We are making progress militarily, there is no doubt about that. You’ve seen the reports from Misrata, although reports of the Gaddafi forces completely pulling out of Misrata seem to be exaggerated.
I’ve never had a highly developed sense of being female. The sexuality has either been stopped, or else it’s been an exaggerated P J Harvey kind of sexuality.
Rumors of the American demise… have been greatly exaggerated.
Most drag queens dress up as super women, as an over exaggeration of the female form, because we like women, usually powerful women. I think that’s why we are so over exaggerated; we are an amplification of the women who empowered us in our youth.
The rumours of the demise of the U.S. manufacturing industry are greatly exaggerated.
Charities are now working to give people in poor countries access to the Internet. But shouldn’t we spend that money on providing health clinics and safe water? Aren’t these things more relevant? I have no intention of downplaying the importance of the Internet, but its impact has been exaggerated.
When you do a movie as opposed to a TV show, it’s always tempting to think everything has to be big and exaggerated and spectacular. And in fact, a lot of the funniest comedy films have been very intimate.
Mandy Rose is basically an exaggerated version of myself. It’s all about confidence. She’s a bit of a mean girl and ‘I’m prettier than you and better than you.’ I’m not quite like that in real life.
Our ‘Top Gear’ characters are based on our own characters, if exaggerated and cartoonified. We try not to be completely different to who we are, because you couldn’t carry it off in the long run.
I have my favourite fashion decade, yes, yes, yes: ’60s. It was a sort of little revolution; the clothes were amazing but not too exaggerated.
My lighting tends to use contrast as a reflection of the stakes in the scene. The higher the stakes, the more I feel I can get away with an exaggerated contrast.
I’m not into sports, and politics is kind of my sport. I love talking about it and debating it and getting into it. I also think people on both sides of the aisle have real exaggerated, incorrect views of the other side, and that is fascinating to me.
If you want to sell a film, you have to make it in an exaggerated way. Otherwise, you have to make it for your own satisfaction.
Action films have a certain illogicalness to them. They’re what we call, when we’re working, ‘exaggerated realism.’
I passionately believe if you put on an act, the audience will be able to tell. That does not mean that I am going to be talking in top volume all the time in private conversations… Clearly, broadcasting has to be an extension of yourself; it’s an exaggerated version of you.
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