Guy Ritchie quote: "What I liked about American movies when I was a kid was that they're sort of larger than life and I think I'm still suffering from that reaction."

They're all based on factual characters. Well, a good amount of them. That's why I was attra...
GUY RITCHIE

It's not easy to strap yourself down to a desk and bash on a keyboard when you know you can dire...
GUY RITCHIE

The English countryside is the most staggeringly beautiful place. I can't spend as much time the...
GUY RITCHIE

My principal job is to make interesting and entertaining films, and I'm not proud of which forma...
GUY RITCHIE

I'm not under too much of an illusion of how smart or un-smart I am because filmmaking ultimatel...
GUY RITCHIE

I got into film-making because I was interested in making entertaining movies, which I felt there wa...
GUY RITCHIE

After Lock, Stock, all these really nasty small town characters came knocking at my door trying to t...
GUY RITCHIE

I'm not politically motivated. I used to be - passionately. I used to be very Left wing. Then I ...
GUY RITCHIE

We are not that flash, me or the missus. In fact, we are quite low-maintenance.
GUY RITCHIE

Brad [Pitt], poor geezer, was blown up, thrown around, burned, slapped, frozen. But never a moan or ...
GUY RITCHIE

I can understand that the whole world is interested in my wife [Madonna]. That's even why I married ...
GUY RITCHIE

The critics have been harsh all the way through my career but it doesn't affect me.
GUY RITCHIE

We're not unique. We're quite volatile as individuals, but that doesn't work exponentially when we a...
GUY RITCHIE

But I think the audience is ready for that.
GUY RITCHIE

The idea was that the wife and I would make some sassy little art movie together that would come out...
GUY RITCHIE

Other than the fact that I like a country house, I can't think of anything I'd want to spend my mone...
GUY RITCHIE

I like death. I'm a big fan of it.
GUY RITCHIE

We are not that flash, me or the missus [Madonna]. In fact, we are quite low-maintenance.
GUY RITCHIE

Jake Green isn't just Jake Green. Jake represents all of us. The colour green is the central col...
GUY RITCHIE

I anticipated they would be harsh but I don't hold it against them.
GUY RITCHIE

It's about not letting the internal enemy, the real enemy, have his way because the more he does...
GUY RITCHIE

You get a different kick out of all aspects of filmmaking.
GUY RITCHIE

I think there's a natural system in your own head about how much violence the scene warrants. It...
GUY RITCHIE

I like death. I'm a big fan of it.
GUY RITCHIE

In fact, 95% of the people in my films have been nothing less than a pleasure to work with.
GUY RITCHIE

On Lock, Stock, we didn't know where the money for shooting the next day was coming from.
GUY RITCHIE

I love fatherhood. I could bang on about kids forever.
GUY RITCHIE

The idea is that that there is no such thing as an external enemy.
GUY RITCHIE

We can all be conned but at what point do we realize that we're being conned and to what point d...
GUY RITCHIE

I got too fed up with films that didn't make you think. I liked the idea of one that you'd h...
GUY RITCHIE

The best thing to do is find one person in your life and try to love them unconditionally. If you...
GUY RITCHIE

I got too fed up with films that didn't make you think. I liked the idea of one that you'd have to b...
GUY RITCHIE

I can sue you for harassment".

"Lets play that fucking game." Lo replies "lets see whose ...
KRISTA RITCHIE

Learning to play with a big amplifier is like trying to control an elephant.
RITCHIE BLACKMORE

I've always played every amp I've ever had full up, because rock and roll is supposed to be ...
RITCHIE BLACKMORE

I was impressed by Hendrix. His attitude was brilliant. Even the way he walked was amazing.
RITCHIE BLACKMORE

The cello is such a melancholy instrument, such an isolated, miserable instrument.
RITCHIE BLACKMORE

There might not have been that much intent to pull Marc Richards down, but the rules say he has to g...
ANDY RITCHIE

We want to have a closer look at them. We'll try to get them involved in another game.
ANDY RITCHIE

All three of them did very, very well and I was pleased with what I saw. Michael impressed and took ...
ANDY RITCHIE

He went over on an ankle. But he's a tough so and so and I think he should be okay for next week.
ANDY RITCHIE

It is a massive opportunity for Scott and we cannot stand in his way. He will go down to train with ...
ANDY RITCHIE

It's vitally important to be winning games at this stage of the season. We've gone six games now wit...
ANDY RITCHIE

If a ballet dancer falls over, it's knowing how to get out looking clumsy that counts.
RITCHIE BLACKMORE

I don't put myself on Jeff Beck's level, but I can relate to him when he says he'd rathe...
RITCHIE BLACKMORE

I can turn on some jazz guitarist, and he won't do a thing for me, if he's not playing elect...
RITCHIE BLACKMORE

