Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" Power tends to get confused with repression. "

Related Quotes:

" Seeing the energy of 'SNL' made me want to be a part of it. If that was a job, I thought, that was the job I wanted. That was my plan. Comedy. "

" As you get older, you start to really ask questions like, 'Is this the road I should be walking down?,' because every decision seems more final, as you get older. "

" Once I took a bus from my home in Maryland to Philadelphia to live on the streets with some musicians for a few weeks, and then my parents sent me to boarding school at Andover to shape me up. "

" My dad is Irish. I spent my childhood going back and forth between Ireland and America. "

" What happens so often as an actor is that you retain the information about the scenes that you yourself shot and you obsess over certain scenes that you found the most challenging or interesting. The rest of the film kind of falls away in your memory or it fades a little bit. "

" When I was 28, I made this film called 'Drinking Buddies' that I starred in and produced, and we improvised the entire thing, and it was a complete exercise in freedom of expression in making something for only the purpose of making it, not for recognition or money or anything else, and it's still my favorite thing I've ever done. "

" I'm now convinced that I'm a doctor. I mean, if someone says they have a pain, I'm like, 'Well, that's your spleen.' "

" I am so saddened and grossed out by young women who look like creepy, old aliens because of their new Barbie noses and lips. Is that a smile or a grimace? "

" It's interesting having a son. Someone told me that it's good when you have a son first because when you have a daughter first and then a son, you think your son's slow. A lot of parents freak out because they've seen a daughter progress so quickly, and they think their male child is, like, damaged. But boys are just naturally slow. "

" If you fall off a horse, you get back up. I am not a quitter. "

" I'm pretty low-key; you'll often find me in jeans, a T-shirt and sweatshirt. "

" Many casting directors won't hire aspiring actors because you might be burning some chick's headshot under the table so she doesn't get the part. "

" Inspiration is the key to everything. "

" I feel like the luckiest person on the planet. 'Tron' was such a departure for me. "

" It was helpful to have the confidence of youth that came from a lack of desperation. I thought, 'If I don't succeed, I'll go back to school and study.' "

" I consider my education to be the first 10 years of my career. "

" I remember walking into drugstores when I was younger and seeing all the hair color boxes on the shelves and just being so in awe. Having the control to dye your hair and change your look is such a part of self-expression. "

" From a very early age, I made my decisions based on careers that I admire. The one thing that all the actresses I love have in common is that they have diversity in their careers. "

" I've always been a fan of science fiction. "

Science Fiction

" But even if I'm left high and dry at the end of this wild journey, just taking it is a great feeling. "

" I am a big music nerd. "

" I got an internship with the casting director of The Girl Next Door. I would hold the clipboard and help them in their casting sessions and get them lunch. "

" I feel like fashion should not happen in the morning. "

" I'm opening up my heart to the idea of dating. It's funny - my friends would always come to me for romantic advice. I know nothing, and things have changed since I was dating in high school! I'm really trying hard to spend this time working on myself. "

" Cleanses and products don't make you look more beautiful. They certainly help, but if you reach contentment, you're set. My makeup artist, Melanie Iglesias, couldn't figure out why my skin looks so good. I think it's because I'm happy! "

" In my work in Haiti, I've seen the hugely positive effects that happen when people come together to build something in the middle of the most desperate situations. "

" When you choose to be an actor, you are going against the odds. "

" I have a great pack of female friends, but I also have a lot of guy friends. I believe that platonic relationship is entirely possible. "

" When I first did theatre, I was always doing comedies; it was always my first love. But it wasn't what I was picked for at first, for films and TV. "

" All actors should experience public failure. "