When theatre works, it's like nothing else, and when it doesn't, which is often, it's excruciating. It's perhaps not so excruciating when a novel goes wrong, but there is a kind of magic that can and should happen.
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Related There's a side of fashion that's very analytical and data-oriented and methodical, but there... IMRAN AMED Open adoption, when it works, is fabulous. But when it goes wrong, it's so traumatizing for ever... CAROLINE LEAVITT When improv is bad, it's excruciating to watch, and to be involved with it is a unique type of t... ZACH WOODS I often say fame is kind of like a drug or like sugar: when it's controlling you it doesn't ... K. D. LANG Making movies is not rocket science. It's about relationships and communication and strangers co... JULIA ROBERTS Once in awhile, there's stuff that makes me say, That's what theatre's about. It has to ... UTA HAGEN There is something about killing people at close range that is excruciating. It's bound to try a... STEVEN SPIELBERG There's no subtext in 'Harry Potter,' really; it's all magic - anything can happen. ... MICHAEL GAMBON The improv, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but when it does, it's like open-field... 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It was the same when Moses got the Ten Commandments as it is today. Th... DMX There's nothing like Opening Day. There's nothing like the start of a new season. I started ... GEORGE BRETT You are an adult and you don't understand me and what are the differences between the adult and the ... DEYTH BANGER Negotiation is not a policy. It's a technique. It's something you use when it's to your ... JOHN BOLTON There's a lot of haters in Philly, but it's a lot of people that give you support - but way ... LIL UZI VERT It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't. MIGNON MCLAUGHLIN Very often, things that people may think come from the writer, very often don't. There's a l... EVAN DAUGHERTY I think the T-Shirt bra is really special for Victoria's Secret because it's that kind of si... BEHATI PRINSLOO There is a construct in computer programming called 'the infinite loop' which enables a comp... JOHN MAEDA It ends or it doesn't. That’s what you say. That’s how you get through it. The tu... CAITLYN SIEHL It's more like Christmas, you know, when you get a shot in that looks great and it's exactly... ZACK SNYDER As an actor, acting is like playing a sport. You do this thing that's intangible, and while it... CHRIS EVANS It's a very hard industry, and it's very cold. It's loving for when you have a hit recor... BEBE REXHA I see it every day: People trying to create a home that somebody else tells them they should have. I... NATE BERKUS It's luck that one thing works out and one doesn't, it's sort of happenstance. RICHARD LINKLATER There's nothing wrong with having a collection, but it becomes a problem when it overwhelms your... NIECY NASH When people go through tragic circumstances, it's not that there is no love there, but it's ... MAGGIE Q There is no shame in black athletes not wanting to be role models, but there should be shame when th... LZ GRANDERSON You can't just blame things on evil. Everyone's a human, so when people say that somebody... ERIC JOHNSON Ain't no sunshine when she's gone, It's not warm when she's away, Ain't no sunsh... BILL WITHERS Magic is the mysteries into which not everyone is so lucky, or unlucky, as to be initiated. It can b... N. K. JEMISIN There's something sort of intrinsic in being a Southerner that doesn't go away. You can'... NATALIE ZEA When I hold something that's radioactive, it's kind of an indescribable feeling. It's ki... TAYLOR WILSON If a woman is bed-heady and it doesn't look put on, it's pretty sexy. But when a woman is we... ERIC MABIUS You can tell if there's magic in something. When you start it, you want to finish it and you wan... HALSEY He never seemed to get tired. Always first up and ready to move on. Never afraid of what lay ahead. ERIN HUNTER Writing is always a restorative process. It's like paddling a kayak. When you're writing, yo... TABITHA KING Age doesn't mean anything. Age doesn't mean I can't work as hard. Age doesn't mean I... ZENDAYA I know it's not particularly tech-savvy of me to suggest a camera that doesn't have a touchs... DEREK BLASBERG Marriage happens; it can't be planned. When it has to happen, it will happen. Normally, what we ... RANI MUKERJI I can usually tell when a woman is going through a divorce because they look so gaunt and tired and ... ANDIE MACDOWELL When I make a fist, it's strong, and you can't tear it apart. As long as there's unity, ... ARA PARSEGHIAN When you feel a connection, a gut connection, a heart connection, it's a very special thing. Wha... ALFRE WOODARD Creativity is a spark. It can be excruciating when we're rubbing two rocks together and getting ... JONAH LEHRER AIDS is such a scary thing and it's also the kind of thing that you think won't happen to yo... ICE T Very often with an American movie, the end is very happy and you just feel good when you go out. Whe... EMMANUELLE BEART Yes, I mean, There's nothing like it. There is an added sense of pressure because of that, but t... MICHAEL C. HALL I think there's a, you know, certain kind of freedom for me when I get on stage. Maybe it's ... LIV WARFIELD People wince when something is in bad taste. They laugh when it's funny. If it's too dirty o... MICHAEL PATRICK KING There's a smugness that goes with being a huge company. The big fish say, 'If it's so gr... WOODY NORRIS I love theatre. It's far more satisfying than film. Sometimes there's a collective sigh from... KATIE LEUNG When I'm working on a Slipknot song, it's like a switch flips in my head. I can go there eas... COREY TAYLOR Topsoil is a place of digestion. It sucks and chews things into smaller pieces. When it's hungry... ALICE OSWALD I'll admit it, the grunge trend doesn't really speak to me. I get why other people like it, ... NINA GARCIA It's not every day that you get to be affectionate around something, it just doesn't happen ... LARRY DAVID The Company of Wolves doesn't belong in any category, so it's difficult to prepare an audien... NEIL JORDAN I'm just really a free spirit. You gotta be like that. 