Timed Quotes

(on Paul Thomas Anderson): "Most filmmakers today have no sense of the history of our business, but he knows every shot John Ford made. And he doesn`t lack for confidence. He really knew which shots he wanted to make. I remember the first shot in Boogie Nights (1997), which is one of the longest shots in history. And I, being the irascible old type I am sometimes, said, `Have you timed this? Is this longer than Citizen Kane (1941) ?` And he said, `Oh, yes. It`s three seconds longer.`"

The secret of comedy is doing it naturally under the most difficult circumstances. And film comedy is the most difficult of all. At least on stage you know right away if you`re getting laughs or not. But making a movie, you have no way of knowing. So you try to time the thing for space and length and can only hope when it plays in the movie theaters months later that you have timed the thing right. It`s difficult and it takes experience. I`ll always remember the great actor, A.E. Matthews, who said on his death bed, `Dying`s tough - but not as tough as comedy.`

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

A racially integrated community is a chronological term timed from the entrance of the first black family to the exit of the last white family.

It`s horrible not being able to trust someone. And being two-timed is just awful. My boyfriend and I have said that we would never ever cheat on each other - if he did he wouldn`t get a second chance.

They definitely timed some stuff up that you can`t (catch), especially being in an away environment. When they do things just as the ball is being snapped there is really no way to say, `Hey, you get this guy and I`ll get that guy.` That`s where playing next to somebody really kicks in and you don`t get to say anything, but you know what he`s going to do.

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.

He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero.

That was timed to play well in the courtroom when they asked for more time, ... The rationale was to say, `Gee, you can`t pull the rug out now because we have a financing deal in the works.`

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.