Donovan Quotes

I felt depressed because I was playing a character who’d let herself go, and that state of mind affected me. I could feel myself getting down. One night, I decided to go out clubbing with the crew. Jason (Donovan) and I were the oldest there and I put on my skinny jeans, jewelry and make-up. When I came downstairs, everyone was saying how great I looked, how young I looked. I was like: ‘Well, I am still young!’”

(on Donovan`s Reef (1963)) The script really called for a younger guy. I felt awkward romancing a young girl at my age.

T.O.`s my friend. Donovan`s my friend. They`re both good guys, no matter what perception is out there, and when you see two good guys and the chemistry is off you try to help the situation out.

Upon winning his Academy Award for Bowling for Columbine (2002): "On behalf of our producers, Kathleen Glynn and Michael Donovan from Canada, I`d like to thank the Academy for this. I have invited my fellow documentary nominees on the stage with us, and we would like to say that they`re here in solidarity with me because we like non-fiction. We like non-fiction and we live in fictitious times. We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elect a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons. Whether it`s the fiction of duct tape or fiction of orange alerts, we are against this war, Mr. Bush. Shame on you, Mr. Bush, shame on you. (Interrupted by mingled boos and cheering) And any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up. Thank you very much."

(Terrell Owens clashed with Jeff Garcia and now Donovan McNabb. Randy Moss irked Daunte Culpepper and earned a trip out of town. And all the while, in Indianapolis, Peyton Manning and Marvin Harrison hum along as the NFL`s best marriage. With four more touchdown connections, the Colts duo will surpass the 49ers` Steve Young and Jerry Rice as the most prolific quarterback-receiver tandem in history. (Young and Rice hooked up for 85 touchdowns.) With 129 more passing yards, Manning and Harrison will top the Buffalo Bills` Jim Kelly and Andre Reed for the most yards (9,538) between thrower and catcher. Former 49ers Coach Bill Walsh called Manning and Harrison) brilliant performers ... He could be the best offensive coordinator in the league. He is truly an outstanding coach.

The most impressive thing about both of them is they have good heads on their shoulders. They listen, they ask questions, they don`t talk back, they`re really good kids. That`s enabled them to be successful. It started with the young guys a few years ago, with Landon (Donovan) and Bobby Convey. They`re not scared of anything.

I had (Owens) perfectly. ... But he had the whole field once Donovan started scrambling, and he got away from me.

I think I had him perfectly, ... Once Donovan started scrambling, the main thing is to find the guy and lock up on him. It just so happened, T.O., instead of going back to the quarterback, started drifting to the end zone, and I didn`t expect Donovan to get out and scramble because he was injured.

It would be great for (coach) Andy (Reid), Donovan and T.O. to sit in a room to talk out their differences,

We`re going to go out there and make plays and take the load off him. And Duce Staley is back and healthy and he`s going to take some load on his back. We`ve just got to take some of the pressure off Donovan and try to make this thing work.

This is another great day in the history of Storm basketball, ... One year removed from a WNBA championship and on the verge of our second-consecutive playoff berth, I`m pleased to announce our renewed commitment to Coach Donovan. With Anne`s leadership, the Storm won a Championship in two years and we look forward to continued success with her at the helm.