“We shot the actors pretending to have sex and then had the body doubles who really did have sex and in post we will digital impose the two. So above the waist it will be the star and the below the waist it will be the doubles.” — Louise Vesth, producer of Lars Von Trier’s [...]
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“When people would point to me as a brand instead of just a guy. Or a sum of money, a monetary figure, instead of just a guy. I was always about just telling the best story I can. I had little, artistic movies that I wanted to do. I consider Kiss Kiss Bang Bang to [...]
“I bought this domain to keep some conspiracy theory kook from owning it. Please keep the victims of this event and their families in your thoughts. Thank you.” – Some kind soul, who registered the domain for Boston Marathon Conspiracy. Typically, as these things go, you see a link like that and think some nutter’s [...]
“Startups are run by people who do what’s necessary at the time it’s needed. A lot of time that’s unglamorous work. A lot of times that’s not heroic work. Is that heroic? Is that standing on a stage in a black turtleneck, in front of 20,000 people talking about the future of phones? No. But [...]
“I hope, for your sakes, that you find the moral courage to face what you have done to me and to many, many others who deserved to live. I hope that before your time on earth ends, as mine is now ending, you will find the strength of character to stand before the American public [...]
“How do you create an experience that neither frustrates users with its complex possibilities nor bores them with repetitive dullness? That goal was made even more complicated because I didn’t want the app to use any words to explain what users should do. [...] Simplicity is not about making something without ornament, but rather about [...]
“It’s easy, cheap, and sometimes even fun to be mean. It’s a whole lot braver to be open and sincere, and to acknowledge that it’s perfectly okay to unapologetically love something even people you respect might find suspect.” — Nathan Rabin, yes, vouching for his love of Phish, but also offering a succinct and perfect [...]
“The serious baristas at the fancy shop with the long lines, sporting the latest prohibition-era cosplay outfits and fondling their expensive espresso gear might lead you to believe that a well-crafted cup of coffee can only come from the hand of an expert—but the truth is that a good brew, once you grasp the basics, [...]
“When a physician removes a child from a woman, that is the largest organ in a body. That’s a big thing. That’s a big surgery. You don’t have any other organs in your body that are bigger than that.” — Mary Sue McClurkin, Alabama GOP lawmaker, suggesting either that human organs have personhood status or [...]
