Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dennis Quaid

I'm an idol of cinema? Oh, wow.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

An idol of the mind is as offensive to God as an idol of the hand.

Diablo Cody

I've been watching 'American Idol' since its debut season in 2002. Back then, America hadn't yet evolved into a gladiatorial cybernation of bloggers, tweeters, and self-ordained voice coaches.

Denis Leary

I don't watch 'American Idol.' I don't watch any of that stuff.

Diana DeGarmo

"American Idol" has done a lot for me. It's a stepping stone in my life.

Billy Joel

I am the entertainer, the idol of my age I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage You see me in the papers, I've been in the magazines But if I go cold, I won't get sold I get put in the back in the discount rack Like another can of beans.

Benjamin Franklin

The greatest monarch on the proudest throne is obliged to sit upon his own arse.

Billy Bob Thornton

We're not encouraging idols other than on the TV show, you know and that's the wrong way to do it. If we had become famous from a contest show we'd be embarrassed in my generation. But if that's the benchmark then I thought well young people who want to be filmmakers, or musicians, or whatever are screwed. But maybe they're not because what they're doing is they're creating their own thing.

Kevin Corrigan

I've had many idols growing up. The inclination for idol worship comes naturally to me.

Cole Porter

Brush up your Shakespeare, Start quoting him now, Brush up your Shakespeare And the women you will wow.

Guy Pearce

When I read something, I want to be surprised. So I read something and go, "Wow, I never, ever would have thought of playing this kind of role. This is exciting me, let's go do this."

Ken Kesey

When you're around the whole Dead scene, they're there as a tribal thing; they're there as part of a rendezvous and a pow-wow.

J. K. Rowling

Wow, we're identical!

J. K. Rowling

Wow, I wonder what it'd be like to have a difficult life?

J. K. Rowling

Harry, don't go picking a row with Malfoy, don't forget, he's a prefect now, he could make life difficult for you..." "Wow, I wonder what it'd be like to have a difficult life?" said Harry sarcastically.

Oprah Winfrey

Wow, wow, wow! I never imagined meatless meals could be so satisfying.

Larry Gerwig

It's going to be tremendous. It's our 26th year and we're going to wow them again.

Jim Gaffigan

If someone picks up one thing you've written, you want them to go, 'Wow, this is pretty good.'

Erich Korngold

Music is music whether it is for the stage, rostrum or cinema .

Steve Buscemi

My favorite review described me as the cinematic equivalent of junk mail.

Joe Wright

I found cinematic equivalents to Austen's prose, ... Her observations of human emotion suggest to me close-ups, not sweeping panoramas. She writes details about the mechanics of social interaction, so that's why there are so many close-ups.

Zachary Jeremiah

When we saw the subject matter we decided to work together with the cinema committee and do some of the movie.

Louis Tomlinson

I just like really simple things. If I had been on tour for a while and I got to come back and take my girlfriend Eleanor on a date, we would go to the cinema and then out for dinner.

Bernardo Bertolucci

The problem in Hollywood is that they try to become the only kind of cinema in the world, okay? The imposition everywhere of a unique culture, which is Hollywood culture, and a unique way of life, which is the American way of life.

Ben Mendelsohn

The first 'Star Wars' film was enormously important. I grew up right smack-bang in the sweet spot of all of those. It's true cinema magic. It's fair to say that, as a kid, I would have been very happy to be Han Solo, and I would have been happy to have gone out with Princess Leia.

Scott Adkins

I personally think a fight scene is the most cinematic thing you can witness because all the elements of filmmaking come together, you know, with the camera speed changes, editing, make up effects and general smoke and mirrors of trying to make it look like you are hitting someone when you're not. It's filmmaking in it's purest form, I think.

Yann Martel

Cinema is visually powerful, it is a complete experience, reaches a different audience. It's something I really like. I like movies.