James Elliott
James Elliott
accomplish competing excuse gives hard script small
a give-up script. They would give up about any very small setback, not just a hurricane. The give-up script gives them an excuse to give up. They really don't like competing and working hard to accomplish their objective.
animals best children contest happiest hold home songs suggest
Have children in the home suggest songs from school. Hold a contest for the happiest song, the best song about animals or another topic. Give ribbons or certificates to the best songs.
again bounce dig life maybe people
People who bounce back say, 'Well, that's the way life is. I'll just dig in and do it over again and maybe even do it better this time.
area entire
An entire metropolitan area has just been tossed to the wind,
choose
I'll do it even better this time. ...They may think there's nothing they can do about it, but they can choose a script.
laid-back reserved
I've always been fairly reserved and laid-back.
choices made guts
I've never made choices based on money - I always trust my gut.
enjoy time-off
But I do enjoy the freedom of doing a movie and then having some time off.
noses remember shattered
I remember on 'JAG,' Joe Jackson punched Stephen Culp and shattered his nose.
fighting faces fists
Usually in fist fights you get punched in the face.
men hollywood cranes
I worked with a man named Patty Crane who was Errol Flynn's stand-in back in the '30s in Hollywood.
break-up school band
You can never rely on musicians. I quit high school at one point to make a go of it with this band and we kept breaking up. So I went back to school.
beautiful believe people
Maybe our young people are not as vacuous as we would like to lead ourselves to believe - that all they're interested in is hairdos and looking at other beautiful people. Maybe they're interested in learning something.