Quotes About Perception

I like the medium boys. Not real perfect, but not too bad, either.

I don't think there's any more synesthetic medium than film.

I didn't realize I was working in a family medium.

I think that in the past there has been a kind of cultural resistance to Latin because it's associated with elitism.

What we hear while we are asleep continues to resonate with us upon awakening.

Certain songs mean a lot to you, and they don't really resonate with anybody else, and the ones you don't necessarily love are the ones that become really meaningful to a lot of other people.

When I was growing up, I always saw Karen Millen as a resource for women who were a bit older.

Autobiography is probably the most respectable form of lying.

I don't think grime has ever been respected; it's not seen as a nice sound.

I am interested in writing how women really feel, how they really think, and how they respond to men. I don't want men reading my books because they might find out too much.

As a director, you never think about how an audience would respond. You can think about that, but you will never change what you're going to do.

In the press, there's this desire for the black audience to be this monolithic thing that always responds to the same stars. That's a really reductive way of looking at the black audience.

As an actor, it's exciting to play a role that's so far from what you are and to have people respond to it like a real human being!

It isn't important to me how people respond to my work.

I am very different to how people think I am. It's the characters I play that they are responding to.

I'm very happy with the response for everything I've done, but, you know, sometimes you get things like, 'Oh, 'Spaced' Series One wasn't as good as 'Spaced' Series Two.' Or 'Shaun of the Dead' is not as good as 'Spaced,' or, 'Hot Fuzz' is not as good as 'Shaun.' Or, now, 'The World's End' is not 'Shaun of the Dead.'

If I don't see an emotional response to a dress, then I think something's wrong.

I just feel that if people write about a film, then they should also write about audience's response.

I think you write the film that you want to see, and you try and do it honestly, and you can't control people's responses, really.

There are two kinds of responses - the one we think we might get and the one we wish we get.

I assume everyone around me is older because they look more responsible.

As a make-up artist, you always want to be in a good light, whether you're walking down the street or in a restaurant. It is a very key element to me; you can't apply good make-up in a bad light.

When I used to go to school, the teachers used to say to my mum, 'Hector looks like he's going to a restaurant.' I was just that kid, I wanted to look good.

Around the world, when China has good results, people always think something bad.