James Young Quotes
In my own mind, we are a much happier and much more functional family and a much more well balanced group of individual s both off and on the stage - in the current incarnation.
Quotes to Explore
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Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.
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Not all ideas will be accepted, but every idea deserves its own space, and every idea deserves to be expressed.
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The true self seeks release, not constraint. It doesn't want to be corseted in a sonnet or made to learn a system of musical notations. It wants liberation, which is why very often it fastens on the novel, for the novel seems spacious, undefined, free.
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I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.
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I'm always on the phone because I'm usually not with the people I want to be with.
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If I could set a world record, it would be that I have 150 business partners, all with thriving businesses of their own that started with nothing and I made the difference to make them all billionaires.
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I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.
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Police are not all bad guys. Nobody is all bad guys.
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I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.
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There are a lot of dynamics and a lot of politics that go into records and getting played on the radio.
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'Marco Polo' had some negative reactions in the press. Viewers have loved it, and the volume of viewing has been phenomenal.
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No one's ever happy with their position in Hollywood. You hear that from people you'd never dream would complain.
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All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up.
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Acting was something I had to do.
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You can instill fear in your kids and get them to mind, but they won't function better in the world and your relationship will suffer greatly.
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My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium.
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The corporate right fires up the religious right against gay marriage and abortion and uses their votes to push their deregulation and tax cuts for the rich. It's an old trick. The House of Saud has the same arrangement with the Mullahs in Saudi Arabia.
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I don't know, I like the word sassy.
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I've gotten to learn what's important in life and what's not important, and what to spend energy on and what not to. I don't have a family like some of my teammates, but I have a lot of things pulling at me that I have to put my energy into.
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When people say, 'How did you start in comedy,' I say my family was kidnapped by ninjas when I was very young, and to get them released I had to do a killer five-minute set. And even after I did that, you know, I started doing comedy under tough circumstances, I still kept at it because I enjoyed it.
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To communicate the truths of history is an act of hope for the future.
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When I'm 80 years old, I don't know what I want to be remembered for.
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To me, when you're at a hotel, and your home environment is ultimately dictated by somebody else, I always find that a little bit oppressive and scary in a way. Especially if it's not done well or not run well.
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In my own mind, we are a much happier and much more functional family and a much more well balanced group of individual s both off and on the stage - in the current incarnation.
