- Nov 07, 2020
Great Quotes
Quotes on great moments and discoveries.
These quotes use 'great' to describe very different things - a lifelong search for spiritual mystery, nostalgic memories of finding great music collections while living abroad, and an honest mix of great and difficult experiences tied to identity and pride. Related reading: Good Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Fame Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every day, I work at not taking this fame thing seriously. Fortunately, I have a great group of friends who help me do this.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm always being accused of being a Hollywood Republican, but I'm not! I have just as many Democratic ideas as Republican ones. If they could build three fewer bombs every month and give the money to foster care, that would be great.
- Great Source
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- Nov 07, 2020
From a design perspective, the U.S. has always been a great source of inspiration for me.
- Failure
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fear of failure is so great, it is no wonder that the desire to do right by one's children has led to a whole library of books offering advice on how to raise them.
- He Or She
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cinema builds memories; great films continue to exist in the spectator's mind. We are naturally capable of and prone to nostalgia. A spectator will reconstruct a film he or she has seen, years later, and may even change their original opinion. One critic, for example, once gave the finger to one of my films; later he wrote me to apologize.
- Easy
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a saying, 'It's easy to write songs, but very difficult to write great songs.' I'm going through that right now.
- Nov 07, 2020
If your music is great, you will have fans, not because you have spent time chatting on social media.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
God love Neil Patrick Harris - how great is that. People grew up with him; they go, 'Oh it's him, it's that little boy and he just happens to be gay. How great for him!' The more of those kind of examples that happen, the better it's going to be.
- Decorate
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always wanted to be an actor, but I always loved design, and growing up in New Orleans there was such great style, great architecture. I would decorate my little apartment in New York over and over again, because it only had a couple of rooms. And I did it for friends and family on the side just for fun.
- Early Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a rule, I try to avoid the French Quarter because of the crowds, especially Bourbon Street. But hey, some people love it. A great, wild, adult thing to see is the costume competition in front of the bar Oz on Bourbon early morning on Fat Tuesday.
- Emotions
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- Nov 07, 2020
Any of Bette Midler's concerts should be required viewing for every actor/performer. She has the audience in the palm of her hands at all times and can switch emotions on a dime: Great singer, great actress, great comedian - fearless.
- Laugh
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- Nov 07, 2020
I changed the lyrics of 'All I Need Is the Girl' to 'All I Need Is the Job' for an audition years ago. It's a great ice-breaker - people want to laugh.
- Glittering
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- Nov 07, 2020