Famous Quotes & Sayings

James E. Faust

I personally claim no special insight into Satan's methods, but I have at times been able to identify his influence and his actions in my life and in the lives of others. When I was on my first mission, Satan sought to divert me from my future path and, if possible, to destroy my usefulness in the Lord's work.

Julianne Moore

Within childhood behaviors, there are known behaviors; there's teasing and there's name-calling, and different kinds of things happen as kids start to socialize. And then there's serious bullying, and then there's actual aggression and behavioral problems. But you can't put it all under the tent of bullying.

Lance Henriksen

The thing I hate most in acting is asking permission to do things. What you really want to do is say, 'This is my need; this is what's going to get me further; this is what's going to be alive. I don't ever say, 'Do you mind if... ?' I just come in and do it.

Kate Winslet

My parents met because my father was an actor friend of one of my mom's brothers, but my mother has never set foot on the stage - she's quite shy. So it's a strange thing because people say, 'Oh, coming from acting parents,' when the idea of acting would literally make my mother just want to throw up.

Kate Winslet

My job as the actress playing Hanna Schmitz, as the actress playing any part, is to understand the character, and to ultimately love the character. And I did love Hanna, absolutely, because I understood her as profoundly as I did at the end of the day.

Katharine Graham

My mother seemed to undermine so much of what I did, subtly belittling my choices and my activities in light of her greater, more important ones.

Gael Garcia Bernal

I've never cared for the idea of a career path, or where a film might 'take me.' My love is for acting not money, so I only take on roles that I find challenging, in stories I find interesting.

Lesley Ann Warren

I've been a character actress right from the beginning. I was no more like 'Cinderella' in my real life than I was like the neurotic poet in 'Cop.'

Lea Thompson

I hate when people don't hear the actual words out of your mouth or even the intent of it. They just hear something completely different.

Olesya Rulin

I didn't take theater or anything. We didn't have a very good theater program. It was in western Utah - was a really small school. It wasn't developed. We didn't have the funds to do anything like that, but I did act all through high school in films because Disney Channel would shoot movies out there.

Delusional pain hurts just as much as pain from actual trauma. So what if it's all in your head?

Kris Kristofferson

I never thought of acting as a creative process. Christ, I used to go to the movies and see Brando talking like he was trying to sell shoes, and he was great. I thought anybody could do it. Then I tried it, and I got so uptight, I'm limited as to what I can do on film.

Odeya Rush

I didn't act in Israel, but I wrote plays at home and acted in plays at school. I tried to get an agent when I was 12, but they told me that I had too much of an accent.

Tara Lipinski

Acting is easier than skating in a way and harder in other aspects. In skating, you get one chance, and with acting you get to do it over and over.

Tanya Roberts

What I really want is a commercial hit. If you're in a hit, you're suddenly a star, whether you acted well or not.

There was no actual person who was James Bond, despite all the books.

Antony Sher

What drew me to acting in the first place was disguise.

Antonin Artaud

The actor is merely a crude empiricist, a practitioner guided by vague instinct.

We act the same. The crazy guys act crazy and goofy. He and his wife, they walk around. They say hi to every one of us. They know every single one of our names. They know what's going on.

We act somewhat as mentors, as counselors. The kids are important to us.

We act on behalf of 40 riding centres in Ontario, ... They offer horses to people with disabilities. It combines horseback riding with therapy, and it helps with balance, strength and muscles, and hand-eye co-ordination. It's like normal therapy, but they make it fun.

Anthony Brown

We act like we're related because we're best friends. We've been best friends since we were little, and we hang out a lot together.

We actively patrolled 24 hours a day, and nobody heard another shot.

We actively coordinate with all other federal agencies.

We actively are exploring a rear-drive, V-8 car and feel there is a place for one in our lineup. GM has made it clear there's a place for rear-drive cars in the marketplace today, and it's no secret GM is exploring ways to use a rear-drive platform for a performance vehicle.

We acted properly and with integrity in all Enron matters, ... We have not knowingly assisted Enron or any other company in misrepresenting facts about their financial condition.

Kofi Annan

We acted on the report as soon as it came out, ... This is not the end. It is the beginning and we'll act on the other branches of the report as they come out.

We acted like social services, just giving the ball away.

We acted in the best interest of the institution, ... Our intentions were good and we didn't think we were in violation of our lease. We have always had good relations with the schools and we want to maintain that relation - it's important for the community.

Charles Kingsley

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about

Diablo Cody

Even though I am in this weird position of being a semi-recognizable screenwriter, which isn't that common, at the same time, I'm not an actress. I'm pretty isolated.

Derek Jacobi

Sir Larry could be very strict and a disciplinarian, too. He had many faces; he wore many hats. But, ultimately, he loved the theater and he loved actors.

Denzel Washington

We'll all retire from life at some point. The great thing about acting is you don't necessarily have to retire.