Trajectory Quotes

I think I`m on a track of doing pictures nobody wants to do, that they`re all afraid of. I guess it`s the era we live in, where they`re doing remakes of "The Dukes of Hazzard" (1979) and other old television shows. I must say, I`m not a negative person, but sometimes I wonder what kind of movies people are going to be making 10 years from now if they follow this trajectory. When I grew up there was such a variety of movies being made. You could go see Sergeant York (1941) or Sitting Pretty (1948) or Sullivan`s Travels (1941), dozens of pictures, not to mention all the great B movies. Now, they`re looking for whatever the last hit was. If it`s The Incredibles (2004), they want `The Double Incredibles.` My theory is they ought to corral writers into writers` buildings like they used to and start out with fresh material.

The trajectory of my particular soap opera with the press launched from that statement Elton made about eighteen months ago when Elton hadn`t seen me for years. Elton said he thought I was really miserable for some reason. From that point on I`ve been trying to prove that I`m not. Unfortunately it made me incredibly vulnerable to the press. (April 2006)

I can analyse the trajectory of my popularity and find out why the peak was a peak and the valley was a valley - grapple with it that way - but I prefer not to analyse it that much.

The trajectory started when I was on the roof of our house looking out at a swamp when I was 19. I had written for several years, starting at about 15, but that day on the roof I took my vows and acknowledged my calling.

Honestly, I think it`s trying to sell the bells and whistles when they should really be working on how to swing the club, ... It all starts on the (PGA) Tour and with Tiger (Woods). They see the ball spin and trajectory and all that and they want to do it. But in about 90 percent of the cases, what we should really be worried about is getting the ball airborne in the first place.

The trajectory was good, the roll was off. I was worried. That wasn`t the way it was supposed to be.

The best way to measure gravity it to drop an object in space and watch its trajectory.