Wes Craven
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RICHARD GREENBERG MUDDY WATERS JAMES FRANCO ETHAN HAWKE MARCIA GAY HARDEN Being constantly with children was like wearing a pair of shoes that were expensive and too small. S... BERYL BAINBRIDGE Robert Englund's done an amazing job over the years playing Freddy. Everybody that's a fan o... JACKIE EARLE HALEY They said if I could deal with the pain, I should play. So, I did, and for some reason, I started hi... FREDDIE FREEMAN I literally couldn't get anyone to hire me. Having a woman do sports was seen as too risky. HANNAH STORM LANA DEL REY I was thrown into a community production of 'Bye Bye Birdie' or something when I was a kid. ... MICHAEL STUHLBARG Wes Craven's 'Shocker' is one of my favorite soundtracks. I don't know where that mo... ADAM GREEN When I got to the reading all the work, I was reduced to being an actor in an experimental play that... DAVID ANTIN I was very depressed at a young age and felt like I didn't have agency towards that. Being '... PETRA COLLINS PHYLLIS DILLER Dad couldn't train me. He was too high-strung, like, 'Throw your jab!' and I'd start... ANDRE WARD OLIVIA WILLIAMS DARREN CRISS KEVIN GATES NICOLE KIDMAN ANDIE MACDOWELL GRIZZ CHAPMAN EDMUND WHITE I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have rea... JACK DEE KAREN ARMSTRONG All of my life, when things got too difficult, I folded up the tent and went to bed. I couldn't ... PHOEBE SNOW EDNITA NAZARIO It's such a stressful environment, I find, being an actor, being put in the chair and 'Touch... PADDY CONSIDINE MOLLY SHANNON ADAM DRIVER Every 20 minutes you've got to have a bump, you've got to have a change in course, you'v... BARBARA BROCCOLI KATARINA WITT When I was a young man, I shined the shoes of Louis Armstrong and Louis Jordan! Music was just every... CHUCK BROWN I was a wonderful parent before I had children. I was an expert on why everyone else was having prob... ADELE FABER BARRY WHITE When I was younger I saw a movie called 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' with Paul Newma... PETER FACINELLI SNOOP DOGG Ferrari or Lamborghini. Never fancied one of those - too flash for me. I don't really like seeki... GARY LINEKER PETE TOWNSHEND All I ever wanted to do was get a great job on a TV show. When I read 'Modern Family' and st... ERIC STONESTREET As an actor, I felt I couldn't compete. I wasn't as cute as the leading man; I wasn't as... PHIL HARTMAN At 15 I auditioned for 42nd Street in Australia. Dein Perry was in that show. I actually got the job... ADAM GARCIA I never believe in going to America with my show reel and knocking on every agent's door. I coul... CARICE VAN HOUTEN At first, I didn't know what an actor was. I thought it was an acrobat. I saw acrobats at the ci... FINN JONES ROB MANUEL I never wanted to be an actor. I never want to be an actor. I want to be a movie star. The whole ide... VINCENT GALLO KEVIN GATES EDDIE VEDDER BROCK OSWEILER I wanted a maternity dress, but I couldn't find anything I liked. Everything was abominable. So ... SONIA RYKIEL I knew that I wanted to be an actor. Then it became about whether acting wanted me. So, I gave it a ... LAURA SAN GIACOMO ANDY WARHOL ROBERT ENGLUND I walked out of... was it 'Stardust?' That thing with the witches? I was so looking forward ... SHARLTO COPLEY Arizona is really cool but I couldn't stay there for too long. DAR WILLIAMS I didn't want wrestling anymore; I wanted to not want it. But I couldn't get a job anywhere,... T. J. PERKINS CHERRY JONES As a parent with young children, I would always find little things that bothered me when I was readi... ALLEN COVERT BOBBY ORR At a very young age, I could look at people and tell that everyone was, in a sense, worthless in the... VINCE STAPLES I wanted to be into fashion, but I was never the kind of person who could keep up with fashion trend... RAINA TELGEMEIER CHELLIE PINGREE My grandfather played a mandolin, so I got my hands on that. Then on down to a banjo, and I found I ... BRENDAN GLEESON JACKIE ROBINSON NICOLE SCHERZINGER MAHERSHALA ALI I think very few people do find a relationship where, every moment of every day, everything they do ... FELICITY KENDAL One of the things I loved about my childhood was that I didn't feel like I lost my innocence too... DANIELLE DE NIESE I think because I did become