I was hugely formed by
I was hugely formed by stories I was told as a child whether that was in a book, the cinema, theatre or television and probably television more than any medium is what influenced me as a child and formed my response to literature, story-telling and, therefore, the world around me.
– David Tennant
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- People have said that I said I hate television. I never did say that. What I said was that I hated a lot of stuff that was on television. It’s nothing about the medium itself. – David Chase
- I’m an interpreter of stories. When I perform it’s like sitting down at my piano and telling fairy stories. – Nat King Cole
- I’m an interpreter of stories. When I perform it’s like sitting down at my piano and telling fairy stories. – Nat King Cole
- And my generation in Brazil was influenced by Cinema Novo. So we’re echoing what’s been done way in the past. – Walter Salles
- I am a passionate traveler, and from the time I was a child, travel formed me as much as my formal education. In order to appreciate cultures of another nation, one needs to go there, know the people and mingle with the culture of that country. One way to do that, if one is lucky
- I have a book in the pipeline of short stories. You want to hear an agent scream, say ‘I’m thinking about doing a collection of short stories set in the Ozarks.’ – Daniel Woodrell
- Somebody told me it was frightening how much topsoil we are losing each year, but I told that story around the campfire and nobody got scared. – Jack Handey
- We’re exposed to ideas everywhere. The world is full of ideas. I think that television is a pretty powerful medium in that regard. – Win Butler
- Honesty is fearing a negative response and telling the truth anyway. – Anonymous
- Latinos, Asians, African-Americans, women – we’re all trying to find our place in this world of cinema and television and theater. And the great thing with comedy is that most of the time, you could be orange. It doesn’t matter, as long you’re funny. – Sandra Bullock