Dennis Haysbert Quotes
There are always different roles and questions to be asked about certain characters.
Quotes to Explore
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There were a couple of things I needed to do while I was in New York. One was to have a pizza pie, one was to get a tattoo... and the other was to get a Yankees hat.
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I don't give up on commitments until what I've been asked to do is clearly finished.
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Let us show our fellow countrymen and the entire world what the Germans can do when they work for peace.
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A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
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You make movies for the people. If critics happen to like them too, well, that's a home run.
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I talked about becoming stupid, but I've always been stupid. Fortunately I've been just smart enough to realize that I'm stupid.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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When I was younger, I was insecure for about 10 years: I wore glasses, had a cow's lick, buck teeth and braces. I looked ridiculous.
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I like fashion, but I love, love, love music and film; they are my two passions. I would love to pursue my acting and my love of music more than anything.
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Fishing is very meditative; you need to be able to give up control and cast out the line and then hope for the best, so in that way, it's quite like acting.
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As a 17-year-old, I remember positively dreading dance sequences. I would come to shoots, quaking with nervousness at the idea of making other artistes do retakes due to my mistakes.
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She told me that she would support me regardless of what I decided, but I'm so glad that I actually got to be a kid before having to grow up. My mom knows best about this kind of thing.
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A woman simply is, but a man must become.
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Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
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I feel very close to Maryann Plunkett and Jay O. Sanders.
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Every character I approach, from 'Forrest Gump' all the way up to 'The Spoils Before Dying,' has a different set of requirements and always fascinates me.
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When you're in a place, the details you focus on are different than details you focus on when you're writing about it.
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I don't think I ever really knew the right words to 'Hava Nagilah,' which isn't great for a Jewish singer.
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It is odd there are many movies with many men. But generally movies have one woman, or maybe the older woman and the younger girl.
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No show can be 'The Oprah Winfrey Show,' including 'The Gayle King Show.' I think she's very good but I think I'm very good too. I think we have different skill sets... but I don't think that I could do what she does and never have.
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We know that the French are very different from the Americans in their satisfaction with life. They're much less satisfied. Americans are pretty high up there, while the French are quite low - the world champions in life satisfaction are actually the Danes.
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If I wasn't prepared knowing every year there is a huge chance of a fire that will require me to evacuate my property, then I'm an ignoramus. If people at this point don't see that terrorism is a reality, and don't take steps to prepare themselves a little more than they were the day before, then they are also an irresponsible ignoramus.
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You can't be an American without being related to other Americans.
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There are always different roles and questions to be asked about certain characters.
