I've studied a technique called the Sanford Miesner technique, that teaches you how to focus. It's mainly about daydreaming. And the technique's really about imaginary circumstances. Using your imagination to sort of daydream about stuff. It makes you emotional in a scene.
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Related When you punch somebody in the ring, you have to use your whole body. I learned that it's more a... KUNO BECKER The way I see it, thinking about the position of the club during the swing is about the worst way to... RICKIE FOWLER Most of the computer compromises that we hear about use a technique called spear phishing, which all... KEVIN MITNICK Negotiation is not a policy. It's a technique. It's something you use when it's to your ... JOHN BOLTON Barbecue is the good old technique of people making a fire and putting some stuff over the top - I m... GRAHAM ELLIOT You know, comedy's hard. With drama, you have a responsibility to the emotional truth, but with ... JULIANNE MOORE The writing is the springboard for your intuitive stuff and then you see, maybe a colour of what you... MIRANDA RICHARDSON I'm in total awe of the technique of great film people. Because if you get your emotional life u... ALI MACGRAW It's like when you want to make a house... the technique is very important. CECILIA BARTOLI I constantly think I'll be found out any second. Some of the crazy stuff that goes through your ... FAYE MARSAY The more technique you have, the less you have to worry about it. The more technique there is, the l... PABLO PICASSO There is no reason for me to show my collection in New York, because it's not about craft and te... ZAC POSEN There's a lot of stuff you've gotta know about Auto-Tune before you can start using it, beca... T-PAIN Art is about imagination. When you look at a picture from Salvador Dali, that's about imaginatio... LL COOL J The quality of instruction is very high at the Silverlake Conservatory of Music. It's not about ... FLEA Transcendental meditation is like a car, a vehicle that allows you to go within. It's a mental t... DAVID LYNCH It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer. E. O. WILSON Mindfulness is often spoken of as the heart of Buddhist meditation. It's not about Buddhism, but... JON KABAT-ZINN You have no choice as a professional chef: you have to repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat until it becom... JACQUES PEPIN The habit of breaking up one's colour to make it brilliant dates from further back than Impressi... JOHN SINGER SARGENT On the McGuire course, there's a technique called 'cancellation' where negative experien... GARETH GATES It's easy to make something avant garde. To do something in the traditional way is much more bra... CARY FUKUNAGA Ocean rowing is very much what you make it. Rowing technique is pretty irrelevant on the ocean. It... ROZ SAVAGE You really can't explain how you do the things you do. I can't, anyway. I love certain actor... KIRSTEN DUNST When you're insecure about your technique, you close yourself off. Your shoulders tighten. The f... MARCELLO GIORDANI Sometimes it's the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination. DRAKE When your child stops breathing 60 times a night, you don't worry about what's going on next... JOHN C. MCGINLEY There's no great mystery to acting. It's a very simple thing to do but you have to work hard... EDDIE MARSAN Where I think the American actor is slightly at a disadvantage is in vocal technique. I don't th... MIRIAM MARGOLYES My feeling about technique in art is that it has about the same value as technique in lovemaking. He... JOHN BARTH Performers should really go to the best schools, like Lady Gaga, you know, she went to NYU and had g... TONY BENNETT One of the nice things about being busy is it makes you focus on what's important to you and how... LORNE MICHAELS I've never really played golf. With the sax, I learned technique well enough so that it feels li... KENNY G Karate's a very boring sport, but when you know the technique you can go further and further. JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME I see all these people talking about acting as a great spiritual thing. It's not. There's no... EDDIE MARSAN Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON If you're playing within your capability, what's the point? If you're not pushing your o... NIGEL KENNEDY Can dancing change your life? Yes. It's changed mine. What