Yet from this height, in a chair with his name embroidered in red stitching across the front, he insisted that he was not here to be idolized, not by his fans and certainly not by the company he is directing — yes, directing — in a coming stage-musical adaptation of "The Nutty Professor".
(The whining by his adviser, Roger Stone, on Tuesday that the rules did not allow direct yes or no questions just made Mr. Paladino look even sillier).
As one Republican campaign manager told me when I responded to his comment that "Democrats were cheats" with "Yes, but Republicans in Texas will kill people"...his answer to me was a very direct, "Yes, yes they will".
There seemed little doubt that Mr. Mendes would be sought out for the new movie after having directed "Skyfall" — yes, "Skyfall" — the oddly named if tremendously successful 2012 Bond film, which sold more than $1.1 billion in tickets worldwide and yielded the Oscar-winning title song performed by Adele.
Last week's SCC study avoided asking Scottish businesses a direct yes-or-no question on whether they backed independence.
Ah, Wilderness! is the first of Eugene O'Neill's plays that you've directed … Yes, and there are so many I'd still like to direct – especially Long Day's Journey Into Night.
I own that I am combative, aggressive, and direct, yes: often intentionally so.
When asked about whether Dorsey could be the next CEO, Costolo — on point while on stage as usual — did not have a direct yes or no to the question.
We are wise to pause here and remember that Jesus rarely answered someone's question with a direct yes or no or with an even remotely straight forward answer.
The short was directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt (yes, from "3rd Rock from the Sun"), and is included in the latest edition of Wholpin.
