Tone Quotes - page 15

With Barack Obama as president and the super-happening Michelle Obama as First Lady, you would think a new tone, a new tune, a kicky new jazzitude, would have entered Washington discourse, but it remains a landlocked island unto itself, held captive by its tribal fevers. (James Wolcott)
I put some red stuff on my mouth and cheeks so I look healthy - any old red lip pencil and a lip colour from Dr. Hauschka in a crushed berry tone. I never put anything on my eyes, or I look like Joan Crawford. View quote
Jane Birkin
And as a director, you make 1,000 decisions a day, mostly binary decisions: yes or no, this one or that one, the red one or the blue one, faster or slower. And it's the culmination of those decisions that define the tone of the film and whether or not it moves people. View quote
Jason Reitman
The movies that I love and model after, like 'Annie Hall,' 'When Harry Met Sally,' and in particular for me, 'Broadcast News,' are the tone of life, which isn't a setup punch-line every two minutes. View quote
Jason Segel
My biggest role as director on the film is keeping a sense of the overview - how to cast the movie and shoot it in such a way that it will cut together. And how to design the style and tone. View quote
Jay Roach
As the lead of a movie, you really set the tone off-camera as well, and that's a really big responsibility. View quote
Jenna Fischer
I don't know if this is true of everyone, but I have this relationship with my parents where, despite however mature or articulate or grown-up I think I've become, as soon as I go home, I turn into this petulant 13-year-old, especially with the tone of my voice. View quote
Jenna Fischer
If you don't set the tone for the day, the devil will set it for you. View quote
Joel Osteen
Politicians wishing to set a better tone should have the discipline to avoid televised cage matches. View quote
John H. Sununu
I believe really deeply in the pilot process because you learn things about tone and casting. Even some of our best shows have had substantial re-shoots and reworking before they've gone on the air. View quote
John Landgraf
I like cool jackets - a nice fall or winter coat. You can get a lot of use out of it, and you'll wear it frequently, so it can really set the tone of your uniform for the season. (John Legend)
That's always the most productive research - research into tone, into voice. Facts are nice, too, but facts are more raw material than creative inspiration. View quote
Jonathan Dee
I love the sharpness and political tone of RoboCop and I think that such a film is now urgently needed. View quote
Jose Padilha
One of the most ephemeral and important things is atmosphere and tone and it's very hard to put your finger on what creates that. View quote
Julia Leigh
I think striking the right tone for your story is, if you like, the alchemical work of writing. View quote
Julia Leigh
He looks like a man.' 'How descriptive,' Susan said in a droll tone. 'Remind me never to advise you to seek work as a novelist. View quote
Julia Quinn
I don't like your tone," was Violet's standard answer when one of her children was winning an argument. View quote
Julia Quinn
Metaphorical tone deafness is when people are unable to discern what is of value in something. I think I'm tone deaf to poetry, for instance. Despite having studied it into a second year of university, most of it just leaves me cold. View quote
Julian Baggini
You had to make sure that the tone of your dress was not the same tone as the curtains, for instance. View quote
Julie Harris
Vaudeville was characterized by sunny optimism, acts that were uplifting, cheerful, and clean. It provided a fanciful, magical escape, but after Black Friday, the tone of American entertainment changed almost overnight. View quote
Karen Abbott
I'm very concerned about the tone of politics in recent years. We've seen a decline in civility and bipartisanship, and a rapid increase in hostility between those who have differing opinions. I think this has led to the alienation of the public in governance, which jeopardizes democratic participation. (Kyrsten Sinema)
I didn't feel like going any further in this scene with the boy. He was not a professional actor, and if I had pushed the scene any further it would have destroyed the tone of the movie. View quote
Louis Malle
Growing up in Georgia, my dad was a farmer and we worked in agriculture, so we were always looking up at the sky, checking if rain was in the forecast. That always set the tone for the mood in my household, whether we had rain coming in or not - we knew the crops would be good and it was going to be a good week around the Bryan household. View quote
Luke Bryan
I think in reading a few sentences of text you can just tell the tone, and that's something I love in prose writers. View quote
Lauren Mayberry
I had a strong vision for 'The Best Man Holiday,' so I was able to translate that to the actors and ultimately to the screen. Things can't get too heavy or too outrageously funny; it has to strike a balance. Tone is everything. If you've set the right tone, you can get away with a lot of stuff. You can get away with making people cry. View quote
Malcolm D. Lee