Paul Feig Quotes

I think I look better in a suit than a loincloth. So that may define some of the parts I play.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

I suddenly got used to that feeling of being in control, which I never, ever feel when I'm not onstage - a feeling that you're the master of your own universe.

In order to be a lieutenant, you've got to have authority in your voice. No matter how young your face looks, you've got to let your guys know that you're in charge.

None of them going to treat me bad, honey, I'm too strict for that.

Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength.

I'm not the kind of person who goes into the dressing room and says: 'I'm the Guv here.' But maybe I give off the aura that I'm the kind of person who can be a big player.

The nerves are still there. I might just do a better job at hiding them.

Even Disney - off the record, but on the record - knows that I have the power. They love me because of that. I don't act like it. I'm not walking around all cocky, but the tables have turned.

I've never been big on sports coats and pants. I'm a suit guy. It makes it clear who's in charge.

I'm so official, all I need is a whistle.

It is a great matter to be in authority over others; for authority, if it be rightly used, will make you feared beyond your actual resources.

Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.

I feel intimidated by fashion.

Do you realize that you can't play the game of life with sweaty palms?

Learn to obey before you command.

There's a real power in heels and a good dress.

If I wanted, I could have ruled half of Bombay.

My father put it right when he said: 'I don't get ulcers. I give ulcers.'

If you don't take your clothes seriously, why should your viewers take you seriously?

I don't wilt easily, and a director can't either. He's the captain of the ship and he's got to be in total control. He also has to have respect for the people he's working for. From being an actor and being on a set my whole life, I'm very comfortable there. And I'm not afraid.

For stage I try to dress down, because I want people to take me seriously.

Everybody wants to be led. Except for me. I want to lead.

Excessive fear is always powerless.

Friends, there are many areas in which I need encouragement, but worrying is not one of them. I worry the way Renee Fleming sings high Cs: Effortlessly. Loudly. At length.