Ben Foster quote: "We've all been influenced by American naturalism, and to ignore that entirely would be impossible for me as someone who works primarily in film."

We've turned film into such an industry that we pursue naturalism just by shaking the camera and...
BEN FOSTER

I consider myself a songwriter first. Some songs come quick. It's just a matter of getting in here a...
BEN FOSTER

I'm really looking forward to it. People always ask me if I got a lot of training in with them, but ...
BEN FOSTER

Edwin's been on fire,
BEN FOSTER

Then in two years' time we'll assess the situation and, if I've progressed, he'll give me a chance. ...
BEN FOSTER

Alex Ferguson told me it was best if I went out on loan and got another year's experience and maybe ...
BEN FOSTER

Edwin's been on fire, ... I've watched him on telly and he's been pulling loads of saves out to be f...
BEN FOSTER

I've watched him on telly and he's been pulling loads of saves out to be fair to him - that save fro...
BEN FOSTER

[Manchester United goalkeeper Ben Foster expects to spend the next two years away from Old Trafford ...
BEN FOSTER

Allied has gone to a lot of effort to help us meet our deadlines. They've expedited some emergency e...
BEN FOSTER

It's okay to fail 'cause there's no failure, you're just informing the richness of y...
BEN FOSTER

The heat around young actors burns out. Natural ability and magnetism only get you so far. The rest ...
BEN FOSTER

People tell me I look angry. I thought my dad was mad at me his whole life, but it turns out that wa...
BEN FOSTER

My heroes were always Looney Toons, Robin Williams, the Three Stooges. I think everything I do is ki...
BEN FOSTER

I don't like to rehearse, and the film-makers that I have been drawn to are interested in provok...
BEN FOSTER

I'm not going to beat this life. It's gonna get me in the end. So accepting that is a real f...
BEN FOSTER

Every job is a blessing. Everyone has to take into account what is available. Are you paying rent, w...
BEN FOSTER

I don't watch most of the movies I'm in. Ever. They're like a bad relationship where, af...
BEN FOSTER

Transcendental Meditation, for me, has been a way of turning down the outside racket and turning up ...
BEN FOSTER

I'm so sick of sarcasm and irony, I could kill! Sincerely, the real root of things is love and s...
BEN FOSTER

'A Streetcar Named Desire' is one of the best, if not the best, modern American plays. It de...
BEN FOSTER

I like physical jobs. I like moving my body around. I like testing it. Lets you feel like you've...
BEN FOSTER

Once you're in the presence of people who have put their lives actively on the line, repeatedly,...
BEN FOSTER

I think a long-term TV show is probably not for me, but doing a few years of something could be inte...
BEN FOSTER

I don't think I'm particularly shy. I just don't like being front and center as myself.
BEN FOSTER

Usually, I'll drop twenty to forty per cent of the dialogue - you can do so much with gesture. I...
BEN FOSTER

The roles I'm interested in or have been interested in, you know, it's going to get down to ...
BEN FOSTER

The Tour de France is a wicked sport in the way that it's not just man against man or woman agai...
BEN FOSTER

I have a lot of respect for, always dig, the crew. Sometimes a lot more than the cast. But a good ru...
BEN FOSTER

We live in this thought web; we identify things and put them away and distance ourselves from them. ...
BEN FOSTER

My job is all about defending the people that I play.
BEN FOSTER

I'm learning not to hold on so tightly to my solitude. It's not an economical way to work. A...
BEN FOSTER

I would come home from school every Wednesday, order pizza, and watch 'X-Files.' I was devot...
BEN FOSTER

There's a lot to learn from the family of a soldier as much as the soldier. Actually, 'warri...
BEN FOSTER

In Britain, the idea one could go from blue-collar beginnings to the university was so far out, it w...
NORMAN FOSTER

What people love about Santorum is he is who is he. He speaks his words. He loves God. He loves his ...
FOSTER FRIESS

All of us grow.
FOSTER FRIESS

I think of all the guys that strap a gun on their backs and head to Afghanistan and Iraq to keep us ...
FOSTER FRIESS

