Francis Lawrence quotes

“There were days when Keanu was looking a little green from the amount of cigarettes we were having him smoke.”
-- Francis Lawrence

#Smoking Quotes #Green Quotes #Littles Quotes

“I think the movie business and film crews are a little bit like the circus, in that we travel around like a pack and we're a big family for a finite period of time. We roll into someplace, cause a bunch of damage, and then roll out.”
-- Francis Lawrence

Source : "Reese Witherspoon and Director Francis Lawrence Interview Water for Elephants". Press Conference, collider.com. April 19, 2011.

#Thinking Quotes #Damage Quotes #Causes Quotes

“I believe that the process could be fun, I just think that making movies is really tough. And it's stressful as it is, and I think that most of us got in this business because it's fun to make movies.”
-- Francis Lawrence

Source : "Francis Lawrence 'Catching Fire' Interview: The Bonus Material". Interview with Amy Wilkinson, www.mtv.com. January 22, 2013.

#Fun Quotes #Believe Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I wish that the circuses that were around now felt like they did then. They're not quite as elegant or as magical as they used to be. There was something about the old tent shows, the Big Top, the canvas, the lights, the sawdust, the hay and the animals that's just missing now. Now, it's all urbanized and maybe a little garish.”
-- Francis Lawrence

Source : "Reese Witherspoon and Director Francis Lawrence Interview Water for Elephants". Press Conference, collider.com. April 19, 2011.

#Animal Quotes #Light Quotes #Missing Quotes

“Basically what's happening is I'm pleading guilty to possessing and having plants and not guilty to the charges of supply.”

“I believe that pipe smoking contributes to a somewhat calm and objective judgement in all human affairs.”

“Saying sulfates do not cause acid rain is the same as saying that smoking does not cause lung cancer.”

“To rush in upon an event before its significance has had time to separate from the surrounding circumstances may be enterprising, but is it useful? ... The recent prevalence of these hot histories on publishers' lists raises the question: Should - or perhaps can - history be written while it is still smoking?”

“If you don't know what makes green, you're going to try every color combination.”

“Probably the person who said the only color in Los Angeles is green was right.”

“Call in the Caped Crusader, Green Hornet, Kato, too. I'm in so much trouble I don't know what to do.”

“You smile upon your friend to-day, To-day his ills are over; You hearken to the lover's say, And happy is the lover. 'Tis late to hearken, late to smile, But better late than never: I shall have lived a little while Before I die for ever.”

“Don't. Please, just let me hold you a little bit longer," he mumbled into my hair”

“I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground.”