Karpovsky Alex Quotes & Sayings

What I like in comedies are really two things: stories that are character-driven and stories that are rooted in authenticity. — Alex Karpovsky

The commonest forms of amateur natural history in the United States are probably gardening, bird watching, the maintenance of aquarium fish, and nature photography. — Marston Bates

If I only acted, I feel like I wouldn't have enough creative expression over my own sensibility, and also if I only acted, the notion of surrendering my fate and future to other people is deeply unsettling to me and it would make me uncomfortable. — Alex Karpovsky

To feel nervous; to feel threatened and vulnerable and alive and engaged in that sense when interacting with someone you're really attracted to? I think that's wonderful. That's usually the best part. In fact, it's almost always downhill from there. — Alex Karpovsky

For observing nature, the best pace is a snail's pace. — Edwin Way Teale

I do have commitment phobia, which I think is underlied by death anxiety. I feel that if you are in a relationship, there is a real genuine possibility of plateauing, and there is a possibility for a creative, emotional and spiritual death because of it. Only part of me feels this way, but it's enough to create an anxiety which makes me think twice before committing. — Alex Karpovsky

Relationships are definitely not a road paved with roses. — Alex Karpovsky

I went on the courts with just a ball and a racket and a hope ... and that's all I had. — Serena Williams

The first principle of value that we need to rediscover is this: that all reality hinges on moral foundations. In other words, that this is a moral universe, and that there are moral laws of the universe just as abiding as the physical laws. (from "Rediscovering Lost Values") — Martin Luther King Jr.

I like directing myself; I feel like it's one less person to give notes to. There's an efficiency in it. I'm also kind of a control freak. So I like the fact that it gives me more control in the overall picture. — Alex Karpovsky

Every corner of the sky awkwardly showed up wearing the exact same thing, a moody gray dress accessorized with flat clouds. If North, South, East, and West were drag queens, this would be bad, very bad. — Edmond Manning

I'm from Boston, and I get easily overwhelmed in New York, so I go to Boston and stay with my parents for a few months at a time to write, or edit, or just to cry. — Alex Karpovsky

If you film a scene in a wide shot, especially a disturbing, distressing moment, I do feel like that helps you feel as though you're the room with these people, instead of cutting it up and getting close - which you wouldn't be doing if you were actually in a room with these people. — Alex Karpovsky

I may not know what is in your mind, but I know how your mind works. — Patti Smith

My day-to-day local issues are rooted in an underlying fear of death. — Alex Karpovsky

Lord save the suffering souls. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Crooked is the path to eternity. — Ouspenski

What I try to do often when I'm acting and what I like when I'm seeing good acting is how authentic it is. How true is this to what I know of the world that's been created for me? The ultimate test for me is, like, if I heard a clip of it on the radio, I'd like the audience not to know if I'm acting. — Alex Karpovsky

None of the arts are any good unless you really are great at them. — Woody Allen

'Rubberneck' has nothing to do with comedy, nor does it follow comedic people. — Alex Karpovsky

I love playing music no matter where it is. — Martin Garrix

My favorite types of movies to watch as a viewer are thrillers - I really have a soft spot for them, I love them. Especially psychological thrillers. — Alex Karpovsky

I try to preserve whatever balance society has between public and personal life. I never try to eat on the subway. I never try to listen to loud music on the subway. — Alex Karpovsky

Lenny Bruce is a very moral man trying to improve the world and trying to make audiences think. — Dorothy Kilgallen