Keala Settle Quotes
If someone puts a character in front of me - no matter what it is, whether there has been a film or not - I want to be that character, not imitate it. There's a difference - a big difference.
Quotes to Explore
-
If I was to do anything besides acting, I would be a fireman or a beat cop. I'd do a regular job.
-
We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
-
I'm one of those foolish people who believe the glory days of the record industry aren't behind us. They're actually ahead of us.
-
Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
-
Stop a minute, right where you are. Relax your shoulders, shake your head and spine like a dog shaking off cold water. Tell that imperious voice in your head to be still.
-
Because of the structure of the contemporary American party system, every president is polarizing.
-
After 'The Sisters Brothers,' I tried to write a contemporary story dealing with an investment adviser in New York City who moves to Paris. I did all this research, but after about a year and any number of pages written, I was bored stiff.
-
I look formidable.
-
I love India.
-
Ringside seats mean you hear the breaking of ribs, the splattered cartilage of what was once the boxer's nose, the dislocation of the jaw, the horrifying 'ugggh' that the boxer utters milliseconds after receiving a crushing left hook to the solar plexus or kidneys or head.
-
I am quite looking forward to working with Shah Rukh Khan.
-
Many years ago... many, many years ago, I brought up a boy, and I said to him, 'Son, if you ever become a writer, try to write a good part for your old man sometime.' Well, by cracky, that's what he did!
-
When someone says something that really hurts me, I have to retweet it to let it go.
-
Enjoy doing nothing, and you can enjoy doing anything. Enjoy having nothing, and you can enjoy whatever you have.
-
In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.
-
I'm a first - I was the first person in my family born in the United States. My mom is from Croatia, and my dad is from Iran. They met at music school in Belgium. I grew up as a pianist. I was really interested in piano and sort of discovered that I was a writer when I was about 13 and started writing.
-
We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light.
-
In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her.
-
I didn't like the idea of changing myself for the industry. I felt to have my teeth straightened and bleached and to starve myself to change my body was not respecting who I was.
-
I think every year brings unknowns that you have to deal with and handle, confront and embrace.
-
Goodie-goodies are the thieves of virtue.
-
Don't set yourself on fire to keep others warm.
-
If someone puts a character in front of me - no matter what it is, whether there has been a film or not - I want to be that character, not imitate it. There's a difference - a big difference.
