earlier that day that Ted Bundy mig... ELIZABETH F. LOFTUS I always wanted to be more validated as a human being, as a person, than I was as a player. I think ... ABBY WAMBACH In Cloud computing the difference between a dark cloud and a cloud with a silver lining, is the part... RAJAT MOHAN People only look at me as a Beatle, but my friends look at me as a whole person. That's how life... RINGO STARR This is too much reality for a Friday. AS GOOD AS IT GETS A lot of teenagers write to me and say "I want to write a book. I want to get published." And those ... 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I don't look at so much at what I've done as much a... PHYLICIA RASHAD There's nothing that scares me more than, like, being in the ocean by myself. SHAWN MENDES I don't think of myself as either American or Australian really, I'm a true hybrid. It's... MEL GIBSON I don't really look at myself as the kind of person who craves attention, but I've never bee... AL YANKOVIC Would you want you as a friend? PETER STROPLE It should not be surprised by seeing in our weird world that the people for enjoying own bread can a... ANUJ SOMANY Everyone out there is using you for their entertainment and what you mostly need is to be entertainm... SUPERNA BATHEJA To position yourself as an expert, share your knowledge with others. Deliver presentations and teach... SUSAN C. YOUNG To this day, most people think of me as the fastest human. They don't really think me as a long ... CARL LEWIS In documentary films, you're a storyteller using found objects. You still have to have a story a... GARTH STEIN I want a world without war, a world without insanity. I want to see people do well. I don't even... TOM CRUISE Being an actor really, really strengthens me as a director. There's just a certain type of under... AARON RUELL I don't look at a man who's expert in one area as a specialist. I look at him as a rookie in... CONOR MCGREGOR As far as I'm concerned, there's no job more important on the planet than being a mom. MARK WAHLBERG What's really important for me is, as an old man, I'm known by my own generation and the nex... CHRISTOPHER LEE The great thing for me, now, is that writing has become more and more interesting. Not just as a cra... SAM SHEPARD There's plenty of money out there. They print more every day. But this ticket, there's only five of ... ROALD DAHL There's always a side of me that goes, 'I'm just a nerd.' I never look at myself and... HEATHER GRAHAM I can't relate to people who treat me as a 'famous person.' I only like to hang around w... JUDY BLUME In a perfect world, I would be a painter. I love working with my hands. I don't get to do it as ... HALLE BERRY I used to look at horror movies as being really real and it would totally freak me out and give me n... EVAN PETERS As far as social media and all that, I understand connecting with fans on a different level, but I d... DEAN AMBROSE For me, songwriting is really where it's at. I turn to use the guitar just to help me write the ... MARK KNOPFLER I really love to drive. It's really hard for me to be a passenger, even though I get to look aro... CATHERINE OPIE I've been studying the Constitution for myself but also as a way for me, as a Democrat, to compr... EVA LONGORIA Being referred to as a hunk or a heartthrob makes me nervous, but it's flattering. But I'm m... ORLANDO BLOOM That's the shock: All cliches are true. The years really do speed by. Life really is as short as... DAVID BOWIE The success of the storytellers - we're only as good as what we can withhold from the audience. ... B. D. WONG I think of myself as kind of a hippy. Everyone around me says that's not the impression they get... CECILY STRONG I see Igby as my first movie as an adult, and it's a big deal for me because I really, really li... KIERAN CULKIN Novels for me are how I find out what's going on in my own head. And so that's a really usef... CORY DOCTOROW Lord take me as I am just the way I am. Set my soul ablaze, never quench the flame VENES I didn't read comic books; that's not something that was really available to me as a child. ... CANDICE PATTON I lost the life that I knew, and I really had to rethink my future and think about my core values an... AMY PURDY I don't look at it as writing a book in a videogame universe. I look at it as writing for 'H... ERIC NYLUND Moviemaking is just really neat, and I really like doing that. I'd like to get into it more, but... FRANK PERETTI There's so much more to me as a human being than just my appearance, and I want to integrate tha... ALEXIS KNAPP It used to bother me being portrayed as this bitchy person, but now I feel that the public understan... JENNIFER LOPEZ I like what I hear other guys doing, but the thing that really