I've learned is, it's not abo... LISA RINNA I like a lot of things about yoga - its an intro to good music; with each good teacher you study wit... CHARLES MICHAEL DAVIS I've always had a teenage thread running through my music. On my first album, I had a song calle... BONNIE MCKEE There's no changing your mind about whom you love. That's part of the tough thing about bein... PIPER PERABO You can admire people for sure, and they're worth admiring, but you need to find that special th... SUSAN EGAN Any acting is a stretch of the imagination. That's your job. Acting is truth in imaginary circum... SAM WORTHINGTON Life doesn't care about your vision. Stuff happens, and you've just got to deal with it. You... HAROLD RAMIS It's all about confidence and how you feel about yourself. There's no such thing as a perfec... HAYLEY HASSELHOFF I've had a couple opportunities where I've been on the other side of the audition process as... ALDEN EHRENREICH It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON Lying is not only a defense mechanism; it's also a coping mechanism and a survival technique. MONICA RAYMUND Technique is the basis of every pursuit. If you're a sportsman or you're a singer or a swimm... JOAN SUTHERLAND A resident's surgical skill is judged by their technique and speed. You can't be sloppy, and... PAUL KALANITHI It's not so much what you learn about Mumbai, it's what you learn about yourself, really. It... DANNY BOYLE Your private life should be private. I reckon that's a good thing that you talk about your work ... KEISHA CASTLE-HUGHES I think I came up in fighting in a really technical way. If you've ever seen my fights, you know... GINA CARANO When you read about the best places to work, it's never about salary; it's about catered lun... PAIGE CRAIG I've got a couple of bands that I'm working on. The one I'm really excited about, we'... SAMUEL LARSEN If you start to disrespect the character you're playing, or play it too much for laughs, that ca... STEVE COOGAN It's a lot about the individual and it's really up to you, how much you dedicate to the figh... ALEXIS ARGUELLO It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON My technique is laughable at times. I have developed a style of my own, I suppose, which creeps arou... DAVID GILMOUR I think there's a natural system in your own head about how much violence the scene warrants. It... GUY RITCHIE I'm not a good poker player, but I've got one bluffing technique - as long as you're qui... SIENNA GUILLORY Sauce is certainly ancestral to French cooking. The technique is very tricky, but it's also very... DANIEL BOULUD There's only one interview technique that matters... Do your homework so you can listen to the a... JIM LEHRER Good acting is good acting, however you learn it. Some people who haven't studied are amazing. S... SAM ROCKWELL He wasn't about technique, he was about feeling. BRUCE IGLAUER He's really sort of the devil. He's completely emotionally detached. He has no empathy. You ... RALPH FIENNES Before you worry about what genre it is, about whether it's a loop or a drum, it's about wha... BETH ORTON Film is a dramatised reality and it is the director's job to make it appear real... an audience ... DAVID LEAN If you look at 'Doctor Who,' it's a Time Lord in a blue box who travels around the unive... MARGARET STOHL When I'm doing sports, I always think of how it's related to singing, and when I watch tenni... JUAN DIEGO FLOREZ It's not the music you hear in your head that other people are going to hear. You have to be abl... NEIL PEART We can use techniques in modifying things, in controlling things, but the first impulse has to be so... LEO ORNSTEIN For me, it's about being comfortable... but I can feel comfortable in a thong leotard and on sta... JILLIAN HERVEY I'm a parent, especially when you've had the intense parenting the way I had. It's all i... HECTOR ELIZONDO I do love one-upmanship sometimes, like when you see kids breakdancing and who can do the best trick... BJORK I think a show is for fun, and the thing about playing live is that you make mistakes, and that'... INARA GEORGE I've had great success and I've had catastrophic failure. It's really how you handle the... PETER BERG When push comes to shove, I'm a fighter, and I'm going to force someone to fight. It takes a... ROBBIE LAWLER For film and television, it's interesting how fans feel that their particular ways of manifestin... CARRIE BROWNSTEIN If you write a hit