Especially on 'Taken,' 'Taken' was not a big success the day of its release. It was released in France first, and it didn't do bad, but not as good as it did in the U.S.
Regardless of how good or bad a collection might be, it's a letdown after the show is over. It's done. Something you've worked on for months is just over.
When I look at a character, whether he's good or bad, one scene or 10 scenes, I just have to find my way in.
The more intelligent the storytelling becomes and the deeper the character development, people will realize in film and television, like they do in real life, that human beings possess both good and bad.
A moral argument about whether censorship is good or bad deteriorates quickly into accusations about who is more or less patriotic, moral, pious, and so on.
J. Lo, whether she is good or bad, is like a fiery movie star, a throwback to Elizabeth Taylor in her heyday.
With my Roman Catholic upbringing, I have a set of principles that serve me well in good times and bad.
I made some good pictures, and I made some bad ones. I wasn't trying to build an image, though; I was trying to build a life for myself.
I'd rather play in the major leagues and have some bad games than play consistently good ball in the minors.
Number four, we're going to play like winners, play the game the way it's meant to be played. Don't get full of yourself if something good happens. Don't get too depressed when something bad happens.
Amazon can't be all good or all bad. I don't think that everything they do is evil; they've given a lot of authors access.
For all right judgment of any man or things it is useful, nay, essential, to see his good qualities before pronouncing on his bad.
Corporations are like countries now, there's a king, there are serfs, there's a court, basically everything but moats. They're feudal societies, and there are good ones and bad ones.
It is sometimes hard to grasp the difference between identifying with one's own roots, understanding people with other roots, and judging what is good or bad.
Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success.
We may always depend on it that algebra, which cannot be translated into good English and sound common sense, is bad algebra.
I've often talked about that, and I've been asked that a couple of times and my feeling are that if you have a good show, a bad host will not even hurt the show.
An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.
When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out the bad ones you did do well, that's Memoirs.
I think I got a lot of life skills; I got a lot of wisdom; I've seen a lot of bad things happen to a lot of good people.
I have an irrational fear that something bad is going to happen to me when I'm drinking out of a water fountain. I have no idea why.
