Heavy Handedness Quotes

The best shows I've done, the writers, actors, and directors have been pretty much left alone - maybe given a little guidance to make it a little more this or more that. But the heavier the hand on the show, I find, the more troubled the show is.

Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer.

The Democratic support against Barker [72 to 25] was so strong that they didn't even need us Republicans.

Lenin is an absolutely honest man, but a man with a one-track mind. For that reason his moral sense has been dulled. Lenin's socialism is a blunt socialism; he uses a big ax where a scalpel is needed.

If only the good were a little less heavy-footed

Films with a message just make me laugh.

The trouble with most comedians who try to do satire is that they are essentially brash, noisy and indelicate people who have to use a sledge hammer to smash a butterfly.

The worst thing for a filmmaker is for a film to be labeled as pretentious or heavy-handed.

I have always been interested in how you can depict suffering without being heavy-handed.

Continental directors, as opposed to British and American, tend to be somewhat high-handed in their approach.

I do not run my band like The Eagles, for sure. I've never had to be heavy handed.

Kids can sniff out a moral. They can feel the heavy hand of an adult.

One shouldn't ever be conscious of the author as lecturer. When social or moral points are too heavily stressed, I always get uncomfortable.