I get scripts and think, 'There's not enough here to get my teeth stuck into.' That's a result of studying English, where you luxuriate in these big, lush novels.
Ophelia Lovibond
Related I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON 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 Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only... RICK RIORDAN I always find Victoria's Secret models a bit weird. EDIE CAMPBELL I get a lot of dark scripts now. I don't wanna be stuck doing movies like American Pie. For some... AGNES BRUCKNER Before 'Grey's Anatomy,' I was doing musicals, plays, commercials, you name it. CHANDRA WILSON I'm proud to say that I was that guy playing the character of Dr. Burke on 'Grey's Anato... ISAIAH WASHINGTON I've got a few ideas," (Amy) admitted. "But I don't know where we're going in the long term. I mean ... RICK RIORDAN There's this absurd situation on a movie set where your trailer's here and the set is here a... OLIVIA WILLIAMS Alas, I think I am becoming a god. TITUS Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name. LUCAN I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate. LUCAN Whether it's Brad Pitt up there, if there's a good moment up there, and you get pulled into ... DUKE JOHNSON I've gotten to know a lot of great people here in all the different sports. It's fun. It'... AARON RODGERS Don't have to see," the pilot grunted. "Olga knows the way." "Funny name for an aircraft... GORDON KORMAN When I was ten years old, I saw a big, fat beetle get squished. I don't recall the circumstances... JEREMY ROBINSON Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. SENECA Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness. SENECA We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing. SENECA Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take... SENECA Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life. SENECA Luck is where opportunity meets preparation. SENECA Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures. SENECA I'm not a fan of endless mystery in storytelling - I like to know where the mythology's goin... ERIC KRIPKE There's something about losing friends, particularly young people, where it's not something ... CHRIS CORNELL I think that's a great opportunity, to pick a script where you can build up a good skill. I thin... CARLY SCHROEDER I'm not afraid to use my personal experiences and put them into a song. I think that's when ... PIXIE LOTT It's hard because I think I fall into this in-between space where there's something that'... HALSEY A lot of people put pressure on themselves and think it will be way too hard for them to live out th... JOE JONAS The story behind 'Check Point' is what drew me in. The script had a couple of twists that I ... BILL GOLDBERG I can safely say that other than macaroni and cheese, there's no processed food in my life. Ther... GINNIFER GOODWIN You go to the draft board and think, 'Here's a nose tackle. Who needs a nose tackle?' We... BILL BELICHICK I always felt like if you get to a point where you've got enough money to invest in something re... AKON I think what's most fun is playing someone who's sort of selfish and in a lot of ways unlike... DAVID WALTON I'm reading scripts just like everybody else. Tin cup in hand, knocking on doors, trying to get ... D. J. COTRONA If we get to shoot the third one, which I'm really hoping we do, the third one's great. Ther... LIAM HEMSWORTH I don't really want to just play the girlfriend or the love interest. I get so many scripts like... GUGU MBATHA-RAW I'm kind of claustrophobic... It's not even like enclosed spaces. It's like I hate being... DAVE GROHL From the earliest age, I was just different. I think that's part of every writer's little re... JANINE DI GIOVANNI What you come to discover is, it isn't how you get there, it's that you get there. If that... CHARLIE SHEEN There's high, and there's high, and to get really high - I mean so high that you can walk on... GEORGE HARRISON As to the number of novels I've abandoned... I shudder to think. I have thrown away five complet... MARK HADDON There have been times where I've said, 'Jesus, I don't believe in you anymore, get out o... MIKE YACONELLI I believe that when you think of the negative, and you get up discouraged - 'There's nothing... JOEL OSTEEN I'm not going to comment about potential jobs in the future because that's a rabbit hole to ... NATALIE DORMER My opinion is that you cannot really blame cinema for the result of what is somebody's mindset. ... SONAKSHI SINHA There's some freedom that you get with indie films that you don't get with the big-budget on... MAIKA MONROE I know firsthand how much work has usually gone into a screenplay, so if there's something that ... JUSTIN THEROUX I'm restless. I'm all the time here and there