a well-known face in my thirties and not in my twenties, I was pretty s... ASHLEY JENSEN I was born a character actor. CHARLES DURNING JASON BATEMAN When I was a little girl, I told everyone I was going to marry a very clever scientist and have ten ... TALULAH RILEY I even found it difficult to watch myself playing on TV because I couldn't identify with the per... GEORGE BEST When I started out, there was so much work that I couldn't think of doing anything else. I would... LATA MANGESHKAR CINDY GALLOP I came to realize I did believe in God. I couldn't conceive of a universe without someone overse... RAINN WILSON I didn't win Class President in tenth grade. I was too chubby to win a role in the school play &... GRETCHEN CARLSON I don't wear bright orange clothes or leopard skin boots, but it was really good fun to play som... SALLY HAWKINS ALICIA VIKANDER EVELYN GLENNIE MICHAEL CAINE FAY WRAY GERRY COONEY JACK NICKLAUS I moved to New York and couldn't get a job as an actor. And waited tables for so long. CASEY NICHOLAW
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PATRICK CRAVEN We found that our wilderness and bordering areas in Summit County are not as bad as we had feared. CURRIE CRAVEN Then all of a sudden things started going wrong, ... It was a bit strange. RICKY CRAVEN It is a curious thing about Spam that in the Far East, it is taken very seriously, while in the Unit... JULIE CRAVEN It's an opportunity to kick stewardship in this county into high gear. CURRIE CRAVEN You have to be careful because you could make this vanilla, RICKY CRAVEN I'm fundamentally opposed to funding the school program with the sale of public lands. It's a bad pr... CURRIE CRAVEN If there were a track on the circuit where I wished we raced more it would be New Hampshire. The fac... RICKY CRAVEN We?re the best conditioned athletes in our conference, not just our school. DUSTIN CRAVEN It took me about a week or two for me to keep up. We all keep up except for David (Davis). He just l... DUSTIN CRAVEN Wrestling is just fun all together. You get to be physical and do things you normally can?t do. DUSTIN CRAVEN The audience finds the information about them in their voices, in their subtexts, in their facial ex... JAY CRAVEN I am glad I did not have to make that choice. JAY CRAVEN I think you could cut the auto theft rate in the entire country if the DMV databases talk to each ot... LES CRAVEN We just made some mental errors at the end of the games. We had some close games that we couldn't qu... JULIE CRAVEN Game one, we got off to a great start and pretty much dominated the entire game. Game two, we got of... JULIE CRAVEN We made a lot of mental mistakes. But we showed what we are capable of doing tonight. We got close i... JULIE CRAVEN We have to continue to work on passing so we can run our offense a little better, ... We have to be ... JULIE CRAVEN The girls fought until the end, so I have to be happy about that, ... We held them and had a little ... JULIE CRAVEN The girls fought until the end, so I have to be happy about that. We held them and had a little run,... JULIE CRAVEN I think they just had some runs on us. You can't give a team like that leads. It is hard to come bac... JULIE CRAVEN Heidi stepped in for us and had some great serves for us. We got a lot of points off of her serves. ... JULIE CRAVEN I think the girls came out really intense to win all of our matches in two games. I think the girls ... JULIE CRAVEN The girls played well and together and were intense the whole match. JULIE CRAVEN It is imperative that all parties to the dispute come to the table now and conclude this matter. The... PATRICK CRAVEN WES ANDERSON I actually think that one of the most dangerous phenomena is the bowing to expertise, whether it'... WES BOYD WES ANDERSON The party currently is about fund-raising and occasionally blasting out ads. WES BOYD Seek but provision of bread and wine, fools to flatter, and clothing fine; and nothing of God shall ... WES SMITH The chief beneficiary of life insurance policies for young, single people is the life insurance agen... WES SMITH Baseball is like church. Many attend but few understand. WES WESTRUM WES ANDERSON WES ANDERSON WES ANDERSON WES ANDERSON WES ANDERSON WES ANDERSON A reflection of an exact image is the closest thing to you-so that you can see it-but it's far e... WES