- Rules
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- Nov 07, 2020
Go Quotes
Quotes on moving forward.
These quotes are about pushing something forward - a producer's refusal to let a project go, and the long chain of approvals a show has to go through before it airs. Related reading includes Back Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Boss
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't be afraid to let someone go if it's not working. You're not a bad boss. You're not a bad CEO.
- Doctor
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm guess I'm up to about 70% of normal, which is a real relief. My doctor gave me clearance to go out in public again, so I've been able to go to the store and help out a little bit around the house.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
The problem with regional trade agreements is you get picked apart by the first country. Then you negotiate with the second country. You get picked apart. And you go with the third one. You get picked apart again.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was a time in L.A. when I drove to 7-Eleven to go grocery shopping, and I locked my keys in my car, which wasn't insured. My wallet was in there, and I couldn't call AAA, because I only had $7 in my bank account. It was one of those moments where I was like, 'O.K., I literally have nothing right now.'
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a theory, which is that the idea of a roast is to go to this forbidden, uncomfortable, almost performance-art-level shock place, but because we're so regularly shocked and offended today, the idea of an hour and a half of unbridled negativity is just so unappealing.
- Gun
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have some cops in my family. I understand the predicament that they're in. Sometimes they go into it just to pay the bills or because they don't have other choices, or sometimes they just want to get the gun.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't go into this business to do action because I'm a classically trained actor. But I'm good at kicking and punching.
- Determination
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- Nov 07, 2020
The usual key to getting films made seems to be a producer's terrier-like determination not to let it go. Unfortunately, such producers often seem prone to sinking their claws into mediocre projects.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
People are leaving trails everywhere they go; automated web crawlers tell you an awful lot about their social activities. The flow of information in fundamentally unobtrusive ways into social control organisations has risen dramatically.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever I go to have a meeting at Universal, the security guard just leaps to his feet and comes over, bumps my hand, and says, 'Thank you! Thank you - I love your films!'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of places we go, when they see the organ coming in, they're expecting rock and roll, but after they hear us play they like it. To me, guitar cuts through-it carries more than organ. But organ has got more guts.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
I go out there with whatever the coaches call, and whatever they do, I just go out there, and I'm the player. Coaches coach, and players play.
- Kick
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we started after Osama bin Laden, we really decided to go after the Taliban. And we seemed to be content to kick the Taliban out of Kandahar. And then we let Osama bin Laden escape from Tora Bora.
- Back
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- Nov 07, 2020