Behaving Quotes

One looks at films differently when one is a director or a critic. For example, though I have always loved Citizen Kane (1941), I loved it in different ways at different stages of my career. When I saw it as a critic, I particularly admired the way the story is told: the fact that one is rarely permitted to see the person who interviews all the characters, the fact that chronology is not respected, things like that. As a director I cared more about technique: all the scenes are shot in a single take and do not use reverse cutting; in most scenes you hear the soundtrack before you see the corresponding images - that reflects Orson Welles` radio training, etc. Behaving like the ordinary spectator, one uses a film as if it were a drug; he is dazed by the motion and doesn`t try to analyze. A critic, on the other hand, is forced to write summaries of films in 15 lines. That forces one to apprehend the structure of a film and to rationalize his liking for it.

This whole scene is very strange. It`s a very strange town and a very strange business, and it has a tendency to creep me out. Ryan`s relationship with Orange County is very similar to my relationship with L.A.: fabulous wealth, and odd people behaving oddly, and I`m definitely a bit overwhelmed. I hope I`m hiding it well.

"The first Oscarcast, I was definitely functioning in a surreal mode. It was like I was watching myself watch the ceremony. Yet I had a good time. Hey, wearing a beautiful dress and being surrounded by beautiful people is not a terrible way to spend an evening. And I had a great time at all the parties. The second Oscarcast, I just went and planned on enjoying myself. People think of me as such a serious actress, but I find myself behaving like a gadabout." - On her sudden success and America`s award shows.

I`m not the kind of person to deliberately behave differently for the sake of behaving differently, but there are certain things that you have to kind of be true to and sacrifice your own freedom at that time to do.

I said O.K. I was happy to give him that gift. And I watch every week because I`m supportive of Aaron; whether we`re together or not, I love him always. I think it`s a genius show. But...it is weird when I see her behaving in ways that are different from me. I`m really not that judgmental girl. But you have to let artists go where they go - quoted in The New York Times describing how she gave Aaron Sorkin permission to create the "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (2006) character "Harriet Hayes", based on her.

I don`t mistrust sentiment and emotion, no. The question becomes, `Are you giving them something to make them a little happier, or are you putting in something that is inherently true to the material?` Are people behaving the way we all really behave, or are they behaving the way we would like them to behave? I mean, the world is not as it`s presented in Frank Capra films. People love those films - which are beautifully made - but I wouldn`t describe them as a true picture of life. The questions are always, is it true? Is it interesting? To worry about those mandatory scenes that some people think make a picture is often just pandering to some conception of an audience. Some films try to outguess an audience. They try to ingratiate themselves, and it`s not something you really have to do. Certainly audiences have flocked to see films that are not essentially true, but I don`t think this prevents them from responding to the truth.

Acting is behaving naturally in a make believe situation.

If you`re not playing well and you`re a little bit edgy and people aren`t behaving the way you`re used to, you could lose it a little on the court.

We have newsreaders behaving like actors, lowering their voices if it`s a sad story, as if we didn`t know it`s a sad story. There isn`t a single cool newsreader.

It`s clearly very important to them, ... I`m really amazed at how desperately she`s behaving.

Mick has expressed an interest in coming to the gallery tonight because he`s seen me behaving myself lately. He is being much more supportive, which is nice.

Human beings, viewed as behaving systems, are quite simple. The apparent complexity of our behavior over time is largely a reflection of the complexity of the environment in which we find ourselves.

Behaving like a manager means having command of the whole range of management skills and applying them as they become appropriate.

I regard many of the neoconservatives as personal friends, but that`s not stopped them from behaving with extraordinary viciousness towards those of us who raised the immigration issue.

When consumers buy these products, and spend a lot of money, psychologically they believe in them, no matter how their skin is behaving.

Many things--such as loving, going to sleep, or behaving unaffectedly--are done worst when we try hardest to do them.

Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts are defined. That is why men are more interested in better justifying themselves than in better behaving themselves.

Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.