The Man in the Arena
President Theodore Roosevelt
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
As James Gray’s Paper Tiger is currently in premiere at Cannes, here’s a throwback to this legendary clip. It permanently changed my perspective on the movie industry.
Rohde dropped an incredible quote at the end of this Q&A that will be stuck in my head for a long time.
"Over the years I have come to believe that what we do is far and away the most complex and technically sophisticated art form in the world." (1/2)
prisoner of azkaban is probably the best harry potter movie. getting to see gary oldman, alan rickman, david thewlis and timothy spall acting their asses off together here was legendary