Quote of the Moment: Insanity
It's a pretty common quote but: "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result."
March 30, 2009
February 10, 2009
Quote of the Moment: Why I don't see Takashi Miike's films
New York Magazine's Vulture entertainment blog had a great bunch of quotes and stories yesterday. My favorite quote is from Takashi Miike, a director who makes American torture porn look like an episode of Little House on the Prarie.
"Audiences in Japan don't really want too much stimulus, they don't want too much danger. They don't want to see a horror film that ruins the rest of their lives. They don't want to see a scene so horrific that they can't go on with their lives — so those conditions are not very desirable for me." —Takashi Miike
From the New York Daily News via Vulture.
Vulture also had a great little anecdote about an audience participation routine gone awry at a performance of Will Ferrell's broadway show.
September 16, 2008
Quote of the Moment
"I saw a lady on TV she was born without arms... and that was sad. But then they said 'Lola does not know the meaning of the word can't".
And that, to me, was actually worse in a way. Not only does she not have arms but she can't understand simple contractions."
-- The Late Mitch Hedberg on his latest CD "Do You Believe in Gosh?" I highly recommend the CD. It's rough material but a lot of it is hilarious and some times the jokes that bomb are even funnier. After one bad joke he said, "That joke was dumb. Y'know, if I had a dollar for every time I said that... I'd be making money in a really weird way."
August 28, 2008
Quote of the Moment
Found this on Vulture: Josh Schwartz was a bit perturbed about the marketing for his latest show, "Chuck". The heads at NBC tried to calm him but used the typical, short-sighted Hollywood thinking.
"They say, 'Your promotion's in Sunday night football,'", explained Schwartz, "and I go, 'Yeah, but we're on against Monday Night Football.'"
Ah, reminded me of the push for High School Musical: Get in the Picture during the NBA Finals when I'm sure a lot of tweens and musical fans were glued to their TV's.
August 01, 2008
Quote of the Moment
While discussing the fact that the truth is always stranger than fiction...
"Well, as Richard Price always tells us, God's not a second-rate novelist."
- David Simon, creator of The Wire
July 19, 2008
Quote of the Moment
I don't know which is worse, ...that everyone has his price, or that the price is always so low. 
- Calvin
May 09, 2008
Quote of the Moment
"Personally, I don't like the term 'success.' It's too arbitrary and too relative a thing. It's usually someone else's definition, not yours." - Ichiro