Wealth is the ultimate panacea to poverty.
FOSTER FRIESS

Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and Steve Jobs did not start ou...
FOSTER FRIESS

Life is just so much fun and so filled with humor.
FOSTER FRIESS

In the old days, money controlled politics. Today, information controls politics. So I think with th...
FOSTER FRIESS

How hard have those intolerant of John Adams's perspective worked to strip from young people any...
FOSTER FRIESS

In America, we have this bell curve of certain values. And then we have another bell curve of differ...
FOSTER FRIESS

If we don't change our culture, the politics is going to migrate more and more to statism.
FOSTER FRIESS

I think it's unfair that people can't give assets to whoever they want. When I die, my asset...
FOSTER FRIESS

Success should stem from entrepreneurial creativity, not political connectivity.
FOSTER FRIESS

I am absolutely stunned how the Democrats were able to somehow say that the Republicans had a war on...
FOSTER FRIESS

I'm not the hands-on guy. I like writing the check, and I turn it over to the guys that make it ...
FOSTER FRIESS

I think we should be encouraged to learn from Columbine and let it be a battle cry for all of us.
FOSTER FRIESS

'Hannity' had a a guy on that said, 'I fathered 20 kids by 14 mothers.' That is s cu...
FOSTER FRIESS

People asked, 'So what are you - a multimillionaire?' I like to say, 'A billionaire wann...
FOSTER FRIESS

I think culture precedes politics, and I think the attempts to try and legislate people's behavi...
FOSTER FRIESS

I did one of those 'born again' things and invited Jesus to become the chairman of the board...
FOSTER FRIESS

I've said before, the number one thing that we have to work on is protecting the gay community f...
FOSTER FRIESS

If we really want to cherish religious freedom, people who want to believe that same-sex marriage sh...
FOSTER FRIESS

The United Nations Children's Fund reports that more than 18 million children worldwide have los...
FOSTER FRIESS

Now, and in the future, my focus is entirely on pets and children. I'm not a person who can turn...
LORI FOSTER

Other players have come in and said that our fans are crazy. The fans are crazy, and they are wonder...
AARON FOSTER

This one feels really good, because we've really battled those guys and never beat them. We've been ...
AARON FOSTER

Our fans are the best, and we wish we could win for them. They certainly deserve it.
AARON FOSTER

We showed a lot of character, but it's very disappointing to come all the way back like that and sti...
AARON FOSTER

We were definitely feeding off the energy of the crowd. They've been great to us, and they really go...
AARON FOSTER

Australia's interest-rate margin will be maintained. The risk-reward for the Australian dollar is th...
ADRIAN FOSTER

There's quite a healthy outlook for the economy and inflationary pressures are fairly subdued. I can...
ADRIAN FOSTER

Something like this comes out, people have a natural reaction to square their currency positions if ...
ADRIAN FOSTER

There's this building case that the BOJ will be changing policy soon. That's the trigger we've been ...
ADRIAN FOSTER

Recent price action suggests the dollar-yuan is more loosely following the dollar.
ADRIAN FOSTER

The U.K. over the past six months shows us how the economy can go from looking quite weak to improvi...
ADRIAN FOSTER

Say the RBNZ cuts interest rates three times, which most agree would be aggressive, you still have N...
ADRIAN FOSTER

Looking internationally, the market still has a hefty appetite for yield that will support the curre...
ADRIAN FOSTER

The dollar got sold off and then rallied back to the levels prior to the news. The jobless figure is...
ADRIAN FOSTER

A strong number will keep alive speculation of more rate hikes. It should give some support to the d...
ADRIAN FOSTER

Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.
JODIE FOSTER

Actors become actors because they loved entertaining their family by putting on the lampshade and da...
JODIE FOSTER

No one who cannot rejoice in the discovery of his own mistakes deserves to be called a scholar.
DONALD FOSTER

I love flying; I love aircraft, and you could say I've had a love affair with flight since I was...
NORMAN FOSTER

