Irene Cara Escalera (Irene Cara) Quotes
I'm a woman with a mission. I've learned to believe in myself, my vision and to do things the way I want them done.
Quotes to Explore
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Ask your agent to set up a meeting with either your editor or the marketing department of the house or both so you can find out what they're doing, what they aren't, and what you can do to help.
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I do always have a wall up. But I feel by doing it, I keep myself safe.
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The only foreplay I really need is for a guy to kiss my hip bone. The hip is the most erotic and neglected body part. Kiss the hip bone with your lips.
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You never think about what life's going to be like five years down the road or 10 - you just go though the day and try to make good decisions. Sometimes you do, sometimes you don't. You just hope this day will be a good day.
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In film, you are a totally different person than in the video.
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No, but it's not because I'm getting older that I'm trying to accelerate. But something very curious is happening: The older I get, the more ideas I'm getting.
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I've never paid too much attention to what other people have said or to what other people have tried to make me be. I've always just tried to be myself, which is such a weird thing to say.
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I love an underdog. No, I don't necessarily mean the cartoon. I mean like David, as in Goliath, or the Bears, as in The Bad News Bears.
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Every leading lady I work with, I'll see if I can get a song out of them and put it on an album.
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I'm very proud I'm Chinese and represent the Chinese community.
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I own a guitar, a piano, a bass.
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This could never be a crime in any society which deems himself enlightened.
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The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.
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Those boos really motivate me to make something happen.
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Critics should think about how the opening weekend audience might want to discover some surprises for themselves.
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Come on, we would be foolish to say that there's never been African-American leads in some capacity, people of color in some capacity, leading shows or what have you. But it hasn't happened enough and in a manner that is an accurate reflection of the world that we live in.
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There's never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same.
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At any given moment, it's not about where we are supposed to be. It's about what work, which relationship, what decision I take. Every moment counts. Every decision counts. And if we look at our decisions in life as such, we stop battling and start winning.
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At some point, life starts to pass you by and becomes about avoidance. I want to stay clear from that situation, because I don't like that.
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I didn't know until high school that I was interested in writing in any real way. But there was this boy that I had a crush on, and I used to tell him all the time what I felt about him. Finally he gave me a blank journal and said to write it all down - and it didn't take me very long to realize how much I loved writing.
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Don't be timid. You're a writer, use your role, test it, make something of it. These are decisive times, everything is turning upside down. Participate, be present.
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I've had five weddings but if I'm really honest and if I count significant de factos... I've had nine husbands... which sounds appalling but when you consider I started at 18 and I'm 65 it's not so bad.
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Some nights the sky wept stars that quickly floated and disappeared into the darkness before our wishes could meet them.
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I'm a woman with a mission. I've learned to believe in myself, my vision and to do things the way I want them done.
