Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" You can't always do the extraordinary, in between you have to do the ordinary. Because if you didn't, what would constitute the extraordinary? "
Christoph Waltz
Extraordinary
You
Because
Related Quotes:
" The villain is usually the most interesting part. But it has to be a smart thing. Just dumb cliche villains with a Russian accent and big muscles and a mean face, I don't know. My Russian accent isn't that great, and the muscles aren't that big and the mean face is not enough. You know what I mean? It gets very boring. Tedious stuff. "
Christoph Waltz
Great
Smart
Villain
" Praise is nothing that accumulates. Praise is a sequence, especially if you've toiled for a long time. Praise does not pile up. So in a way, you can't get too much. I don't consider it to be a quantity that you can measure by volume. "
Christoph Waltz
Measure
Time
Long
" I used to hate exposure situations. What is generally referred to as 'red carpet.' "
Christoph Waltz
Carpet
Hate
Red
" You know, I don't support esoteric approaches to acting. "
Christoph Waltz
Support
Acting
Esoteric
" Something that is very special today might not be special tomorrow, but to hold it, to grasp it, to keep it, to make it special, to elevate it from the ordinary, that's when you open up the champagne. To make it sparkle. "
Christoph Waltz
Tomorrow
You
Sparkle
" It's easy to not feel misplaced if this tidal wave of appreciation is coming your way. "
Christoph Waltz
Feel
Easy
Way
" The fact that Facebook presents facial recognition programmes as a desirable development, well, that in itself is a decisive step toward fascism, as far as I'm concerned. "
Christoph Waltz
Step
Development
Fascism
" It's a misconception that you don't have seasons in southern California. They are just very subtle. The vegetation is very different. Plants react differently. You just have to be a little more observant. "
Christoph Waltz
California
You
Plants
" You're always being cast for what you've been in last. "
Christoph Waltz
You
Last
Cast
" I take praise as not just a reward and a result but also as the beginning of a new process. "
Christoph Waltz
Reward
Result
Process
" When a new book comes out or becomes accessible in whatever form, I get it and I read it. "
Christoph Waltz
Book
Out
Whatever
" It's a wonderful narrative device to bring someone from the outside and look through his eyes if you want to describe the absurdity and preposterous reality that is accepted amongst the ones who are inside. "
Christoph Waltz
Want
Someone
You
" You see, my version of why anyone would want to become an actor is that it's some psychological fixation, something that happened in puberty that you didn't outgrow in time, which is normal. Nevertheless, if you make it a profession, it can be really neurotic. "
Christoph Waltz
See
Time
Normal
" You know, I don't talk about the characters that I play. Years ago, I was a little timid about it and I kind of squirmed when I was asked, 'Could you tell us something about your character.' Now with a little self-confidence that comes with the grey beard, I just flatly refuse. "
Christoph Waltz
Self-Confidence
Character
Beard
" Our hubris needs to be downsized, thinking that profiteering on Earth, on whatever level - environmentally, economically, culturally - is unlimited and everybody should get as much as he wants or she wants. Humans need to be shrunk again to their actual size. "
Christoph Waltz
Need
Earth
Hubris
" There is one thing I do miss in L.A. I love autumn. "
Christoph Waltz
Miss
Love
I Love
" For a while, I couldn't decide whether or not I should pursue singing in the opera or acting. And I'm glad that I chose the latter because I wasn't a very good singer. "
Christoph Waltz
Singer
Pursue
Good
" Becoming an actor is like becoming a father. It's not hard to become one. Making a life of it is the challenge. "
Christoph Waltz
Actor
Challenge
Life
" Well, you need the villain. If you don't have a villain, the good guy can stay home. "
Christoph Waltz
Good
Villain
Stay
" By looking into more details of American history, we can make more sense of what's happening today. "
Christoph Waltz
Today
Looking
History
" Ten flashing lights are a nuisance but 500 are fantastic. "
Christoph Waltz
Flashing Lights
Lights
Ten
" I only do what I like to do. "
Christoph Waltz
Only
Like
" I have always been so interested in film as a medium. "
Christoph Waltz
Medium
Been
Always
" I think in Europe, movies are made like a commodity and then sold as art. "
Christoph Waltz
Europe
Art
Like