Top 26 Bahrani Quotes
#1. The job of the writer and the filmmaker is not to impose his vision on the reality, but to be inspired by the reality and create a vision out of that.
Ramin Bahrani
#2. Of all the ways to murder someone, slowly, over the course of about 75 years or so, is the best way to not get caught. Nobody, not even Sherlock Holmes, would suspect a thing.
Jarod Kintz
#3. The actors come and you start seeing things happen for real.
Ramin Bahrani
#4. I finally understand. Cancer is not a gypsy curse. It's a huge smashing wave. It catches you and drags you out. And anybody can be spit back up, and anybody can drown. -The Lucky Place
Zu Vincent
#5. Development is not about factories, dams and roads. Development is about people. The goal is material, cultural and spiritual fulfilment for the people. The human factor is of supreme value in development.
Rajiv Gandhi
#7. I'm tired of playing freaking cha-chas, the sassy CIA agent, the best friend homegirl. I'm tired of that!
Melonie Diaz
#9. I may be Anti-Big Government, but only because I am Pro-Human.
Gary Hopkins
#10. Sometimes we have dreams, but we just can't make them. That's normal.
Ramin Bahrani
#11. In this world, there is life and death; he who misses the life shall never die anymore, because he is already a dead!
Mehmet Murat Ildan
#12. I never say "Action" or "Cut." Never. I think that would disturb the life from happening in and around everything.
Ramin Bahrani
#13. We're living in a world that says that if you engage in mass fraud, you'll be rewarded, but if you go down the street and steal an orange juice, you get arrested.
Ramin Bahrani
#14. People ... shouldn't be allowed to have new children if they'd already given away all their love to their old ones. It wasn't fair.
Khaled Hosseini
#15. I like to give the actors the freedom, and they know they have the freedom, to change anything they want at any time.
Ramin Bahrani
#16. I think writing in a group, even though it can be a challenge - you have to be on your toes all the time - is the way the best comedy gets written. It's very, very collaborative. A lot of comedy writers are definitely introverted nerds.
Megan Amram
#18. I'm not that beautiful, and I don't want to be a pop star.
Bonnie Raitt
#19. Since Hollywood seems to be more interested in people wearing tights and using powers, there seems to be a fertile ground for movies about real human beings.
Ramin Bahrani
#20. Most of the projects aren't that interesting anymore. There used to be a day when the studios made amazing films, and they were about human beings.
Ramin Bahrani
#21. So much can be learned by any filmmaker by studying his work, in terms of blocking, staging, editing and sound.
Ramin Bahrani
#22. The people who run the major banks have MBAs and wear suits. And when those people in suits come to the homes of people who don't have a high school diploma, don't even speak English, and offer them a home at zero percent down, that doesn't make a hell of a lot of sense.
Ramin Bahrani
#23. We're living in a time period where if a kid is on a plastic scooter that's one inch off the ground, mom and dad think he should have a helmet on. I don't think they should have a helmet on. They should break their leg and have an imagination. Otherwise, we're going to have a nation of accountants.
Ramin Bahrani
#24. Stronger! stronger! grow they all, Who for Coca-Cola call. Brighter! brighter! thinkers think, When they Coca-Cola drink. - Coca-Cola advertising slogan, 1896
Tom Standage
#26. That morning, lying with the woman I loved, a silent promise was formed in my head. I was going to be a better man for her, someone she deserved. No more flying off the handle. No more temper tantrums, or violent outbursts.
Jamie McGuire
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