David Ayer Quotes

I was one of the many horses pulling the wagon and couldn't escape left or right because of the will of the driver.

Years ago, I tore out a Nike ad featuring Allyson Felix and Maria Sharapova looking super fierce and tough. I always told my family that I wanted to be like them someday, so to come home to my apartment and see boxes of Nike gear stacked higher than my doorknob is pretty much a dream come true.

People who know me know I'm strong, but I'm vulnerable.

Working with Julie Andrews is like getting hit over the head with a valentine.

I love music. I have a fondness for Chopin, and I very much like his 'Raindrop Prelude.'

We look to our leaders once we elect them to either lead us in the right direction or at least not crush us.

I try to recognize that there is no such thing as having it all - and it's impossible to be perfect. You just have to let certain things go.

I don't mind playing absolute bastards... I just don't want to play the grouch.

I'm instinctively very suspicious and guarded, and I try to counteract it so much. I find reason allows you to be open, and my only sort of ambition in life is to try and be as open as possible.

I wish I could write about shows outside New York. I often feel like the last person to know anything, because I almost never get to leave town, and when I do, I tend to go for three days max. Seeing between 30 and 40 shows a week in 100 or so galleries and museums takes up nearly all my time.

In the car on my way to premieres and awards shows, I'll sit with tissue paper under my armpits so I don't soil the delicate dress fabric. The whole time, I'm telling myself, 'Please don't sweat, please don't sweat.' I throw the tissues out right before I step out of the car, and nobody ever knows! I just put on a smile and fake it.

I don't much care to watch myself. There are still probably 50 or 60 episodes of 'Frasier' that I have never seen.

I love food and I love my curves.

I went whale-watching, and I was really looking forward to that, but when you see it on TV and you see other programs do it, you're seeing close-ups of these massive creatures, and the music that's added gives you a certain feeling. But in reality, you're stuck on a boat that's bobbing up and down, you feel sick, the whale isn't there on demand.

Nothing personal - I am just doing my job.

Either do not attempt at all, or go through with it.

I actually picked up copies of Decline I and II at a flea market once. I walked out without paying.

Leaders need to be optimists. Their vision is beyond the present.

I can say with a solid degree of authority that I am a selfish person. I spontaneously forget the names of more people than not, unless I want to make out with them. I will take the last square of toilet paper off the roll without thinking twice. I tip taxi drivers so poorly I'm amazed none of them have run over my foot while speeding off.

Jobs have to be created on the ground, one at a time. This requires detailed plans and specific policies.