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Trying Quotes


"I think he was trying to produce more of a... sort of a cheaper image."


"I just like to keep challenging myself, keep it varied. It's a craft, and I'm constantly trying to learn and get better at it."


"I'm not a cheerleader. I'm not trying to pretend to be sweet and then come out and be bad. This is who I am."


"Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful or to discover something that is true."


"I'm not trying necessarily to become a movie star; that wouldn't be bad but that's not the aim. I'm just trying to do interesting things and go into areas where I've not been before."


"One of the things that I have learned since trying to bring in an interesting story in under 28 pages is that we already agree on great chunks of typical superhero stories."


"We are all human and fall short of where we need to be. We must never stop trying to be the best we can be."


"Seriously, these days I tend to shut up in terms of external analysis and DO try to let things speak for themselves, while still trying to get some depth into them."


"I've never been into what am I going to do next, trying to reinvent myself."


"One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools."


"All you're trying to do in an improvisation is get as much material as possible for the editing room."


"I'm in the process of trying to find something that I could do on my own."


"Well. I'm probably not loving myself like I should, but I'm really trying."


"It's impossible to always get across what I'm trying to say, but, if I just stay honest, then I'm not going to look back on any of these interviews and wonder what I was trying to do or be."


"I was told once if I kept breaking things on my legs, that I wasn't going to be able to walk soon, you know? I wanted to be a pro skateboarder, but it was too hard. I was trying, but it wasn't going to happen."


"Oh, who am I trying to kid? It's a madhouse. The minute those cameras go off, things just explode, everyone is just at each other in one way or another, in closets or cat fights here and there. It's nuts. You know, I can't be a part of it."


"If you're trying to please everyone, then you're not going to make anything that is honestly yours, I don't think, in the long run."


"The file is a gzipped tar file. Your browser is playing tricks with you and trying to be smart."


"I checked out all types of tobacco trying to find one that would be easiest to live with, I ended up using pipe tobacco. It burned slower, and it wasn't as harsh on my throat... It also smelled better."


"I'm trying to sell every audience something; that something is me."


"I'm just going to do me; I'm not trying to do the Eminem thing, the D12 thing or the 50 thing."


"I don't think you can ever do your best. Doing your best is a process of trying to do your best."


"I'd been trying for all of the eight years we'd been married to have a child, and finally I did."


"Like with Berle, he was always trying to steal the scene, get a little extra."


"I don't know if I have a technique. I'm just trying to remember the words."


"I realized that I had to be honest about where I was, where I was coming from, and what I was trying to do."


"Know what you're trying to do before you do it. Turning knobs at random isn't enlightening any more than throwing paint at a wall blindfolded will let you paint a nice picture."


"I gotta get working, you know? I've been too busy. I've been trying my hardest, but it's really tough."


"On The Others, very atmospheric and probably mysterious is how I would say it felt to be on the set. It felt just a little uneasy, the atmosphere that we were trying to capture."


"I'm not trying to be sexy. It's just my way of expressing myself when I move around."


"I like trying to get pregnant, I'm not so sure about childbirth."


"I'm trying to keep a level head. You have to be careful out in the world. It's so easy to get turned."


"We're trying to get to the bottom of where the picture came from, and we're trying to get to the bottom of what it's of and who it's of."


"I'm just trying to make a smudge on the collective unconscious."


"You can say we're trying too hard or that we didn't try hard enough, but we're not trying at all; we're just doing what we do."


"I just consider myself a student, trying to learn more about it."
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