David Zucker quote: "I think that came out of watching all those serious movies for all that time. If you watch a movie like Zero Hour, Sterling Hayden is pretty funny, and so are the guys in the cockpit."

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Everything about it worked, and I don't mean just the movie, but in our experience, we realized ...
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Chevy Chase and Bill Murray - we thought those guys were funny. We love Bill Murray, but we didn'...
DAVID ZUCKER

Woody Allen has done some excellent serious movies, too, like Crimes And Misdemeanors. Very overlook...
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DAVID ZUCKER

I don't really know a lot of famous people. I've met a lot of famous people. If I ran into T...
DAVID ZUCKER

Quit now, you'll never make it. If you disregard this advice, you'll be halfway there.
DAVID ZUCKER

I don't know if I'd want to do that anymore, because you always get bigger laughs on college...
DAVID ZUCKER

I've always thought those guys are really funny. And I love Dumb and Dumber, Kingpin and Mary.
DAVID ZUCKER

Sure, we'll be working on Scary Movie 5 , but we'll wait until the material swells up in the next ye...
DAVID ZUCKER

It's useless to try and make rhyme or reason of it, because one guy thinks one thing and the oth...
DAVID ZUCKER

Oh yeah, I believe in God. I think there's much more evidence that there is a God than that ther...
DAVID ZUCKER

The beauty of the Internet is that anybody can be a broadcaster now.
JEFF ZUCKER

I think Vice is vastly overrated. And I think that if you are interested in reaching young males, wh...
JEFF ZUCKER

I like Donald. I guess I shouldn't call him that. I like President Trump. He's affable. He&#...
JEFF ZUCKER

It is a significant acknowledgment that the way people are watching television is changing and the m...
JEFF ZUCKER

The perception of Donald Trump in capitals around the world is shaped, in many ways, by CNN. Continu...
JEFF ZUCKER

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JEFF ZUCKER

The most frustrating thing is that I want to always buy the best thing, the thing that does the most...
JERRY ZUCKER

We're in this transition period of figuring out how to deal with all the new technology that is ...
JEFF ZUCKER

I think it's the sign of a leader to step up and say, you know, when something's not working...
JEFF ZUCKER

Climate change is one of those stories that deserves more attention, that we all talk about, but we ...
JEFF ZUCKER

His name is synonymous with Southern California, making him a perfect fit to get the state of Califo...
GILLIAN ZUCKER

In my opinion, what's right is charges be dismissed. He was acting in self-defense. He feels remorse...
JEFF ZUCKER

I grew up watching CNN, and my memory of CNN is James Earl Jones saying, 'This is CNN.'
JEFF ZUCKER

We believe we have a youthful and energetic cast that should appeal to a new audience that is increa...
JEFF ZUCKER

It's Moore's Law, everything will be obsolete in 10 years - I'll be obsolete in 10 years...
JERRY ZUCKER

I actually think we're still in the first inning. The changes are coming fast and furious, but I thi...
JEFF ZUCKER

In an increasingly polarized world, it's hard to know whom to trust. CNN will be the only news c...
JEFF ZUCKER

He's a terrific writer with a great track record and a great idea. And (Alaska) is an untapped arena...
JEFF ZUCKER

When we look at events, we look at them in two ways. There are certain track rental opportunities th...
GILLIAN ZUCKER

Obviously, we are big fans of open-wheel racing. The door is open for IRL to have conversations with...
GILLIAN ZUCKER

I am also thankful for the efforts of the local firefighters who are willing to give of their time f...
GILLIAN ZUCKER

What we're saying is it's too close to call. There were a handful of tickets left, and we're trying ...
GILLIAN ZUCKER

It wasn't our decision. To say we're disappointed is a major understatement.
GILLIAN ZUCKER

Certainly in Miami, it's completely changed the show. If that's what the fans are telling us that th...
GILLIAN ZUCKER

We had a goal that we were working for and we met it.
GILLIAN ZUCKER

The goal is to be the toughest ticket in town.
GILLIAN ZUCKER

There was full intention, because the (Sun dollars) have been in the safe at the park awaiting a rai...
JAY ZUCKER

We're very excited about this.
JAY ZUCKER

Here we were in the hunt, being really competitive and just barely behind (in) the division. Then, a...
JAY ZUCKER

In that context, Interpol is an essential element and has a significant role to play in the campaign...
HOWARD ZUCKER

International police action against the factories and distribution networks should be as uncompromis...
HOWARD ZUCKER

Countries should think about ways to make the necessary technological, legislative and financial adj...
HOWARD ZUCKER

People don't die from carrying a fake handbag or wearing a fake t-shirt. They can die from taking a ...
HOWARD ZUCKER

Good thing in this business is that you just have to make one big shot and that’s enough to make y...
GUY ZUCKER

