Leaned Quotes

(about recording `We Are the World`) I remember most of us who were there didn`t like the song, but nobody would say so. I think `Cyndi Lauper` leaned over to me and said, `It sounds like a Pepsi commercial.` And I didn`t disagree.

A date once leaned in to kiss me, and he ended up kissing my cheek. He was a little offended, but I didn`t want to kiss him just to not hurt his feelings.

(Nathan Fillion, who moves from the bridge of the spaceship Serenity to the science-fiction horror movie Slither , told SCI FI Wire that the latter will be a return to old-fashioned splatter films.) There`s stuff blowing up. There`s some nasty (stuff). There`s some sliming, ... There`s a lot of prosthetics. We leaned away from the CGI and leaned towards the prosthetics as an homage to the horror movies of yesteryear. Our creator/director, James Gunn, said it will be the last time he ever does that.

On being at the Cannes Film Festival opening of "Breaking the Waves" without the film`s director, Lars von Trier: "It was a bit of a baptism of fire, because I had never done any press before. I had never done a single interview in my life. I had never made a film before, I just knew nothing. And I arrived in this maelstrom of publicity with this extraordinary film, and of course Lars von Trier didn`t come to Cannes so we - just the actors - were left to explain what on earth he meant by this extraordinary film. The first experience of Cannes, the first time I was here, is like seared in my brain like a firebrand. It was very intense. I remember as the light went down, someone leaned over and said, "Emily your life is about to change forever." You know the official music? Whenever I hear that music that they play when the film starts, my stomach starts to churn. But being with this film is more than great, because it`s more about show business. There are ten of us here, and nobody is really carrying the film in that way."

(About Jena Malone in Pride and Prejudice) "I think Jena helped a lot because I have sort of leaned on her the whole summer basically, a) in my character and b) just because she is so much more experienced than I am. She kind of psyches me up for stuff and sort of helps me get in the giggly frame of mind."

(Allison also recalled watching Nelson Mandela`s release from prison with Gilchrist and Tom King, then sales director at Standard Life. As Mandela waved to the crowds he leaned towards his wife Winnie and whispered in her ear.) I wonder what he`s asking her? ... I think it was `Have we had that letter from Tom King yet telling us how badly our Standard Life mortgage has performed?`

And enough for me that when my hand touched your shoulder, you leaned on me; and when you felt me slip away, you called my name.