BENTLEY I'm Cherokee, and there were times when social expansion was something that is needed by a cultu... WES STUDI WES ANDERSON WES ANDERSON WES ANDERSON WES ANDERSON Spiritually is finding the truth in you. WES ADAMSON I've never been in a band where someone goes, 'Ah, I've got the perfect name! And it'... WES BORLAND Real family values have gone down the drain in modern families. WES BORLAND When I'm answering questions from the Denver media, I'm not worried about what the Broncos&#... WES WELKER Seek but provision of bread and wine, fools to flatter, and clothing fine; and nothing of God shal... WES SMITH Holding penalties killed us. We hit a groove in the first half, and then slowed down considerably in... WES LITTLEFIELD WES ANDERSON It is a sign of decreasing self-esteem and increasing moral turpitude WES HALL Well, I got pretty good and went on the road with a group. We starved. At that time I didn't rea... WES MONTGOMERY Keith has developed a lot of confidence in his technique. When he does make a mistake, he learns fro... WES SUAN There may be something good in silence. It's a brand new thing. You can hear the funniest little dis... WES BORLAND Being from the South, there isn't really a lot of great theater. You get musicals and Neil Simon pla... WES BENTLEY A reflection of an exact image is the closest thing to you-so that you can see it-but it's far enoug... WES BENTLEY Sometimes it's easier to ask forgiveness than to ask permission. WES KEELEY Any revolution has to start with the transformation of the individual, otherwise individuals are cor... WES NISKER Never underestimate the power of denial. WES BENTLY Independently owned businesses drive Charlotte's economy. And for too long this so-called small-busi... WES STURGES Independently owned businesses drive Charlotte's economy. And for too long this so-called small busi... WES STURGES European brands have a strong brand image and product lineup. We don't really expect this trend to s... WES BROWN I feel really good how Wes and Royal are doing right now. We've got to see some more and get more in... WES MEIER We're brining this documentary art exhibit to the D.C.-metro area in hopes to create awareness that ... WES HAYGOOD We really stress taking one game at a time and I think to have a streak like that, you have to focus... WES MOORE WES ANDERSON Guys are idiots, till they're what, 40 years old. WES BORLAND There's no safe place in Iraq. Wherever we went, we were bombarded with artillery, rockets, mortars,... WES SMITH These guys have intelligence and great desire to work. For the young guys, 'patience' is not in thei... WES SUAN Right now, given the budget they've got for the next five years, it seems to me it's Apollo on food ... WES HUNTRESS We felt that there should be a competitive mechanism by which pan-European companies can obtain pan-... WES HIMES Randy complements our line. He sees the ice really well. When the puck comes around the wall, he's g... WES WALZ We are very pleased with the growth and the way we are being received in the business community. We ... WES STURGES Willie's a warrior for us. He's one of those guys when he talks, he backs up what he says. He works ... WES WALZ We're fine. I don't think anyone is discouraged by what happened here tonight. WES WALZ I don't see this team moving forward without Jacques. He's brought so much credibility and knowledge... WES WALZ I hate when players say it's tough to pinch-hit. That's (crap). You got to prepare your mind to come... WES HELMS Limp Bizkit is my main priority, but my side project, Black Light Burns, is still a labor of love. W... WES BORLAND I've accepted the fact that Limp Bizkit is my band, one that I'm a part of, a band that I... WES BORLAND I almost shouldn't be in Limp Bizkit; it's like I got matched in the factory with the wrong ... WES BORLAND I could have probably gone on and still played the part of the guitar player of Limp Bizkit, but mus... WES BORLAND Once in a while, an unfortunate boater will hit that boulder when the lake level is just right. We'r... WES GAFFNER I don't think it was as smooth as we would have liked tonight. Offensively we weren't moving the bal... WES MILLER We've had more peaks and valleys in the consistency of our play this year than, I think, any other. ... WES WALZ I got into this as a racer. WES MILLER Nobody around here