The Band never really played big concert tours. We never sold millions and millions of albums.
When there were just eight teams in each of the big leagues, I was always told, 'It's hard to come up, but it's just hard to stay in the big leagues.' That's because there's always somebody. The Cardinals had so many minor league clubs and had so many good ballplayers.
Miramax can buy a small independent movie that isn't very good, but because it has great relationships with different theaters, it can get into a big theater.
Once Miramax gets involved, if they like your movie, there's a big machine that gets involved.
I like to make movies on the west side of the Mississippi River, and a lot of times, the movies I direct have horses and big hats in them and get called westerns, but that's okay. I used to resent that, but I don't anymore.
I have very mixed feelings about big corporations. Oftentimes, they're more troublesome than not.
A mixer for me needs to have some sort of effects, as it's a big part of how I might hype up the crowd in certain parts of a track, using the delays and filters for instance.
With a modem, anyone can follow the world and report on the world-no middle man, no big brother. I guess this changes everything.
My background is in modern dance. I was a dancer and a choreographer before I was a director, and in dance, you can't cheat. Your leg goes up in the air, or it doesn't. So when I direct, I'm a big preparer.
Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.
Canada Day comes and goes modestly every year. Sure, there are retail sales promotions and a long weekend. But there isn't bluster or commodity in Canadian celebration. Canada isn't big on bunting. Or jet flyovers, fireworks, marching bands or military pomp.
We have seen the big loan servicers drag their feet in the Obama administration's well-intentioned mortgage modification program.
The Muslim Prophet Mohammed was a big believer in charity and firmly established helping those in need as a basis of the religion.
I've got a big mole on my butt. It's true.
As long as there's Big Momma, we're going to bring you comedy.
I went to NYU drama school, so I was a very serious actress. I used to do monologues with a Southern accent, and I was really into drama and drama school. And then, in my last year of drama school, I did a comedy show, and the show became a big hit on campus.
I'm not that moody. I don't have big ups and downs.
As far apart as they are theologically, Mormons and evangelical Christians may have more in common with each other anthropologically than they do with secular Americans watching 'Big Love' on HBO.
Canada is a really big melting pot of cultures, so we ended up with a giant mosaic of different music.
Do I think anything I ever do will be as big as Motley Crue? It's impossible.
