- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I spend a lot of time thinking, if not daydreaming. People think of me as a genre writer, and a genre writer is supposed to be prolific. Since that's how people perceive me, they have to say I'm prolific. But I don't find that either complimentary or accurate.
- Eye
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- Nov 07, 2020
Movement should be a counter, whether in action scenes or dialogue or whatever. It counters where your eye is going. This style thing, for me it's all fitted to the action, to the script, to the characters.
- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hate a man who always says 'yes' to me. When I say 'no' I like a man who also says 'no.'
- Include
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- Nov 07, 2020
Include me out.
- Liberty
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- Nov 07, 2020
Show me the country that has no strikes and I'll show you the country in which there is no liberty.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never wanted to do Shakespeare; I never liked watching it, it's always frightened me, and I've never been any good at it. But I really wanted to work with the director Tim Carroll and Mark Rylance.
- Drama
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been out of drama school for 13 years, so there are 13 years' worth of graduates behind me.
- Hide
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- Nov 07, 2020
Journalists have sometimes looked to my Twitter account and quoted me from there, and that's fine because that's public domain. I know exactly what I'm doing when I post something on Twitter; in a way, it's saying, 'This is who I am, and I don't have anything to hide.'
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020