Tone Quotes - Page 17

• Personal prejudice: Hispanic and Latino women with blond hair look like hookers to me, no matter how clean or cute they are. Somehow those skin tones that look so good with dark, dark hair just don't work for me with lighter shades.

  John Byrne

  Cute, Dark, Hair

  "John Byrne Explains Why 'Racebending' Doesn't Help The Fantastic Four Reboot" by ComicBookMovie.com, June 21, 2014.

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• People think that because of my nature and the tone of my voice that I'm stupid, and that's hard.

  Rebecca Ferguson

  Stupid, Thinking, Voice

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• Tone is everything in TV.

  Ryan Murphy

  Tvs

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• Too much sparkle can detract from the focal point of the painting, so I blend some areas to tone down the look of the pastels in less important areas.

  Paul Murray

  Past, Important, Looks

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• God has given us a revelation in regard to celestial marriage. I did not make it. He has told us certain things pertaining to this matter, and they would like us to tone that principle down and change it and make it applicable to the views of the day. This we cannot do; nor can we interfere with any of the commands of God to meet the persuasions or behests of men. I cannot do it, and will not do it.

  John Taylor

  Men, Views, Principles

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• For every role, I brought certain elements of the character. Even on White Collar over six years, I tried to keep the set fun and breezy and Howard Hawks-y and very of the tone of the show.

  Matt Bomer

  Fun, Character, Years

  Interview with Fred Topel, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. October 6, 2015.

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• Very thorough in the rehearsal process but more in terms of just understanding the characters, understanding where the actors are at with discovering those characters for themselves, and just setting an overall emotional tone for the piece as opposed to necessarily getting things up on their feet or staging scenes.

  Kate Winslet

  Character, Emotional, Feet

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• I think there were moments on Snow White where I wished there was a little bit more of a sick humor toward Ravenna. But maybe the tone of the movie couldn't really support that. So you always have to kind of figure out where you are and adapt to it.

  Kristen Stewart

  Thinking, White, Sick

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I do feel like there's a spirit and a tone you can set that lets people know that they're appreciated for being there. It's a sense of spirit that I think every film should have.

  Cameron Diaz

  Thinking, Should Have, People

  "The Holiday - Cameron Diaz interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• Sometimes you think, "Oh man, this is going to be a fantastic movie," and then when you see it put together, you're like, "Oh, huh. Well, that didn't turn out quite the way I thought." Sometimes you think you're part of a project and it isn't that great, and then it sort of becomes a pleasant surprise. But I think there's just too many elements that affect the tone of a movie, so I think even for a director, it may be hard to gauge that.

  Anna Faris

  Men, Thinking, Together

  Interview with Scott Tobias, film.avclub.com. April 7, 2009.

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• The attitude is in my personality. It's going to come out in the songs no matter what. If you're pushing the vocal constantly at 10, there's no room for any dynamics. There's no room for any variation in tone. There's no room for anything.

  Mike Ness

  Song, Attitude, Personality

  "Mike Ness of Social Distortion". Interview with Matt Schild, music.avclub.com. January 18, 2011.

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• The most important thing for me is the tone, the feeling, the pace. But why I'm doing this is not very clear to me. It's much more of an instinctual thing than an analytical process.

  Eran Kolirin

  Feelings, Important, Pace

  Source: www.indiewire.com

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• Well, outside of the tone, the big thing that I gained from working on horror film was how to shoot really quickly with no money. I learned how to be able to go into a production and know exactly what shot I need to get and how the shot needs to look and what performance I need to get out of the talent at a very quick pace.

  Deon Taylor

  Able, Needs, Looks

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• The thing that I think a director has to have in order to make a movie really work, and to certainly make a film that feels personal, which I hope this one does, is that you have to have a sense of the feeling that you want to create in people, the tone which you want to tell the story, and the basic themes you want to come out. You can't compromise on those because you are then not making the movie that you are going to be good at telling.

  George Nolfi

  Thinking, Order, People

  "Writer-Director George Nolfi Exclusive Interview THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. February 26, 2011.

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• I was quite shocked at the tone I took and the judgements I had of the relationship that she embarked on, you know, sex with a minor. But it's the stuff of great drama.

  Cate Blanchett

  Sex, Drama, Judgement

  "Notes On A Scandal - Cate Blanchett interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• Not until my fourteenth or fifteenth year did I begin to come across the word 'Jew,' with any frequency, partly in connection with political discussions.... For the Jew was still characterized for me by nothing but his religion, and therefore, on grounds of human tolerance, I maintained my rejection of religious attacks in this case as in others. Consequently, the tone, particularly that of the Viennese anti-Semitic press, seemed to me unworthy of the cultural tradition of a great nation.

  Adolf Hitler

  Religious, Years, Rejection

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• Opera is music AND drama. I'm prepared to sacrifice the beautiful note for the meaningful sound any time... I can make a pretty tone as well as anyone, but there are times when the drama of a scene demands the opposite of a pretty sound.

  Beverly Sills

  Beautiful, Meaningful, Drama

  Beverly Sills (1981). “Bubbles: an encore”

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• You can make a little thing feel like a big thing. To me, it's all tone. Tone is the most important thing in the world. Then character, then story, or something like that.

  Loren Bouchard

  Character, Important, Littles

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I don't write a word of the article until I have the lead. It just sets the whole tone - the whole point of view. I know exactly where I'm going as soon as I have the lead.

  Nora Ephron

  Writing, Views, Point Of View

  "In Conversation With A 32-year-old Nora Ephron". Interview With Michael S. Lasky, lithub.com. January 28, 2016.

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• In general, even if I'm dealing with a historical subject, I begin with invention rather than investigation, because I need to understand what is going to be the voice or the tone of the story.

  Lucia Puenzo

  Voice, Historical, Needs

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• I can't be reading novels when I'm writing a novel, because somebody's voice creeps in. The hardest thing to do is keep the tone and your attitude over the course of a year or however long it takes.But when I'm writing short stories, which I will be doing shortly, I can read anything I like.

  T.C. Boyle

  Attitude, Reading, Writing

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• When I sing the songs, there's a color tone and a place, and it's not a place that I remember in reality. It's usually based on a photo that I took - 'cause those photos don't look like the real world. The film distorts them, and the colors get exaggerated.

  Phil Elvrum

  Song, Real, Color

  Interview with Brandon Stosuy, believermag.com. July 1, 2009.

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• Our limbic system sets the mind's emotional tone and stores our highly charged emotional memories.

  Tian Dayton

  Memories, Emotional, Mind

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• There are times when I wouldn't rule violence out. I personally don't like violence at all. But it wasn't until we had the Trafalgar Square riots that the Poll Tax went out in Britain. When people take to the streets and fight the police, it's the one thing the government can't control. You can march round in circles for the rest of your life and they can ignore it, but once you start damaging property and fighting with the police, they can't. Even though they tar you with a brush and say you're a set of bastards, they have to actually tone down what they are doing.

  Alice Nutter

  Fighting, Circles, Squares

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• The trick is to smoke a cigarette to calm your nerves and then take a big swig of strong liquor to tone your muscles.

  Lev Yashin

  Strong, Nerves, Calm

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