Greenlights Quotes
"I never wrote things down to remember; I always wrote things down so I could forget."
"The idea of revisiting my life and musings was a daunting one; I wasn’t sure if I’d enjoy the company."
"Hopefully, it’s medicine that tastes good, a couple of aspirin instead of the infirmary."
"I’ve always gotten away with more in life than in my dreams."
"I believe the truth is only offensive when we’re lying."
"The first step that leads to our identity in life is usually not 'I know who I am,' but rather 'I know who I’m not.'"
"Knowing who we are is hard. Eliminate who we’re not first, and we’ll find ourselves where we need to be."
"Greenlights mean go—advance, carry on, continue."
"Catching greenlights is about skill: intent, context, consideration, endurance, anticipation, resilience, speed, and discipline."
"The secret to our satisfaction lies in which one of these we choose to do when."
"The arrival is inevitable: Death. The approach is relative: Life."
"We fool ourselves in freedom if we think it means getting rid of the constraints around us."
"Life's hard. Shit happens to us. We make shit happen."
"We cannot fully appreciate the light without the shadows."
"The future is the monster not the boogeyman under the bed."
"The past is just something we’re trying to outrun tomorrow."
"Life’s a combination. Some get the genes but never the work ethic or resilience."
"We want to be loved, have a family, community, have something to look forward to."
"We are not here to tolerate our differences, we are here to accept them."
"I think that’s what we all want. To believe in and be believed in."
"Some people will never be more attractive than in that first impression... They will never look better than in that initial, fuzzy-edged glimpse."
"Some relationships are better in a wide shot. More impressive in the impression."
"Distance is the flirt and the wink, it’s frivolous, it’s mysterious, a fantasy."
"Some people get more attractive, have a greater impression on us the more we see them."
"It’s love, it’s literal. Closeness is the quiet moments together, the pain shared, the beauty seen, the honesty."
"A call from my production office. The office where I had paid the rent and staff since 1996."
"Man is never more masculine than after the birth of his first child. Not macho. Masculine."
"Being surrounded by senior citizens will remind you of your mortality and make you feel younger at the same time."
"The honeymoon, like Hollywood, is an animated movie. It’s larger than life, not a reality we should expect to see once we exit the theater."
"Money is king currency today. Money is success. The more we have, the more successful we are, right?"
"What is success to me?... don’t choose anything that will jeopardize your soul."
"It was a risky bet I was making. In Hollywood, if you pass on too many projects, they may quit asking."
"I’ve always needed work for my own sense of self-significance."
"It’s hard to find constants, natural laws, universal truths in life, but when we have kids, there is no intellectual discussion or philosophy as to how or how much to love, protect, and guide them, it’s an instinctual commitment."