top of page
.png){kind=small}
"I was speaking to Ridley Scott the other day and he makes a film every 18 months. He's amazing really."
Standard
Customized
Exlpore more Productivity quotes
"The truth is, when you have little to do, you do very little. But when you have much to do, you do much. So it should make sense that by taking on more than you can handle, you accomplish more than you ever dreamed you could. And so it is."
"When you do your work happily, work will disappear."
"The busiest people I have known in my life always have time enough to do everything. Those who do nothing are always tired and pay no attention to the little amount of work they are required to do. They complain constantly that the day is too short. The truth is, they are afraid to fight the good fight."
"Love of bustle is not industry."
"Sometimes, there is no harm in putting off a piece of work until another day."
"The amount of time spent doing something is what adds value to it."
"Life must be lived in speed and focus."
"Employment wastes the productive time of our lives."
"You do not have the right to waste time."
"Time is undoubtedly one of your greatest tools for success. You truly can't afford not to use it wisely."
Explore more quotes by Adrian Lyne
"Every time I do one I feel like I've never really quite learned anything. I always find that when I'm making a film, I find it a little bit like I'm doing it for the first time."
"What I think is interesting is that the more you do, you have to invent a book of rules of what you can do and what you can't do. And the very real danger is that if your book of rules becomes a book of cliches."
"Obviously, in dealing with a relationship, sexuality has to be involved, and jealousy and emotions like that. And I don't know, I've always been intrigued by those emotions."
"I was watching Monster's Ball, which is a fabulous movie. It's just a little gem: beautifully shot, and shot in a way I never would have done. It made me feel very old, really, because it wasn't eccentric for its own sake, it was just very original."
"So on my screenplay, on the left-hand side of the page, I will put all the ideas that refer to the scene next to it so I have some sort of pictorial reference."
"The challenge, really, on any new film is to try to avoid that and achieve a few moments that aren't cliche."
"I feel a little schizophrenic because my life is so totally different from here, obviously. And the French values are so different from American values."
bottom of page