has any sympathy for child molesters. The devastation they cause is like a cannon... WES LANE We have talked about trying to reach a security level that's comparable with medium security in a st... WES KOOISTRA The simple gift of giving becomes an elaborate rich aftertaste of a natural blissful feeling, linger... WES ADAMSON The Democratic Party had no idea how to use the Internet. They treated it like free money and then k... WES BOYD I've really gone into business since I got the 6 string, which was like starting all over. WES MONTGOMERY That's a good way to look at it. We're just glad we're still in it. If we can gain something from pl... WES MILLER You want every shot he takes to be contested over a hand, and you don't want to let him get anything... WES MILLER Absolutely. Given the security and the perimeter fencing at Moose Lake, we have no concerns about th... WES KOOISTRA I hope the rumor is true. If I am replaced it works to my advantage. It's predetermined that if I'm ... WES SUAN Those of us who work with the Ethnic Support Council would be criminals. Most people in social servi... WES JOHNSON I don't want to diminish the collection at all, because there are some good things here. But I think... WES COWAN Most of the time a customer will come in and say they want a bike because gas prices are getting out... WES BROWN I'm not going to make any bold statements or anything, but magical things happen in March. The teams... WES MILLER From the exterior, GM's newest cars are not that different from what they had before. WES BROWN I knew I wasn't exactly 100 percent, but all I could do was keep trying and working because the only... WES BROWN And during the time when I was getting a lot of criticism and the team wasn't doing so well, I think... WES BROWN The gaffer put me back in, and he believed I could still do it, so I was really happy about that, bu... WES BROWN There's been a very strong reaction to Civic, and it's clearly a successful redesign for Honda. The ... WES BROWN I think there is less pressure here than what we faced in the conference tournament. You come from a... WES MOORE To me, all guitar players can play, because I know they're getting to where they're at. It's a very ... WES MONTGOMERY If you don't like the news, go out and make some of your own WES NISKER Through the first round of league, I'd say Scappoose is the team to beat in the league. WES ARMSTRONG We played pretty well for two-and-a-half quarters. We fell apart late in the third, and our attitude... WES ARMSTRONG He has a very quick shot and a very quick first step. WES ARMSTRONG Overall, we worked hard and fought through a lot of adversity tonight. WES ARMSTRONG The game was tied with five minutes left. We had a couple questionable calls against us, and we just... WES ARMSTRONG He was aggressive and attacked the rim really well that night. He got fouled a lot and ended up hitt... WES ARMSTRONG WES ANDERSON WES ANDERSON WES ANDERSON WES ANDERSON WES ANDERSON WES ANDERSON They expect significant freezing rain on Wednesday, with the potential for some snow and sleet mixed... WES JUNKER I'm very surprised, very much. I had no idea about the quantity. WES SMITH We offer business training in marketing, finance, business start-up, intellectual property, manufact... WES SAVAGE I felt we could cut down on their passing lanes. We didn't get much pressure on them, but the lineba... WES LITTLEFIELD I never wear long sleeves. I don't like anything on my arms when I play. WES HELMS Ketchup left overnight on dinner plates has a longer half-life than radioactive waste. WES SMITH Playing octaves was just a coincidence. And it's still such a challenge, like chord versions, block ... WES MONTGOMERY It's unusual, I agree with that. I mean, one day it's going to happen, we just didn't want it happen... WES MILLER If a jazz player is really playing, the classical player will have to respect him. WES MONTGOMERY Our industry is changing rapidly, and as a leading competitive provider in Kentucky, SE Tel needed t... WES MAYNARD That's Coach Williams. He made a huge adjustment, and it turned the game around for us. Switching to... WES MILLER Well, I got pretty good and went on the road with a group. We starved. At that time I didn't realize... WES MONTGOMERY This is the result of plenty of advance publicity and the fact that people in