Todd Quotes

"Am I James Todd Smith now or LL Cool J? Pick a name baby. Pick a name and ride with it. I don`t wanna abandon my identity as LL Cool J, but at the same time, I had to figure out how to let people know that I`m really serious about making these movies. You know when you do 25 or 30 movies and people are still asking you `how does it feel making the transition?` you know you`re not communicating correctly. So I just put the James Todd Smith thing there to let people know I was serious. It`s not like I made it Lawrence Cool J or something!."

I almost replaced Sean Connery as James Bond in Thunderball (1965). This was before Sean played Bond. My friend, the Irish producer, Kevin McClory, wanted me. Kevin worked for Michael Todd on Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) and I was impressed with his Irish rebelliousness. We Welsh have that, too, but not quite like the Irish who transfuse it into their blood on the same day they are born. McClory promised Hitchcock would direct and I had great hopes for the project. It fell through, of course - and later Kevin made a bloody fortune, when Sean was Bond. I wonder sometimes how it might all have turned out. Fleming was big on me for the role. Stewart Granger was next in line.

I love doing stuff with Todd Barry and Jon Benjamin. We give the stage to good bands and funny people.

About the 2008 death of Brad Renfro: "I first caught sight of Brad Renfro when he was kicking a football around with Bryan Singer on the half-built set of Apt Pupil in Hollywood. He was a kid having fun and that`s how I shall always remember him. But he was more than that. He was a proper actor and when we worked together he was determined to be accepted as such. On set, he was blusteringly confident although it was obvious he would have benefited from training as an actor. Yet, as Todd, the disturbed teenager in Apt Pupil, he tapped into an inner demonic world and carried the film on his young shoulders. He longed to belong in the alien world which perhaps in the end overwhelmed him. He was only 25 and it is dreadful we shan`t see all that he might have achieved."

(On preparing to sing as Sweeney Todd) It`s a bit like jumping into cold water. There`s no preparing, you just do it.

My brother Todd`s been a really big inspiration to me. He`s had a lot of problems, and how he`s come out of it is just amazing. Knowing someone who`s been at the bottom and completely restructured themselves...makes me think I could do anything. I have total respect for him.

Todd (Bodine) was really strong and he ran a really smart race. I just had to make sure I kept them behind me and I didn`t have to do that long because the caution came back out.

(Four Ducks players were named to the 2005 Atlantic League Post Season All Star Team. Outfielder Henry Rodriguez was selected after winning the regular season batting title and setting a new Ducks single season record for home runs. Second Baseman Carlos Hernandez was chosen after finishing second in the batting title race behind his teammate. Also recognized were pitchers Lance Davis and Todd Erdos. This season, Davis won the most games in a single season by a Ducks pitcher and also became the all-time wins leader in franchise history, while Erdos, in the role of closer, led the Atlantic League with 32 saves on the season.) We are very proud of these four guys, ... They put together exceptional seasons and led us to the post season for the second straight year.

Before this, I never cared about a movie enough to really try very hard to get it. I usually go through the audition process just to please my agents, and I`ve blown a ton of auditions on purpose just because the movies were shit. But Storytelling" was completely different because I`m a huge Todd Solondz fan." - On "Storytelling".

Those were some of the best pitches he threw all night. Matt just has to realize Todd`s pretty good. He`s done that to people for a long time.

Definitely one of the things they focused on was to try to take away the deep stuff. They know that Todd Watkins is a threat deep. Most of the time, they rolled double (teams) to his side; that`s why our other wide receivers caught a lot of balls.

I discovered that Robert Todd Lincoln was there for each of the first three assassinations. I wanted to write about the Lincoln Memorial, so when I found out he had attended its dedication, that helped focus it further.

Sometimes I get lucky and hit some pitches, ... I don`t try to hit the ball like (Todd) Walker does, just try to make contact.

I didn`t raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway.

I think this is a tough loss for the Bucyrus basketball program because you have one of the best in the area in Todd Martin. He got kids to buy into his program. I respect Todd`s decision. Todd is a class person. Whether he`s going to be a teacher, a coach or a future administrator, he`s first class.

It`s really wonderful to be here and see all of you. I know that Todd would love being here himself. Even though he`s not here physically, he is here among us. I brought a few things I thought might remind you,

I think it was as important for the group to win without Todd in the lineup as it was for Todd to see the group win without him,

He`s a Georgia guy and he had an interest in being here. He has fit in very, very well in the locker room. I think the players respect him as a person and a player. He goes out and when he kicks in practice or in games, he just makes his kicks. I think that`s what players want to see. They want to see a guy put it through the uprights, and Todd does that.

He`s kind of like that sheep dog that keeps showing up in the cartoon, ... He punches in, punches out, he doesn`t have a whole lot to say. But you look up at the board and he`s got double-digit homers (10), he`s got (63) RBIs. As I`ve said all year long, he`s hit the ball harder, with more consistency, and made more hard outs than anybody on this ballclub right now. Anytime you`ve got Todd Helton on your ballclub, that`s something.

Todd came up big for us when we needed it.

Todd (Braun) and the guys prepared a great car. Hopefully we can be in this spot after the rest.

If I said what I wanted to say right now I`d probably be in bigger trouble than Todd. All I can say is it`s a new era in NASCAR.

We felt to improve the performance of the 88 team it was important to establish a leadership that has been lacking for the last few months, ... Todd has a record that speaks for itself both with preparing race cars and making decisions in the pits. Todd has the skills, ability and talent to lead a race team, and he is committed to winning races.

Todd`s built to win, in everything. He`s an all-around bad dude.

Todd is great because he still goes into every curve and analyzes every inch. It`s a trait not many drivers have. He`s very bright, and very impressive to talk to.