song for Britney Spears, it's worth several million dollars. Just one song! A... JEWEL I've found that there's a lot to invigorate in any country or destination - it's all abo... BOB BEAMON It's hard to imagine you've got these massive wings in your back. You have to think about ho... BEN HARDY You know, comedy's hard. With drama, you have a responsibility to the emotional truth, but with come... JULIANNE MOORE It's been a fascinating thing because we didn't really know how to write when we started Sou... TREY PARKER I've been shocked by film actors - 25 and under - having such confidence and cockiness to rewrit... ANNE-MARIE DUFF I think at the beginning of a project, you decide if you're in love with the idea and what it... SPIKE JONZE I don't see I'll ever arrive at the point where I'll say, 'Lance old boy, you've... BERT LANCE With music, you're really showing someone a piece of your soul. You're saying, 'This is ... ALEXANDRA SHIPP I've taken singing lessons since I was young, just to work on technique. SKYLAR LAINE You're always more critical of your own country. People will talk about stuff in Britain, and I&... CATE BLANCHETT It's not about talent once you get to the NFL because everyone's got it. It's about bein... ROBERT GRIFFIN III Empowerment isn't a buzzword among leadership gurus. It's a proven technique where leaders g... JOHN RAMPTON Before a show, you might have aches or pains, or it's a bad rainy day, or it's too humid. We... GENE SIMMONS I think it's very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about ... ELON MUSK You never stop thinking about technique, but really, the reason we're actors is because of the s... CAITLIN FITZGERALD Today when I think about diversity, I actually think about the word 'inclusion.' And I think... GINNI ROMETTY In the United States, workouts tend to focus on body image and how you look. For me, it's really... CHRIS CORNELL It's not really about the competition. Your biggest challenge in a race is yourself. You're ... SUMMER SANDERS It's called 'I Wanna Thank You,' and I'm encouraging everybody out there to blog, Tw... Q-TIP
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I grew up on films. SAM ROCKWELL I think a lot of theater actors that were great, like Walken or Glenn Close, later became film actor... SAM ROCKWELL I'm originally from San Francisco. I might move there some day. But, I like L.A., I have fun in ... SAM ROCKWELL Well, you know, it's fun to sign autographs still for me. I don't sign that many. SAM ROCKWELL I had those kind of parents where I watched all of these very sophisticated movies: 'Five Easy P... SAM ROCKWELL Some actors don't want to, but I prefer to. I like to collaborate. Sometimes you have to keep it... SAM ROCKWELL I took a break after 'Confessions.' I was real picky. And then I suddenly realized I hadn... SAM ROCKWELL I've done so many independents for so many years. Leads that nobody's seen. SAM ROCKWELL You hit 41 and you don't burn calories like you used to. SAM ROCKWELL I'm happy that I'm finally getting some lines in my face. I always looked too young for the ... SAM ROCKWELL I've been in more than 20 movies. You just do the best you can and try to make a living. SAM ROCKWELL I have a constant sort of melancholy approach to acting that fuels me. I want to do everything. SAM ROCKWELL I don't keep secrets from my parents, really; it's pretty open. SAM ROCKWELL My parents were both actors; my dad sort of quite early on. My mother acted for a while, and now she... SAM ROCKWELL One thing that bugs me in comedy is when somebody does a fake cry, you know, like they fake cry in a... SAM ROCKWELL After 40, you want to reverse the ageing process. That's complicated for me because I spent so m... SAM ROCKWELL I think any good actor is an anarchist. They have to be. SAM ROCKWELL I used to break dance. I can do some good James Brown footwork. But now I think I've danced too ... SAM ROCKWELL I think of myself as a journeyman actor. I've got some talent and I work hard, but people like B... SAM ROCKWELL I have memories of films that nobody ever saw, that I was very proud of, and those are still great m... SAM ROCKWELL It's fun to improvise, but I still think it's better to have a great script, you know, like ... SAM ROCKWELL I always do drama. It's just that some people laugh at it and some people cry. SAM ROCKWELL Money is power and power gives you choice. SAM ROCKWELL I try to steal from the best. Suck it all in. 