Quotes About Discernment

I have turned down a lot of garbage lately.

I've turned down projects based on raunchiness before.

We've turned down multi million dollar films, simply because we liked the film better. We have the luxury to do so - we have projects that make the money, and others that we do for love.

I turned down some movies that were quite good. mainly on the basis of taste.

I kept turning down roles because I knew I just wasn't ready for them.

Matters of taste are not, it turns out, moral issues.

I can feel things - tap into emotions. When I meet a new person, I know their life straight away. I suppose you could call it a special intuition, but it's my number one quality, and I'm always 99.9 percent right. If I don't like someone, it always turns out to be for a good reason.

We're always on the search for a novel or a source or an existing screenplay, or writing something ourselves that turns us on. But because films cost a lot of money to make and a huge amount of effort to get the people to rally, you have to really like it; you can't just semi-like it. Getting to 'really like' is the part that takes the minute.

I will only do something if it has credibility for me, and that includes the films I make, the TV shows I judge and ad-campaigns I sign up for.

I have a special ability to spot TV shows that don't go past two seasons; that's my gift.

Even before I was working off-Broadway, there were lots of different TV shows that I would actually say 'no' to, and my agents would be like, 'Are you crazy?' but they stuck with me because they know the kind of things that excite me.

If you think about a tweet, don't post it.

The listening community has the obligation of distinguishing informed opinion from tweets.

A lot of times Mick will play me different things, or I'll listen to a cassette, and out of twenty ideas or whatever, I'll find two or three that are just blowing me away, and we'll start working on them right away.

A diplomat is a man who thinks twice before he says nothing.

I was very serious about being a priest, twice in my life. Almost joined the Montfort Seminary after I graduated from high school. Almost went back in the seminary during college.

If you want to buy a good movie, you'll buy a good movie. If you don't want to buy a good movie, you'll buy a 'Twilight' movie.

A friend of mine gave me a very good piece of advice, which is if you don't think your kids are going to want it, don't take it.

The listener has a responsibility that not everyone wants to take, especially if you are putting on the new Top 40 record.

You should never read online comments if you want to keep thoughts above the belt.

Men do not fail commonly for want of knowledge, but for want of prudence to give wisdom the preference.

If you sincerely want to know if you're "going too far," don't ask yourself, "Is this bad?" Instead ask yourself, "Is this pure?"

You need to be moving if you want God to show you which way to go.

When I'm choosing things, there's a level of intelligence I want to peel off, whether it's written in terribly simple sentences, whether it's from the point of view of a dog, or a 15-year-old boy.