Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" I'm used to a lot of love scenes. I'm used to something that requires me to kick up my heels and wink-wink, flirt-flirt with a twirl of my skirt. "
Sarah Shahi
Love
Me
Skirt
Related Quotes:
" NFL cheerleading is harder than most people think. They train up to six hours every day with games on Sundays. They gave me a great work ethic. "
Sarah Shahi
Great
Me
People
" Honestly, as an actor, all I need to know, the way I kind of look at a scene, is like a puzzle. There are certain puzzle pieces that are bigger than others, and all I need to know is if this is going to fit here to make this part of the puzzle work. "
Sarah Shahi
Know
Puzzle
Need
" You can get a man's attention if you got a pair of boobs and a butt. I hate to simplify them down so much, but I think it's true. "
Sarah Shahi
Think
Attention
Hate
" My great-great-grandfather was a shah back in the 1800s. Unfortunately, I don't have any gold coins or jewels to show for it. "
Sarah Shahi
Back
Unfortunately
Show
" I'm a girl in boy's clothing. I like to get a little rough. I prefer mud to makeup. That's me in a nutshell. "
Sarah Shahi
Boy
Clothing
Makeup
" To sit next to Walter Hill, and to be able to exchange ideas back and forth, and for him to be able to tell you that he likes what you're doing - I don't know. I kind of pinch myself. "
Sarah Shahi
Ideas
Myself
Doing
" I just like to go where the material is, whether that's TV, or movies, or the stage. As long as it's great writing, it's pretty much something I can't resist. "
Sarah Shahi
Long
Movies
Stage
" Right when I finish a workout, I feel pretty sexy. Even though I'm sweaty and I don't smell like a rose, I feel strong. It does a lot for me mentally and physically. "
Sarah Shahi
Feel
Me
Finish
" You know, I never really paid attention to sports, which, coming from the mecca of football in Texas, is kind of odd. I played sports, but I was nerdy. Having a single mother, the pressure was on me to get good grades and a scholarship and go to college. "
Sarah Shahi
Football
Mother
Sports
" You really have to take your time; you have to know your character and your scene. The line you are about to say comes from the moment right before. It's not what's said, it's what is in between the spaces, it's what's in between the lines; that is the most important to play. "
Sarah Shahi
Time
Character
Know
" I'm attracted to playing characters that have flaws. "
Sarah Shahi
Characters
Playing
Flaws
" I was captain of the volleyball team and the basketball team, and I ran track. "
Sarah Shahi
Captain
Ran
Team
" I never thought I would be one of those wacky chicks who say, 'I loved my labor,' but I loved every part of it. It was the best day of my life. "
Sarah Shahi
My Life
Loved
Life
" It's fun to work on location because you get the look and feel of everything, but it's nice to be on a stage because you can control the elements. "
Sarah Shahi
Control
Fun
Look
" My father left when I was really young, but he's still living. There are things I wish I'd said that I didn't and I don't think I'll ever get the opportunity to say. He's battled addiction problems his entire life. I wish things were different. I wish there were a way my son could know him, know the good parts of him. "
Sarah Shahi
Life
Father
Good
" I had a home birth because I really believe in the body's natural ability to give birth. The medical profession has kind of warped women's minds into thinking we don't know how to birth and we need doctors and epidurals and Pitocin. "
Sarah Shahi
Thinking
Home
Women
" The goal as an actor is to constantly surround yourself with amazing artists who challenge you and make you grow. "
Sarah Shahi
Challenge
Surround Yourself
Yourself
" I did a lot of theater growing up, and in college I was in the musical 'Chicago.' "
Sarah Shahi
Growing Up
Growing
Chicago
" I actually got more attention from one episode of 'The Sopranos' than I did from two years of 'The L Word.' "
Sarah Shahi
Got
Two
Attention
" When I was in my early 20s, I looked towards exterior things to make me feel sexy - guys, clothes, shoes, etc. Now it's all about how I feel internally. "
Sarah Shahi
Shoes
Me
Clothes
" I feel that as the world becomes more and more multicultural, it's a good tool to be able to speak another language. "
Sarah Shahi
Good
Feel
Language
" Once, I started cheering for the wrong team. I was hot, and I heard 'Touchdown!' and I started doing high kicks, and I looked around and nobody else was cheering. "
Sarah Shahi
High
Wrong
Team
" My parents divorced when I was 10, but when my father was there, he was trying to create almost like a little prison for me. "
Sarah Shahi
He
Me
Parents
" I did karate for about three years. When I was going into Miss Texas, my mom said, 'Let's not do karate this year. Let's not have any knocked-out teeth on the stage.' "
Sarah Shahi
Teeth
Stage
Said
" I have an incredibly dark, mysterious, witchy side and another side that's very bubbly and cheerleader-esque. "
Sarah Shahi
Side
Mysterious
Dark
" I never really paid attention to sports, which, coming from the mecca of football in Texas, is kind of odd. I played sports, but I was nerdy. Having a single mother, the pressure was on me to get good grades and a scholarship and go to college. "
Sarah Shahi
Good
Mother
College
" Just because we are women doesn't mean the only roles we can play are that of the finger-shaking girlfriend. "
Sarah Shahi
Play
Women
Girlfriend
" I can take a newspaper and make it a lethal weapon. "
Sarah Shahi
Newspaper
Take
Weapon
" I'm a wife and a mother. I don't want to be immature; I have to be ready at all times. "
Sarah Shahi
Immature
Wife
Mother
" I always had that adolescent notion that I had to get out of Texas. But I'm really glad I grew up there. It's where I learned to look people in the eye, to be straightforward and polite. "
Sarah Shahi
Look
Always
Texas