American Quotes

Usually you're in movies with a lot of dissolves and things, but this was kind of quick, more jarring than usual. I thought it would be fun to be in a movie that's unconventional. Then I met Guy and I liked him. I think he's a good man.

This is my first experience working in a foreign movie, but the mechanics, I think, are pretty much the same all over; you still have to wait in the trailer.

This generation of filmmakers is very good. They're seasoned, for some reason.

There's a whole catalogue of actors that never went to acting school.

The cast was huge, but I never saw anybody.

The British have slang words, as we do, but it was fun.

I've tried writing. Two days later I'd go visit it and say, Jesus Christ, who wrote this crap?

I'd love to do a Western. A real Western like John Ford used to do. There's not too many of them made, so I don't know if I'll ever get to do that. They're awfully hard movies to make.

I wanted to do Buddy Faro as a small budget movie. They said no. So I wanted to do it as a series of recurring TV movies, and they said no. So I agreed to do it as a series.

I think first impressions are important when you pick up a script.

I think all actors are supposed to be character actors.

I read the script and try not to bring anything personal into it. I make notes, talk to the director and we decide what kinds of shades should be in the character.

I love England and the historical aspect of it.

I learned a long time ago: You're in the entertainment business. You're not in the reality business. One has absolutely nothing to do with the other.

I know people who go back and check themselves, but it drives me crazy. Everybody wants to look in the mirror and see Cary Grant looking back at them, but that's just not the case.

I have a home in Arizona. I go a couple months a year, but basically Chicago is my home.

I don't like to be talked into anything. I don't want to be cajoled.

I don't know if I have a technique. I'm just trying to remember the words.

Do whatever you're directed to do, and leave the rest of that technical stuff up to the director.

As far as carrying the American banner, you just do what's right for the kids.

Well, user feedback was excellent. Even when the software didn't work at all, there were few people who were avid users, and there were people who were just sending excellent feedback and excellent ideas.

Unfortunately, the client that exists today is still pretty much the prototype design.

There really was nothing like it at the time. We had good ideas for implementation, so we proceeded. I think it was an excellent solution to the reliability issues with existing search engines.

That's why I ended up leaving school - because it required so much time, and it was such an excellent idea. I figured I would regret not going full force with this idea. It seemed we could make something of it.

So the bandwidth issue is definitely a big concern of ours.

Nobody has ever built a reliable peer-to-peer service, where people can really access all the music they want in one location,... Once I got it into my head, I couldn't imagine the media space without one.

Napster works because people who love music share and participate.

It's been all over the press, and schools are deciding to shut it down. We released a public announcement saying that we had some potential solutions that we were working with, and once we had something concrete we would start implementing it and approach schools.

If you're a musician or actor, you know that if you're successful, some level of fame goes along with that. You're prepared. But how often does that happen to a programmer?

If you think about computer programming, it's as antisocial as it gets.