Phoned Quotes

"We got them all something. Syl got some crotchless underwear, David this cocksucker thing and I got Johnny some silver Frederick`s of Hollywood underwear, which was my favorite. I gave Johnny his present and he goes, `Why don`t you come upstairs up with me?` It was weird because I knew he was going to be mine. For a week we never left that room, we fell in love instantly. I was fifteen, he`d just turned 21. Marthy Thau was outraged. `Johnny, you can`t do this, she`s only 15!` He said, `Marthy, I`m going to marry her.` He phoned his mother and said, `I`m bringing this girl home and I`m going to marry her.`"

I phoned my grandparents and my grandfather said `We saw your movie.` `Which one?` I said. He shouted `Betty, what was the name of that movie I didn`t like?

(talking about her screen debut in Heavenly Creatures (1994)): "I was reading the script in the back of the car and I turned to my dad and yelled, `I`ve GOT to get this!` And he replied, `Then you will.` And I thought, `Yep, that`s it. I`m bloody well going to.` And that was it. I was so determined. It was something crucial to my life. I just so communicated with her, the story and their relationship. And when I found out, I just couldn`t believe it. I was so happy, I cried. I remember I was working part-time at a deli at the time because I didn`t have any money and was in the middle of making a sandwich when they phoned and said I`d got the job. I burst into tears and had to leave work because I couldn`t control myself. It was absolutely brilliant."

There came a point in time when Michael was under a great deal of pressure to alter the film in a way that was just disturbing to him. I had not seen the movie, yet. He phoned me in July of `92 to look at his version.

I phoned Joe Roth, who was head of the studio at the time, and told him how beautiful the film was, and that I was fully ready to support it, that Michael`s work was wonderful and I imagined that Daniel would feel the same. He listened quietly and read between the lines.

A girl phoned me the other day and said "Come on over, there`s nobody home." I went over. Nobody was home.

When I graduated from high school, I had artistic and academic scholarships, and I was trying to figure out what to do. I decided to audition for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, Juillard and the National Institute of Dramatic Arts in Sydney, Australia. As it happened, the National Institute`s were the first auditions because their seasons are the opposite of ours. I phoned them and said, `What is required?` and I remember this very, very taciturn secretary said, `Well, darling, basically you gotta be able to breathe and speak and be believable.` And I thought to myself, Faaaantastic! I happened to get in, and there`s about 3,000 people who audition and they accept between 12 and 15 and I was their first Canadian. So I decided to not look a gift horse in the mouth.

Mandela once phoned me out of the blue while he was still president, and at first he played with me a bit.

It`s a terrific... you can`t put it down. So I phoned him back and I said I`d love to do it. I went over to Paris for a meeting, and we just talked very generally about the approach.

Brad phoned to ask about the accessibility of the museum and how easy it might be for him to visit unnoticed. They did not ask us to close the museum or for an after-hours visit or any special treatment.

I phoned my dad to tell him I had stopped smoking. He called me a quitter.

(I`m In Charge. Chelsea manager Geoff Hurst puts eight players on the transfer list. He also allows Peter Osgood to leave the club after Ossie fails to appear for training.) He phoned and asked for his cards to be sent to his home, ... Although I`m only a caretaker, I`m acting as I said I would as if I`m in charge for ten years.