quotes about American Movie

“My wife is Greek. I was a non-denomination Christian before we got married.”

“I have had really positive experiences in every medium, as well as horrible experiences in every medium.”

Source : "Jimmi Simpson Tackles Sorkin's Farnsworth". Interview with James Sims, www.broadwayworld.com. January 25, 2007.

“There's a lot of things more than baseball that I want to do.”

“The pop world is cool, but I never really thought of myself as part of it or wanting to be a part of it because I'm on a label that's not really like that. They're not trying to dress me up, they're not trying to do things like that. I feel like I'm sort of separate from that, actually.”

“In science we kill our hypothesis instead of each other.”

“When a person’s tongue is extensively wrong, it is absurd, no less than unscriptural, to say that their heart is right.”

“Sing to me," she said. "That would be valiant, to raise your voice in this dark, lonely place, and it will be useful as well. Sing to me, sing loudly-drown out my dreams, keep me from remembering whatever wants me to remember it. Sing to me, my lord prince, if it please you. It may not seem a hero's task, but I would be glad of it.”

“People should go to the works and experience them. Because just having an idea or picture in mind is absolutely not the experience that's necessary. Even just landing in Albuquerque or Salt Lake City or Las Vegas was immediately part of the experience. And then you'd get in a car from the airport and take these very long trips - in Michael Heizer's case, it was three hours by car to get to his work. And then there's walking around and into the piece and seeing it from different angles. The kinetic experience of being a part of it physically was very important for me.”

“Whoever you are, no matter what social position you have, rich or poor, always show great strength and determination, and always do everything with much love and deep faith in God. One day you will reach your goal.”

Source : "Ayrton Senna's Message". Interview (1991) for documentry "A Star Named Ayrton Senna", www.youtube.com. February 16, 1998.

“My goal was not to be famous or rich but to be good at what I did. And that required going to New York and studying and working in the theater.”