We should be writing more great roles for women, period. Another problem is that movies are generally made for 14-year-old boys, and 14-year-old boys want to watch 25-year-old action heroes.
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Related I have a wife and two boys. One is 18 and the other is 14. The 18-year old is getting ready for coll... EARL CAMPBELL I was a 14-year-old boy for 30 years. MICKEY ROONEY It will probably attract a lot of 8-year-old boys and 38-year-old dads. ALLISON SAVICZ We get sweaty, 14-year-old boy's demo CDs, ... and no panties. CHRIS SHIFLETT We hear it a lot - my 14-year-old daughter loves your network. I don't watch it, but it's really for... GARTH ANCIER Last night we arrested a 13 and 14-year-old in connection with two aggravated robberies last Friday.... KRISTI PANKRATZ I can't recall another 14-year-old female charged with first-degree murder since I've been state att... HARRY SHORSTEIN I kind of doubt 14-year-old girls are downloading or buying Barry Manilow. But a 45-year-old woman w... CHUCK TAYLOR So many people were stuck in this idea that gamers are lonely 12- year-old boys in their bedrooms. I... ED BARTLETT I hope that people like 14-year-old Troye are going to find this video. (in his coming out vid... TROYE SIVAN Yes, the brain of a 16-year-old is different than the brain of a 25-year-old. But what should that m... JAY GIEDD On June 27, 1988, a 21-year-old Mike Tyson made in excess of 21 million dollars for 91 seconds of wo... BRIN-JONATHAN BUTLER Ten-year-old boys move differently than middle-aged women, who move differently than athletic guys, ... BRAD BIRD I knew I was good because I was the only 14-year-old who could dunk backward. AMAR'E STOUDEMIRE A 12-year-old can watch 'Spiderman.' A 12-year-old cannot watch 'Watchmen.' JEFFREY DEAN MORGAN Karen was always such a lawless rebel: carrying a gun in her purse, flirting with 14-year-old boys. ... MEGAN MULLALLY My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card. J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI I had doors slammed in my face as a 14-year-old because my boobs were too big, JESSICA SIMPSON This is a business that without product you are nothing?the ultimate decision is made by 15 year old... FAYE LANDES It's about brand building and getting these games in the hands of our 14- to 24-year-old male target... BILL NIELSEN He sounds like a particularly mischievous 14 year old to me. Not too big to be put over his dad's kn... KEVIN TAYLOR It is not so far-fetched for a 63-year-old woman to be with an 18-year-old boy. IAN GRAY I am a 23 yr old, with the quest of a 5 year old, carelessness of 10 year old, dreams of a 15 year o... ASHISH RANA They stared each other down, and while the dorky eleven-year-old in my soul kind of hoped that two h... RACHEL HAWKINS The boy had the towering arrogance only seen in the greatest of artists and all nine-year-old boys. NEIL GAIMAN I first read Dostoyevsky when I was 14 years old and was entranced. Dostoyevsky truly is a writer fo... JOSHUA COHEN I love horror movies! I've loved horror movies since I was about eight years old, not that an 8-... ALEX BRECKENRIDGE Fifty year old wealthy man resents twenty five year old middle class man, without recalling that 25 ... AMIT KALANTRI I've had marriage proposals, invitations to military balls and even a few prom offers from 18-ye... HOPE SOLO When I walk into a video arcade filled with 16- or 17-year-old boys, I may as well be Marilyn Monroe... JENNIFER COOLIDGE A lot of people say writers start losing their powers after 60 or 65. But I look at the best-seller ... FRANK MCCOURT When you see a 14-year-old boy who has never known what peace looks like for a day in his life, ther... AMANDA LINDHOUT Heaven forbid some 14-year-old pulls out one of these weapons with a police officer around and as a ... ROGER ANDERSON I've seen too many 12- and 13-year-old boys drive to the beach or the club for lunch with no turn si... COMMISSIONER FINN CASPERSEN Usually for a movie, if you want a 13-year-old, you get a 16-year-old who looks 13, because 13-year-... ROBBIE COLTRANE We wouldn't be here if it weren't about abuse. How much do we ask of a 14-year-old child when none o... GARY MITCHELL I have twin six-year-old boys. Have no mojo. The closest thing to a mojo I have is five minutes of p... DARIN STRAUSS He raised his hand and said his plan was to have his 