Top 1200 Genre Quotes & Sayings - Page 17
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Last updated on November 5, 2024.
In my writing classes, I don't outlaw any genre writing.
Every time you make a film, you want to do it in a genre that is different from your previous film, so that there is something fresh about it.
No genre of music is better than another, whether it's country, hip-hop, trap, classical, whatever. It's all music.
There's not a single genre that is hard to find or hard to get.
I'm not looking for any particular genre or role because I will pick up a role based on my mood and instinct.
Now because the film industry is what it is, if people are expecting a certain film genre and they're not getting it, there are howls of outrage.
I love the fantasy genre, I'd love to be a member of the X-Men.
My point has always been that, ever since the Industrial Revolution, science fiction has been the most important genre there is.
I've spoken often of how the fantasy genre is able to, with the greatest freedom among all the genres, take a metaphor and make it real. But of course that's only the starting point.
When I started off in England, HMV or Tower Records would come to meetings and be, like, 'We just don't know what this genre is.' I don't really fit in between Rihanna and Beyonce.
I wanna be an artist on the whole; I don't wanna be within a genre.
There are two ways to write a werewolf novel - you can examine the genre conventions, or you can say, 'What would it be like if I were a werewolf?'
I have been a reader of Science Fiction and Fantasy for a long time, since I was 11 or 12 I think, so I understand it and I'm not at all surprised that readers of the genre might enjoy my books.
I went to NYU thinking I was going to make a 'Die Hard' sequel, or maybe action and genre films for the studios, but I ended up falling in love with personal cinema.
I'm drawn to doing interesting stuff at work. And some of the time with the supernatural, you get to do really crazy, fun things. But I'm not a big genre-fantasy gal, particularly.
One thing that's thematically consistent in 'Sin City' is that all the performances seem to be of the same genre, like we're singing the same song.
We was different, and that's what made g-funk turn into what it turned into and create a new genre, and open up a lot of doors for other artists to feel free to do that type of stuff.
From now on, I approach the cinema as a business woman. I intend to be in more action movies because, apart from Angelina Jolie, no other actress stands out in this genre.
When you're from the Bay Area, there's this chip on your shoulder that you inherently come up with, because us, as a region, we've been overlooked in the grand scheme of the history of the genre and the culture.
There are so few good comedy sequels. The only one in recent memory that's good is '22 Jump Street.' It's a hard genre.
I don't know what genre I've fallen into, I don't know where it is, and that's really exciting.
There's been so many different types of musicals, and it's a funny genre because there's a fine line between clever and stupid. It really takes a genius to know how to do it.
I'm kind of... I'm a sci-fi fan, and I like horror; I'm a genre fan... but fantasy's not really ever something I've gotten into.
I'm just looking for material that excites me more than any specific genre. It just needs to be good.
I've never really been a genre fan. I never grew up reading comic books or was a horror buff.
Realism isn't something most people associate with the fantasy genre, yet it's an essential element of great fantasy writing.
I love the whole mystery-detective genre - I love all of that.
We're all given a window of opportunity, I think all artists are, of any genre. A window when you're truly relevant, the spotlight's on you and people are watching what you do.
I never choose a genre over quality. I never think, 'I want to do that,' and sacrifice the fact it might not be very good.
Right from childhood, I have enjoyed films which belong to the thriller genre. As a kid, I would read novels written by Agatha Christie and James Hadley Chase.
I don't think I will write anything that could be even remotely considered a genre novel from this point on. I think I've graduated.
I am singing a genre of music that people are very protective of. I am being compared to the greatest vocalist of all time.
When it comes down to it, the reason that science fiction endures is that it is, at its core, an optimistic genre. What it says at the end of the day is that there is a tomorrow, we do go on, we don't extinguish ourselves and leave the planet to the cockroaches.
I've never really been a genre fan. I never grew up reading comic books, or was a horror buff.
I don't belong to any school or clique or ghetto. I don't have any preconceived ideas. I'm trying to serve a story and not a genre or a style.
We've had different genres within our genre for so long that people just fail to realize that it's going to keep repeating and we're watching the cycle repeat again.
Don't classify me, read me. I'm a writer, not a genre.
I love all music. I'm not specific. I don't just love one genre!
I love flamenco. It's very difficult music to sing. But I think of any genre as a snow globe - you don't admire it for its stillness. You have to shake it up and see how it explodes.
You don't want to play the same roles or do the same genre.
A Bond movie falls into a specific genre, and you have to provide certain elements. You must respect the fact it's essentially about girls, guns, gadgets, and big action.
In college, I interned at a production company and spent a lot of time on sets. I love music videos and felt I could be experimental and hone my craft in that genre, so I started there.
I'm not seeking out genre films, but this just came my way, and Miramax was good enough to add a role for me because we wanted the chance to work together.
When I am playing, I try to keep the genre very easy-going and breezy. I can't be into the book and not be into the profession I am in.
I think music isn't just a genre or sound. If it sounds good and makes you feel good it's a beautiful thing.
I didn't grow up a huge fan of the Western genre because there was never a female character to relate to or look up to.
The world of spying is my genre. My struggle is to demystify, to de-romanticise the spook world, but at the same time harness it as a good story.
From the moment that photography appeared, the descriptive genre began to invade Letters... In verse as in prose the décor and exterior aspects of life took an almost excessive place.
Few rappers realize the genre sprang from West African griots through Delta slave songs to jazz poetry and the comedic trash talk of 'the dozens.'
If we don't keep people engaged, we're not going to move you. And if we move you, we've done something useful. That's what anybody who writes genre knows.
Possibly the only genre that efficiently converted from TV to YouTube / Vine is sketch comedy, which has always had more to do with the skills of its creators than its budgets.
I want to do films that are genre-based and character-based.
We couldn't own Sci Fi; it's a genre. But we can own Syfy.
Sci-fi is very much an American genre. Space and the exploration of space is something so closely associated with America.
I'm happy to try any genre, from drama to comedy and anything in between. Although, to be fair, for most of my career, I've been at the mercy of what people are willing to put me in.
In novelas, sometimes you get the most ridiculous situations, but you make the best of it. But novelas are a very special genre.
Any piece of music or album or anything - I don't care what genre - in the States, a piece of it came through Atlanta somehow.
I love the unexpected and I think that's why documentary is an attractive genre to me because you don't know where it's going to go, so I tend to involve that as much as possible in the production process.
I do like putting scenario and story first, and I actually like masking whatever I want to say in the guise of genre.
We don't want to box ourselves within any type of genre, you know? Whatever feels good, if it moves us and we like it, we get on it and make it our own. That's what we do.
