Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jon Favreau

I don't want to be an art-house movie guy, where people who go to film school can discuss your work, but people who haven't studied cinema can't appreciate it. By the same token, I don't want to be the guy who's making this commercial pap that people lap up but that disappears the minute you leave the theater.

Anton Corbijn

I happen to take photographs, and they happen to be used for a lot of things, but they're not really made to order. They're paid for, but they're not made for order. I've never really done real commercial work.

Tom Felton

I have been to New York before, but when I was quite young and filming my first ever commercial which we filmed in Time Square which was cool.

Rhys Wakefield

I'd like to do interesting indie films mixed with big, high-paying commercial blockbusters. 'One for you, one for me,' is what they say.

I'd characterize the local economy as relatively strong over all. Commercial real estate, the securities industry, and thus personal income and tax revenues, and, to a lesser extent, the labor market are all showing signs of strengthening. The housing market has shown some signs of cooling recently, but remains pretty strong in terms of levels.

I'd acutely felt the lack of a product that I really loved, but there was a tremendous lack of commercial opportunity to start software ventures around these ideas, given the industry's structure, and I did a lot of thinking about how things might be put together, learned a lot about open source, made a pilgrimage to go see Linus, and tried to educate myself.

Bill Murray

I am here being paid $2m for a commercial when I could be doing a play.

My initial reaction is we have grave and serious concerns about paving over the ocean and treating it like commercial real estate.

Amber Stevens

My first commercial was an Old Navy commercial where I stood in line in front of a club, and Fran Drescher was in it.

Janeane Garofalo

Nobody ever starts out to make a mediocre, commercial film. You always think it's going to be something. And then, once you're done with your shooting, you have no control. You're just done, as an actor.

One potential hang-up: Because of that commercial he did for American Express, he might not be able to get a visa.

There are seals and packaging which indicate that there was commercial trafficking going on.

Chris Pratt

I know this may come as a shock to most of you, but I've decided to quit acting. I will not be auditioning for anything anymore, and if I get offered something like a role in a movie or a commercial or something, I will graciously turn it down. It's been great, but its just not for me anymore.

Adlai Stevenson

With the supermarket as our temple and the singing commercial as our litany, are we likely to fire the world with an irresistible vision of America's exalted purpose and inspiring way of life?

Blake Lively

After my first year on 'Gossip Girl,' everybody said, 'You've got to do a big commercial movie, ride this wave.'

Emmanuelle Chriqui

When you're starting out, every line in a show or a commercial is like a huge success.

Garry Trudeau

Life is like a movie-since there aren't any commercial breaks, you have to get up and go to the bathroom in the middle of it.

William Perry

There are a lot of military and commercial interests in this technology.

Dianne Feinstein

We have no regulation of drones in the United States in their commercial use. You can see drones some day hovering over the homes of Hollywood luminaries, violating privacy. This question has to be addressed. And we need rules of operation on the border, by police, by commercial use, and also by military and intelligence use.

First and foremost, this is a competitive trip and not a commercial trip.

The government is taking SOA seriously. We have been for two years. There seems to be a serious convergence of ideas and commercial momentum.

This should not be going on. With all the needs in our city, they are spending precious dollars on a party. This is a commercial holiday. It provides sales for vendors, but it will not provide the jobs we need.

We always try to look three to five years out in the decisions we make and there's no question that the Cisco brand, our opportunity in the commercial market and the evolution of our leaders are going to take us to the next level.

We love commercial fleet sales (to corporations). They're profitable, and we're not looking to decrease those.

Nick Harkaway

We need to differentiate between commercial piracy - where criminal organisations produce illicit DVDs on a huge scale - and domestic, unauthorised filesharing, which may or may not be detrimental to overall sales.

The government has got to stop stacking senior positions with people who are repeatedly cashing in on the public trust in order to further private commercial interests.

You are not going to be able to watch a television show without seeing a commercial for a sleeping pill.

You are still years away from having any commercial products that are going to do anything for anybody. It's a great milestone, but it's just the beginning.

We would be surprised if there were impacts to foreign commercial entities leasing terminals in the U.S. because of their successful track record.

Jeff Davis

There is a cyclical shift going on. Deposit growth is slowing, while commercial lending grows, led by real estate. Consumer lending is slowing, which I think is good because consumers have been spending like drunk sailors.

We thought it would be better suited for commercial use, with everything going on in Market Square and the need to try and develop the critical mass of retail in the village center.

We think the industry has made a problem for itself by focusing too much on getting technology out the door and getting it to the government. We made a conscious decision early on to focus on creating a viable commercial product.

Elisha Gray

As to Bell's talking telegraph, it only creates interest in scientific circles... its commercial values will be limited.