Joe Dante Quotes

I have been sitting around waiting for an opportunity to get to do something that matters for so long. Not just that matters in the world, which I think that season, in particular, had a very important meaning for a lot of people, but for me, as an actress.

As an actor, every opportunity, every role, everything that I do is an opportunity to have someone have a human experience with my work. I don't just want it to be about a cute wardrobe and a high paycheck.

There's a huge difference between being a replaceable cog on the assembly line and being the one who is missed, the one with a unique contribution, the one who made a difference.

You want to do something a little bit meaningful, because we're not saving the planet or anything, but we want to contribute in a positive way, in a way that makes a difference or makes somebody feel something.

I never see myself as the famous person. It never was a part of my life, and I hope this doesn't become the most eminent thing about what I do. I just hope that I'll do things that have meaning for me and for others somehow.

I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people.

If I can impact people with my music, that's what I want.

I feel I have been a part of some very wonderful films, and I have had it in mind when I was on the set, every day, that what I am doing has meaning.

I just don't want to do films for the sake of it.

I have the sensation of doing something good for people, more than being a trendy artist or a successful artist.

I always loved music, but I didn't know if I could be the kind of artist that makes a difference.

If your job is not making a difference in this world, by all means, get out there and find something else ... You’ll find a sense of making a difference through your work if you simply look for it.

I try not to think about the idea of reaching more and more people, because once you get in that mindset, I think you lose the point of why you're doing it in the first place. Still, the best feeling I ever get is when I finish a song, and it exists, and it didn't exist before, and now it's there, and it makes me feel a certain way.

Don't get cynical. Don't ever think you can't make a difference.

The foolish idea that my music can actually make a difference in someone's life - that right there is proof that it's working. It makes me feel great, it really does.

There is no point in going into a business unless you can make a radical difference in other people’s lives.

Focus attention and energy on making a difference in the lives of others, and success might follow as a by-product.

One person of integrity can make a difference.

Never feel too small or powerless to make a difference.

Care enough to make a difference. Care enough to turn somebody around. Care enough to change. Care enough to win.

I want to make a difference with people who want to make a difference, doing something that makes a difference.

The reason people come to work for GE, they want to be apart of something bigger than themselves, they want to work for a company that makes a difference, a company that is doing great things in the world.

Individuals by themselves can make a difference. And by making a difference, you can improve the world.

Be sure that you make a difference in the world.