Quotes by Trying If you try hard enough, you can bend the spoon; you can shift reality. Christopher Meloni spoonstryingreality Of course, with the last ads shipped and the last polls conducted, there's not much to do but try to read the tea leaves. And from what Democrats are seeing, it doesn't look good. At all. Christopher Michael Cillizza tea-leavestryinglooks All fear comes from trying to see the future, Biff. If you know what is coming, you aren't afraid. Christopher Moore ifsknowstrying Well they're pissed off and they're hungry. I was kind of busy trying not to get my brains eaten. They seemed pretty adamant about the brain-eating thing. Then they're going to IKEA, I guess Christopher Moore ikeabraintrying You're trying to be tricky. What's morality?" "It's the difference between what's right and what you can rationalize." "Must be a human thing." "Exactly. Christopher Moore moralitydifferencestrying If they'd been dogs, they would have all been in the yard eating grass and trying to yak up whatever was making them feel so lousy. Not a bone gnawed, not a ball chased-all tails went unwagged. Oh, life is a fast cat, a short leash, a flea in that place where you just can't scratch. Christopher Moore catdogtrying Shoes off in the whale! And don't try and make a break for the anus. Christopher Moore whalesshoestrying I've always believed that if you want to really try and make a great film, not a good film, but a great film, you have to take a lot of risks. Christopher Nolan riskwanttrying For me, as a film goer, I like nothing more than to sit in the cinema, have the lights go down and not know what I'm about to see or unfold on-screen. Every time we go to make a film, we do everything we can to try to systematise things so we're able to make the film in private, so that when it's finished it's up to the audience to make of it what they will. Christopher Nolan ablelighttrying I try to be as efficient as possible because in my process, I think that actually helps the work. I like having the pressure of time and money and really trying to stick to the parameters we've been given. Christopher Nolan stickstryingthinking I'm a very fortunate person. I get to choose the movies that I want to do. I have a lot of friends in this industry that don't get to do that. I grew up in L.A. A lot of my friends are actors so I realize every day how lucky I am to have this opportunity, so while I'm here, I'm going to try to do exactly what I want. Christopher Nolan wantopportunitytrying I want to be surprised and entertained by a movie, so that's what we're trying to do for the audience. Obviously, we also have to sell the film. Christopher Nolan filmwanttrying My approach with actors is to try and give them whatever it is they need from me. Direction to me is about listening and responding and realizing how much they need to know from me and how much they have figured out for themselves, really. Christopher Nolan listeningtryinggiving In Hollywood there's a great openness, almost a voracious appetite for new people. In England there's a great suspicion of the new. In cultural terms, that can be a good thing, but when you're trying to break into the film industry, it's definitely a bad thing. Christopher Nolan englandtryingpeople I think for me, what I'm doing on set is I'm watching things happen as an audience member and trying to just look at, what's the image we're photographing, how will that advance the story and what will the next image be. Christopher Nolan tryinglooksthinking I realized that if you're trying to reach an audience, being as subjective as possible and really trying to write from something genuine is the way to go. Really it's mostly from my own process, my own experience. Christopher Nolan writingtryingway The structural notions to me always have to be worked out very carefully in the script stage. Whatever a particular structure is. Whether it's chronological or non-chronological. To me that's always about what point of view are we trying to address in the film? Christopher Nolan addressesviewstrying That s the problem I ve been choosing male names. You are a she! [To Saphira, while trying to choose her name.] Christopher Paolini malesnamestrying As he was about to leave, she said, "Murtagh." He paused and turned to regard her. She hesitated for a moment, then mustered her courage and said, "Why?" She though he understood her meaning: Why her? Why save her, and now why try to rescue her? She had guessed at the answer, but she wanted to hear him say it. He stared at her for the longest while, and then, in a low, hard voice, he said, "You know why. Christopher Paolini inheritancevoicetrying Having no other recourse, Roran resorted to the unexpected: he stuck his head and neck out and shouted, "BAH!" just as he would if he were trying to scare someone in a dark hallway. Christopher Paolini scaredarktrying«145146147148149150151152153154155»
