Seriousness Quotes

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"I know this sounds so little, and not serious enough, but I believe that I have to have fun. We all have to have fun - me, the actors, the cameraman, everybody should feel as if we are making a home movie, because that is the only way to open the film to a certain kind of lightness. If everybody involved feels the seriousness, the heavy weight of money being stamped on movies, it somehow influences the result in a way which is anesthizing to life."

- Milos Forman

(on Henry Fonda) I have never known an actor with such craft, with such professional seriousness; such a pleasant man, full of humor, so reserved and so keenly quick-witted.

- Sergio Leone

You think about the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who have died and all the soldiers who have come back wounded and maimed. You read the paper and four more soldiers last week died and mercenaries have killed 27 people in Baghdad, mercenaries who are getting money from our tax dollars that should be going to protect the troops, and I`m depressed about the Cubs game. There`s a disconnect there. My point in all seriousness is that it`s such an abstraction, and this government has asked us to sacrifice nothing for this. The troops are sacrificing everything. It just seems like an obscenity.

- John Cusack

If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you`ve created a special little thing, and that`s what I`m looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.

- Paul Simon

You can`t think about how people will perceive you or your character. All you can do is focus on your work. The rest is up to the universe. I`ve been acting for 16 years. I`ve done 55 movies and, in all seriousness, there`s maybe five that are good and the rest are crap.

- Robert Patrick

I`ve been acting for 16 years. I`ve done 55 movies and, in all seriousness, there`s maybe five that are good and the rest are crap.

- Robert Patrick

Comedy really is a serious study, although it must not be taken seriously. That sounds like a paradox, but it is not. It is a serious study to learn characters; it is a hard study. But to make comedy a success there must be an ease, a spontaneity in the acting that cannot be associated with seriousness.

- Charles Chaplin

(on making The Devils (1971)) It was a difficult and tiring role. I don`t think anyone in their right mind would say that they had fun shooting that film. It wasn`t created with the intent of having fun or being pleasurable; on the contrary, it was analyzed acutely and made with extreme seriousness. It was definitely a film about a certain society and the things that society did. We tried to show that humans are diabolical or can be as diabolical as in the film. I didn`t have fun, it was four months of hard work and if anyone has the courage or the desire to sit his ass down on a firecracker and scream for four months with Ken Russell yelling in your ears, well . . .

- Oliver Reed

Pam (Ferris) is hysterically funny and often made me laugh at inappropriate moments. We both had attacks of giggles, which wasn`t particularly conducive to the seriousness of the scene.

- Jodhi May

I fully understand the seriousness of the implications and I accept the penalty imposed by the commissioner. I`m glad to have these issues addressed and behind me.

- Jason Richardson

It is my position that the incident that occurred on July 23, 2003, was a matter of the utmost seriousness, that it was a vicious assault that was entirely consistent with homicidal intent, and that such intent could be and should be proven against both Wayne and Cynthia Jensen,

- Scott Roberts

The President is not squaring with the American people as to the seriousness of our nation`s fiscal condition. It is time for people to stand up and tell the truth.

- Kent Conrad

We know it will be of secondary importance to Brazil-Argentina, but we`ll be approaching it with the seriousness it deserves.

- Jared Borgetti

In my view, there is nothing more vicious and outrageous than the abuse, exploitation and harm of the most vulnerable members of our society, and I firmly believe that our nation`s laws and resources need to reflect the seriousness of these terrible crimes.

- Al Zappala

First, Resolve upon, and daily endeavour to practise, a life of seriousness and strict sobriety.

- Alan Rodger

It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey wears an expression of seriousness which would do credit to any college student, but the monkey is serious because he itches.

- Andi Burr

The gradations of seriousness is not something I`ve looked into,

- Angelei Aguirre

It puts a human face on this issue. Many people, if they don`t have a personal connection to the troops, it`s so easy for this to become a discussion that lacks seriousness and urgency. I think it`s good to show that there are real people that are being affected.

- Anthony DeFazio

The preparedness on all levels has increased 10-fold from the local citizens up to the government level. People are a taking it a lot more serious. I think everybody has seen how devastating these storms can be, both to their property and to their potential loss of life. I think the awareness level, seriousness and priority it has given has made it a lot easier for the preparation to take place.

- Anthony Potenza

The court finds the fine is inadequate because it doesn`t reflect the seriousness of the offense,

- Anthony Turner

When anything of this seriousness happens, it always bears a second look to try and see what happened. It`s still unclear why a warrant was not presented to the prosecutor`s office.

- Ashlin Miller

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

- Oscar Wilde

Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.

- Oscar Wilde

We must strive for freedom if we strive for self-knowledge. The task of self-knowledge and of further self-development is of such importance and seriousness, it demands such intensity of effort, that to attempt it any old way and amongst other things is impossible. The person who undertakes this task must put it first in his life, which is not so long that he can afford to squander it on trifles.

- George Gurdjieff

It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey wears an expression of seriousness which would do credit to any college student, but the monkey is serious because he itches.

- Robert M. Hutchins