14-year-old grandson take it over. But he hadn'... STEVE SCHWARTZ It was so unselfish to make the decision he made. He made a tough decision for a 14-year old, and I ... STEVE WILLIAMS I didn't realize how limiting an R rating is. I made 'Disco' as a cautionary tale for 14... WHIT STILLMAN I suppose the mothers of most twelve-year-old boys live with the uneasy conviction that their sons a... SHIRLEY JACKSON Stevens boys' had a good season last year and should be strong this year. It will be a good test for... FRANK BONICH We have 60-70 boys and 25 girls out. We were just hoping to have 25-30 boys our first year and now t... BOB VIGIL She (Tanya) was taken advantage of. When a 37-year-old man encounters a 14-year-old girl who wants t... LAWRENCE FISHER The typical output deal from a studio is 10 to 14 movies a year. TED SARANDOS Most people are interested in seeing 27-year-old women who are in movies somehow connected to sex. I... MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL The building has stood empty for a long period of time and there are now shards of glass everywhere.... ALAN RICHARDSON Sometimes, you'll watch the news and you'll see two-year-old boys in South Africa, wearing &... JAMES VANDERBILT We're just 14- and 15-year-old guys playing against juniors and seniors, and these guys are just ste... MIKE COX My size is an asset to me. People write roles for me. If I was just another blond-haired, brown-eyed... JOSH RYAN EVANS It's incredibly unfair. You don't see a lot of 60-year-old women with 20-year-old men onscre... GEORGE CLOONEY Bring the good old bugle, boys! We'll sing another song. HENRY CLAY WORK Some people really care about instrument sounds and complexity of the music. But the 14-year-old tee... BRIAN WHITMAN A lot of 5-year-old boys are not ready to sit still and be quiet. After a year of this, they have de... LEONARD SAX I believe for some high-technology medicine, like transplants and kidney dialysis, age should be a c... RICHARD LAMM Being a 14-year-old kid, it's a shock to their system. It drains their batteries, and it takes them ... MATT DINEEN In fact, it is excellent news that Reader's Digest has again ranked first in readership. It demonstr... LARRY THOMAS My problem is that this issue of romantic attraction between two men is being presented to my 7-year... ROBIN WIRTHLIN My mother born in Mexico, but was Lebanese in origin. She born 1902 the same year my father arrived ... CARLOS SLIM The 40-Year-Old Virgin JUDD APATOW The 40 Year-Old Virgin STEVE CARELL I'm blessed. I have a 13-year-old girl's eye and a 14 year-old boy's eye. I've been ... MANDY PATINKIN Imagine, a 32-year-old youngster teaching an 80-year-old something. Do I want him to come to the Gia... TSUNEO WATANABE I'm channelling my 14-year-old self. She's thinking about putting on her big hoop earrings a... NELLY FURTADO We put the blame on a 14-year-old for the sins and omissions of the adults. This could have been pre... GARY MITCHELL As good as we were in Seattle over that five-year period, and that five-year period was as good a fi... TERRY STOTTS If you have ever seen a four-year-old trying to lord it over a two-year-old, then you know what the ... THOMAS SOWELL you boys can keep your virgins give me hot old women in high heels with asses that forgo... CHARLES BUKOWSKI I like women to be attracted to me. See, when you get 60 years old, and they know you're 60, the onl... GEORGE BURNS James is tremendously positive in all aspects of life, a kid who takes everything head on, and those... JEFF YELTON For what I'm doing, I'm old. I'm going to fight another year and a half and that's it. ERIC ESCH Last time I traveled, I traveled with my 2-year-old and my 3-year-old, and they actually did a searc... MICHELLE GREEN He was simply screaming out (obscenities) for several minutes in a monologue with a 2-year-old and a... RICH VOLLBACH Men think they already know me. But as they get closer and closer, they become that 14-year-old agai... CINDY MORGAN Well, for a nine year old kid to be able to earn $110 in one day compared to $10 for a paper round, ... KURT RUSSELL Fashion has this youth mania. But 70-year-old ladies don't have 18-year-old bodies, and 18-year-... IRIS APFEL He was concerned with the fact that she a 16-year-old dating a 19-year-old, JEFF BROWN I thought, I hate the thought of a 12, 13 or 14 year-old girl seeing a picture of me and thinking sh... COURTNEY