I don't know if I see myself as really an action hero, but I like doing physical movies and I li...
JODIE FOSTER

In certain states, if a woman makes $12,000 a year, and lives with her quarter-of-a million dollar b...
FOSTER FRIESS

Everything we design is a response to the specific climate and culture of a particular place.
NORMAN FOSTER

As an architect, you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is es...
NORMAN FOSTER

I describe the design process as like the tip of the iceberg. What you don't see is the long hau...
NORMAN FOSTER

Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in the history of where...
JODIE FOSTER

There's a snobbery at work in architecture. The subject is too often treated as a fine art, deli...
NORMAN FOSTER

When the Great Fire of London destroyed most of the medieval city in 1666, Christopher Wren was invi...
NORMAN FOSTER

We want to make students aware that science is universal. We have all contributed.
BENJAMIN FOSTER

It is an attempt to steer students to become more interested in science and mathematics and improve ...
BENJAMIN FOSTER

Most of the major research collections were looted or burned or at least their status is very much i...
BENJAMIN FOSTER

Our department is very liberal in that respect.
BENJAMIN FOSTER

Usually [the Blue Book] goes to press quite early. We often hear about courses much later.
BENJAMIN FOSTER

I don't think we are changing the world here, but we might be influencing a perspective.
ERIN FOSTER

The most amazing lesson in aerodynamics I ever had was the day I climbed a thermal in a glider at th...
NORMAN FOSTER

I hope that any expansion of London will learn from the planning examples of some of its most desira...
NORMAN FOSTER

Adolescence is a tough one to be a child actor.
JODIE FOSTER

The last thing we want to do is impose our world view, ... But we help them to think through new, cr...
ANNE FOSTER

In Guatemala, there is a large indigent community, ... That's why you see higher death rates.
ANNE FOSTER

There are several levels of problems, ... The status of women is a big issue. The long-term solution...
ANNE FOSTER

They are afraid to walk four hours on a footpath to a clinic and maybe find nobody there, or they wi...
ANNE FOSTER

In Latin America, there tend to be enough rural health centers and enough hospitals, but there aren'...
ANNE FOSTER

If people want to help the families affected by the flooding, the best way to do that is with financ...
ANITA FOSTER

We are going to start damage assessment this morning and decide how to help families determine wheth...
ANITA FOSTER

It looks like Houston and Dallas are going to be the sites for receiving long-term evacuees.
ANITA FOSTER

For now, it's a safe place for people to go who can't get back into their neighborhoods.
ANITA FOSTER

It's been a really wild day.
ANITA FOSTER

My mother was out there with a garden hose. She lives in Arlington, near the Mansfield border. She's...
ANITA FOSTER

Ten homes are on fire and will mostly likely be destroyed.
ANITA FOSTER

Anyone who perpetrates fraud ... we will prosecute.
ANITA FOSTER

There are hundreds of thousands of people impacted and this will be a very slow moving recovery effo...
ANITA FOSTER

Residents often seek out our services in the winter after their heat has been shut off for not payin...
ANITA FOSTER

On your typical day at the museum, parking really isn't an issue. It's when they have an event that ...
BILL FOSTER

I'd like to see some way for them to use our airport.
BILL FOSTER

It's like night and day. It's everything you've done for the past couple of months times eight.
BILL FOSTER

All I want to do is ask nicely, ... Every time someone gets it wrong, we're losing a marketing oppor...
BILL FOSTER

The proponents of estate tax repeal are fond of calling it the 'death tax'. It's not a death tax, it...
BILL FOSTER

You didn't even need to see a person. All those little squares were rooftops. Each one was a home to...
BILL FOSTER

Practice being excited.
BILL FOSTER

The end result was nowhere near what was sold to the council. We were sold that it would be a family...
BILL FOSTER

It was a surprise. I'm not going to say I'm not going to accept it. But somewhere in this use agreem...
BILL FOSTER

The sentiment was (barricades) have done more harm than good. Things were kind of quiet until the ba...
BILL FOSTER

Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.
JODIE FOSTER

My definition of a friend is somebody who adores you even though they know the things you're mos...
JODIE FOSTER

We tend to think of human trafficking as a foreign issue, not something that could happen here in ou...
LORI FOSTER

Since Stonehenge, architects have always been at the cutting edge of technology. And you can't s...
NORMAN FOSTER

You don't want to put all your lead on the target. You want to leave some arrows in the quiver.
FOSTER FRIESS

Well, I certainly was exposed to and learned to appreciate the work of great directors early on. As ...
JODIE FOSTER

When I produce a record, I roll up my sleeves; I'm not one of those passive guys. I really get i...
DAVID FOSTER

I love the water. Everything about it. Smelling the humidity in the air, seeing the mist rise in the...
LORI FOSTER

I think that everybody would love to play the bad girl, 'cause for most of us, it's a stretc...
SARA FOSTER

What the 'supposed 99 percent' don't realize is that they are better off if there are mo...
FOSTER FRIESS

The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business t...
FOSTER FRIESS

Ballet is an incredibly difficult, beautiful art form that takes a lot of training, a lot of time, a...
SUTTON FOSTER

Any actor working a long time should know how a shot is set up, where to place themselves, how to ha...
JODIE FOSTER

He's a guy that shows flashes but just needs to be consistent. When we've been really good, we've ha...
BUD FOSTER

He's a guy that really took a step forward as far as what our safety position demands. I just see hi...
BUD FOSTER

I'm just really pleased with the way our kids have played so far. Really, since the first ballgame w...
BUD FOSTER

Jimmy came back for all the right reasons. He wanted to mature and grow as a person and mature and g...
BUD FOSTER

It's been a great relationship, and the consistency helps out. He's a mentor, father figure, a frien...
BUD FOSTER

Jimmy has grown up tremendously, probably as much as any young man I've ever been around. Four years...
BUD FOSTER

We were able to get him on the run and obviously with his situation, getting him moving around, I'm ...
BUD FOSTER

At this time in their careers, compared to those other guys, they're more talented. Hopefully that a...
BUD FOSTER

I just like the way we're improving. They're not satisfied, that's the thing. We've got to be hungry...
BUD FOSTER

As good as we've been with this program, we can be better. That's what's exciting about this win. To...
BUD FOSTER

It didn't take a genius to figure out what he had athletically,
BRIAN FOSTER

I found out they had a meeting at City Hall with the mayor, the chief of police, the chief of the fi...
BRIAN FOSTER

Our start to the season has been generally encouraging,
BRIAN FOSTER

I am obviously gutted at missing out on this game, although I will have the phone to my ear for most...
BRIAN FOSTER

We have to wait. We have to decide in another month what to do. But it will be another year until we...
BRIAN FOSTER

This was the kind of game it's always going to be with Hunt,
BRIAN FOSTER

No lawsuit has been filed, but we're considering all options,
BRIAN FOSTER

But to Julius, he was just playing, because he didn't realize how special he was.
BRIAN FOSTER

And this team is not going to quit. We're going to come back next week (at Southern Wayne) and be 3-...
BRIAN FOSTER

We had it exactly where we wanted it. But some how, we lined up offsides twice. We also had other op...
BRIAN FOSTER

I'd always need a creative outlet. But sometimes, I do fantasize what my life would be like if I...
JODIE FOSTER

The usage is only going to change as more people move into the township and find it and use it. Peop...
BOB FOSTER

It's put a long-standing feud to rest.
BOB FOSTER

We all get together Friday night, and we'll get together again (Saturday night).
BOB FOSTER

It's great to come back and see everybody. It's so good to see friends, old roommates.
BOB FOSTER

Bringing the Hilton San Diego Resort into the Noble House Collection is a great addition to the comp...
BOB FOSTER

He was a smart guy who wrote witty, situational comedies.
BOB FOSTER

We wanted to give (the audience) something they would laugh to and remember. It's just a fun night a...
BOB FOSTER