'Cause life ain't that complicate... NAYVADIUS CASH you have to be the prude or the slut, and if you pick one, other people hate you for it, and you can... NED VIZZINI I like to play board games a lot with my girl, things like that. We attempt to cook. And even if it ... SAM WORTHINGTON I love it, but it's not important to me to always be thought of as sexy. I like it when it doesn... EVA MENDES There's nothing better than that feeling of new chemistry when you're so into someone, and y... CHRISTINA MILIAN Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness - and there's... TY COBB For me, I can't watch violence when it's too grotesque, and it's just like, that's r... AARON TAYLOR-JOHNSON When I'm auditioning for something, if it's not me, I really hope the part doesn't go to... RACHEL KELLER Working is actually a pleasure. It's just very time-consuming. It's a way of life. I find th... HELMUT JAHN I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX I think about museums often. There are things that I want museums to do that they often don't. F... DOUG AITKEN When people embrace character, there's latzie. It's the stuffing of a scene that's not w... NATHAN FILLION I don't have to be working every moment. Why turn something good into a hard job? It's more ... MEL GIBSON Honestly, I've always loved cheesesteaks. They're kind of my go-to when there's nothing ... CARSON WENTZ As a producer you have creative control, and that's what is so exciting about it. At the end of ... TERESA PALMER Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating... MUHAMMAD ALI With Magic Leap, your brain doesn't distinguish what's real and what's Magic Leap. Becau... RONY ABOVITZ Changing the asteroid's velocity changes the time when the asteroid crosses Earth's orbit. A... CARRIE NUGENT We don't have a laugh track, which helped Seinfeld a lot, and did kind of tell people when to la... ALIA SHAWKAT When people say that L.A. doesn't have a culture, I think it really does: a very old culture, an... FRED ARMISEN I've learned over the years to appreciate God's timing, and you can't rush things; it... SEVYN STREETER I think when you're doing a lead role, there is so much more pressure. If you fail, not only do ... LEELEE SOBIESKI My family is a kaleidoscope... My family is like that. We're all different colors, like a prism.... OLESYA RULIN Power? It's like a Dead Sea fruit. When you achieve it, there is nothing there. HAROLD MACMILLAN The thing about a hero, is even when it doesn't look like there's a light at the end of the ... JOSS WHEDON Every other piece of industrial design is a pot or a dish or something insignificant. But when you h... CHARLES POLLOCK The truth is not a bidimensional thing; it's not flat. It's rounded; it's like a sphere,... EDGAR RAMIREZ
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MAXINE WATERS The power to impeach a president should not be casually used to remove a president and overturn an e... MAXINE WATERS He changed the way African Americans are viewed in this country MAXINE WATERS Create a garden; bring children to farms for field trips. I think it's important that parents an... ALICE WATERS After 'Freaky Friday,' another teen movie was not on my playlist. MARK WATERS Somehow, the things my mother wanted to do, the release in evangelism she sought with such frenzy, w... ETHEL WATERS Marriage equality is a hustler's feeding frenzy of gold-diggers. I campaigned for marriage equal... JOHN WATERS Please do not touch anybody else's props. If it's your prop, touch away. Touch, touch, touch, touch,... JEN WATERS I think it is important that our rides are really spectacular. These are big European rides. We've w... JANE WATERS The one thing about 'Beautiful Creatures,' 'The Host' and 'The Mortal Instrument... MARK WATERS Reaching out to other people is important work. I am so pleased and honored that I'm getting the... MAXINE WATERS We all need to know how to cook. I can buy a chicken and have many meals come from it. Is it afforda... ALICE WATERS Food culture is like listening to the Beatles - it's international, it's very positive, it... ALICE WATERS A psychiatrist once told me early in treatment, “Stop trying to make me like you,” and what a so... JOHN WATERS I don't think it works to just be mad at them - Maxine Waters out ranting and kicking down the d... MAXINE WATERS Elia Kazan understood my problems. He was able to bring out the very best in me. He gave me credit f... ETHEL WATERS I found that the loudest fans in the world are in Istanbul. ROGER WATERS I think there are things in my story that have helped my creativity. Your father being killed, for i... ROGER WATERS Them older people... they didn't think you could make it in no kind of city. They think if you get i... MUDDY WATERS When we needed to find a hippie bookstore that sold secondhand books, I thought of Abandoned Planet ... MUDDY WATERS The thing about San Francisco is that it has this kind of magical quality, MUDDY WATERS Our location manager sent me photos of different possibilities, and I picked out my favorite, which ... MUDDY WATERS I been in the blues all my life. I'm still delivering 'cause I got a long memory. MUDDY WATERS We've had a lot transpire here today. CRAIG WATERS We talked to her about moving some of the monologues around. It's really nice to have contact with t... JEN WATERS This is a tough game. You can't be intimidated. You can't be frightened. And as far as I'... MAXINE WATERS I'm a strong black woman, and I cannot be intimidated. I cannot be undermined. MAXINE WATERS Making out with Divine, that's beyond the bravery of coming out. He was hassled about being gay. JOHN WATERS Making out with Divine, that's beyond the bravery of coming out. He was hassled about being gay. You... JOHN WATERS The first record I got, I think I stole. I was with my mother; she turned her back, and I slipped it... JOHN WATERS That's what mayors do. They lobby Congress to provide resources for their city. MAXINE WATERS I do feel like food should cost more, because we aren't paying farmers a living wage. It has to ... ALICE WATERS Always be prepared if someone asks you what you want for Christmas. Give brand names, the store that... JOHN WATERS