Scary Quotes - Page 3

• That's what all these studios do: They recruit people who've seen certain films. It's this weird, fake science-y thing the studios call a "tool." That's a very scary process, because it can be used in odd ways. But then there's focus groups and stuff like that. I was so nauseous and terrified, and then you get the cards: very good, good, recommend.

  Tamara Jenkins

  People, Fake, Focus

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Starting writing is stressful and scary and hard, but also, it's just like going to the gym. You're just stiff and weird, and you can't do it as well.

  Tamara Jenkins

  Writing, Stressful, Gym

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• The question does arise if how and why to write poetry in this time. It feels both completely essential and also quite difficult. But that's how writing poetry has felt to me my whole life. Everything seems to have just gotten immensely more mortal and tragic and scary, which makes it hard to concentrate, but also, if harnessed, can provide immense energy for making poems.

  Matthew Zapruder

  Writing, Energy, Difficult

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I was always shocked in prison because it's a scary place. It's not natural to lock that many people up like that, in such a tiny place. There's something disturbing about it.

  Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

  People, Prison, Natural

  Source: collider.com

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• I have gotten death threats - that was scary. But it just made me want to use my voice more.

  Amy Schumer

  Threat

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• Look, any guy who tells you that he didn't have some fears is lying. Of course, it's scary becoming a dad for a variety of reasons. That's not to say it isn't thrilling. It was. It was very exciting and in some ways was the greatest thing that's happened in my life. But it's also completely terrifying and you're saying goodbye to a portion of your life and that's just an emotional experience.

  Jason Reitman

  Goodbye, Dad, Lying

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• From the time I was little, I'd been kind of freaked out by the whole deal with large groups of people. And even moderate - sized groups of people. It's always made me very uncomfortable. It's such a strange phenomenon, what happens to people when they're all moving in the same direction, all chanting the same tune, the same line of slogans or something. That stuff always seems very alien and bizarre to me, and kind of scary.

  Katherine Dunn

  Moving, People, Strange

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Step one is to take ownership of figuring strengths ans weaknesses out. It starts with writing them down but, to take ownership, you have got to seek feedback of those who directly observe you - this is scary and uncomfortable for many people. It's no fun to hear negative feedback and most people don't want to stick their necks out to give it to you. So, you have to ask.

  Robert S. Kaplan

  Fun, Writing, People

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• I don't think I could ever reach the giddy heights of the inspired comedy and tragedy that's happening now in Washington. I mean, it's mesmerizing to watch but it's also scary. For me, the scariest thing about it is all those people who were so absolutely opposed to Donald Trump before he got elected, and then have just drifted away and kept quiet. It goes back to: We've always got to be vigilant about democracy because it can go wrong.

  Armando Iannucci

  Mean, Thinking, People

  "'Veep' creator: I could never reach 'giddy heights' of Trump". The Associated Press Interview, abcnews.go.com. September 8, 2017.

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• I've been a huge horror fan since I was about eight years old, which is a little bit young to be watching scary movies.

  Alexandra Breckenridge

  Horror

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I think since I was in drama school, I wanted to direct in the theatre. When you are an actor, you just have to open your eyes and you start to learn a lot about how to survive on set and what's important and how to tell a story. Directing is really about putting yourself out there, to be slapped in a way. You know that in the kitchen, you're gonna get burned. It's very scary but very exciting as well. If you have something to say, you have nothing to lose and you probably learn from the experience.

  Gael Garcia Bernal

  Drama, School, Eye

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• It's so weird how scary it is at the beginning of rehab, and then you bond with the people, and it's really an amazing experience. It is impossible to do it on your own, and it's good to ask for help when we need it.

  Marc Jacobs

  People, Helping, Impossible

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I've learned to trust that you know what you're doing, because it gets scary sometimes. There's a lot of money being spent. If you panic, then that kind of messes with the whole creative vibe. You can't force something to happen, you have to let it all come out and believe that you'll get there in the end.

  Andy Grammer

  Believe, Creative, Kind

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• Everybody underestimated the universality of the concept of a nightmare or a bad dream. Horror movies travel pretty well anyway. They're like action movies: People overseas can watch them and enjoy them, and they're not so culturally specific in terms of their references, and they can follow a good scary story.

  Robert Englund

  Dream, People, Action

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I feel like I've always had two selves - the part of me that makes films and the part of me that's political, and they haven't really connected that much. Alias Grace talks about things like class and immigration and women's rights, which felt really good. But especially now, there are pressing things to be said. It's a really scary time in the world. It's a very scary thing to have an American president who openly brags about assaulting women and is openly racist. This isn't a moment to be speaking in metaphors.

  Sarah Polley

  Political, Grace, President

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• It's too scary in television. It's scary to sign a six-year contract for something that you don't necessarily know about.

  Lizzy Caplan

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I don't know where my next movie is going to get financed or if it will. I think every filmmaker is probably worried about that, unless their movie made a fortune. My movies make a profit, but obviously not a fortune. So yeah, it's scary.

  Nicole Holofcener

  Thinking, Worried, Filmmaker

  Source: film.avclub.com

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• I think a lot of people read the album cover as something scary or creepy. I think it's something positive...something lasting.

  Chelsea Wolfe

  Thinking, People, Creepy

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I find comedy to be really scary, because it can go so wrong so easily, and the margin for error is so huge - and I guess that's what makes it funny, that tension.

  Tatiana Maslany

  Comedy, Tension, Really Scary

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• If someone doesn't like another artist's song, that's their prerogative. But now it's kind of scary, and I never thought of it that way! But I love the challenge and feeling fear.

  Havana Brown

  Song, Challenges, Feelings

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Ewan McGregor and I said this to each other after we saw The Ghost Writer. Every time Roman Polanski did a "No, no, no!," he was right. It was really as if a sculptor was asked to sculpt the embodiment of despair - that was the attitude he would strike. But as with every sort of inspiring teacher you ever had who was strict and scary, when you get it right, the sun comes out, and it's worth it.

  Olivia Williams

  Teacher, Attitude, Despair

  Source: film.avclub.com

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• Everyone has scenes with the snakes in Where the Truth Lies. There was a 20-foot python that was a little scary, but they were all non-venomous so... I was more nervous with the snakes than the nudity.

  Rachel Blanchard

  Lying, Nervous, Nudity

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• I myself have always found that if I examine something, it's less scary. I grew up in the West, and we always had this theory that if you saw - if you kept the snake in your eye line, the snake wasn't going to bite you. And that's kind of the way I feel about confronting pain. I want to know where it is.

  Joan Didion

  Pain, Eye, Kind

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• We are actually starting to manipulate our bodies, because we can, into a shape. We are becoming our own art. But what happens for me is that it desexualizes everything. You know, you start to look more and more polished, more and more lacquered and you look like a beautiful car. Does anyone want to sleep with you? Does anyone want to touch you? Does anyone want to kiss you? Maybe not, because you're too scary.

  Tom Ford

  Beautiful, Art, Sleep

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