Getting Quotes

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

I was getting old, man. I was staring 27 in the face.

I tell students they will know they are getting somewhere when a scene is so painful they can just barely bring themselves to write about it. A writer has to draw blood.

I just got tired of being sick and tired and feeling down. Unfortunately, you don't realize this until you're getting sober but the reason why you're depressed all the time is it's the drugs that are depressing you.

I don't like getting out when I could be painting. And when I'm painting, I don't want anybody else around.

I'm getting good offers, as good as ever sometimes. I just finished a thing with Billy Bob Thornton that was the most unique part I've ever played in my life, in the most unique project.

When I fell into modeling, because I wanted to work in fashion. I wanted to do styling or make-up. I ended getting picked up to be a model instead during my work experience.

Women cannot complain about men anymore until they start getting better taste in them.

I have been very clear to everybody that just because I'm getting married does not mean I call myself a straight.

Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.

People love to say we get paid a lot of money to play a game, but it stopped being a game when you start getting paid.

More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.

I don't like to think that maybe I'm just getting old. I'm not too excited about watching a huge explosion. I'm more interested in people and characters.

The cast clubs were a big part of it, too. I found I wasn't getting that instant feedback I was used to with a forged blade. The sweet spot is a shade bigger, and when I didn't hit the ball dead center, I didn't know it, because it still felt great.

I hate getting bored.

Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.

Take a trip to the forest and experience the greatness of getting on your knees and picking your own food and going home... and eating it.

It's about pursuing it rather than waiting to see what comes along. That's partly because I found myself getting typecast, as everyone does unless they pursue roles that are very different from what they've done before.

I think the American electorate should work a little harder at getting informed. That includes hearing, truly listening, to what the other side is saying. Whether you're left or right.

I think people were just starving for good material because they just weren't getting it on the radio.

I loved getting to do Promised Land with him. I mean, he's really there for you. We did one very emotional scene in the church. He's just a wonderful acting partner. You feel very safe with him.

If you've got a huge Hollywood star in your film, they're getting $32 million, and everyone else gets their bus fare.

Getting out of jury duty is easy. The trick is to say you're prejudiced against all races.

Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden.

We can choose a future where we export more products and outsource fewer jobs. After a decade that was defined by what we bought and borrowed, we're getting back to basics, and doing what America has always done best: We're making things again.

The Internet's kinda in danger of getting heart disease pretty soon, I think. Arteries are getting clogged.

Nothing is going to improve my hearing. I've only got to prevent it from getting worse.

I just do what feels right. I think the great thing about getting to do what I do is that you can try out being a different person without having to screw up your life to do it.

There's a lot of romanticisation of the intuitive actor and method acting and all kinds of notions about getting inside a character and coming out from there.

Getting typecast is a dangerous thing to do.