Trying Quotes

Im a huge fan of The Odd Couple, yes, and any comparisons to Tony Randall and or Jack Lemmon are completely welcome. I kind of try to channel those guys, and then add my own neuroses, too.

I know I probably offend some people. I have been talking a little too much so I'm trying not to talk as much.

I don't know why I always end up talking about my relationships. I try not to.

The movie on the screen is always going to be different from the movie in your head. How it makes you feel is what I'm after, what I'm chasing, and what I'm trying to construct.

In the writing phase, normally I try not to envisage any particular actors because I like to let the characters sort of reveal themselves in that process.

I write every day for most of the work day, and I try to write 2,500 words per day... If I don't make it a routine and treat it like a job, I'd never get anything done.

Look, dear! How adorable. When pop music tries its very hardest, it can be almost as good as Sven Hassel.

My Country's trying to save the World, stop the wars, relieve the poor, feed the hungry, heal the sick and liberate the captives that are bound by countries like America!

I think that my fascination with clothes generally was motivated by trying to create the characters for the stage.

We can't stop trying til we break up our minds, til the sun drips blood on the seedy young knight.

But it is a delightful challenge to try to depict interesting aliens.

One of the rules I try to follow is that normal people are going to be involved even in heroic events

Editors of conservative magazines aren't out trying to raise money. The money is there; the cash reserves are in the bank.

We live in a culture that encourages us to be big about ourselves, and I think the starting point of trying to build inner goodness is to be a little bit smaller about yourself.

I want to try to make big films that hopefully connect with people.

As a director, I like trying to unlock the subtext of the scene and try to put the camera in a place that helps that.

I learned I'm not a science writer. I'm not very good at describing how something is happening. I try to describe "So What?"

I try to devote my afternoons to making music in my home studio, but it's a lot more fun hanging out with musicians and friends, and trying subtly to influence a band than making your own stuff.

Chefs who cook in these ivory towers are in control in their own world. We try to approximate that world as best we can, but ultimately our goal is to please our clients.

I had five sisters and one brother, so having a big family is a given for me, but now being a father, and trying to be a good father, I already have my work cut out for me.

I'm just constantly trying to be a good dad.

I have a huge editor in my head who's always making me miserable. But sometimes, I try to let my unconscious act out.

...man will try to guard his faith more preciously even than his gold.

At nighttime, you just try to keep him out of jail.

I'm really trying hard not to do anything that has been done before. So knowing everything I can about the legacy of magic challenges my team and I to invent new illusions.

After all the time we [people] spent saying look, war is a stupid way to solve stuff - oh, you're not trying to solve stuff. You're trying to make money.

It's always like you write a poem when you can't really say what you're trying to say.

I enjoy trying to figure out the best way to compliment the picture and not overpower it.

I've just been working hard, trying to get some good stuff to come out.

You've got to make an effort on your own. Some people don't even try.

I think about what I say. I don't give stock answers. I'm not trying to cultivate an image with the public, like several of the top players do.

I was in the middle of the golf tournament trying to make birdies and I was just having a blast. So that probably qualifies as having a greater appreciation.

Don't wrench your shoulder out of its socket trying to pat yourself on the back," Beldin said sourly.

If you'd just try, I'm sure you'd be able to fly.

We [Notekillers] aren't necessarily trying to be role models, but if we are, that's cool.

Not that that mystical stuff's necessarily true: The only thing that's capital-T true is that you get to decide how you're going to try to see it.

I have filled 3 Mead notebooks trying to figure out whether it was Them or Just Me.

Say the whole point of love is to try to get your fingers through the holes in the lover's mask. To get some kind of hold on the mask, and who cares how you do it.

It never ceases to amaze me the lengths that some people will go to to try and speak to me or meet me.

Every time I come with an album I try to do something different and obviously my life has an influence on how I feel and the type of message I want to give with the music.

[David] Mamet's the writer I admire most but he's way off from when he tries to talk about what the moral appeal of liberal thought is. His heart is not in it.

Making the films is never easy, but actually that aspect of trying to make a better film or to keep the standard high is something that comes organically.

I think you're always trying to challenge yourself to do new things and not repeat yourself.

On some level in acting, what you're trying to find is truth, because when it's true is when it's also funny.

U.S. has been trying to encourage Iraq to pass a law that would provide money and training and weapons for a Sunni national guard that could be effective in places like Ramadi, like Mosul

When we try to find our sense of security, value, worth from our work, we'll find ourselves anxiety-ridden and burdened.

Brad [Dourif] would tell himself that he was not intentionally trying to mimic Jack Nicholson in any way. I think that actually bothers him a little bit. I just think maybe they have similar voices.

I think ever since Numbers ended, I've been trying to find a way to get back in a situation like that. It was lovely to drive in traffic with other people going to their jobs every day.

A tip for generalists who try to read economic research papers: If you get to a section that's incomprehensible, don't give up. Just skip to the next section.

It was a tough press conference for President Bush. He spent the first ten minutes trying to pronounce Fallujah. ... Bush insisted that Iraq is not Vietnam. Of course not, he avoided Vietnam.