Koteas Elias Quotes & Sayings

Your strengths are the raw materials that God needs to make your dreams happen. — Bidemi Mark-Mordi

I picked up the guitar at 11, but even before then, I was writing songs on the organ. — Tracy Chapman

I would think I'd accomplished it all if I could get to play Quasimodo. — Elias Koteas

A good film is also a documentary — Eric Rohmer

I turned right onto the A410 which went north with suspiciously Roman straightness toward Aymestrey, which is less a village than a diorama of the last six hundred years of English vernacular architecture stretched along either side of the road. — Ben Aaronovitch

If you think too hard about anything it's bound to take the fun out of it. — David Sedaris

I can't stand to watch anything that I'm in. I tear it apart. The worst thing you can do is leave me alone and let me watch what I'm in. It's abusive. — Elias Koteas

A lot of these roles that I feel like I've had some sort of impact, or that have had an effect on me, have always been with directors who have the time to somehow get to know me. Any good director's going to be curious about who it is that's coming aboard. — Elias Koteas

Sometimes there are certain things that you gotta grow into. Sometimes, for some actors, they know it spiritually at a young age. Others need to grow into it. — Elias Koteas

To be honest with you, I don't male-bash. I don't believe in male-bashing. I write about things that are natural, that happen in life. — Cherrelle

I feel blessed. To live an artistic life, it's a blessing. — Elias Koteas

I know that I'm a quirky guy, to say the least. I don't know how easy I am to cast for a network. It hasn't been because I haven't tried. But am I dying to be on a TV show? No. — Elias Koteas

I play guys who are willing to go really far. If the dung really hits the fan, I don't know if I could walk the talk. But anyone who isn't willing to die for his convictions isn't worth living. My characters, no matter how demented they are, they have their convictions. — Elias Koteas

She felt a little betrayed and sad, but presently a moving object came into sight. It was a huge horse-chestnut tree in full bloom bound for the Champs Elysees, strapped now into a long truck and simply shaking with laughter - like a lovely person in an undignified position yet confident none the less of being lovely. Looking at it with fascination, Rosemary identified herself with it, and laughed cheerfully with it, and everything all at once seemed gorgeous. — F Scott Fitzgerald

I have learned that a man has the right and obligation to look down at another man, only when that man needs help to get up from the ground. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

When I'm losing, they call me nuts. When I'm winning, they call me eccentric. — Al McGuire

I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse, but every time I show up on set it still feels like the first time. — Elias Koteas

Today the telephone takes precedence over everything. It reaches a point of terrorism, particularly at dinnertime. — Niels Diffrient

I guess if there's one thing that might surprise people about me, it's that I'm very obedient. I'm kind of like a dog. I look at acting as kind of a service industry. You're there to serve the writer and the director. I don't really look at it as an act of self-expression, like I'm going to say what's on my mind. — Michael Shannon

There are some real positives for Wales. Their back four's not bad, sometimes. — Iain Dowie

Love the wife of your youth. Never abandon her. — Lailah Gifty Akita