Commercial speech is like obscenity... we can't seem to define it, but we know it when we see it.

But I never had that commercial opportunity to be played on the radio, so how could I be popular?

The only reason I made a commercial for American Express was to pay for my American Express bill.

I just want to act - commercial, mainstream, niche or art - my choices are not defined by labels.

People would see me on a Nickelodeon commercial, and I would hear about it the next day in school.

In the world of commercial speech, tobacco advertising bears the earmarks of an endangered species.

But we discovered that, although I liked publishing, the commercial side meant nothing at all to me.

I really love Miami, but I don't think the architecture matches the city. It's a bit too commercial.

Peter Lindbergh is the most charming man - I did a Gap commercial for him, and he was just so sweet.

My acting career began at age three and my parents got me into it. I was in a McDonald's commercial.

I used to be a jazz snob, believe it or not. I sort of turned my nose up at anything more commercial.

Commercial real estate is really a black box: its super opaque, and it's hard to get the information.

So far, I'm known for doing more commercial and glamorous roles. But I don't mind doing a short film.

Back in my day, I would probe by hand. Now you can get commercial software that does the job for you.

The banks have accounts with the Fed, much the same way that you have an account in a commercial bank.

I never paid attention to what was contemporary or what was commercial, it didn't mean anything to me.

Astrology is an aesthetic affront. It cheapens astronomy, like using Beethoven for commercial jingles.

I'm a big crier in general. The right life insurance commercial will take me out for a couple of days.

It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.

God, I'd love to do a big commercial movie that made a lot of money and whose plot was interesting too.

We are not coaching on a daily basis because we often travel with our charity and commercial interests.

Every nation has its war party... It is commercial, imperialistic, ruthless. It tolerates no opposition.

Of course, I did lots of what would be called graphic design now, what used to be called commercial art.

You go back to the 17th century, the commercial and industrial centers of the world were China and India.

I do ballet and pointe work. I also do tap, commercial jazz and technical jazz, freestyle street dancing.

Even though some of the films I've made haven't been particularly commercial, I don't find them failures.

More than 60,000 jobs have been lost in the commercial aviation industry in the United States since 1999.

Well it's because the record companies are pumping away with their commercial stuff. I think it's a shame.

My most famous commercial was for Fruit Of the Loom underwear. I took a lot of razzing from my classmates.

We are the only state that does not have a State Film Corporation there to support the commercial industry.

The commercial success that came with Anjali Menon's 'Bangalore Days' helped me in getting my work noticed.

I still make more money as I do as an actor than director, however I don't want to be a commercial director.

Artwork is not like a commercial business; there is no such thing as a schedule for art. You can't hurry art.

Mum did a lot of commercial theatre and farces in the 1980s and '90s to make sure the school bills were paid.

The way woman is defined by marketable modeling and commercial standards... It makes me feel alien to myself.

After my first year on 'Gossip Girl,' everybody said, 'You've got to do a big commercial movie, ride this wave.'

Rock became an incredible commercial success, people just became bored with serious music, and it was forgotten.

Today films are made to cater to commercial markets created by multiplexes, not for those who enjoy good cinema.

If I tried to make a commercial album, it would be a complete flop. I have no idea what the world at large likes.

I would love to do anything from a really gritty, interesting, indie type film, to that commercial, bigger stuff.

It is commercial pop that the majority of people understand. A working man's daughter would not understand blues.

I'm responsible. I even did a commercial for MTV saying how I was going to register to vote. And I still haven't.

Regardless of what film you make, you want people to watch your film, and you ultimately need commercial success.

What I really want is a commercial hit. If you're in a hit, you're suddenly a star, whether you acted well or not.

It's becoming increasingly difficult to find kids to hang out with that don't consume a lot of commercial culture.

Projects can take years to exhibit proof-of-concept and a few more years to be converted into commercial realities.

I am essentially a hack, a commercial person. If I had a hobby, I would immediately make money on it or abandon it.

I am glad that 'Lust Stories' is coming on Netflix as opposed to the kind of commercial release it was going to get.

My first commercial was an Old Navy commercial where I stood in line in front of a club, and Fran Drescher was in it.

The blurring of fact and fiction has great commercial potential, which is bound to be corrupting in historical terms.

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