Shorter Quotes

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Oscar-winning director John Schlesinger envisioned a cast of Al Pacino, Julie Christie and Laurence Olivier for "Marathon Man" (1976). Pacino has said that the only actress he had ever wanted to work with was Christie, who he claimed was "the most poetic of actresses." Producer Robert Evans, who disparaged the vertically challenged Pacino as "The Midget" when Francis Ford Coppola wanted him for The Godfather (1972) and had thought of firing him during the early shooting of the now-classic film, vetoed Pacino for the lead. Instead, Evans insisted on the casting of the even-shorter Dustin Hoffman! On her part, Christie -- who was notoriously finicky about accepting parts, even in prestigious, sure-fire material -- turned down the female lead, which was then taken by Marthe Keller (who, ironically, became Pacino`s lover after co-starring with him in Bobby Deerfield (1977)). Of his dream cast, Schlesinger only got Olivier, who was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar.

- Dustin Hoffman

The bad part about growing older is I`m going bald. The good part is my nose seems to be getting shorter.

- Pete Townshend

When I get off the plane in England I always feel about two inches shorter.

- Alan Rickman

I`m 6`2". I`ve heard rumors that I`m really much shorter in real life - like 5`6" or something like that - which is ridiculous. I can assure you this is not the case. People look up to me, and not just because I do a lot of work in the community. I mean, most people really look up to me.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

I`ve had a couple of long relationships. And I`ve had a couple of shorter relationships.

- Calista Flockhart

(on Bruce Lee) Bruce Lee had bad eyesight and one leg that was shorter than the other. But he had a mental image of what he wanted, and he became the quintessential martial artist and the first Chinese superstar in American films.

- Chuck Norris

It is very strange that the years teach us patience - that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.

- Elizabeth Taylor

I`ve always looked up to him, even though he is shorter.

- Geena Davis

The character I play is actually only 1.6 meters (5` 3). Before I had any kind of acting profile I was encouraged to lie about my height. I was told to say I was about six foot (1.83m) tall. I was worried about it when I first had my audition because pleasing fans of the franchise is important. My height was brought up on the Internet. They didn`t think it was right. A lot of people who never met me think I`m very short. Jimmy Marsden (Cyclops), who`s only 10cm (4 inches) shorter than me, was put on boxes and platforms in our scenes together. You`ll notice that every character in X-men looks taller than me."

- Hugh Jackman

My whole career strategy has been to build a base so that I could take the roles I want to play. I`d hate to think that a shorter part might not be available because I was worried about my billing.

- Jack Nicholson

I`m shorter, I don`t have as many freckles as Ron, and I can`t do magic.

- Rupert Grint

Since I started out very young, I definitely knew where he was coming from, and I knew his attention span was probably a lot shorter than us adults. I had to play with that and work with that, but he really did give a beautiful performance.

- Tiffani Thiessen

So you do shorter versions of the hits, or you take out a long guitar solo or things like that to make time for the hits and new music as well. But I don`t think any of us ever get to do as much new music as we would like to.

- Lee Ann Womack

The Bridge had a lot of long, soft profiles about the administration, ... In contrast, BU Today has shorter, hard pieces - more consistent with online journalism - which people can read every morning when they log on.

- Craig David

I`ve never timed myself over 100m, but I have done a test over shorter distances, 20m or 30m, with and without the ball. What`s strange is that I`m faster with the ball than without it. Some people are born for distance running and others for sprint

- Ronaldo

We try to shorten the growing season by planting some 104-105-day hybrids that help us save two weeks of irrigation. That`s a savings of $10-20/acre. I`m glad seed companies are looking at developing more drought-tolerant hybrids as well as shorter-season corn.

- David Ford

Take away the director from the staged play and what do you get? Usually a diminution of strife, a shorter rehearsal period and a better production.

- David Mamet

Jessica`s Daisy Dukes are even shorter than Catherine Bach`s, which I honestly didn`t think was possible.

- Jay Chandrasekhar

On balance there has been some small increase in productivity that can probably be attributed to the (shorter) week,

- John Martin

I enjoy total creative control right now. Nobody tells me to make it longer, shorter, better, sexier, more violent, whatever.

- Ken Burns

The average stay of a visitor is 3 1/2 days. There`s a lot for people to do in that time, and not just gaming. There`s shopping, there`s fine dining, and shorter just works better.