attracts me is melodic playing. GERRY MULLIGAN Armstrong described the lunar surface as 'beautiful.' I thought to myself, 'It's not... BUZZ ALDRIN I like the fact that I can do stunts, but I don't think of myself as a stunt guy. Those guys are... DANIEL CUDMORE Sometimes I get really down on myself for not having the exact career I want, but it's ok as lon... EMILY MEADE For me my friendship with Omar Rodriguez from Mars Volta that friendship really means a lot to me be... JOHN FRUSCIANTE I'd rather have people really be able to step back and get their money's worth and look at m... HALEY REINHART I think that open tunings are a trap really because it's really hard not to sound like an open t... LEO KOTTKE This may sound funny, but as much as the 'Today' show matured me, it also was something of a... JANE PAULEY I've definitely become more aware and conscious of what directors I'm working with because i... KATE MARA As a DJ, people expect a certain sound and a certain danceability for the music. As a producer, I re... ARMIN VAN BUUREN When you become a public figure, you still think, 'That's really not me; there's more to... EDWARD SAID Well, here's what I'll say: The storytellers of 'Lost' have taken us on a pretty gre... DANIEL DAE KIM For one thing, I don't think art needs to be about suffering; sometimes it really seems like it&... ELLEN FORNEY I don't think I could ever describe myself as unlucky because people would look at me, playing f... JERMAIN DEFOE It's not the norm, I guess, to see someone as aggressive as me being more or less very athletic.... NDAMUKONG SUH I grew up never seeing myself on-screen, and it's really important to me to give people who look... SANDRA OH I think of myself as a storyteller, and that is it. TANITH LEE 'The Custodian' was my first film, and there were so many lessons to learn in that week. It ... ESSIE DAVIS My gravestone will say, 'Here Lies Damon Lindelof - Or Does He?' DAMON LINDELOF I don't really look at it so much as a rivalry as a game we need to win. I don't like to tell the ki... JAY ANDERSON I don't know about the hair. I've had it since I was a kid, and when I look at myself in the... ERIK HASSLE I just take it one day at a time. Austin Powers has given me a lot of opportunities as far as my car... VERNE TROYER What attracts me to Bourne's world is that is a real world, and I think I'm most comfortable... PAUL GREENGRASS It's interesting to me that I get cast as mothers and really maternal, sweet, nice people... May... ELIZABETH REASER But here's the thing: what you do as a screenwriter is you sell your copyright. As a novelist, a... BETH HENLEY Most aspiring child actors or child stars have a passion for it. But as easy as it is for me to say ... NICK CANNON I just look at it, as it's something that I had to do. I had this vision that really, Graceland ... PRISCILLA PRESLEY I don't know what they mean by an icon. I never thought of myself as being that. It seems strange to... BETTE PAGE Adult actors are really childish, and that's nice to be around when you're a kid. So the big... JACK DAVENPORT If you say to a woman "I really like you", it won't be as effective as saying to them "You really li... DAVID DEANGELO As you get older, the summer is less of a vacation and more of a training period by yourself away fr... AARON RODGERS Death is not scary enough and not so sweet life of the human foot leaves gentility. IMAM ALI (AS) As far as actors go, you're not going to find many ballplayers better than me. D. B. SWEENEY It doesn't annoy me but I think of myself as a presenter who is gay, rather than a gay presenter... EVAN DAVIS I thought it was an honor that fellow players looked at me that way. I don't think I really put too ... CHAD CAMPBELL Actually, I never really look at myself as a real radical activist; I am more the conservative. I me... PAUL WATSON As far as rap, I was more of a Mobb Deep guy rather than a Tribe guy. ACTION BRONSON I hope somebody falls in love with me - other than my fiancee. But that's what you want. As a pl... ROBERT GRIFFIN III One guy that I wish was here right now, Ted Williams, helped me so much, our long talks, not about h... WADE BOGGS In the end, I think you really only get as far as you're allowed to get. GAYLE GARDNER What I mean by that is that it is becoming more and more difficult to serve the students as well as ... AL COX I think confidence is the most appealing quality in any human being or any artist; that's what r... MARILYN MANSON I'm really proud that the LGBT community has gotten behind me because, as I said, I am part of t... TABATHA COFFEY It's hilarious to me that by writing an obscene fake children's book I am mistaken for a par... ADAM MANSBACH
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