If you are going to call a film a ‘black film’ then you have to make a film that represents everyone that’s black, which is almost impossible. That is why white films are not called white films, they are just called ‘films.’ – Idris Elba
When you can see kids smiling, that’s one of the best things. That’s why I did ‘Narnia.’ – James McAvoy
As an actor, you can do what you want with your role. That’s why they hire you; to take the role and make it real. – Ice T
Authority can be faked. That’s why impersonating a police officer is a crime. Sometimes the outward appearances of authority can be deceiving. – John Ortberg
Science will explain how but not why. It talks about what is, not what ought to be. Science is descriptive, not prescriptive; it can tell us about causes but it cannot tell us about purposes. Indeed, science disavows purposes. – Jonathan Sacks
I’ll always protect what I’m working on. Which is why more and more of it is stuff only I can ruin. – Joss Whedon
I have an issue with the commercial aspect of moviemaking: I don’t see why a movie can’t make a lot of money and also be good. – Joel Edgerton
With Led Zeppelin, it has always been that mystique of how the music is done – how it works, why it works. – Jimmy Page
I just feel incredibly lucky to be employed when there are so many actors and actresses who are not employed. That’s why, you know, I sometimes feel desperate, in case I’m not going to be cast again. – Judi Dench
The Europeans and Americans have said the martyrdom operations are why Hamas has been put on the terrorist list. But now these operations have stopped. Did they then remove Hamas from the list of terrorist organisations? We do not launch wars. We are people resisting occupation. – Ismail Haniyeh
In graduate school, I decide to write my doctoral thesis on how Italian architecture influenced English playwrights of the seventeenth century. I wonder why certain playwrights decided to set their tragedies, written in English, in Italian palaces. – Jhumpa Lahiri
In a confrontational situation, you’ll get their gut. And I want their gut! And that’s why people watch this show! – John McLaughlin
I watched the Bush administration overreact to the Clinton administration, who believed they did too much nation building, sustaining other countries, and that’s why we never put the commitment on Afghanistan and Iraq that should have been in there under their policy leadership. – Jack Keane
A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our armchair – why, this is the desideratum of mankind. – John Jay Chapman
The most overrated tool: a pasta maker. Why make it when you can buy it? It’s a lot of work! – Ina Garten
The questions to ask are, why was the decathlon so popular before, and what happened to make it fade? I notice a lot of things in general tend to follow that up-and-down trend. – Ashton Eaton
There are one-hundred fifty-four games in a season and you can find one-hundred fifty-four reasons why your team should have won every one of them. – Bill Klem
I did 13-something years of talking to wrestlers and promoters about why they did certain things and why they booked matches a certain way and what they were thinking and whether they were satisfied with the draw. And I got a lot of insight in the business. – Billy Corgan
It’s time Hawaii answer doubters and produce documents proving that it is a state. What are they hiding? And why haven’t we seen these documents? – Adam McKay