All my adult life, there was the Troubles. That was the backdrop of my life. — James Nesbitt Copy Share Image
I always try to put a strong political context, as a backdrop, in my films. — Kabir Khan Copy Share Image
Ballet for a rainy day Silent film of melting miracle play Dancing out there through my window To the backdrop of a… — Andy Partridge Copy Share Image
We are essentially in the business of telling stories. We would like to think that most of our stories are basically human… — Bryant Gumbel Copy Share Image
If you want to make a great sports movie, don't put too much sports in it. It's the backdrop. It's the environment. — Kevin Costner Copy Share Image
Hollywood is the backdrop of my family, and I know that the movie business is incredibly cruel as you get older. — Jamie Lee Curtis Copy Share Image
Even though I love Hindi films, I don't remember any backdrop visuals that are really striking. — Gautham Menon Copy Share Image
Artistic simplicity is more complex than artistic complexity for it arises via the simplification of the latter and against its backdrop or… — Yuri Lotman Copy Share Image
They say that Nero started the fire himself because he needed a suitable backdrop for his concert. — Victor Borge Copy Share Image
You never know when I might decide to work in a Bollywood film and do one of those dance numbers with the… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
If I could sum up 'Shadow's Claim' in six words: cage fights with hot alpha males. Seriously, though, while the fights are… — Kresley Cole Copy Share Image
It was the time of the Cold War and so there were was a lot of pressure on the - to get… — John Glenn Copy Share Image
I wanted to present a sweep and scope of larger events, and a grander backdrop, but most important was to set against… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
'Lollipop Opera' is the backdrop to Finsbury Park. A place that is very thriving, interracial and lot of music stores, Greek, Turkish,… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
The reality of the Eucharistic sacrifice has always been at the heart of Catholic faith; called into question in the 16th century,… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
With the backdrop of The Salvation Army's century and a half of service to the world's poor, these songs and reflections are… — Sara Groves Copy Share Image
Now, because of this big backdrop that we've given ourselves, these little personal, human details take on a whole new context and… — Jason Winer Copy Share Image
The worst violence we can do to each other often is psychological, especially in families. I dwell a lot on domestic danger.… — Lisa Unger Copy Share Image
I think that those of us who are ordinary disappear easily into the backdrop of life and we take things for granted.… — Chris Abani Copy Share Image
I really am just trying to tell stories. But stories are often grounded in larger events and themes. They don't have to… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
Netanyahu and his coalition have no strategy of their own except endless counterinsurgency against the backdrop of a steadily deteriorating diplomatic position… — Jonathan Chait Copy Share Image
Beautifully written, intensely passionate and gripping, FALLEN grabbed me from the first sentence and didn’t let go. Its eerie future world and… — Linnea Sinclair Copy Share Image
Japan is a wonderful country, a strange mixture of ancient mystique and cyberpunk saturation. It's a monolith of society's achievements, yet maintains… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
When I was about five my dad built a stage for me in our basement. A full stage, with a curtain, a… — Paul Reubens Copy Share Image
... in the eyes of its visitors, Venice has no reality of its own. Anyone visiting the place has already seen so… — Christian Boltanski Copy Share Image
'Rocky' is a movie that just happens to be about boxing. It's really about characters and story lines and relationships and all… — Triple H Copy Share Image
Time is the backdrop of our lives and the very fabric of the cosmos. — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
In most novels, the landscape, or the place, in which the story takes part is simply a backdrop to the human action. — Paul Kingsnorth Copy Share Image
... in the movies Paris is designed as a backdrop for only three things--love, fashion shows, and revolution. — Jeanine Basinger Copy Share Image
Ultimately, users visit your website for its content. Everything else is just the backdrop. — Jakob Nielsen Copy Share Image
I'd like to change the depictions of life, love, and adventure under what's known as the typical, overused backdrop of Hollywood. — Romany Malco Copy Share Image
As the years go by and I make more films, I am increasingly interested in capturing place as a vivid backdrop for… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
Today, I would describe a preistess as a woman who lives in two worlds at once, who perceives life on earth against… — Jalaja Bonheim Copy Share Image
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