Truth in 24 frames

“Sometimes all you need is 20 seconds of insane courage. Just...

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 15:58:00 +0000

“Sometimes all you need is 20 seconds of insane courage. Just literally twenty seconds of just embarrassing bravery, and I promise you something great will come of it.”

— Matt Damon
(in We Bought a Zoo)

“People often say that ‘beauty is in the eye of the...

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 22:08:00 +0100

“People often say that ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’, and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves.”

— Salma Hayek

“Sometimes you trust someone who turns out not to be...

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:09:00 +0100

“Sometimes you trust someone who turns out not to be honest. There are a lot of things that happen in life that don’t turn out the way you’re given the impression that they will. And I think that’s all kind of a con. But I think we’ve probably all been hurt.”

— Sigourney Weaver

(on addiction) “There are two ways to go when you hit that...

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:29:00 +0100

(on addiction)

“There are two ways to go when you hit that crossroads in your life: There is the bad way, when you sort of give up, and then there is the really hard way, when you fight back. I went the hard way and came out of it okay. Now, I’m sitting here and doing great.”

— Matthew Perry

“I struggled with the idea that this character, being the...

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 01:47:58 +0100

“I struggled with the idea that this character, being the parent, would go so far as to stop speaking to her daughter and not make more of an effort. We had it in bits and pieces, but it was hard for me to justify – that I wouldn’t try harder, that I wouldn’t reach out more, that I could stand to be away from her for that long.”

— Lauren Graham

“Classes were always a bore to me. I wanted to learn things on...

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 09:45:00 +0100

“Classes were always a bore to me. I wanted to learn things on my own, not by presentations. I was a loudmouth and a clown. It came as a surprise to me, later, that I could be serious and still get attention.”

— Nicolas Cage

“Beginnings are usually scary and endings are usually sad, but...

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:55:00 +0100

“Beginnings are usually scary and endings are usually sad, but it’s the middle that counts. You have to remember this when you find yourself at the beginning.”

— Sandra Bullock

“We don’t read and write poetry because it’s...

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 09:51:29 +0100

“We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.”

— Robin Williams
(From Dead Poet’s Society)

“We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing...

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 09:50:21 +0100

“We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It’s a death trap.”

— Anthony Hopkins

“I don’t believe in happy endings, but I do believe...

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 10:47:07 +0100

“I don’t believe in happy endings, but I do believe in happy travels, because ultimately, you die at a very young age, or you live long enough to watch your friends die. It’s a mean thing, life.”

— George Clooney

“Sometimes under-preparation is very good, because it...

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 09:54:01 +0100

“Sometimes under-preparation is very good, because it instills fear and fear is galvanizing. It makes you break out of yourself. If you’re prepared, then you think you’re ready, and if you think you’re ready, then you’re not ready.”

— Meryl Streep

(Tonight Show Farewell Speech)“To all the people watching,...

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 10:01:00 +0100

(Tonight Show Farewell Speech)
“To all the people watching, I can never thank you enough for your kindness to me and I’ll think about it for the rest of my life.
All I ask of you is one thing - and I’m asking this particularly of young people that watch: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism. For the record, it’s my least favorite quality. It doesn’t lead anywhere.
Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.”

— Conan O’Brien

“I always tell my kids if you lay down, people will step...

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:57:05 +0100

“I always tell my kids if you lay down, people will step over you. But if you keep scrambling, if you keep going, someone will always, always give you a hand. Always. But you gotta keep dancing, you gotta keep your feet moving.”

— Morgan Freeman

(About being in your twenties) “It’s a question mark...

Thu, 31 May 2012 09:50:24 +0100

(About being in your twenties)

“It’s a question mark decade, in a sense. And we’re told that we should know what we want to do. And it’s a terrible thing. ‘What are you gonna do? What are you gonna be? Well, how can you make a living at that?’ … No, no, no. It’s a question mark. You’re never gonna have this luxury again, of not knowing, and it is a luxury not to know. You can play! You must do that, you must. It’s your only way not to go crazy.”

— Dustin Hoffman

“You learn that the first failure isn’t the end. I...

Wed, 30 May 2012 09:43:28 +0100

“You learn that the first failure isn’t the end. I thought I’d seen the end of my career 10 times over. I’ve experienced them as death blows. What’s nice - after numerous efforts, successes, failures, losses, professional and personal - is to actually accept you’re not going to ace your life. You suffer, then you get on with it. You may spend three months in bed, but, eventually, you’re going to have to get up.”

— Uma Thurman

“I’m a little bit of an adult and still a bit of a...

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:43:51 +0100

“I’m a little bit of an adult and still a bit of a kid. I hope I never lose enthusiasm for things like road trips and Cheerios. I find beauty in unusual things, like hanging your head out the window or sitting on a fire escape.”

— Scarlett Johansson

“I think we are living in selfish times. I’m the...

Mon, 28 May 2012 09:57:54 +0100

“I think we are living in selfish times. I’m the first one to say that I’m the most selfish. We live in the so-called ‘first world,’ and we may be first in a lot of things like technology, but we are behind in empathy.”

— Javier Bardem

“It seems I have more talent for filmmaking than for...

Sat, 26 May 2012 21:34:23 +0100

“It seems I have more talent for filmmaking than for writing a novel, which is my dream. I have always found it easy to let my imagination go. You do not just need imagination for filmmaking, you also need a lot of passion. When I discovered filmmaking as a way of telling stories, I felt that I had found something that was in my nature.”

— Pedro Almodóvar

“There are four questions of value in life… What is...

Mon, 07 May 2012 02:53:00 +0100

“There are four questions of value in life… What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.”
— Johnny Depp

“My heroes were Dylan, John Lennon and Picasso, because...

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 23:33:00 +0100

“My heroes were Dylan, John Lennon and Picasso, because they each moved their particular medium forward, and when they got to the point where they were comfortable, they always moved on.”

— John Hughes