Cheekbones that cut like ice and eyes like liquid scotch. Loren Hale is an alcoholic beverage and he...
KRISTA RITCHIE

Promises from Lo are like bars at 2 a.m.--empty.
KRISTA RITCHIE

I love you,” he says again, “and no other man will ever say those words and mean them the way I ...
KRISTA RITCHIE

No one told me you can love someone and still be miserable. How is that possible?
KRISTA RITCHIE

Wait for me.” The words come out choked and pained. “I need you to wait for me.
KRISTA RITCHIE

They used to complain at school that I looked out of the window for long periods of time - that sums...
RITCHIE BLACKMORE

At the same time, much of it seems to have to do with recreating things we or others had already don...
DENNIS RITCHIE

We're too old and too mature to fight. Fighting's not necessary.
BRIAN RITCHIE

In the '80s, bands could just hop on the bus and travel for a few weeks; it was profitable. Now, eve...
BRIAN RITCHIE

I bet some of them are shocked when they come to our shows and see a bunch of fat old guys on stage....
BRIAN RITCHIE

When I was growing up there weren't any bands who'd been around for 25 years ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã...
BRIAN RITCHIE

When I was growing up there weren't any bands who'd been around for 25 years the Rolling Stones had ...
BRIAN RITCHIE

For infrastructure technology, C will be hard to displace.
DENNIS RITCHIE

The kind of programming that C provides will probably remain similar absolutely or slowly decline in...
DENNIS RITCHIE

Playing a Fender is an art itself. They're always going out of tune.
RITCHIE BLACKMORE

I'm a vested veteran, so that kind of slowed things up.
JON RITCHIE

My work was fairly theoretical. It was in recursive function theory. And in particular, hierarchies ...
DENNIS RITCHIE

I'll be going to the granddaddy of the Los Angeles theaters.
MICHAEL RITCHIE

We need and want and articulate to Tony to be aggressive, because that really helps our team. We kee...
RITCHIE MCKAY

Those results came out as we expected them to. The girls are certainly more willing to do the work, ...
CARLA RITCHIE

I'm stunned. From the get-go, we weren't on. It was shocking.
JON RITCHIE

A new release of Plan 9 happened in June, and at about the same time a new release of the Inferno sy...
DENNIS RITCHIE

I can't recall any difficulty in making the C language definition completely open - any discussi...
DENNIS RITCHIE

I'm just an observer of Java, and where Microsoft wants to go with C# is too early to tell.
DENNIS RITCHIE

C++ and Java, say, are presumably growing faster than plain C, but I bet C will still be around.
DENNIS RITCHIE

I like leaping around on stage as long as it's done with class. None of this jumping up in the a...
RITCHIE BLACKMORE

There's been a big spur in downtown development with new business, restaurants and a lot of loft...
MICHAEL RITCHIE

Over the past several years, I've been more in a managerial role.
DENNIS RITCHIE

I may go back in there, but I will never take my purse. I'll stick my ATM card in my pocket.
BETTY RITCHIE

I was tired, I wasn't gonna let anybody steal my purse. I held on for a while until he dragged me an...
BETTY RITCHIE

The guy came down the aisle, looked me in the face and went by me. I kept looking for the cookies I ...
BETTY RITCHIE

It was explicitly understood that the video would remain at all times the private property of Mr. St...
ROBERT RITCHIE

I think it's a great shame they are suing a group of people who put all the profits of the event bac...
IAN RITCHIE

I probably have 4,000 shirts. I'm totally ready for next year.
KURT RITCHIE

I'm not a person who particularly had heros when growing up.
DENNIS RITCHIE

We really didn't buy it thinking we'd have this enormous investment,
DENNIS RITCHIE

I criticize my own work pretty harshly.
RITCHIE BLACKMORE

The visible things that have come from the group have been the Plan 9 system and Inferno, but I hast...
DENNIS RITCHIE

Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and I wanted to be a hard rock band - we wanted to play rock and roll only.
RITCHIE BLACKMORE

L.A. seems to have helped them. It's easier out there because there is less pressure. They seem to h...
JOHN RITCHIE

I'm not into that Keith Richard trip of having all those guitars in different tunings. I never l...
RITCHIE BLACKMORE

I had given up the guitar between '75 and '78. I completely lost interest. I was sick of hea...
RITCHIE BLACKMORE

UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicit...
DENNIS RITCHIE

If students don't find school engaging, empowering and interesting, then they are not interested in ...
CARLA RITCHIE

He's doing what we asked him to do. He brought it all together and he made it more a continuum.
DEBBIE RITCHIE

Just repeat this phrase whenever you feel the urge to jump some other guy’s bones.”
His mou...
KRISTA RITCHIE

