James Nesbitt Quotes
There will only ever be 13 dwarves in 'The Hobbit' - and I was one of them. If I had my time again, would I do it? Yeah, I would.
Quotes to Explore
-
I don't like the word 'experiment' in the context of art in general. It implies something immature, unfinished, something entertaining for a moment before it becomes irrelevant.
-
I've had self-esteem issues for a really, really long time. Plenty of people think I'm ugly, and plenty of people don't. But there's a moment when I'm modeling where I forget about my self-esteem issues and focus on what the photographer's telling me - and I feel pretty. And in that sense, it's selfish.
-
Modesty means admitting the possibility of error, subsuming the self for the good of the whole, remaining open to surprise and the gifts that only failure can bring. There are many ways to practice it. Try taking up golf. Or making your own bagels. Or raising a teenager.
-
For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
-
Personally, it was a big honor for me meeting so many families of the fallen soldiers and hearing their stories.
-
You have to be willing to ask questions that almost no one else would ask.
-
I've started doing my coaching badges, I'd like to be a manager one day.
-
As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
-
There are so many different camps about what being gay means. The danger comes when each one is so rigid that it sees itself as the true picture.
-
All my life I have fought corruption.
-
The biggest part of Loopt is about discovering the world around you, never replacing a social experience - only adding to it.
-
That's the way it is with poetry: When it is incomprehensible it seems profound, and when you understand it, it is only ridiculous.
-
Based on the Gaza precedent, Israel should not simply be expected to withdraw from territory and let it devolve into a state of anarchy. The West Bank is simply too close to Israel's major population centers and infrastructure to allow it to become another launching pad for rockets.
-
My parents were perfectly open-minded about everything. They never tried to convince us of what was true or what wasn't true in their minds. We were just presented with the information that was around and pretty much allowed - though, I mean, we knew how they felt. We knew they didn't go to church. So obviously that had an effect.
-
Looking back, I can see that the women I loved, at least early on, were status symbols. I suppose, in that sense, I was my mother's true disciple. She'd taught me that a good man, though elusive, could transform one's whole life once he was caught.
-
When I was 16 or 17, I started listening to Death Cab, and I started writing my own songs. I was writing alternative rock, and I had a seven-piece band. The shift was just iterations of experimentation and finding what sounded right. When I stumbled on the sound and vibe that I currently have, it was kind of by chance.
-
I would argue that the objective evidence shows that big government is not a friend to African Americans.
-
As a teenager, rather than setting myself on a course to pursue fame (quite common growing up in L.A., the entertainment capital of the world), happiness, fulfillment, and spiritual enlightenment (also quite common), I skipped right on to trying to be successful. 'Let's just get on with it,' I felt. 'Onward' became my motto.
-
Women hear rhythm differently than men.
-
You start a business, and you really don't have much of a budget.
-
I like to start with the first chapter, end with chapter 40. No flashbacks, nothing fancy, just a direct storytelling.
-
It is with obedience to your call that I take up the burden of government leadership for the final time.
-
When I was a teenager, the actors I was really into were Mickey Rourke and Sean Penn. I saw 'Rumble Fish' on my 16th birthday, and around the same time, it was 'Falcon and the Snowman' and 'Bad Boys' from Sean Penn.
-
There will only ever be 13 dwarves in 'The Hobbit' - and I was one of them. If I had my time again, would I do it? Yeah, I would.
