Kaui Hart Hemmings Quotes
I feel like having details from their day and having a plot and action and things to do is much more revealing than having a character sitting and thinking to themselves. When I'm writing, I want people to actually have a goal, something that's dragging them forward.
Quotes to Explore
-
It was a great opportunity that I had to take - my very own theater. That comes along once in a lifetime. It doesn't even seem like 15 years ago - time sure flies by. I've really had a lot of fun with it.
-
I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.
-
What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?
-
Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.
-
Hollywood's got its own particular environment.
-
At the end of the day, I'd love to see children stop begging their parents to go to the circus. That's what would make me most happy.
-
Polls that have been taken by kindergarten, first- and second-grade teachers indicate that 30 percent of the kids have been deprived in some way so that they are physically unable to keep up with the class.
-
I believe that I'm a hillbilly in my values and in my attitudes, and I don't want to lose that. I think it's possible to maintain a big chunk of that identity so long as you're self-reflective and meaningful about it.
-
To be honest, I never really wrapped my mind around winning.
-
You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
-
I've never worked in advertising - my experience was as an editorial designer for magazines - but you could say, in the bigger picture, that magazines are vehicles for colour advertising.
-
We're all idealistic when young.
-
I feel comfortable any position I play. It doesn't matter.
-
In L.A., unless you've just won an Oscar or you're Mr. Studio Head, no one talks to you. Even at parties.
-
My youngest sister belonged to a group called the Twelve Tribes for many years. She recently left, with her husband and four children. Talking to her about her experiences in the group is fascinating, moving, and enlightening.
-
I deliberately try not to cater for the commercial market, so I can't see myself in competition, you know, with second or third generation rock stars.
-
A lot of people think that because I'm from Malaysia, I'm driven by Malaysian sound, but actually, it's mostly just my melodies.
-
Acting has always existed alongside my normal life. It's been a case of learning on the job. I've worked in so many styles, with so many people, so I've picked bits up from everyone and everything.
-
There is light at the end of the tunnel for India, but it's that of an oncoming train which will run them over.
-
People don't know this, but early in your career, you don't just glide on to The Tonight Show.
-
We must respect the interior laws of creation, of this Earth, to learn these laws and obey them if we want to survive.
-
I'm happy doing what I do.
-
Obama learned from Ronald Reagan that it helps to strike an optimistic tone. But genuine optimism deriving from American exceptionalism, it turns out, does not come naturally to him.
-
I feel like having details from their day and having a plot and action and things to do is much more revealing than having a character sitting and thinking to themselves. When I'm writing, I want people to actually have a goal, something that's dragging them forward.