Given our situation, it is essential to reach out to agencies that can assist in terms of providing ...
BILL RITCHIE

We tell how God has touched our lives. We're just average guys telling what's real for us.
BILL RITCHIE

You know men, we always eat. And we spend time in fellowship, and we pray as a group for the city, f...
BILL RITCHIE

We've finally got into the sunshine and I want to enjoy it.
ROB RITCHIE

The emphasis is on testing, testing, testing. There are students, live bodies, behind those numbers.
CARLA RITCHIE

I think Trent is going to be one of the best players in this league when it's all said and done.
RITCHIE MCKAY

Whether it's men, women—it doesn't really matter. The human race is filled with passion and lust. ...
KRISTA RITCHIE

You would never appreciate happiness if you didn't suffer a little first.
LAUREN RITCHIE

I don't believe in reincarnation, and I didn't believe in it when I was a hamster.
SHANE RITCHIE

He usually went to the high-end club. Party boy. Big party boy.
MARK RITCHIE

I can imagine that Rod Stewart likes giving autographs because he's pure showbusiness.
RITCHIE BLACKMORE

In general, they are lucky to get any of their recommendations adopted. A lot of commissions have fi...
DONALD RITCHIE

Obviously, I have been kept in the loop about Aaron, and I understand the process of what he has gon...
RITCHIE MCKAY

It's the same reason we have spittoons and snuff boxes in the chamber. There's a veneration of the w...
DONALD RITCHIE

Because everybody's all in the same room, just as a fail-safe situation, they make sure that there's...
DONALD RITCHIE

The first national convention of any political party was the anti-Masonic party.
DONALD RITCHIE

There is a tradition of not wearing two hats in the government.
DONALD RITCHIE

I fix things now and then, more often tweak HTML and make scripts to do things.
DENNIS RITCHIE

I don't use the twang bar anymore. It's become too popular.
RITCHIE BLACKMORE

It does reflect the fact that we think we are a different company to where we were two or three year...
DAVID RITCHIE

We are coming to Israel to entertain and laugh. We have fun at our shows. We get up to all sorts of ...
DAVID RITCHIE

[But it's not all plain sailing. Provenco recently settled an insider trading case taken by the Secu...
DAVID RITCHIE

All this means. . . we have a really solid footing.
DAVID RITCHIE

Do they just want more money? Do they want this company (RIM) out of business? I don't know. I can't...
DAVID RITCHIE

It would be very difficult to predict what's going to happen from this point forward, ... A lot of i...
DAVID RITCHIE

I am
writing to all Australians registered in Indonesia
to urge you not to take chances:...
DAVID RITCHIE

When other children may have given up because of obstacles placed before them, these children did no...
DEBBIE RITCHIE

If that's all they're basing it on, then the parents need to take into consideration the rest of the...
DEBBIE RITCHIE

We continue to hear from our readers that they want the information offered in the Business Journal ...
DEBBIE RITCHIE

We were extremely pleased with the number and quality of the nominations we received. It was a refle...
DEBBIE RITCHIE

It's wonderful [the affirmation]. We want to support the Soldiers any way we can.
DEBBIE RITCHIE

Good. It helps to deter people when they know that they're there. It might stop that moment of impul...
DEBBIE RITCHIE

I'm not sure that everybody really knows about it, to tell you the truth.
DEBBIE RITCHIE

Parents saw their kids learning.
DEBBIE RITCHIE

I don't know what tomorrow holds. It's a matter of we all thought it was a good thing when he came h...
DEBBIE RITCHIE

The fear of losing each other is always stronger than the pain we cause.
KRISTA RITCHIE

I don't think we thought we were going to lose the game, or the game was in danger. So I don't think...
RITCHIE MCKAY

In playoffs we know we have to win on the road, so we might as well start right now.
BYRON RITCHIE

Just making the playoffs isn't enough. We want to be successful once we get there.
BYRON RITCHIE

We're trying to send a message to the community that when someone goes above and beyond, we'll recog...
BUZZ RITCHIE

I don't think that anybody else can come close to matching his involvement in this community. He's h...
BUZZ RITCHIE

Sitting in this chair, my recommendation would carry too much weight.
MICHAEL RITCHIE

It went nowhere in enhancing public safety. It went everywhere in eating up law enforcement time.
CORWIN RITCHIE

It gives a false sense of security.
CORWIN RITCHIE

When I read commentary about suggestions for where C should go, I often think back and give thanks t...
DENNIS RITCHIE

Obviously, the person who had most influence on my career was Ken Thompson.
DENNIS RITCHIE

When you've toured for about 10 years like me, you end up feeling like you're always waiting...
RITCHIE BLACKMORE