Neal has been a steady hand in changing times, and our continued success through it all is a testame...
JEFF ZUCKER

Over the course of the past two weeks, ... NBC News has done a remarkable job of reporting on the de...
JEFF ZUCKER

Neal has presided over one of the most challenging and successful times in this news division's hist...
JEFF ZUCKER

It gives me great confidence to know that Steve will be at the helm while we navigate these complica...
JEFF ZUCKER

I wondered if I would find the next few years as personally fulfilling as the first four I have spen...
JEFF ZUCKER

He expressed the position that NBC is in, ... We're in a rebuilding phase. Nobody's in denial about ...
JEFF ZUCKER

I don't know why Brian Williams isn't blogging right now,
JEFF ZUCKER

Most of them haven't been very good -- you have to start there.
JEFF ZUCKER

We're all uncertain. There's no question the audience has been willing to laugh. It just has been ha...
JEFF ZUCKER

Network news will still play an incredibly important role in this country, but the world that Peter,...
JEFF ZUCKER

He's got a round, kissable head.
JOEL ZUCKER

It broke my heart. But he doesn't even think twice about it. I can't wait for the day he has hair ag...
JOEL ZUCKER

The next thing we knew we had three doctors telling us he had stage 3 cancer.
JOEL ZUCKER

It's easy to judge only on the superficial. It takes a lot more time and work to truly understand.
MICKEY ZUCKER REICHERT

My biggest objection to Marxism has been the presumption that industry should exist at all. I think ...
DAVID DAVID KATZMAN

I gave a funny speech at my wife's birthday party, and I'm thinking, 'Hey, I've stil...
LARRY DAVID

The area where I grew up in Birmingham was very diverse - I was aware of my race but not overly awar...
DAVID HAREWOOD

Birmingham people are the salt of the earth, and I've carried that with me all around the world....
DAVID HAREWOOD

In the last couple of years I've been facing down a lot of the demons of the past and trying to ...
DAVID COVERDALE

George W. Bush: a person who is the ultimate outcome of the American condition. Someone promoted abo...
DAVID LANGE

Stories hold conflict and contrast, highs and lows, life and death, and the human struggle and all k...
DAVID LYNCH

Studying consciousness tells us more about how the world is fundamentally strange. I think we have a...
DAVID CHALMERS

Thought is the wind and knowledge the sail.
DAVID HARE

The Doctor' is the kind of character - because the guest cast is changing all the time, there ar...
DAVID TENNANT

It's so warm now, and Thanksgiving came so early - is it just me, or does it not really feel lik...
DAVID LETTERMAN

Bilingualism lets you have your cake and eat it. The new language opens the doors to the best jobs i...
DAVID CRYSTAL

I can mention many moments that were unforgettable and revelatory. But the most single revelatory th...
DAVID ATTENBOROUGH

Being dyslexic, I was told that I was an idiot all the time.
DAVID BAILEY

Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and le...
DAVID BAILEY

The first half of the 20th century belongs to Picasso, and the second half is about photography. The...
DAVID BAILEY

I always go for simplicity.
DAVID BAILEY

I didn't try and do fashion pictures. I tried to do portraits of girls wearing dresses.
DAVID BAILEY

All I could do at school was paint and draw and that was the only time I ever passed any exam. It wa...
DAVID BAILEY

You can't really copy what I do because I don't do anything.
DAVID BAILEY

I hate being so nostalgic about the Sixties.
DAVID BAILEY

People want security in this insecure world.
DAVID BAILEY

I don't think my work does reflect my nationality - I don't like the idea of nationalism.
DAVID BAILEY

It's not about composition. It's the way you feel about how your objects should relate to ea...
DAVID BAILEY

Girls are more attractive to me than dresses.
DAVID BAILEY

Rockers are the nicest people to photograph. They have no inhibitions.
DAVID BAILEY

Being trendy is dangerous. I've never been trendy, which is why I've never really fallen out...
DAVID BAILEY

I don't see the point of photographing trees or rocks because they're there and anyone can p...
DAVID BAILEY

If you're curious, London's an amazing place.
DAVID BAILEY

I was surrounded by strong women so it had never even occurred to me that women were anything other ...
DAVID BAILEY

The skull is nature's sculpture.
DAVID BAILEY

Anybody can be a great photographer if they zoom in enough on what they love.
DAVID BAILEY

Being handsome wasn't much of a burden. It worked for me.
DAVID BAILEY

Everything I read about hitting a midlife crisis was true. I had such a struggle letting go of youth...
DAVID BOWIE

I had a wonderful childhood, which is tough because it's hard to adjust to a miserable adulthood...
LARRY DAVID

You would think that a rock star being married to a supermodel would be one of the greatest things i...
DAVID BOWIE

