Trying Quotes

But you talk to most filmmakers and it is six, seven, eight years trying to get things off the ground. It is incredible really.

So I think it's - what was important to me is that I found that I can't change the fact that people already have made an opinion about me. But I don't think that should stop me from trying to correct some of the misperceptions that are out there.

I'm not trying to be Mr. Universe, but I want to stay in shape.

All that writers can do is keep trying to say what is deepest in their hearts.

If you're not making some mistakes, it probably means you're not trying hard enough.

I think when you're trying to produce a relationship on screen that doesn't actually exist, perhaps sometimes there's a temptation to look at each other more, to touch each other more.

I'm a big collector of vinyl - I have a record room in my house - and I've always had a huge soundtrack album collection. So what I do, as I'm writing a movie, is go through all those songs, trying to find good songs for fights, or good pieces of music to layer into the film.

There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.

I'm trying to knock the medical profession into accepting its responsibilities, and those responsibilities include assisting their patients with death.

When you've got 10,000 people trying to do the same thing, why would you want to be number 10,001?

Let's take flight simulation as an example. If you're trying to train a pilot, you can simulate almost the whole course. You don't have to get in an airplane until late in the process.

I have had no control over my life. I have lived in a complete bubble. They found me and picked me for the part. And now I'm desperately trying to find my way through it.

I love shooting, when the character is interesting and the script is interesting, but the research beforehand is really fun. The whole process makes me anxious and restless, and I have trouble sleeping, just trying to figure out the character.

Early in my career, people wanted to hear music about protest, about trying to change things.

Heaven is what we spend our lives trying to find.

The usual way - through a long series of rejections, revising my manuscripts, and kept trying again and again. Finally I was fortunate enough to find a good agent.

I was using them as teachers for technique but I was never trying to be a folk.

Yes, Samantha, we in the Soviet Union are trying to do everything so that there will not be war on Earth. This is what every Soviet man wants.

I realized that I had to be honest about where I was, where I was coming from, and what I was trying to do.

In America, we're trying to find a peaceful solution in the Middle East and we're not going to be divided along any lines, including religious lines, including ethnic backgrounds.

I like trying to get pregnant. I'm not so sure about childbirth.

I'm a woman who has gone through many heartaches, enough to dedicate my whole life to trying to figure them out.

I like the challenge of trying different things and wondering whether it's going to work or whether I'm going to fall flat on my face.

That's probably when I get the most angry at American movies, when they just so cynically manipulate the audience without even trying to give a good story.

We learned a verse of this and that and we were having fun with the songs. Tommy would make up stories to go along with them and I would yell at him, 'Hey, stupid, that's not right,' and he was like a silly kid trying to impress.

For me, the kitchen is the most special room in the house. It's a place for adventure - not drudgery, but discovery, sharing and showing off with friends, trying new ideas.

A bad investment is going for quantity over quality. If you're trying to be careful with your wallet, especially with the economy right now, you have to choose staple pieces.

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

The first war plan has failed because of Iraqi resistance. Now they are trying to write another war plan. Clearly, the American war planners misjudged the determination of the Iraqi forces.

I make a lot of mistakes, too, and I'm constantly re-evaluating how I'm doing things and trying to be better every day, whether it's as a mom or taking care of myself.