C.E. Murphy Quotes

You take the job very seriously and between action and cut, that's where your focus should be. And then there's a lot of levity in between and a lot of good fun.

I'm pretty adamant to do an American accent because you get it immediately.

Two weeks ago we couldn't pronounce your name, but you were in the lead in a film that made millions, so we're sending you all these scripts.

Having started out in theatre, I feel an impulse to do it as much as I can

From a very young age I had an ambition to be a musician, and to do that professionally. That's what I pursued until I was about 20, playing in bands that were taken pretty seriously at that stage.

With some films you can sort of slide in, get a haircut and you're in.

The future of mobile is the future of online. It is how people access online content now.

I'm in a position that allows me to do what I want to do, and I do it.

What's unique about transportation is that it's the one function that repeats itself throughout the supply chain.

Touch me again, and I’ll end you… in a non-criminal way.

Stay away from philosophy, kids: it will ruin your mind.

Hollywood is a narcotic, not a stimulant. It wants to sell you something. Literature wants to tell you something.

I reject the peak oil theory insofar as it refers to technological limits on human ingenuity.

The economy in the Valley will need to grow if students want to come back and work with their specialized degrees. We need to develop more to create more opportunities.

The current medical records system is this: Room after room after room in a hospital filled with paper files.

Religious freedom is too sacred a right to be restricted or prohibited in any degree without convincing proof that a legitimate interest of the state is in grave danger.

If you can't change your surroundings, change your hair color.

If I could be a third of the woman that my mom is and have a third of the strength that she has, then I will have done good by this life.

I am honored to be a part of that film. It has a really important message, embracing one's individuality. It was the most universal film I've ever read.

Don’t be sorry. Be good. Be right. Be a hero.

start with one true thing

Thank God genuine video phones hadn't been invented. I hadn't even grabbed a towel. Ford Prefect would despair of me.

My favorite hotel is the Villa Alilla in Bali. The setting is pure bliss, overlooking the ocean of Uluwatu; the eye line makes you feel as if you're floating on top of the ocean.

What is happening in Iraq now is awful, but it is a consequence of our invasion, not our withdrawal.

I always think it's a sign of a truly gifted director when they can move seamlessly between genres.

I've had the pleasure and the great luck to work with some incredible actors over the years and you have to observe and learn and take something from it and try and become better yourself.

I think every director has a different methodology.

I like the little bit of distance that London affords me and I like living in a world capital. I like having the culture at my fingertips.

I loved The Fall; I was kind of obsessed with that show.

I come from a long line of teachers. Not only did I not go into the family business; I had an aborted law career and I played in bands. 'Disco Pigs' was my first professional acting experience.

I like watching film, I go to the cinema, but a lot of times I go to see kids' films.

The genius of America may be that it has built "the fall of Rome" into its very makeup: it is very consciously a constant work in progress, designed to accommodate and build on revolutionary change.

In a world of moral certainty, the unthinkable becomes permissible.

At some point in the next century the number of invented languages will probably overtake the number of surviving natural languages.

... I know a number of Western children who would benefit greatly if only someone were primitive enough to inhibit the development of their personalities.

Is it just me, or does every woman in New York have a severe emotional problem?

I keep telling people I'll make movies until I'm fifty and then I'll go and do something else. I'm going to be a professional gentleman of leisure.

I'm relaxed about my career. I've been making movies for over 20 years, so I've earned at least the right to relax.

I started out as a stand-up comedian. And that's what I'm most comfortable doing.

When I go back to the stage, I want to be able to do everything. I want to be able to do music and comedy and all that stuff and have a show like nobody ever had before.

I'm in a whole different part of show business. I'm not even part of Shakespeare in Love.

This is how you answer a door in my neighborhood. WHO IS IT?

I leave my house all the time! But I'm not at all the Hollywood parties. I'm grown, and where else am I supposed to be? I'm supposed to be home.

Stevie Wonder is a musical genius !

If you're involved in with something that's original, you know, you'll always go back and try to rehash it.

Liberty is too priceless to be forfeited through the zeal of an administrative agent.

It can feel like an invasion of privacy, involving an employer in a personal matter.

The number one reason I write is to come to schools and see my readers. I would do it for free.

There was a time when the contractual relationship between the employer and the employee was supposed to be none of the public's business. That time has passed.

People who have diabetes are dear to my heart, and I want to help them.