Quotes About Adaptation

I try, in my films, to normalize things that maybe 20 or 30 years ago a film would have been about. 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' needed its own film, but now blended families you see all the time.

I think one of the blessings that I've had in watching, you know, films be made now from four of my books is to realize that it's a separate thing. It's a separate work.

Blind don't mean you can't, you know, listen.

I'm not blind to the reality of sponsorships and endorsements and stuff. And I don't mind the challenge of change. I enjoy that. That's life. You can't grow without change.

My mom and sister both make fun of me now. Well, it looks like you're on trade block again. Where we going this year?

Maybe I'm the kind of athlete who absorbs the atmosphere instead of trying to block it out.

I've been learning when to block shots against who I'm playing. I'm not just going to leave a shooter to go block shots.

At the end of the day, social distancing's hard when you're in a huddle and when you're trying to block guys.

Whether you're in a blockbuster or an art film, you have to be able to adapt.

Nobody wants to see arm bars or cross-body blocks anymore.

You can't hold up a blog; you can hold up a magazine.

It's not always easy for a mainstream organization to accept what a blog is.

I can't play guitar if I blow my arm out.

If you get taken out after 20 minutes it's a big blow to you.

The stories I most love are about the benefits of being blown off course.

Acting on a blue screen is awful.

When you have a blueprint doesn't mean you can't add another room.

I seen a lot of changes. You got to make changes. I even make changes in my blues.

I board with a poor Scotchman: his wife can talk scarce any English.

I went to a lot of different high schools. I had quite a sporadic schooling experience. I went to school in England briefly, to boarding school, and I went to a few different ones in Australia as well. I'm really lucky! I have friends in most countries.

I started working with Bob in 1965. We did go through a lot of changes from 65 to 74, a lot of changes. By 1974, everything had straightened itself out.

We all learn how to use the bodies we're born with, or learn to use them in an adjusted state, whether those bodies are considered disabled or not.

Every time I catch the ball, I'm seeing a lot of bodies. The key for me is not to force.

I wouldn't want to be a part of something that has gone off the boil a bit and isn't as good as the last series. I have confidence enough in my own ability to go on and do something else.