Strained Quotes

(On his screenwriting) "I always write from an actor`s perspective, which is writing dialogue that fits comfortably into one`s mouth, as opposed to dialogue that is strained and defective."

(About his injury during Dickie`s death scene in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)) "Matt (Damon) broke my rib! But I think I strained his neck, we got a little bit carried away".

I like the fact that this kind of family has been seen in a movie a million times: teenage kids, the family is a bit strained and they don`t have enough money, but in the background the guy used to be a Gene Simmons type.

Monroe may have been a bit of an extreme example, but she was given the best stories to suit her talents, she was stroked and cared for and treasured and treated like a little princess, treated as a valuable, talented person. What it was that led her to drink and take pills, I don`t know. I don`t think anyone can put it all together, but it`s too easy to say that Hollywood wrung her out and exhausted her, strained her nerves and destroyed her. I think she`d have gone to pieces even sooner without the adulation and the care she received at the hands of her directors and producers and the big studios.

However, in spite of our best efforts, our fine relationship has been strained by Japan`s continued ban on imports of U.S. beef.

They have shrunk from inquiry, though they have strained after punishment. I have in every shape dared the one, that I might, so far as lay in my power, be able to secure the other.

If the economy is strained, then Social Security, like the rest of the government, will be, too.

(She tells USA TODAY that demand for some professions needed in rebuilding was already strained amid demand for new housing. A labor shortage could push up wages, she says.) We`re going to see a tremendous boom in construction, ... People want to come back home.

(OAKLAND: Top starters Rich Harden and Barry Zito will get an extra day of rest next week. Dan Haren will pitch Tuesday at Detroit and Kirk Saarloos on Wednesday. ... DH-1B Scott Hatteberg has a strained right stomach muscle, though he played Saturday. Manager Ken Macha is considering keeping Hatteberg out of the lineup Sunday and Tuesday, giving him a total of three days to rest with Monday`s off day. ... Macha would like to get LHP Ricardo Rincon into a game soon. He hasn`t pitched since Monday. ... OF Jay Payton is feeling the best he has at the plate in a long time. He has five homers in his last 11 games, and he homered in consecutive games for the third time since joining the A`s on July 13 in a trade with Boston.) Right now I feel as good as I ever have, ... A couple of minor things make a world of difference.

The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed- It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes.

Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws.