My first U.S. Open I think was just very special for me because that was sort of the beginning of what was a 'Cinderella' story for me. Votes: 4
With While You Were Sleeping, it was so much fun and such a Cinderella story, that I didn't want to do another romantic comedy. I wanted to do the opposite. Votes: 4
I used to be an editor and I was editing young adult series. I didn't really like the books that I was reading, so I decided that I would write a book about something I'd want to read if I was 16. It turned into a Cinderella story... I developed a proposal and the characters of 'Gossip Girl' for my job. Votes: 4
The Cinderella story is wired for weirdness, and you can see it in this movie. Votes: 3
Waiting for you is like waiting for rain in this drought. Useless and disappointing." ~ Sam (Hilary Duff), A Cinderella Story Votes: 3
I'm kind of a grinder. I'm a Cinderella, an underdog story who fights. Votes: 1
I'm not a character like Rapunzel or Cinderella; my story looks like any other. Votes: 1
People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do. Votes: 1
In Miss Catherine Middleton we have the faintest, intoxicating glimmer of a New Age Cinderella story. Votes: 1
I was the original Cinderella girl, looking for the happy ending in the fairy story. But my fantasy prince never came. Votes: 1
Ultimately, 'Cinderella' is the story of the underdog. You root for her in this fairytale; the girl who has nothing, deserves so much more, and gets it. Votes: 1
How many times do you read about 'the Cinderella story,' the story of the underdog, the story of the ordinary human being, often subjected to cruelty and ignorance and neglect, who somehow triumphs? Votes: 1
People talk a lot about, 'You're a Disney princess! You're Cinderella!' and this and that. But for me, it's all about the fact that I worked with Cate Blanchett and was directed by Kenneth Branagh. That's the 'Cinderella' story for me. Votes: 1
In 1893, Miss M. Roalfe Cox brought together, in a volume of the Folk-Lore Society, no less than 345 variants of 'Cinderella' and kindred stories showing how widespread this particular formula was throughout Europe and how substantially identical the various incidents as reproduced in each particular country. Votes: 1
Sometimes, violent details have been eliminated from fairy tales simply because they were deemed too graphic. So one does not, at the end of Disney's version of 'Cinderella,' see the stepsisters' eyes get pecked and pecked by doves, because Disney wanted to market the story for wholesome family viewing. Votes: 1
Any consideration of the story we call 'Cinderella' for simplicity's sake must acknowledge that 'Cinderella' has had a dizzying array of personae over hundreds of years, in several cultures. There is no one authoritative tale of 'Cinderella,' only a hall of mirrors with a different face in each reflection. Votes: 1
I had to write something and couldn't think of a plot, so I decided to write a Cinderella story because it already had a plot! Then, when I thought about Cinderella's character, I realized that she was too much of a goody-two-shoes for me, and I would hate her before I finished ten pages. Votes: 1
I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach. Votes: 3 Alfred Hitchcock
Story is metaphor for life and life is lived in time. Votes: 5 Robert McKee