Horror Stories Quotes - Page 2

• I received a phone call; my agent got a phone call from Ryan Murphy saying he wanted to talk to me... And he basically outlined 'American Horror Story' for me and said that there's a character named Larry the Burn Guy, and I'd like you to play it.

  Denis O'Hare

  Character, Phones, Play

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• When I had dyslexia, they didn't diagnose it as that. It was frustrating and embarrassing. I could tell you a lot of horror stories about what you feel like on the inside.

  Nolan Ryan

  Embarrassing, Dyslexia, Frustrating

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• High-level actors can be all about their close-ups and the size of their trailers. I'd heard these horror stories of how a really powerful actor can come in and change your script.

  Neill Blomkamp

  Powerful, Actors, Levels

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I dreamed of being a part of the stories—even terrifying one, even horror stories—because at least the girls in stories were alive before they died.

  Francesca Lia Block

  Girl, Alive, Died

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• An important part of building a new culture was allowing people to complain about their past. At first, the more they complained, the worse the past would seem. But by venting, people could start to resolve the past. By bitching and bitching and bitching, they could exhaust the drama of their own horror stories. Grow bored. Only then could they accept a new story for their lives. Move forward.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Drama, Moving, Past

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• Why do grown-ups think it's easier for children to bear secrets than the truth? Don't they know about the horror stories we imagine to explain the secrets?

  Cornelia Funke

  Children, Thinking, Secret

  Cornelia Funke (2011). “Inkheart”, p.137, Scholastic Inc.

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• Some people have got advice, some people have got horror stories. I like people that look you in the eye with a glow and say "It's gonna be cool."

  Russell Crowe

  Inspirational, Baby, Eye

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• Although I'm up for working in any genre, I do love the passion and dynamic storytelling that horror stories can provide. Dealing with big questions and possibilities of all sorts of stories with life and death consequences is enthralling and exhilarating to me.

  Barbara Crampton

  Passion, Life And Death, Storytelling

  Source: collider.com

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• I love scary movies. I like American Horror Story. That is more of a series, but it is really good.

  Daniel Jacobs

  Scary, American Horror Story, Series

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• Despite all that good news, there's plenty of horror stories being told. All of them are untrue, but they're being told all over America.

  Harry Reid

  America, News, Despite

  "Harry Reid Takes to the Senate Floor to Tell You the ‘Truth’ About All Those Obamacare ‘Horror Stories’". Harry Reid's speech on the floor of the Senate in Washington, D.C., www.theblaze.com. February 26, 2014.

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• I just got my work visa to shoot American Horror Story, and my official status is "alien with extraordinary abilities."

  Lizzie Brochere

  American Horror Story, Aliens, Ability

  "Talking About Aliens with Lizzie Brocheré". Interview with Mark Svartz, www.esquire.com. October 16, 2012.

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• I know it's such a boring interview sometimes with us at 'American Horror Story', but I just can't say a word. I would certainly love to be back, that's for sure. It's such a great job.

  Lily Rabe

  Jobs, Interviews, American Horror Story

  "Lily Rabe Talks AMERICAN HORROR STORY: ASYLUM, Her Character's Fate, Favorite Storylines, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 16, 2013.

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• I think all the characters in 'American Horror Story,' which is why I love it, are looking for some sense of meaning, and also it's their form of happiness.

  Denis O'Hare

  Happiness, Character, Thinking

  "American Horror Story’s Larry The Burn Guy Is Living A Lie! Denis O’Hare Opens Up!". Interview with Sheldon Wiebe, eclipsemagazine.com. November 22, 2011.

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• San Francisco is a breathtakingly beautiful city, with lots of great contrasts between dark and light, often overlapping each other. It's a great setting for a horror story.

  Christopher Moore

  Beautiful, Dark, Light

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• The thing is, horror is a big part of 'Sherlock Holmes.' Doyle also wrote a lot of great horror stories, so there's a lot more horror in 'Holmes' that people possibly think of. There's a lot of curses and mysticism and real scares.

  Mark Gatiss

  Real, Thinking, People

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• Edgar Allan Poe is considered the great writer of horror stories, perhaps the greatest - I will say the greatest

  William Friedkin

  Allan Poe, Great Writers, Stories

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• The Dead was cool, It's a great horror story. I went to the casting director of this movie and talked to him, then they called my agent and had me come in and read for it and they wanted to use me.

  Matthew McGrory

  Directors, Use, Agents

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• Many great horror stories are period pieces and English actors have a facility for historic characters.

  Robert Englund

  Character, Actors, Pieces

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• In terms of American Horror Story and Nashville, what attracted me to those, and Friday Night Lights, for that matter, is that they felt like something innovative and something that we hadn't seen before. As an actor, that's exciting.

  Connie Britton

  Friday, Night, Light

  "Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere Talk NASHVILLE, Doing Their Own Singing, Mastering the Archetypes of Southern Women and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 1, 2012.

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• You hear a lot of horror stories about proposing and things going horribly wrong - it went really, really well and I was really pleased when she said yes.

  Prince William

  Engagement, Said, Wells

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• I'm a huge fan of Jessica Lange and 'American Horror Story.' I would love to work with her. She's been one of my favorite actresses for a while.

  Anna Camp

  Fans, American Horror Story, Actresses

  "Anna Camp, ‘Pitch Perfect’ Actress, On A Capella, ‘The Mindy Project’ And Why It’s ‘Refreshing To See Women Getting Messy’". Interview With Emma Gray, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 28, 2012.

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• Sometimes the biggest disasters aren't noticed at all – no one's around to write horror stories.

  Vernor Vinge

  Writing, Sometimes, Disaster

  "A Fire Upon the Deep". Book by Vernor Vinge, April 1992.

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• I have a couple of girlfriends who've told me some horror stories but I've never had a really terrible kiss before.

  Carly Rae Jepsen

  Girlfriend, Couple, Kissing

  "Carly Rae Jepsen Dishes About Her First Kiss" by Christina Garibaldi, www.mtv.com. August 20, 2012.

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• My actress friends would tell me their horror stories, or say they couldn't get work, and were deemed too old, even though they were established and talented and fit and gorgeous. It was frustrating for them and it was frustrating to hear. Maybe because I was the same age as them and it was already hard enough trying to cross over to the 40s without someone judging your every move.

  Zoe Cassavetes

  Moving, Judging, Age

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• I think that's the real horror story for me, how little you can ever really know about your own motivations. How in the dark we all are about the concerns and the contents of our minds.

  Karen Russell

  Motivation, Real, Dark

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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