J. L. B. Smith Quotes

If someone is going to talk about the process of making a film, it should be the director.

I'd done "Gosford Park," a film that Julian Fellowes had written that Robert Altman directed.

Where you get people who want to take a picture of you or take a picture of them with you.

There was nobody in the family who had ever done anything like that before. My brothers - I had two brothers. They were twins. They both became architects. They were both six years older.

The last couple of years have been a write-off, though I'm beginning to feel like a person now. My energy is coming back.

It seems to me there is a change in what audiences want to see…I can only hope that’s correct, because there’s an awful lot of people of my age around now and we outnumber the others.

My mom's Jewish and my dad's Irish Catholic alcoholic, so I whine on the inside.

I like to push people till I get the truth out of them.

I was picked on because I was timid. I had younger sisters; I couldn't turn to them for help. I didn't have an older brother.

Happiness is the maximum agreement of reality and desire.

You have to be an outsider to write.

It was like passing the scene of a highway accident and being relieved to learn that nobody had been seriously injured.

I hate to be categorized.

To capture the human cost of fallen empire with all its horror and absurdity, Sheets offers the right combination: the political insight of a top reporter and the power of a novelist.

High Concept means a book or a film whose core idea can be stated in a single sentence, such as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito are twins. Or, Arnold is pregnant.

Directing made me realise what I do as an actor that's extraneous, it focuses your mind on story, story, story.

When I write, I'm writing as a fan, and trying to come up with songs that I would want to listen to.

It seems like there's a real appetite for science fiction in the States.

In the landscape, colors are more neutral than you may think. Pay close attention to this. Small areas of rich color can make the whole painting look colorful.

I got injured when I was a kid, and it prevented me from becoming a footballer.

I can’t think of anyone else I’d travel around the universe with than Amy Pond.

The majority of romantic comedy movies have nothing to do with love, but everything to do with infatuation.

I just love vampires.

Lyrical content is very important to me. I'm always trying to make sure the lyrics and music complement each other perfectly.

As an actor I can sort of smell a duff note, that isn't full of that much conviction. My worst thing with directors is when I know more than them about the character.

One of the exciting things about producing a comic is seeing the artist stamp his own interpretation on it.

Compromise is just a fancy term for losing.

Science is taught like the history of science, and it's boring. Doing science fair, anything that's project-based learning, that involves field trips, that's really valuable.

I never met Barbara Cartland. But now that I'm working on her life, I wish I had. I think there was a lot of pathos in it and I'm intrigued by her.

It's a pragmatist's business, comedy. Start off with good intentions and references to the Pompidou Centre and you end up with boiled sweets and a pantomime cow.

The funny thing is, London is an incredibly interesting city. It's very sexy and it's very different, with the Thames winding through it like a snake.

Hell is being alive, and being alive is all there is.

Death is real. Death changes things. Everything else is filler, merely a message from our sponsor.

My limited experience of such things told me that you get closest to the truth by not giving it advance warning that you're coming after it.

You haven't seen untidiness until you've seen a room where gravity has failed twice in different directions.

One of the most subtle and powerful writers of dark fiction - a unique voice.

People buy things in isolation and don't think of how they work together.

To be influenced by a magazine and, say, a Swedish theme, unless it resonates with you, it seems kind of odd and influenced.

Avoid too much intense color. Make sure you mix colors and try them out. It's always good to do a swatch.

So I'm taking a stand-and I hope others will-to really live what I believe and embrace who I am in Jesus Christ.

Even though we were all celebrities to a certain extent, we all looked at each other as family.

I think music is my destiny. I want to commit myself for what God called me to do.

I think one of my greatest gifts is leading worship.

We were engaged three-and-a-half weeks after the first date.

With faith and love God's given, springing from the hope we know. We will pray the joy you'll live in, is the strength that now you show.

I've been there and done all that, sold millions of records, and that doesn't bring you peace.

Not everyone can lead worship.

I've explored the worship side, the pop side, and the film scoring side of me.

I think the people that enjoyed Freedom will love this one; and I actually think some of the unique musical twists this project is taking will open it up to a whole new audience as well.

If you don't have what you need, just rock with what you've got!