But in the back of my mind Ive always looked to the biggest-scale Hollywood movies. Because to me the most satisfying experience is of watching a movie, if its done really well. And so that aspiration is always it for me, if I have the opportunity to do it. – Christopher Nolan
I had a heartbreaking experience when I was 9. I always wanted to be a guard. The most wonderful girl in the world was a guard. When I got polio and then went back to school, they made me a guard. A teacher took away my guard button. – Francis Ford Coppola
Jazz took too much discipline. You have to come in at the right place, which is different than me singing the blues, where I can sing, Oh, baby, if theres a pause in the melody. With jazz, you better leave that space open, or put in something real cool. – Etta James
It was my father who instilled the never say no attitude I carry around with me today, and who instilled in me a sense of wonder, always taking us on adventures in the car, never telling us the destination. – Marlee Matlin