Cincinnati just love M... WES COWAN The size of this crowd is tribute to Marge Schott. I would be surprised if most of the people here d... WES COWAN We showed up in Bradford unprepared to play, and the result was due to that. We had some early power... WES PARENT There may be something good in silence. It's a brand new thing. You can hear the funniest little... WES BORLAND I was taking electives, and that branched into theater. Theater led to me taking a break during the ... WES BROWN WES ANDERSON I always dreamed I'd be able to contribute in a game situation and help us win games out on the floo... WES MILLER After all, this was the place where I’d had my first meaningful conversation with a female, it was... WES LOCHER [The cats] scamper in front of my legs, causing me to fall and face plant into whatever furniture is... WES LOCHER Ever since the robot was first invented, there have been people who swear up and down that this mark... WES LOCHER
I never played Freddy as real. In the true bible of Wes Craven's outline for the films, Freddy o... 
I actually am grateful for Freddy Krueger, because the big surprise to me - with that sort of double... 
I am the youngest of four children - three boys and one girl. I don't think becoming an actor ha... 
Wes Craven is obviously a horror film icon so I was definitely very interested in bringing something... 
All I wanted was attention from girls when I was a kid. Then I got my braces off, and then there was... 
I got really into Martin Scorsese as a teenager, so then it was kind of the whole reason I wanted to... 
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I was asked to act when I couldn't act. I was asked to sing 'Funny Face' when I couldn&#... 
Being in public with May and the children was too heavy. I was irreversibly tuned in to everyone aro... 
I wanted to definitely be a musician or a good preacher or a heck of a baseball player. I couldn'... 
When I was a child, I wanted to be an actor, but I had really bad buckteeth. I didn't want to ge... 
I auditioned for Robert Redford once and I was so starstruck I couldn't even speak. I had a mic ... 
I was always an exhibitionist. I liked it when everyone laughed. But I didn't do plays in high s... 
When I was very young I was sort of floored by the fact that my mother and my father and everyone I ... 
I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them. 
I couldn't get any of the ingenue roles when younger because at 5 feet 9 inches with a deep voic... 
I remember seeing 'Aladdin' when I was five or six and loving it. I looked at the big screen... 
I was born on a full moon. Both my children were born on full moons, too. Some people say that's... 
I auditioned for the role of an angel in the Nativity play at school. I didn't get it. I auditio... 
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I was a lousy nun. I couldn't do it. I couldn't find God. It wasn't suitable for me. It ... 
I had never auditioned for Broadway - any play - and I was not familiar with what you're suppose... 
I actually went to college with Adam Sandler. He was a dramatic actor, too! 
I auditioned in Chicago for Juilliard and didn't get in. I was basically living in a back room o... 
I was an athlete. And I proved I didn't win just because I was pretty. I was good, too. 
When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn't swallow the hypocrisy. 
On 'Old School,' I was not an actor, I was Snoop Dogg, so I came to the set with a whole dif... 
When The Who first started, we were playing blues, and I dug the blues and I knew what I was suppose... 
One name always stands out when it comes to actors taking on the monsters of our nightmares - Robert... 
When I was 13, I got my first guitar, and I could sort of play Ted Nugent songs, but I couldn't ... 
Coming to Houston was an opportunity that I couldn't pass up. 
I went to vote once, but I got too scared. I couldn't decide whom to vote for. 
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You learn a lot more from those bumps than from when things are going great. 
If I'm going to be a caged bird, I'll sing the best song I can. 
Great horror films don't win Academy Awards. 
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I wouldn't say that I'm particularly bothered or obsessed with detail. 
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