The WTO cases have to do with conformity to the very loose procedural obligations incorporated in th...
GORDON RITCHIE

There's no way that I can sit across the table from somebody whose main bargaining leverage is that ...
GORDON RITCHIE

We're not talking about some trivial violation.
GORDON RITCHIE

I certainly support suspending the discussions,
GORDON RITCHIE

Marines care for their own. And that is in life and in death. And so they see their duty not complet...
GORDON RITCHIE

The Championships will be totally unaffected and there is no need for concern.
IAN RITCHIE

We think that's a perfectly reasonable compromise and they should comply with that. As far as I'm aw...
IAN RITCHIE

The club has held discussions with the manufacturers and the International Tennis Federation and has...
IAN RITCHIE

We are delighted to have entered into this partnership with Polo Ralph Lauren. Wimbledon and Polo sh...
IAN RITCHIE

We are delighted to have entered into this partnership with Polo Ralph Lauren.
IAN RITCHIE

Because when you find something you love, you can’t quit. Every failure pushes you harder. It’s ...
BECCA RITCHIE

We have created our new packaging to make a stronger connection with our cherry flavor and to stake ...
MARK RITCHIE

The war and budget [issues] have pushed people to be more politicized.
MARK RITCHIE

So it turns out an only private-land preserve wasn't going to be able to meet legal (standards). The...
MARK RITCHIE

We are all in this together.
MARK RITCHIE

The thing that has been the most exciting is that most of you know [Secretary of State] is pretty fa...
MARK RITCHIE

(We need to) look at a recharge system to fix that pump and get some water into this lake.
LANCE RITCHIE

We don't have ice, or the number of months with ice over it is less, which will also lead to more ev...
LANCE RITCHIE

We've made a few jokes that it's more like a moat than it is a lake right now. It's a pond, basicall...
LANCE RITCHIE

We might find a large number of people in the rather ridiculous position of taking what we call pro-...
KAREN RITCHIE

The cholinergic system consists of neurotransmitters that regulate a lot of our mental functioning, ...
KAREN RITCHIE

What we showed is that many of the people who are classified in this way have it due to the medicati...
KAREN RITCHIE

A large number of elderly people are taking medications that can mimic early dementia and are likely...
KAREN RITCHIE

I want to love you more than I love this" --he waves his bottle--"and I don't know how else to do it...
KRISTA RITCHIE

I think the six of us—we’re all strong. We’re each just a different kind of strong. But we all...
KRISTA RITCHIE

you're easily lovable, Loren Hale.
KRISTA RITCHIE

I love you and no other man will ever say those words and mean them the way I do."-Loren Hale
KRISTA RITCHIE

I hate that I had to pull out my wallet and buy respect.
BECCA RITCHIE

In this moment, I'm yours.
KRISTA RITCHIE

Would you like a glass or are you still being obnoxious?
KRISTA RITCHIE

A tiger would birth a baby llama sooner than Rose would be barefoot in a dirty club.
KRISTA RITCHIE

Hatred is an animal you feed, and I imagined that after four years, Aaron’s became plump and bloat...
KRISTA RITCHIE

I don’t think there’s a black and white
answer. I think I’ve been swimming in the gray st...
KRISTA RITCHIE

I usually dumb down around the intellectually deficient so I don’t come off like a complete prick.
KRISTA RITCHIE

It just happened, Lo. I can’t take it back, and I honestly wouldn’t.”
I think that should...
KRISTA RITCHIE

People talk about you like you're Jesus, but you're not. You only pull out the miracles to save your...
KRISTA RITCHIE

I know the kind of remorse that puts deep pain on your chest, the kind that feels as weighted as Atl...
KRISTA RITCHIE

I’m going to take care of you now. I’m going to fill you so deep that you’re going to wish you...
KRISTA RITCHIE

Lo shakes his head at him.
“What?” he says.
”You’re walking a thin fucking line.�...
KRISTA RITCHIE

She shrunk into herself and waited for me to stare at her like she was gross an dirty. But I just wa...
KRISTA RITCHIE

It doesn’t matter if she wanted it or not. No self-respecting man would offer something like that ...
KRISTA RITCHIE

You think you’re indebted to your parents because they gave you everything you have. But they didn...
KRISTA RITCHIE

Some battles are best fought with a sidekick.
KRISTA RITCHIE

He’s Loren Hale. Ice and whiskey. Powerful and intoxicating.
KRISTA RITCHIE

You could have knocked ... Or, you know, announced your entrance like they do on Downton Abbey KRISTA RITCHIE

What I liked about American movies when I was a kid was that they're sort of larger than life and I think I'm still suffering from that reaction.

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What I liked about American movies when I was a kid was that they're sort of larger than life and I think I'm still suffering from that reaction.

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