Quotes About Observation

I've worked with some very good directors and some very bad ones. I learned a great deal from both. From the bad, untalented people, you learn what not to do. And when you work with very highly talented people, you want to emulate them.

I don't like to talk about my work. People should see my work and form their opinion based on that, not because of something I said.

Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.

Sheep are never going to talk to you about cricket.

I guess people think I'm aloof just because I don't talk much. I guess I'd think the same thing if I saw myself.

I talk to myself all the time - it's something my children have observed in the car.

I have never seen an ass who talked like a human being, but I have met many human beings who talked like asses.

I look around and pay attention to what around me is not being talked about, and then I talk about it with as much humour and honesty as I can. All my books have been that way.

It's something that's always been there for me, that I have huge blue eyes - it's been something that people have always talked about.

I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.

A lot of times I watch sporting events, and there are things I want to say and things I see that don't get said or talked about.

It always cracks me up when program directors or music directors or companies will say, 'Well, we did research, and we interviewed 25 people in our focus group, and this is what they said.' And I'm like, 'I've talked to 25 people in two hours! I talk to 50, 60, 70 people a night! Five or six days a week!'

David Rouse, a goalkeeping scout for Manchester City, came over for maybe a week in October. He was an awesome guy. He showed me what kind of club they were like. We talked about Manchester City. He watched me and watched a game.

I'm a big people watcher and a people talker. The beautiful thing about being an artist and a creative person is that you can get an idea from anywhere, and I'm always on the hunt for them.

One thing that I've noticed about big families is that they usually break down into two camps: the talkers and the watchers.

I remember that. I was talking to him and I said how great it would be if actors had a tail because I have animals and a tail is so expressive. On a cat you can tell everything. You can tell if they're annoyed. You can tell whether they're scared.

If you want to write about people, you can make it up. But if you spend time talking to someone and examining what it is you want to write about, you discover a level of detail that you wouldn't have noticed otherwise.

Part of being out there, campaigning, talking to people, is being able to read body language.

You know, I think whatever a comic talks about onstage is all they talk about offstage.

When you're the older guy, everybody talks about you. When you win, everybody talks about you. When you lose, everybody talks about you.

Funnily enough, I think Gary Neville is very interesting... and talks a lot of sense.

I do a great deal of research - particularly in the apartments of tall blondes.

It's funny: I kinda still float under the radar. I'm not tall like a New York Knick; I'm not a heavy, strong New York Giant or New York Jet. I blend in pretty well. A lot of people don't recognize me too many places. More men recognize me than women.

I am 5 ft. tall myself, and it is rare that I meet someone new who doesn't comment on my height.