Campisi Quotes & Sayings

The original Star Wars ("A New Hope") has had the greatest impact on me of all the films I've ever watched. It's really what sparked something in me to want to make movies. — Gabriel Campisi

As he made his way back to his estate, Baruk recalled his lone meeting with Vorcan, only a few nights after her awakening. She had entered the chamber with her usual feline grace. The wounds she had borne were long healed and she had found a new set of clothes, loose and — Steven Erikson

More people are killed by errant cabdrivers in New York City every year than are killed by NYPD cops - and — Charles Campisi

Every film is a new adventure, and I always meet new cast and crew members that blow my mind. — Gabriel Campisi

Twitter. It's not a good sound, is it? If it were worth doing, there would be a better word for it. — Roy Blount Jr.

Build a bridge by extending your hand. — Ken Poirot

I've already made several friends-for-life from the latest movies I've worked on, and I know I'll make several more in the years to come. — Gabriel Campisi

My tombstone would someday read I died keeled over at my computer writing a screenplay or a business plan. — Gabriel Campisi

In the end ... he would choose Campisi.
In the end ... she would choose Abandonato.
In the end ... there would be bloodshed. — Rachel Van Dyken

Screenwriting and making movies is really playing make-believe like most of us did as children. — Gabriel Campisi

Growing up in the 80's, I think a lot of us saw things that were "new," an experience we don't get too much of these days. We saw things that were never done before. When Star Wars first came out, no movie before that had ever looked that way. — Gabriel Campisi

I've been up the mountain and I had a choice. Should I come down? So I came down. God said, Okay, you've been up on the mountain, now you go down. You're on your own, free. Check in later, but now you're on your own. — Bob Dylan

There are reports on the news tonight that members of the Taliban feel persecuted and fear their own safety. So now they know what it is like to feel like a woman in their country. — Jay Leno

Most of the people I've been fortunate enough to work with all share the same passion for creativity, for ingenuity, for playing make-believe and really just having fun. It doesn't matter if we're blowing up cars, or shooting an emotional scene in a police station, deep inside we all know our imaginations are at work, and our imaginations are manifesting into reality - at least momentarily for the cameras to capture. — Gabriel Campisi

I spent several years in the film finance business, but I returned to what I loved most about the industry - actual filmmaking, producing, writing and directing. — Gabriel Campisi

How could parents raise children and then watch them walk out of their lives? Were thy all masochists? Why would they do that to themselves? He knew the answer deep down; he'd felt it when Chrissie told him she loved him. They did because for all the pain and heartache children brough, they gave back equal amounts of pure, limmitless joy. — Mary Campisi

Get back up, shake the dust off and keep going. Keep going, because Hollywood is set up to make you fail. — Gabriel Campisi

In college I wrote for the university newspaper, and I had several short stories published in small press. I think it's just been a natural progression of where to go with the imagination and not have to grow up. — Gabriel Campisi

I love the phrase, 'Somebody's going to have a good day today, so it might as well be me.' I feel like you bring everything to the character, I hope. — Josh Peck

Today the challenge is not visuals, but to be able to tell a riveting emotional story, something that can reach deep down inside the audience's heart and twist it like a toy to make them laugh, cry or jump out of their seats to root for the hero. — Gabriel Campisi

I was miserable before I knew I was no longer happy — Gene Wolfe

You have to be willing to give it your all and sacrifice to make your dreams come true. — Gabriel Campisi

Several years ago, as I was transitioning from film finance to film production and writing again, someone asked me how long I would try to get back into filmmaking before I gave up? My response was "giving up" was not an option. — Gabriel Campisi

I found my father's Super8mm film camera when I was around eight years old and started shooting with it. I had no idea what I was doing at the time, but that's really where my filmmaking began. — Gabriel Campisi

I just really like fun, cool, interesting, quirky girls. And sometimes you find that in 6'2 model bodies and sometimes they're short and brunette. All shapes and sizes - it's really about the personality. That sounds cliche, but it's so freaking true! — Dylan O'Brien

Time and Nemesis will do that which I would not, were it in my power remote or immediate. You will smile at this piece of prophecy - do so, but recollect it: it is justified by all human experience. No one was ever even the involuntary cause of great evils to others, without a requital: I have paid and am paying for mine - so will you. — George Gordon Byron

I wrote several screenplays over the years to really polish my craft and learn from my mistakes. — Gabriel Campisi

Sometimes when you have a song, you listen to it and say, 'It's OK. It's music to drive to.' But then there are songs where you can actually hear it as a movie. — Betty Wright

There is truly no other business in the world like making movies. It's unique, it's extremely demanding and difficult, but it's also the most rewarding. — Gabriel Campisi

Dreams do come true. But it will involve a lot of hard work, a lot of dedication, a lot of studying. — Gabriel Campisi

Today, with computer-generated visual effects, everything is possible. So we've seen everything. If it can be imagined, it can be put on screen. — Gabriel Campisi

here. I invented — Mary Campisi

Thinking is a sign of disturbance. When your bladder doesn't hurt you don't think about it. — Marty Rubin

So long as we are driven by the need to make up for our needs; by the restless sense that we are not yet fully assured of our place in the world and our hold on its swarming phenomena; so long as there is more to be discovered and made, more to grasp for and make real, we must go on inventing ourselves. — David Malouf