'Taxi Driver' is really a bible for film actor... SAM ROCKWELL I did some martial arts training for 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,' since the character ... SAM ROCKWELL Good acting is good acting, however you learn it. Some people who haven't studied are amazing. S... SAM ROCKWELL I remember being very influenced by 'Taxi Driver', and also Tommy Lee Jones in 'Coal Min... SAM ROCKWELL Anjelica Huston and Kelly MacDonald are both really special. Anjelica has such a fresh point of view... SAM ROCKWELL Your equipment DOES NOT affect the quality of your image. The less time and effort you spend worryin... KEN ROCKWELL I can take a lot of pats on the back. I love it when I get admiring letters from people. And, of cou... NORMAN ROCKWELL I'm not going to be caught around here for any fool celebration. To hell with birthdays! NORMAN ROCKWELL The secret to so many artists living so long is that every painting is a new adventure. So, you see,... NORMAN ROCKWELL Every project is an opportunity to learn, to figure out problems and challenges, to invent and reinv... DAVID ROCKWELL Three weeks ago, you had a surprisingly strong performance by 'Deep Impact.' Next week, 'The Horse W... ARTHUR ROCKWELL Maybe it was accelerated by the disappointing second quarter. ARTHUR ROCKWELL They obviously have owned up to the fact that this is the way they are going. They don't feel comfor... ARTHUR ROCKWELL A traditional network is still the only way for a big advertiser to get a big audience. ARTHUR ROCKWELL The secret to so many artists living so long is that every painting is a new adventure. So, you see,... NORMAN ROCKWELL I'm the oldest antique in town. NORMAN ROCKWELL When I go to farms or little towns, I am always surprised at the discontent I find. And New York, to... NORMAN ROCKWELL You need to learn to see and compose. The more time you waste worrying about your equipment the less... KEN ROCKWELL The camera's only job is to get out of the way of making photographs. KEN ROCKWELL No matter how advanced your camera you still need to be responsible for getting it to the right plac... KEN ROCKWELL Maybe because it's entirely an artist's eye, patience and skill that makes an image and not his tool... KEN ROCKWELL The '20s ended in an era of extravagance, sort of like the one we're in now. There was a big... NORMAN ROCKWELL I didn't know what to expect from a famous movie star; maybe that he'd be sort of stuck-up, ... NORMAN ROCKWELL You must first spend some time getting your model to relax. Then you'll get a natural expression. NORMAN ROCKWELL Travel is like a tonic to me. It's more than just getting away from the studio for a brief rest. I n... NORMAN ROCKWELL Lady Bird Johnson had that extra-special Southern charm that you just can't resist. Mrs. Goldwater w... NORMAN ROCKWELL It wouldn't be right for me to clown around when I'm painting a president. NORMAN ROCKWELL I like entertainment and think mastery is good, though I don't feel like a master. If a theme me... DAVID ROCKWELL Some people have been kind enough to call me a fine artist. I've always called myself an illustr... NORMAN ROCKWELL No man with a conscience can just bat out illustrations. He's got to put all his talent and feel... NORMAN ROCKWELL I've always loved Dickens. And Henry James. Tolstoy, Dostoevski. NORMAN ROCKWELL Chavez likes to poke the U.S., ... And he's been aligning himself with folks like Fidel Castro. RICK ROCKWELL We got a good look at the Himalayas, which they tell me are about 28,000 feet high. I expected to be... NORMAN ROCKWELL It was a pretty rough neighborhood where I grew up The really tough places were over around Third Av... NORMAN ROCKWELL Eisenhower had about the most expressive face I ever painted, I guess. Just like an actor's. Ver... NORMAN ROCKWELL There are 101 uses for duct tape and multiple uses for plastic sheeting. LARRY ROCKWELL While this was nothing to sneeze at, it was certainly less than on previous occasions. KEITH ROCKWELL Here in New England, the character is strong and unshakable. NORMAN ROCKWELL Anything can happen in the tournament. BILL ROCKWELL Let's lead by example because the eyes are kind of on us. Instead of being negative toward it, let's... BILL ROCKWELL I try talk about a theme before every game, something that gives us a purpose. BILL ROCKWELL Things aren't much wilder now, I don't think, than they were back then. Of course I just read about ... NORMAN ROCKWELL Our sauerkraut is prepared in the