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I work for wardrobe. Whenever I need clothes, I take a job. If I get maybe like six changes, then I'll be a grandmother, I don't care.
There's a lot more to see when you're playing and because of the advances in technology it makes room for all kinds of new characters.
I think there are more female characters in videogames now but I also think that's because videogames in general are more diverse now.
Television is a runaway train that you have to get on for nine months of the year. But at the same time, it has a wonderful immediacy.
A recent study announced that 52 per cent of all teens who sign virginity pledges recant them within twelve months. If I'm on my game.
I really believe in a oneness. So if I'm looking at somebody else, it's not in a narcissistic way, but you're kind of seeing yourself.
I want variety. I want versatility. Otherwise, I'm wasting the opportunity of being an actor, which is all about variation and change.
Sometimes I feel like art is supposed to mirror life, but strangely it's as if art is trying to catch up to life, to a certain extent?
I don't know that the stereotypical idea of what it is to be a child of somebody hugely famous necessarily comes into play in my life.
Anorexia is such a self-consuming, selfish disease. It's all about you. Becoming a mother, all of a sudden it wasn't about me anymore.
I've never looked ahead very much in my life. I've never had any grand plan from the outset. I had no burning ambition to do what I do
I literally came to L.A. like every actor does from this little town with this big dream, and I'm living in it now. It's mind-blowing.
My dad is a really funny guy, and we would make jokes about my leukemia. When my friends would come over, we would joke about it, too.
Every sketch goes through a rewrite stage where a group of writers sits around a table and pitches more jokes and ideas for the piece.
It's a delicate thing for me, with how involved I am in social media and being a part of people's lives in a way that they want me to.
It's thematic in my career, if you look at most of my choices. It is some level of exploration of maternal angst and maternal heroism.
When I go to a concert, I can't help but feel happy and everything else just goes away. I hope everyone feels that way at my concerts.
I admire people like Kristen Wiig, who is hilarious but also does a lot of really cool films. I would love to have a career like hers.
I didn't aspire to be just a celebrity; I aspired to be an actress... I always wanted to be respected as someone who knew their craft.
Eventually, I think cinematography for every culture is a way to explore different stories, different ways of also delivering a story.
Some people go to L.A. just to see recognizable people. There are tour buses. But in New York, everyone seems a little less into that.
When you're biracial, you can feel like you're fully neither, not fully both. But I won't strip away my heritage for anyone's comfort.
When I have trouble sleeping, I'll read, watch old episodes of 'Sex and the City,' or dance around my house. Music helps me wind down.
Where people really base their principles has nothing to do with the color of someone's skin, it has to do with money and their class.
I think that it's our responsibility to create a world in which girls can grow up and not have to limit their dreams or possibilities.
I think my knowledge of music theory is rooted in jazz theory, and a lot of the writers of standards - Rodgers and Hart, and Gershwin.
There's nothing like having a great friends when you see them, you get that joy - that you can't really compare it with anything else.
I feel like making music because - and this has much to do with the way I was able to make this record - there's more of myself in it.
It's not hard to find a new husband, but someone who is, for an example, a good bridge partner for you comes along once in a lifetime.
Sometimes the art world can be a scary place, and you feel like you should know more than you do, but it's okay to not know everything!
I try to do more intelligent roles, unusual roles, and stronger women, and that's helped me a little bit with my casting opportunities.
I met my best friend in a sandbox when I was three, and he would grow up to be gay and loved to dress in my clothing any chance he got.
I think all shows change as they age as do the people who make the shows. As do the people who watch the shows. All targets are moving.
I've been pretty lucky. Every single thing I've done has meant so much to me and has been like a stepping stone to something different.
My dad keeps joking about sneaking into my grandparents' house and switching out their HBO for PBS so they think I'm on 'Downton Abbey.
In the age of social media and dating apps, so many people are able to hide behind their Instagram page or their Raya page or Facebook.
Now, you always know there's going to be some compromise when you're doing something for television, and especially network television.
Ang Lee's been nominated for best director for "Life of Pi," which is what I'm going to call the six weeks after I take this dress off.
Violence against women is still treated as a lesser crime. Armed groups turn it into a weapon of choice because of near total impunity.
Some people study a text very deeply. The people are my text. I study their words and what their words sound like, over and over again.
People who care about celebrity babies are creepy. What will her baby look like?! A baby. Youve seen a baby right? Itll look like that.
You can't worry too much about profile; otherwise, you become a different kind of actor, and that's not the kind of actor I want to be.
I don't look like Catherine Zeta-Jones, so I don't think Hollywood would be that interested in me, to be honest. I just want nice work.
Should l go on playing bridge and dining, going in the same old monotonous circle? It's easy that way, but it's a sort of suicide, too.
When people come up to me and say, 'Oh my God - you're that character,' I feel like replying, 'No, I'm just like you; it's just a job.'
I feel like I have one foot in New York, one foot in London and one foot in India. But it's important to me to invest time with family.
I hate jealous guys! Everyone can be jealous. We all have that in us. Push the demon down or it's going to drive the other person away.
I've gotten very good at detaching whenever I have to go away for three months, which I realize is hard on friends and kind of selfish.
Except, I think, it's more about me growing up and becoming an adult that I have this new best-friend type of relationship with my mom.
I love pancakes, and I actually do love healthy stuff. Like, I love gluten-free or whole-wheat pancakes. Breakfast is my favorite meal.