People use irony as a defense mechanism.
DAVID BYRNE

Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and ...
DAVID BYRNE

I certainly agree that putting everything into little genres is counterproductive. You're not go...
DAVID BYRNE

Analysis is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off?
DAVID BYRNE

I knew I wanted to have a doll of myself on the cover. I thought, I wanna see myself as a Ken doll.
DAVID BYRNE

I've been in beautiful landscapes where one is tempted to whip out a camera and take a picture. ...
DAVID BYRNE

That's the thing about pictures: they seduce you.
DAVID BYRNE

Deep down, I know I have this intuition or instinct that a lot of creative people have, that their d...
DAVID BYRNE

If anything, a lot of electronic music is music that no one listens to at home, hardly. It's rea...
DAVID BYRNE

My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food.
DAVID BYRNE

On a bike, being just slightly above pedestrian and car eye level, one gets a perfect view of the go...
DAVID BYRNE

I never listen to the radio unless I rent a car.
DAVID BYRNE

The arts don't exist in isolation.
DAVID BYRNE

There's a certain amount of freedom involved in cycling: you're self-propelled and decide ex...
DAVID BYRNE

Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter.
DAVID BYRNE

Do I wear a helmet? Ugh. I do when I'm riding through a precarious part of town, meaning Midtown...
DAVID BYRNE

Cycling is a joy and faster than many other modes of transport, depending on the time of day. It cle...
DAVID BYRNE

You can know or not know how a car runs and still enjoy riding in a car.
DAVID BYRNE

You create a community with music, not just at concerts but by talking about it with your friends.
DAVID BYRNE

Cycling can be lonely, but in a good way. It gives you a moment to breathe and think, and get away f...
DAVID BYRNE

Everything's intentional. It's just filling in the dots.
DAVID BYRNE

I like time off. I'm not a workaholic.
DAVID THEWLIS

I've had an awful lot of good fortune.
DAVID CASSIDY

Every day is a blessing - not to get too schmaltzy, but, really, it is.
DAVID CASSIDY

What happened to me during the last couple of years of 'The Partridge Family' was I became s...
DAVID CASSIDY

There were times when I was a joke, but talent survives.
DAVID CASSIDY

You can't be 24 again; you can't be new when you're 40 years old.
DAVID CASSIDY

Most people view success by the results, and I don't.
DAVID CASSIDY

I think of my career as something apart from myself.
DAVID CASSIDY

You know, many people who become famous and enjoy great success when they're young disappear aft...
DAVID CASSIDY

I wouldn't want to play anything bigger than 10,000 again. I think it's too much, and you lo...
DAVID CASSIDY

Let me tell you, 10,000 is an intimate room. Believe me. I want to be able to connect to everybody i...
DAVID CASSIDY

When you cut your life into a film - 90-some minutes of film - you end up taking snapshots and vigne...
DAVID CASSIDY

Until I really dealt with a lot of the demons in my life - the fear and self-doubt and unresolved is...
DAVID CASSIDY

I gave up my whole life to my career.
DAVID CASSIDY

Just getting your name in the papers and having people talk about you is not always a good thing.
DAVID CASSIDY

There's nothing wrong with becoming a role model, nothing wrong with inspiring people to become ...
DAVID CASSIDY

It's always nice to have people love you, but I'd just like to be judged fairly.
DAVID CASSIDY

It wasn't until later when people became aware of my writing that I would hear begrudgingly, ...
DAVID CASSIDY

If people respond to the songs, whether they love you or hate you, then you've really done your ...
DAVID CASSIDY

Anybody who carries the albatross of that teen-idol thing - well, people tend to look and say: '...
DAVID CASSIDY

I don't want to end up being some joke on a bad TV series.
DAVID CASSIDY

I just want to continue to produce good work. I don't want to do junk.
DAVID CASSIDY

Just do me a favor. Don't call me 'former teen heartthrob,' okay? It's as if they we...
DAVID CASSIDY

I hitched up to Haight-Ashbury in the Summer of Love, you know? And I was very much politically alig...
DAVID CASSIDY

Contrary to public opinion and the image people have of me, I grew up in a very lower-middle-class, ...
DAVID CASSIDY

It was amazing for me growing up in the musical decade of the '60s. I saw The Beatles on televis...
DAVID CASSIDY

Doing musicals and theatrical productions, I never did any of my hits.
DAVID CASSIDY

I turned up to all my son's performances and baseball games because my father never did that for...
DAVID CASSIDY

I was very wary of repeating my father's behaviour and did everything not to act like he did.
DAVID CASSIDY

Most definitely, my dad was my biggest influence.
DAVID CASSIDY

My first five albums were triple-platinum, and I played a lot of concerts.
DAVID CASSIDY

The television and film business has never really been kind or compassionate, in general.
DAVID CASSIDY

