People can undergo a sudden change of thinking and loyalties under threat of death or intense social pressure and isolation from friends and family.
Slipknot’s music is very technical and intense, and it’s not easy to play, but that’s what makes it special. What’s so gratifying about playing a show that is that intense is when you get off the stage, and you know you really delivered at the top of your ability and performance; that is what makes it all worthwhile.
I think I land somewhere between Scorsese and Capra in what I’m drawn to emotionally; I’m drawn to very intense emotion. Capra freaked people out when they saw Jimmy Stewart lose it in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life.’
There’s this intense media spotlight; there’s a need to be transparent, and, ‘Oh, by the way, I’m also trying to fight a war at the same time.’ It’s a challenge, but it goes with the job.
Plays are always about intense relationships, whether they’re intense love relationships or family relationships or existential relationships.
The problem was to sustain at any cost the feeling you had in the theater that you were watching a real person, yes, but an intense condensation of his experience, not simply a realistic series of episodes.
I’m pursuing soundtrack work in the southern California area and down the line I plan to make a moody, intense acoustic album. Not all acoustic, but an acoustic – oriented guitar record that I’ve already written most of the material for.
Pimenton gets its intense flavor because it is dried over wood smoke. You can try hot, sweet or bittersweet, though sweet is probably the most commonly used.
I hate this quality, but I can go to dark levels when we lose. It’s not a panic attack, but there’s anxiety. I’m inconsolable. I’m a train wreck. I’m being myself. Then I get this crazy, intense focus, where I get desperate not to be embarrassed again. That dark spot is what I tap into. Creativity comes from there.
The NBA is intense, but the NFL is a whole ‘nother level of intensity and dramatic, game-changing plays.
I don’t think I would live outside of the Northwest. I think the quality of life in Portland is really good. People move from intense, high-powered jobs, and move to Portland, work half as much and live twice as good.
I think I draw most inspiration from writers like Richelle Mead and filmmakers like John Hughes. They both really understand the experience of being a teenager and how insistent and intense everything feels, but they’re also smart, savvy, and fun.
I do think there was a period there when my sanity was under intense pressure, and I didn’t know what to say or do or how to act. I was literally living from day to day.
When I hear a singer, I want them to be passionate and intense, and soul singers like Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett always seemed to do exactly that.
Leadership is an intense journey into yourself. You can use your own style to get anything done. It’s about being self-aware. Every morning, I look in the mirror and say, ‘I could have done three things better yesterday.’
Most novelists I know went through a period of intense self-examination and self-loathing after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. I certainly did.
Our church was a very spiritual church, and we were a very chosen people. The body was small, but the spirit was intense and very evident to anyone who passed by or came in.
I was always humorous by nature but, maybe, no one noticed it. Or, maybe, I looked just too intense or serious to others.
I’ve always been aware of having feelings that were pretty intense at times. I imagine most people have had that, or they wouldn’t be human.
You just want to play. You don’t think about the money, how many followers you’ve got on Instagram. You just want to make it. You don’t understand the demands, how intense it is at times – the scrutiny you’re going to get.
I do a lot of weight training, and my workouts are intense, which include cardios, core body workouts, and functional training.
Drama school is a pretty intense experience, and I think it changes who you are.
A lot of people, quite frankly, think intense attachments to animals are weird and suspect, the domain of people who can’t quite handle attachments to humans.
The business of working at getting work is pretty intense. But you don’t get the rewards of actually working.
I really thought ‘El Tango Roxanne’ was perfect for Halloween night. It’s creepy and intense.
I grew up around a whole bunch of girls, and one thing I realized is what they had on their plate was very different than what I had on mine. The things girls are made to be responsible for is a heavy burden – take care of your younger siblings, do good in school, have some extracurriculars. The pressure is intense.
Looking at acting, in the movies or the theater, and the way I like to look at it, it’s just an extension of childhood play… Kids play and imagine in a very intense fashion and they don’t need any director telling them, ‘You really have to believe in it.’ They believe in it completely.
I think it’s fair to say I’m attracted to playing characters who are rather intense.
If peace activists really want to make changes, they have to start putting intense pressure on their elected officials. Of course, everything should be non-violent, because we are trying to create a peaceful world, and violence can’t produce peace – no matter what George W. Bush and his buddies say.
My own approach has always been to push intense emotions down and attempt to deal with them later.
Many people say that recovery from an aneurysm is like having a layer of skin ripped off – your experience of life is more intense.
Any film featuring Bradley Cooper’s gorgeous blue eyes is automatically on my must-see list and they did not disappoint in ‘The Words,’ which is so intense and confusing that I was pretty lost by the end!
A role needs a certain tone, so your own tone also changes. It’s not like I lock myself up in a room to get into the zone. It is based on what I am feeling, because the minute you try too much, weird things happen. Of course, for an intense role you need some silence, and you need to do a lot of thinking.
The first year or so on The Daily Show is pretty intense in terms of travel. You’re going to the worst places in the country, talking to the craziest people in the world.
Sometimes our childhood experiences are emotionally intense, which can create strong mental models. These experiences and our assumptions about them are then reinforced in our memory and can continue to drive our behavior as adults.
They’ve been learning technique since they were babies. That’s their focus and emphasis. For example, in England, the day after a game is usually a day off or some gentle warm-downs, but in Spain, we come in and do really intense passing drills and technical work.
War of attrition, war of wills. That’s what the Stanley Cup playoffs are – more intense, more physical and more prolonged than the playoffs of any other sport.
The weirdest thing about a mind is that you can have the most intense things going on in there, but no one else can see them.
When you’re mid-season, in very intense situations, it’s hard not to take that home with you. Especially when you’re sleeping, you can’t control what you dream about. And it sneaks into the unconscious.
I get angry very fast, and it’s intense. I start breathing heavily, and don’t like it.
Opera is a very stimulating place to work, and I believe it offers the most intense theatrical experience possible.
A considerable number of persons are able to protect themselves against the outbreak of serious neurotic phenomena only through intense work.
You don’t have to have angst to be an artist, but it’s grist to the mill. If you want to explore the whole emotional spectrum in your work, it helps to have experienced intense emotions.
One of the things that defines YA is a really strong narrative. Adults love YA because, at the end of the day, they’re good stories and page-turners. The other element is emotion. The teen years are a very emotional and intense time, and I think it’s a time we that we can all relate to and remember.
Intense love does not measure, it just gives.
You’ve got to remember there’s intense competition between Microsoft and Amazon.
Even though the third season of ‘Necessary Roughness’ was only ten episodes, they were an extremely intense bunch of episodes, especially toward the finale.
Just take terrorism, for example. We have a team of more than 200 people working on counterterrorism. I mean, that’s pretty intense. That’s not like what people think about what Facebook is.
I was told so many times when I was a kid, ‘I can’t be friends with you, you’re too intense, you’re too sad all the time.’ I really thought that when I made the first album that everyone would understand me, all the people who weren’t my friends would become my friends.
There’s something about being in front of a live audience that’s fun. It’s a really interesting, very electric, very alive, and intense experience, and you can’t get it anywhere else. And I’ve been doing it since I was 23, so it’s part of my being – it’s part of my fabric as a person.
I gallop and jump and ride young horses with intense pleasure.
After the World Cup, it was so intense, and a lot of pressure was put on me – unfairly, I thought, at times – and it is always a worry, but you get older, you get a better support team, and I haven’t hidden the fact about my past, and I never will because I’m not ashamed of it.
