Delia Ephron Quotes

Most drama in our lives is really rather squalid.

A day on a film set is maddening.

I was always looking for the most dramatic emphasis.

I am a world expert on how to organise tasks in a senseless order, totally unrelated to priority, and thus create a massive panic leading up to an important deadline.

When you live in hysteria, people start thinking emotionally.

On the set I never know what day of the week it is.

I've worked on really big budget movies as a designer - 'Vanilla Sky,' 'Three Kings;' I've been in that world, and you can just see people get nervous.

Shooting a movie isn't good for a sleep disorder.

Oh, who am I trying to kid? It's a madhouse. The minute those cameras go off, things just explode, everyone is just at each other in one way or another, in closets or cat fights here and there. It's nuts. You know, I can't be a part of it.

The only still center of my life is Macbeth. To go back to doing this bloody, crazed, insane mass-murderer is a huge relief after trying to get my cell phone replaced.

When I start a movie, the first day, I feel like a duck.

We started shooting, and then Jodie found out she was pregnant. Forest broke it to me - he'd gone to work and heard it on the radio! It seemed like the movie was doomed. But, like these characters, there was a disregard for all the signs along the way.

I met Claxton on the set of The Cincinnati Kid.

When I started doing movies, every crew member was older than me.

My middle name should be 'Drama,' but I love it. I think everyone should have some kind of stress in their life; otherwise, it's boring isn't it?

Some actresses seem to thrive on chaos, and I've often wondered if they felt they had to be that way in order to perform well?

Sometimes in entertainment, when people have done the Academy Awards - like, for example, in 'The Bodyguard' - I just didn't believe it; it didn't feel authentic.

Building and sustaining tension is always my priority, so home entertainment provides challenges to that.

There's enough Situation to go around.

I don't want any drama.

I've got a good imagination, so I can see someone arguing over a parking ticket and imagine they're getting a divorce or something.

I don't have time for heartache or problems, especially drama.

I created a lot of drama and mess in my life.

I was into movies before my graduation results got out. In fact, I was on location of a movie when they came.

I have a shot a lot of movies in Dubai.