- Michael Gill

The prevailing style in the mainstream is represented by Michael Bay. This is shorter and shorter takes and less and less dialogue.

- Roger Ebert

Have I come out of the game making a defensive mistake? Yeah. He doesn`t really discriminate. Everybody is held accountable ... He seldom pulls a guy for an offensive mistake, taking a bad shot, anything like that. The leash is shorter on the defensive end.

- Jerry Stackhouse

I think there was a sense that the impact was being lost because the audience was so familiar with the form. You combine that with people`s attention spans, which are clearly conditioned to be shorter now, and there`s a need to vary the paradigm.

- Jim Lampley

In the shorter term where there has been some concern on those numbers there could be little bit of a relief rally.

- Matt Willis

The club shows are really intense and powerful, but for a shorter time, and the audiences are in close proximity than when I`m performing at The Palace Theatre.

- Deborah Cox

I am doing better now though one of my legs is shorter than the other due to the operations.

- David Prowse

The race against time is shorter and shorter as weather closes in.

- Kevin Kennedy

We want shorter contracts, because the times change. And we haven`t had a pay raise since 1997. That`s what this whole strike is about is unfair labor practices. We`re asking for a livable wage.

- Jason Klein

Everybody got on at 9 and that jammed up the system, and same thing with the phones. The longer we`ve been going, the better it`s getting. We`re hoping the line gets shorter because so many showed up today.

- Tom Collins

I basically did all the library research for this book on Google, and it not only saved me enormous amounts of time but actually gave me a much richer offering of research in a shorter time.

- Thomas Friedman

I`m very sorry. We inconvenienced you. Hiro-kun will make his pants shorter, so please forgive us.

- Takehito Koyasu

There will be an additional need for more tower space in the next three years as wireless data services ramp up. Data travels shorter distances than voice so companies will need to add more sites to ensure the quality of their networks.

- James Lee

Long skirts, even for day, and above the knee still because our customer really wants above the knee ... they just like the way they feel in the shorter skirt.

- Richard Tyler

In general, shorter is better. If you can encapsulate your idea into a single captivating sentence, you`re halfway home.

- Len Wein

I have tried to celebrate the park, which means so much to so many of us, in The Eye of the Storm and in some of the shorter novels of The Cockatoos.

- Patrick White

I have made this (letter) longer, because I have not had the time to make it shorter.

- Aaron Howard

Common sense solutions to lowering your gasoline bills can go far. Carpooling, taking fewer or shorter road trips, and ensuring that your tires are fully inflated can all help stop the pinch at the pump.

- Al Zappala

On the other hand, chess is a mass sport now and for chess organisers shorter time control is obviously more attractive. But I think that this control does not suit World Championship matches.

- Alain Bauer

People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.

- Alain Juppe

But I would argue that a longer war it`s more difficult to keep records than a shorter war.

- Alan Kearney

Well, we`re just now seeing the reductions in mortgage rates. The mortgage rates are based on the ten-year rate and the Fed controls the overnight or the shorter rates.

- Alex Cruz

E.U. productivity per hour rivals the U.S., with ample room for growth based on Europe`s significantly shorter average work weeks.

- Alicia Rice

As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer.

- Andray Blatche

Well, there is no easy side out here. You do have a few chances to hit some shorter irons into the greens, but it`s by no means easy. All in all I played really well. I played well on the front nine and made some putts, and I played well on the back nine and just didn`t make as many putts.

- Andrew Westphal

Most people don`t know what to expect with the controls. It flies basically like a real airplane just with a shorter stick.

- Anne Connor

It`s been interesting, in a little bit less than nine months weve gone from trying to convince people that :30s and :15s were a viable option, to now were responding to requests for even shorter length commercials. Weve had major national agencies come to us and talk to us about what were now calling `ad-lets,` which are five-second commercials. Weve had requests for seven-second commercials. Its really spawned a different kind of conversation and a different level of participation with our advertising partners. Thats all really very encouraging.

- Art Sedlacek

This is great. We`ve always thought a lot of this horse. We had a slight doubt about the ground, but he`s handled it. He`s super, he gave 110 per cent. He travelled good and picked up well. You have to give it (the 2000 Guineas) a go now. He won`t run again this year and it will make the winter a bit shorter!

- Arvind Pruthi

If you are a shorter person it is important for the blazer not to look too big -- like you borrowed it from your dad.

- Barbara Upton

Sermons are like piecrust, the shorter the better

- Austin O'Malley