Right now the sun is beginning to set, we're generating about nine amps.
BOB FOSTER

We've all been slowly working our way back. I still didn't make any money in 2004, but we're taking ...
BOB FOSTER

We've looked at it, and we've analyzed it, and we feel confident we can reach our goal.
BOB FOSTER

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need...
JODIE FOSTER

Surveys often show people would prefer a detached house with a lawn and driveway to an apartment. I ...
NORMAN FOSTER

Feast of Agnes, Child Martyr at Rome, 304 That is where they meet, the Upper Room, scene of the ...
JOHN FOSTER

I make dark dramas, movies about people living in desperate fear who then overcome that fear and fin...
JODIE FOSTER

I do almost all my movies in French. I dub them.
JODIE FOSTER

I wish that I spoke more languages. I speak a couple languages, but not well enough to really dub my...
JODIE FOSTER

Leadership is an act of submission to God. To be a leader means listening to all kinds of people and...
RICHARD FOSTER

We now think it hilarious that medieval streets were used as open sewers. Equally, our descendants w...
NORMAN FOSTER

We are who people think we are.
DAVID FOSTER

There's an evolutionary imperative why we give a crap about our family and friends. And there's an e...
DAVID FOSTER

I don't need to be Tom Cruise. I just need to work forever.
JODIE FOSTER

I'm probably wouldn't do anything differently if I had to do it again. Every little thing th...
DAVID FOSTER

We had a freshman (Jeremy Atkinson) on him. I just helped him out and was able to make a big play.
JONATHAN FOSTER

We're not going too come out too quickly or too much, ... We do want to bring it back to irreverent ...
GARY FOSTER

Warner Bros. and Playtone have been fantastic partners, and we're very excited to expand our relatio...
GREG FOSTER

People want to see someone who looks like they might have this enviable life, but in turn, they are ...
ERIN FOSTER

President Obama's over in Indonesia when guys like me were at a paper route. President Obama, I ...
FOSTER FRIESS

Acting just happens to be my skill, but I think I would probably be just as happy being a technician...
JODIE FOSTER

Part of me longs to do a job where there's not a gray area.
JODIE FOSTER

I grew up sort of a geeky, tall kid, and I think I was always the one trying to make my friends laug...
SUTTON FOSTER

The last two weeks we haven't been as ruthless there as we could have been so those couple of tries ...
IAN FOSTER

I'd like to be Dakota Fanning when I get young.
JODIE FOSTER

I don't think there was one moment when he got beat. Keith Sullivan played a real good game, too.
STEVE FOSTER

I don't need the water to be inspired. My stories inspire me, not the location of where I'm ...
LORI FOSTER

I think cars encapsulate the history of innovation and style - it's the other side of the coin o...
NORMAN FOSTER

I think that most of my romance comes out in my music. And if you look at my track record of three e...
DAVID FOSTER

With 'Taxi Driver,' I had this eureka moment. I realized that acting could be much more than...
JODIE FOSTER

I'm waiting for it to get out of the main front page of the newspaper.
PAUL FOSTER

My results don't show it but I don't think I've played that bad. I have not strung anywhere near fou...
MARK FOSTER

Sales representatives need to be better educated and better informed. In West Virginia they license ...
DAN FOSTER

I was never the ingenue or the pretty girlfriend of Tom Cruise in a movie. I didn't have that ca...
JODIE FOSTER

You cannot separate the buildings out from the infrastructure of cites and the mobility of transit.
NORMAN FOSTER

I don't like the outside world to intrude when I'm making a film. I like to either see my fa...
JODIE FOSTER

You are able to get a clear picture of where everybody is and how they can best utilize resources to...
BRAD FOSTER

Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock do romantic comedies. I do dark dramas. I do these movies well.
JODIE FOSTER

We've all been influenced by American naturalism, and to ignore that entirely would be impossible for me as someone who works primarily in film.

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We've all been influenced by American naturalism, and to ignore that entirely would be impossible for me as someone who works primarily in film.

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