For me, it's a purity thing about the joke itself. It's a test of a joke whether or not you do it completely clean and it works. If it does, then that's a legitimate item you have there. For me, it's nothing to do with finding those words offensive. ...
I don't want to be too critical of what other people do, but when people go back to do the same thing that they did, I'm completely confused. I'm like, 'Didn't you make that movie already?' I've been very fortunate, and I'm well taken care of, so the...
I do consider myself a competitive person, but I'm not competitive to the point where I will do anything to win. I wouldn't step on somebody just to get to the next level. I would have to do it fair and square. I'm kind of competitive in a way to whe...
The fear that we are going to fail in life is really the fear that we are not good enough for whatever we have to do. Be yourself and you will be able to do anything you want. Let the soul within you be itself and you will never fail. Don't boast, bu...
Do not be concerned with the faults of other persons. Do not see others' faults with a hateful mind. There is an old saying that if you stop seeing others' faults, then naturally seniors and venerated and juniors are revered. Do not imitate others' f...
Life. Life is a show. It's up to you how to make your own story, do your own show and how to live your show you are on. You choose who you need to meet, where you should have your scenes or which scenes you want to do. How awesome your mind can do ri...
Why are you leaving me? He wrote, I do not know how to live. I do not know either but I am trying. I do not know how to try. There were some things I wanted to tell him. But I knew they would hurt him. So i buried them and let them hurt me
You do not want to talk to me on the phone. How do I know? Because I don't want to talk to you on the phone. Nothing personal, I just can't stand the thing. I find it intrusive and somehow presumptuous. It sounds off insolently whenever it chooses an...
Jackie Brown: ...the money won't convict him, guns will. Max Cherry: You're rationalizing. Jackie Brown: Well that's what you do to go through with the shit you start, you rationalize. I can do it, Max, I know I can. I just can't do it without you.
Clarice Starling: Did you do all these drawings, Doctor? Hannibal Lecter: Ah. That is the Duomo seen from the Belvedere. Do you know Florence? Clarice Starling: All that detail just from memory, sir? Hannibal Lecter: Memory, Agent Starling, is what I...
Some writers are more natural public performers than others; personally I find it quite strange giving interviews. But everyone has parts of their job that they like more than others. You can't complain if you get to do what you love doing most of th...
When I do a cooking class now, I tell people that the most important part is to read the recipe many times so you know what you're doing. What I don't tell them, though, is that sometimes I do parties where I'm rushing so much I don't have time to fo...
John Robie: Danielle, do me a favor. Don't call me a cat. Danielle Foussard: I only do one favor a day. Foussard: [he says something angrily to Danielle in French] John Robie: Will you do as your father here asks? Danielle Foussard: [mockingly] Did I...
Klaatu: I'm worried about Gort. I'm afraid of what he might do if anything should happen to me. Helen: Gort? But he's a robot. Without you, what could he do? Klaatu: There's no limit to what he could do. He could destroy the Earth.
[Joel calls Clem on the telephone] Clementine: What took you so long? Joel: I just walked in. Clementine: Do you miss me? Joel: Oddly enough, I do! Clementine: You said "I do" - I guess that means we're married! Joel: I guess so!
Alan Garner: Do you know if the hotel is pager friendly? Lisa: What do you mean? Alan Garner: I'm not getting a sig' on my beeper. Lisa: I'm not sure. Alan Garner: Is there a payphone bank? Buncha payphones? Business. Lisa: Umm, there's a phone in yo...
[discussing Tommy Plympton, the Bride's husband-to-be] Bill: And what does he do for a living? The Bride: He owns a record store. Bill: Ah. And what do you plan to do? The Bride: I work in the record store. Bill: Ah. Suddenly, it all seems so clear.
Enjolras: One more day before the storm... Marius: Do I follow where she goes? Enjolras: ...At the barricades of freedom! Marius: Shall I join my brothers there? Enjolras: When our ranks begin to form... Marius: Do I stay and do I dare? Enjolras: ......
Roger De Bris: What have you done, L.S.D.? Lorenzo St. DuBois: About six months... but I'm on probation, so it's all good, baby! Roger De Bris: No, I mean, what do you do best? Lorenzo St. DuBois: I can't do that here. That's why they put me away, ba...
Macaulay Connor: Look, who's doing the interviewing here? Elizabeth (Liz) Imbrie: Do you think she caught on somehow? Macaulay Connor: No, she was born like that, don't let her throw you. Elizabeth (Liz) Imbrie: Do you want to take over? Macaulay Con...
Lorne Lutch: You look like a nice enough fella. What are you doing working for these assholes? Nick Naylor: I'm good at it. Better at doing this than I ever was at doing anything else. Lorne Lutch: Aw, hell, son. I was good at shooting VC. I didn't m...