morning by the ladies, ... it's not your ordinary sauerkraut - it'... GEORGE ROCKWELL I was subjected to everything German as a young lad growing up, like traditional songs and talk of t... GEORGE ROCKWELL We love them, and they love to perform for us. GEORGE ROCKWELL It's almost unprecedented to be dealing with this many evacuees so far away from the impact area. LARRY ROCKWELL Windblown: Contemporary American Weathervanes. NORMAN ROCKWELL The remarks about my reaching the age of Social Security and coming to the end of the road, they jol... NORMAN ROCKWELL The key is to have a kind of core DNA - a series of pieces that are part of the look of the restaura... DAVID ROCKWELL If you look at that picture for the 1964 election, you'll see I showed three different poses of John... NORMAN ROCKWELL If to the viewer's eyes, my world appears less beautiful than his, I'm to be pitied and the ... ROCKWELL KENT I had a couple of million dollars' worth of... stock once. And now it's not worth much more ... NORMAN ROCKWELL Things aren't much wilder now, I don't think, than they were back then. Of course I just rea... NORMAN ROCKWELL There's a sweetness to it. DAVID ROCKWELL We identify with her pain and grieving. DAVID ROCKWELL For me the most interesting part of theater is the relationship between the audience and the perform... DAVID ROCKWELL It creates a kind of landmark that people know when they go to Rosa. It's almost like an oasis. It's... DAVID ROCKWELL What we've done (in Detroit) is created a movie set so it gives movie-goers a chance to enter a spac... DAVID ROCKWELL We're showing the romance of travel at a different scale -- not at the level of a whole building, bu... DAVID ROCKWELL [The space marks Rockwell's first airport project, even if it is more about hospitality than transpo... DAVID ROCKWELL You've got to be careful, because it really is hard on the knees and joints. EMILY ROCKWELL Their jumps are bigger, vertical and horizontal, and they are faster because of leg strength. EMILY ROCKWELL You should let your muscles rest. EMILY ROCKWELL You can really raise your heart rate, burn fat and tone your lower body. EMILY ROCKWELL If you have these big huge goals they are not as attainable as smaller goals. It's better to start o... EMILY ROCKWELL You sit down afterward and you talk about it. 'Well, what could I have done here?' ... He's like a m... JOHN ROCKWELL I talk as I sketch, too, in order to keep their minds off what I'm doing so I'll get the mos... NORMAN ROCKWELL It has been done. The big breakthrough has been achieved. KEITH ROCKWELL I'm still about as pigeon-toed as you can get. But I learned to manage pretty well on a bike. Should... NORMAN ROCKWELL I didn't know what to expect from a famous movie star; maybe that he'd be sort of stuck-up, you know... NORMAN ROCKWELL Very interesting for an old duffer like me to try his hand at something new. If I don't do that once... NORMAN ROCKWELL Folktales and Folk Art NORMAN ROCKWELL I don't think of myself as a brand. Branding to me feels like a position or identity that's ... DAVID ROCKWELL [But have no fear, there will be beer - the 4-H Club will sell Amber Bock by Budweiser.] It's a dark... GEORGE ROCKWELL We saw a lot of happy tears shed by our volunteers. And we saw a lot of happy tears shed by our clie... LARRY ROCKWELL We're looking at a disaster that will take months for people to recover from. We're in it for the lo... LARRY ROCKWELL You have to think of a restaurant as a series of impressions. But what makes my job so great is ther... DAVID ROCKWELL A lot of the residents and businesses will need what we call a [Customer Premise Equipment] device. ... KARRIE ROCKWELL Each access point pulls the electricity of about a 40-watt light bulb. KARRIE ROCKWELL Some people will like the flexibility to take their account wherever they want to go. This gives peo... KARRIE ROCKWELL We have deployed 600 access points (transmitters that send radio signals to wireless-enabled compute... KARRIE ROCKWELL My heart only beats for you but you never listen it SAM You want to be happy? you should first learn how to let it go SAM We must put an end to both economic freeloading and economic exploitation in America. There must be ... GEORGE LINCOLN ROCKWELL I think the average Jew is probably sharper intellectually than the average gentile, because for yea... GEORGE LINCOLN ROCKWELL It is not the evil itself which is horrifying about our times – it is the way we not only