There is no science in creativity. If you don't give yourself room to fail, you won't innovate.
Once you've sat in a room annoying Derek Jacobi while he's trying to do his crossword, you're prepped for working with the greats.
On April 8, 1982, I was alone in the electron microscope room when I discovered the Icosahedral Phase that opened the field of quasi-periodic crystals.
It was just really odd to be in a room with Ian McKellen sharing cucumber sandwiches.
Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my way across the room.
The cutting room is where you discover the optimal length of the movie.
I thought it was a wonderful line - right on the cutting room floor.
I was out of my bed in one second, trembling with excitement, and I dashed to the door and into the adjoining room, where I could watch the streets below from the windows.
The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the knights and pawns that make national arms imperative.
There is room in our ranks for the old and decrepit, as well as the young and vigorous.
Going into a locker room that's not even yours to begin with is certainly like you're entering the lion's den.
One of our film lecturers, one of the guys teaching the course, said to the departing film class, 'No one in this room is going to make it, as a filmmaker.' I have no idea why he said that.
I look for the hotels that have figured out the comfortable balance - a modern room that is well designed, and really clean sheets.
To me, still my favorite 3D film is 'Dial M for Murder.' I thought that was great. Hitchcock used it, could put you in the room, which I thought was fantastic, but I'm still not a devotee of 3D.
I get verbal diarrhea in the writers' room. I just tell everyone a million anecdotes and stories and craziness, and we all double up on the floor laughing.
All these directors who do different locations forget that one room can be shot from a million different angles and a million different ways. When I direct a movie, I'm going to use that.
Now that I have an Olympic medal in my room, it makes me hungry for another and a different color one.
It was incredible to have J Dilla in your dining room making beats - it was one of the greatest experiences I've had.
The Ritz in London has an old-fashioned charm, with waiters wearing tails and white gloves. The dining room is exquisite, with immaculate service and ornate details.
To make money for college, I worked in our college dining room.