and trying to get myself busy and creative. It... EDGAR RAMIREZ There's an expression in Australia that's called 'Go Bush,' which means to get out o... CATE BLANCHETT Hmm... my bedroom's really messy. It's probably the messiest bedroom you could ever think of... PIXIE LOTT My dad always said there's four phases in an actor/director's life. There's 'Mario W... MARIO VAN PEEBLES Some people have a blog that's, like, 'Today I brushed my teeth.' Well, who cares? Who c... ZACH GALLIGAN Here's the funny thing about the response I've been aware of to my dating famous people: It&... DAX SHEPARD I don't think I care about the hair as much as people think I do. It's just kind of there. I... JACOB DEGROM I tried to get people at 'South Park' into 'Downton Abbey,' and it didn't work. ... BILL HADER I think there is sexy. And then there's tacky sexy. When you're young, you can get away with... ANDIE MACDOWELL I get letters every year from women who think Valentine's Day is an empty exercise, but are iron... DAN SAVAGE I think there's a part of my brain where food, language, and memory all intersect, and it's ... KATE CHRISTENSEN I guess some people are brilliant enough to be brilliant on their own and never doubt anything and c... MADONNA CICCONE I'm still fighting for parts - it's not like I'm sitting with a big pile of scripts putt... EMUN ELLIOTT I'm working on a snow scene right now, and it's summer. It's hot, and I will get chilly.... THOMAS KINKADE I always loved putting on shows - when you're the youngest of seven and five are older sisters, ... DAVID WENHAM That's the ideal. Not to get stuck in a rut playing the same role. LAURA OSNES They got rid of bottled water. We got thermoses that say 'Grey's Anatomy Season 4' with ... BROOKE SMITH You could get a cheer by saying: 'Let's withdraw from Afghanistan', but I don't thin... ED BALLS On 'Grey's Anatomy,' I didn't have to move too much. I think I ran through the hospi... ERIC DANE I think talking about one's love life is always... It's a Pandora's box, best kept in jo... EMMA CAULFIELD There's definitely a pattern of great British shows that get reinvented in America and do really... BILL PULLMAN It's nice to be in a creative world that's kind of isolated, but you can get led astray down... ANDREW DOST There's a hunger and a fervor that I have, but there's no person I'm going to push to th... DREW BARRYMORE Within a few weeks of coming back from filming 'Lemonade Mouth,' I got these scripts, and ... NAOMI SCOTT One of the things I've learned with doing 'xkcd' is that you sort of give people, 'H... RANDALL MUNROE There's definitely a delicate line you have to walk in telling someone else's story that'... BOX BROWN Kids will keep it real. If I've ever had in my life a great anchor, it's them. They get in y... LIONEL RICHIE You start in bars and then restaurants, then you want to get into comedy clubs where you feature, th... BILL BURR I'm not really a big X's and O's guy, but if you want to go there, I'm more of a spa... KYRIE IRVING I love to get to that place where I don't know what kind of music I'm doing; I don't kno... ARIEL PINK When I was 16, I played Macbeth at school and my English teacher said, 'I think you may have act... DAVID SUCHET I think one of the things about Donald Trump that's interesting is he lives in a rarified atmosp... PENN JILLETTE When you get to a point where you're not beholden to a record company, then it's up to you t... MIKE D I can't say that there's been some big change during my career where all of a sudden everyth... AISHA TYLER Why is the public so interested in movies about the wealthy? My answer is that Shakespeare wrote abo... NICHOLAS JARECKI I've played 'The Wizard of Oz' for my kids, but by today's standards, it seems reall... CORIN TUCKER The only reason to be in politics is public service. There's no other reason. Frankly, if that... MALCOLM TURNBULL I'm just totally into being strong. There's something about wanting to get a jar or whatever... MAGGIE Q I must say, I always - from experience, when I watch TV shows and I see characters leave without a p... ALYCIA DEBNAM-CAREY If there's anything about someone's life that's important enough to make a movie about i... RUSSELL CROWE When you get into a car, and there's trash, or it's dirty, or one of the hubcaps is off, you... T. J. MILLER I do find that it's easier to get Latino-themed movies... but I don't think there's that... PATRICIA RIGGEN My dad's got a brilliant eye for scripts 'cos he's a literary agent. He and my agent rea... DANIEL RADCLIFFE I'm a big believer in,'If anyone can understand my politics, I've failed.' If you ca... TAYLOR SHERIDAN I think being recognized more is something you have to get used to, whether it's here or in Cali... AARON RODGERS
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