It's amazing what happens to your body as you get a little older.
DAVID CASSIDY

I didn't end up some sad, tragic guy singing in a lounge somewhere. I never went out and took bi...
DAVID CASSIDY

Nobody likes to be rejected, you know?
DAVID CASSIDY

I nearly died twice after I replaced Michael Crawford in 'EFX.'
DAVID CASSIDY

I work for me, 18 hours a day. It's my gig. So I don't have time to get a point of view.
DAVID CASSIDY

I don't listen to the news or read newspapers. I don't know what's going on in this worl...
DAVID CASSIDY

You cannot make a teenage idol.
DAVID CASSIDY

It's a difficult journey when you're going through a divorce, is it not, for anyone?
DAVID CASSIDY

Thoroughbred racing is really my true passion. I'm living my dream.
DAVID CASSIDY

I understand the rock star deal having been one and still going out strapping my guitar on and perfo...
DAVID CASSIDY

If you put the talent of all my brothers together, they wouldn't add up to the talent that was i...
DAVID CASSIDY

I'm never going to retire and say, 'This is it. This is my last show.' I will not go on ...
DAVID CASSIDY

I was silver-white by the time I was 35, but having grey hair makes me look washed out. My wife and ...
DAVID CASSIDY

I look fine. I've had no surgery apart from an operation I had decades ago to remove the fat und...
DAVID CASSIDY

I have an audience that goes from kids to seventy year olds.
DAVID CASSIDY

All my big mistakes are when I try to second-guess or please an audience. My work is always stronger...
DAVID BOWIE

I read in one fan magazine that I was very self-centered. And I am.
DAVID CASSIDY

We are too occupied with celebrity. Believe me, it's not what it's cracked to be.
DAVID CASSIDY

All I had done for five years was work 18 hours a day all over the world. I needed to step back and ...
DAVID CASSIDY

Everything in my life was about performance when I was doing 'The Partridge Family.'
DAVID CASSIDY

My mother, Evelyn, was an actress and singer, and my father, Jack, was an actor. My earliest recolle...
DAVID CASSIDY

Once they began doing 'Celebrity Apprentice,' apparently the audience wasn't that keen o...
DAVID CASSIDY

My music was never considered cool, but I've always felt that connection with the audience.
DAVID CASSIDY

I've always had a special relationship with the U.K. fans, because even when I wasn't workin...
DAVID CASSIDY

My dad left when I was 3 1/2, and he left my mom and I.
DAVID CASSIDY

I don't play nostalgia acts. I don't play nostalgia shows.
DAVID CASSIDY

I don't need to remind myself of the trophies. I know what I accomplished.
DAVID CASSIDY

What I want is credibility I got as a songwriter and actor and doing 'Blood Brothers' on Bro...
DAVID CASSIDY

In the '80s, it was difficult and frustrating to appear in the theater and TV again, even though...
DAVID CASSIDY

All that stuff - 'teen idol' - that wasn't me.
DAVID CASSIDY

I wasn't ever a bad guy, and I was never arrested or anything like that, but I was a wild boy in...
DAVID CASSIDY

I saw Jimi Hendrix - it must have been four times. And he was incomparable, and his legend lives on.
DAVID CASSIDY

Acting was absolutely my first focus. I graduated high school in L.A., and two weeks afterwards, I m...
DAVID CASSIDY

I've really sensed that people have an affection for me.
DAVID CASSIDY

I've done an enormous amount of bringing light into people's lives, and I'm very proud o...
DAVID CASSIDY

I bought my first horse when I was 15. I always loved racing and I started studying about breeding a...
DAVID CASSIDY

I've always had a love for horses since I was really young. When I was 5 years old, the only thi...
DAVID CASSIDY

My mother gave up a good part of her career to look after me.
DAVID CASSIDY

In a very short period of time, actors can become kind of relevant and hot.
DAVID CASSIDY

I played in garage bands and rock and roll bands when I was in junior high and high school and saw s...
DAVID CASSIDY

I found myself very lost after 'The Partridge Family,' and I lost my dad and I lost my manag...
DAVID CASSIDY

I've been able to go on and have a successful career on Broadway and certainly the last five yea...
DAVID CASSIDY

It's not about the fame and the money because if you do good work all that stuff comes.
DAVID CASSIDY

We live in a world of strange priorities, where Kim Kardashian buying a Lamborghini creates internat...
DAVID HAREWOOD

The law always limits every power it gives.
DAVID HUME

There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. Four million differe...
DAVID ATTENBOROUGH

I think that came out of watching all those serious movies for all that time. If you watch a movie like Zero Hour, Sterling Hayden is pretty funny, and so are the guys in the cockpit.

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I think that came out of watching all those serious movies for all that time. If you watch a movie like Zero Hour, Sterling Hayden is pretty funny, and so are the guys in the cockpit.

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