Quotes About Control

I can't control what people think of me. I can't control any of that. I can only control what I do on the field.

In 'Fifty Shades,' seemingly, Christian has all the power and control - but actually, Anastasia does.

When you deprive people of their right to live in dignity, to hope for a better future, to have control over their lives, when you deprive them of that choice, then you expect them to fight for these rights.

I'm not an emotional fighter.

As long as I don't rush things, I'm a lot better fighter.

They have been talking about a dictatorship and they were right because there's a dictatorship and there's a government that has been fighting that dictatorship, the dictatorship of the media.

If I'm going to take my clothes off I figured I might as well do it for something that I'm directing myself since I had complete control of the edit.

You can't control babies, they aren't robots and we don't have them all figured out.

People are so afraid of authority figures and doctors are authority figures.

Capitalism and people who control the market have a large hand in everything. It doesn't have anything to do with figuring out what the crowd wants to hear. It has to do with the media deciding what they think people want to hear.

We don't want our government building files on what people think about their government.

I use an acne cleanser because I do get breakouts, especially when I'm filming, and I use a toner to kind of help keep my oil under control with oil.

I guess I have a fascination with the idea of puppeteering. I think, in a lot of ways, directing is puppeteering. I guess I see a lot of analogies between what puppeteers and filmmakers do.

I view filmmaking as a director's medium.

If your financiers care about the movie, they will be involved in a very constructive fashion, but it can get out of hand very quickly, and that is something to be aware of in any type of filmmaking.

You really think that on my films people tell me what to do? I don't think so. On my films I decide.

I want people to come see my films and enjoy them but at the end of the day you can't control what people think.

Cruise director is - I always laugh and say, 'He's the ship's liver,' because almost everything you can think of filters through you at some point.

If you worry about what's going to end up in the final cut, it's like you're thinking about the endgame.

I have been very lucky to have final cut in all my films; everything that is wrong in them is my fault.

In the final analysis, it is your decision to make, but it doesn't move as fast as I'd like it to move.

You seldom get that in film where you're lucky if you get any say at all in the final cut.

I want all the mistakes to be mine, and I want to take responsibility for everything even if I fail. Whatever the project is, I need to have the final say.

Carrie Lam is a proxy leader.The final decision-maker is President Xi.