Futterman Quotes & Sayings

I think I'm kind of attracted to the material more than the medium. I'm not opposed to doing a television show, though. I actually think there are a couple of good ones. And there is some terrible theater. Film is a very different kind of acting. — Dan Futterman

Shane looked faintly injured. "I make it my business to know everything about silver. And I saw your notes. I study up on everything when it comes to your boss, anyway." There was a flicker of jealousy about that, but she didn't have time, or energy, to consider it very much. Not even whether or not she liked it. — Rachel Caine

Honestly, we don't kick or bite or throw potatoes at all our guests."
A crooked smile touched Lord Bradford's lips.
"Your family has spirit," he said, taking his hat from Azalea. "I enjoyed the evening."
"Well, yes, you've just come from a war," said Azalea. — Heather Dixon

We are breaking new ground in the territory of dumb with 'Shooting Fish.' Dumb, but in good taste. Silly, but not ridiculous. — Dan Futterman

Sometimes I doubt if the game is worth the candle. (...) But I know if I abandoned my ambition - hardly as she uses me - I should have nothing but remorse left for the rest of my days. — H.G.Wells

My mom always said that still waters ran deep, so maybe Chase had a lot more things going on than I realized. — Elle Casey

It's not my job to try and alter the director's style - he's in charge, and I'll always give him my trust. — Ewan McGregor

A law of life: at the precise instant when someone tells a truth, that truth is transformed into a story — Enrique De Heriz

I really do love football. — Ricky Williams

Once you start working with a particular actor, that actor becomes very present in your mind as your mind as you're writing subsequent episodes. — Dan Futterman

Assuming that he believes at all, the everyday Christian is a pitiful figure, a man who really cannot count up to three, and who besides, precisely because of his mental incompetence, would not deserve such a punishment as Christianity promises him. — Friedrich Nietzsche

The future has many names: For the weak, it means the unattainable. For the fearful, it means the unknown. For the courageous, it means opportunity. — Victor Hugo

I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer. — Dan Futterman

I'm arrogant, but not so much that I'd irresponsibly save someone just to brag about it — Yana Toboso

With a play, there's more of a definable arc because of the nature of theater: You know, there's no editing, so there's something more natural about the arc a character follows in a play. I think theater is more an actor's medium, whereas film is more a director's medium, because that's who controls the final feel of the film. — Dan Futterman

It's funny that some ideas start with a little "What if?" and then suddenly you're spending a million dollars to shoot the scene and hoping that it works. — Steve Martin

I could do a good imitation of a competent young woman. — Margaret Atwood

There's things that you don't want to do and they keep haunting you and following you. Bennett Miller directed this project [Capote], who is a friend of mine since I was 16, and Danny Futterman wrote it, and he's also been a friend of mine since I was 16. — Philip Seymour Hoffman

I've always got something to say. — Joan Jett

We got off at the next exit, quietly, and, switching drivers, we walked in front of the car. We met and I held him, my hands balled into tight fists around his shoulders, and he wrapped his short arms around me and squeezed tight, so that I felt the heaves of his chest as we realized over and over again that we were still alive. I realized it in waves and we held on to each other crying and I thought, 'God we must look so lame,' but it doesn't matter when you have just now realized, all the time later, that you are still alive. — John Green

I loved being in Bombay. It was a pretty thrilling place to walk around and explore. — Dan Futterman

You miss a lot of a person's life when you don't keep in touch. Maybe that's the point. — Bryant A. Loney

I was raised Jewish and bar mitzvahed. — Dan Futterman

Does 'Shooting Fish' have less artistic merit than a play like 'Angels In America,' which I did? Well, probably. But it's good for something. — Dan Futterman