tolerate... GEORGE LINCOLN ROCKWELL Being prepared to die is one of the great secrets of living. GEORGE LINCOLN ROCKWELL We must have a foreign policy which is based only on the long-term interests of our race, not on the... GEORGE LINCOLN ROCKWELL Revolution is a spectators sport. The majority will sit in the stands and watch the factions fight. ... GEORGE LINCOLN ROCKWELL We march and fight, to death or on to victory. Our might is right, no traitors shall prevail. Our he... GEORGE LINCOLN ROCKWELL A leopard doesn't change his spots just because you bring him in from the jungle and try to housebre... GEORGE LINCOLN ROCKWELL It is not the evil itself which is horrifying about our times it is the way we not only tolerate ... GEORGE LINCOLN ROCKWELL Jews talk a lot about God. But actually their god, just like Marx said, is money. Cash! GEORGE LINCOLN ROCKWELL We must make it an imperative duty of our government to protect the gifts which Nature has bestowed ... GEORGE LINCOLN ROCKWELL I have met survivors from different parts of the country who have reported being ritually abused, so... ROBERT B. ROCKWELL It isn't a coincidence that governments everywhere want to educate children. Government education, i... LLEWELLYN H. ROCKWELL JR. If something is wrong for you or me, it is also wrong for the cop, the soldier, the mayor, the gover... LLEWELLYN H. ROCKWELL JR. Atoms consist of a positive nucleus and negative electrons flying around outside it. Electrons close... SAM KEAN Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom. SAM WALTON Because we're able to adjust for compatibility - and what that means is we've already normal... SAM YAGAN A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improve the system they live unde... SAM HOUSTON Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability. SAM KEEN We come to love not by finding a perfect person but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly... SAM KEEN It's a good thing that when God created the rainbow he didn't consult a decorator or he woul... SAM LEVENSON You'll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you don't have to remember what... SAM RAYBURN The real actor has a direct line to the collective heart. SAM RAYBURN I like power and I like to use it. SAM RAYBURN Too many critics mistake the deliberations of the Congress for its decisions. SAM RAYBURN If you want to get along, go along. SAM RAYBURN When you get too big a majority, you're immediately in trouble.' SAM RAYBURN Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations. SAM RAYBURN Son, always tell the truth. Then you'll never have to remember what you said the last time. SAM RAYBURN You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too. SAM RAYBURN I've always been interested in the camera and the effects of it - that's what drew me to fil... SAM RAIMI Any time anyone makes a comic book into a movie, in some way, I think they have to kill the comic bo... SAM RAIMI Some movies to me are like vampires - they suck all of the energy out of me and I don't like tha... SAM RAIMI R is for wussies if you're talking about blood and guts. SAM RAIMI I've always worked with a team of actors and filmmakers ever since I was a kid in Michigan makin... SAM RAIMI I think she said I should seek help. Something like that, but it was in much cruder terms. And that ... SAM RAIMI My father told me to dress to reflect the respect you have for the people around you. I've never... SAM RAIMI I've always heard people's criticisms twice as loudly as their praise. SAM RAIMI Well it's always been an element of the horror film to show us the gross out. I mean that's ... SAM RAIMI It's lovely being a producer. It's really a lot of fun and I can learn a lot. SAM RAIMI As I began making my feature films, it was a great adventure. It was about constructing something I ... SAM RAIMI I feel the horror audience is a great audience, and I would ideally make a movie that would give the... SAM RAIMI I don't like movies about serial killers, necessarily; it's too real and unpleasant for me. SAM RAIMI I don't like shows, I don't like to put on a show, I just really want to work intimately wit... SAM RAIMI I think in every picture that I've ever made. Everything that I've done torments me. I reall... SAM RAIMI I like a good mono track, it's right up front. I don't need all the surrounds telling me the... SAM RAIMI I don't really approach stories to make them different from other stuff I've seen, I