THORNE-SMITH Pretty good for a 90-year-old, though. HAROLD WEFER We want to update it, but keep the 80-year-old feel. GARY CAMPBELL (We are) trying to capture those people that have that 100-year history and talk about some of the o... LORRAINE JOHNSON Great. Now I have to go back and tell Haymitch I want an eighty-year-old and Nuts and Volts for my a... SUZANNE COLLINS This would lead to lower residuals for one, two and possibly three-year-old cars this year. ADRIAN RUSHMORE Who's going to hire me at 60 years old when they can hire a 30-year old or a 40-year old? CONNIE BAKER The 17-year-old is being sought for questioning. We are investigating a case of culpable homicide. CAPTAIN MALI GOVENDER We should never forget that Hollywood was built by Europeans, and the old Jewish boys from Eastern E... MAXIMILIAN SCHELL I was a skinny 11-year-old softball player when I wrote away for exercise equipment for women. BETTY WEIDER The price of feminism, is being paid by single 35 year old women YARON SHILAT How often do people adopt 11-year-old troubled boys? ... When he was adopted, his life opened up. ..... JOE CLOKEY If you are a 24-year-old man, you believe that old age begins about 55 [while] if you are a 62-year-... DOMINIC ABRAMS A 12-year-old 20 years ago and a 12-year-old today are reading at very different levels. That's just... GREG RUCKA For the average 18-, 19- or 20-year-old, they are history, DAVID GRIFFITHS My wife changes the way that I dress. She makes me dress nicer than I want to dress. I feel like I p... ADAM DRIVER I don't wanna play to 40-year-old rock guys in 20-year-old rock T-shirts. TODD YOUTH There's no reason anybody should be reading too much into 'Thrift Shop.' I just have bec... AL MADRIGAL I think I'd like to be one of those eccentric 80-year-old women. IMELDA MAY The father admitted that there were times where they left for work in the morning and left the 10-ye... DARA CASHMAN Hank, for a 6-year-old, was really good. SCOTT WILLIS I just always wrote songs as a side hobby. So it was sort of a natural thing to write comedy songs. ... KYLE DUNNIGAN This is going to be a very difficult year for me, to sit out. I've had a uniform on every year since... FRED HOIBERG
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JAMES MADISON A popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue t... JAMES MADISON Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person. JAMES THURBER Love is what you've been through with somebody. JAMES THURBER Buy a book in brown paper From Faber and Faber To see Annie Liffey trip, tumble and caper. JAMES JOYCE British actors are pretty good, by and large, at turning on at 'action' and off at 'cut.... JAMES PUREFOY Obscene salaries send the wrong message through a company. The message is that all brilliance emanat... JAMES SINEGAL I spent two years playing open mic nights in Brighton, and I heard more and more people saying, '... JAMES BAY I really like playing people who are exciting to watch and who burn brightly. JAMES PUREFOY No, men and women of the Irish race, we shall not fight for England. We shall fight for the destruct... JAMES LARKIN I loathe the expression What makes him tick. It is the American mind, looking for simple and singula... JAMES THURBER Your parents are the parents you know best. Your brother and sister, if you have them, are the broth... JAMES SALTER Yet nightly pitch my moving tent, a day's march nearer home. JAMES MONTGOMERY Until the nineteen-seventies, Western countries paid little attention to corruption overseas, and br... JAMES SUROWIECKI Undisclosed and illegal payments, kickbacks, and bribes became a way of doing business at FIFA. JAMES COMEY But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, ... JAMES THURBER All are equal Death lays his icy hand on kings: Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And... JAMES SHIRLEY Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counseling rather than a collaborating t... JAMES THURBER Some American writers who have known each other for years have never met in the daytime or when both... JAMES THURBER When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow... JAMES THURBER I am against bigness and greatness in all their forms, and with the invisible molecular moral forces... WILLIAM JAMES The most violent revolutions in an individuals beliefs leave most of his old order standing. Time an... WILLIAM JAMES