just tr... SAM RAIMI I'm not certain, but I have a little gypsy blood in me. And my mother always told me that her gr... SAM RAIMI You know, I put my little brother in the movies and he's still in the pictures. My mother makes ... SAM RAIMI I realized what interested me as a student of film was one thing and the movies that I liked were an... SAM RAIMI Every picture has been a learning opportunity for me. SAM RAIMI That's what heroic stories do for us. They show us the way. They remind us of the good we are ca... SAM RAIMI If a remake is not good, no one wants to see it and, again, it doesn't hurt the original. SAM RAIMI I like something where I can really use my imagination and be an active participant in the construct... SAM RAIMI When we read stories of heroes, we identify with them. We take the journey with them. We see how the... SAM RAIMI I love cats. I've had cats as pets. SAM RAIMI The Price Is Right can really get me going. SAM PECKINPAH Yeah, Dundee was great. It was a great film. I fell in love with my Mexican wife on Dundee. SAM PECKINPAH Why should I give you an interview? All you journalists are plagiarists. SAM PECKINPAH Oh, I find it very easy to fall in love. SAM PECKINPAH The end of a picture is always an end of a life. SAM PECKINPAH Cornwall has lots of folk and Celtic music and has that kind of surfer vibe as well. That was my kin... SAM PALLADIO My family runs a little art gallery back in Cornwall, so flashy cars and things like that have never... SAM PALLADIO As a musician myself, it annoys the hell out of me to watch an actor trying to play a guitar out of ... SAM PALLADIO I am a self-taught guitarist. I just try to piece together passages that have some melodic value! SAM PALLADIO If you break up with a girlfriend or a boyfriend, you're in this vulnerable state where you'... SAM PALLADIO Every actor wants more offers, but I get enough and I do like to be busy. SAM NEILL 'Dexter' I'm very fond of. I got addicted to that. SAM NEILL I can never really remember what I look like. I'm just sort of neutral. I don't think I'... SAM NEILL I'm not big on Champagne, but I'd take along a bottle of Cristal to pop for when the boat co... SAM NEILL I go by the role pretty much. And I think the only genre I haven't gotten to do but I'd love... SAM NEILL As much as possible, I try to encourage people to use stunt men because that is really their job. SAM NEILL When I left university I was working for a documentary film company for six or seven years to the gr... SAM NEILL I understand acting and I understand actors. I don't really understand the world of celebrity. T... SAM NEILL If you want to learn about America, watch 'The Wire.' It's a profound piece of entertain... SAM NEILL I think you need brains to do any Shakespeare with any authority. I could do Shakespeare, but not wi... SAM NEILL When I started in films, it never really occurred to me that I could make a career out of acting. SAM NEILL Try and fit in in a New Zealand playground with an Armagh accent - it doesn't work. SAM NEILL People turn into fools when they see a movie star and do weird things. SAM NEILL I enjoy some physical stuff. But if I had a choice between playing a scene where it's raining, i... SAM NEILL I hate to say it, but there seems to have been some sort of dumbing down as far as movies go. SAM NEILL I've worked all my life to shed myself of any character. SAM NEILL I can tell you where I was when Kennedy was shot - which was in the common room at school. I heard a... SAM NEILL No intelligent man wears a moustache voluntarily - you can write that down. SAM NEILL Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to ... SAM MENDES It's a risk casting anyone against type or what they're known to do. But there's one thi... SAM MENDES For me, certain shots or scenes are keys in the movie. SAM MENDES One of the reasons I loved working with Tom is people feel they know who he is... I think working wi... SAM MENDES I've made movies that cost less than one car chase. SAM MENDES Now I'm back home, living in London, running my theater. I just want to enjoy all that. SAM MENDES Thank God I don't live in Los Angeles. I think if you're there the whole time it just gets o... SAM MENDES I think with Blair Witch and The Sixth Sense, people are much more open to something that is differe... SAM MENDES You think about taking audiences on a journey. SAM MENDES If you lived through the shooting of Jaws, you can live through anything. SAM MENDES