Jessica Jung Quotes
My aesthetic is pretty classic. I like to keep things simple but appreciate the details.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't like losing a ballgame any more than a salesman likes losing a sale.
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It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.
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Actors, to a certain extent, never grow up, you see. It's an extension of being out in the back yard with a stick, only you're being paid to do it. It's borderline madness.
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I was practically driven to Rome in order to obtain the opportunities for art culture and to find a social atmosphere where I was not constantly reminded of my color. The land of liberty had no room for a colored sculptor.
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I do love being on television and in peoples' homes. I'm not an actor, so there is a connection that's real.
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He who gives love, receives love.
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I get a choice every time I have to open my mouth: that it can be with civility and dignity and grace - or not.
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For mothers who must earn, there is indeed no leisure time problem. The long hours of earning are increased by the hours of domestic labor, until no slightest margin for relaxation or change of thought remains.
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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.
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We are shallow because we have become enslaved by gross materialism, the glitter of gold and its equivalents, for which reason we think that only the material goods of this earth can satisfy us and we must therefore grab as much as can while we are able.
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Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.
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I've always wanted to do a lot of things.
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I am glad. I am now an Olympic medallist.
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You rewind. You think of your preparation. You think of everything you did throughout the week, your life, the practices, the intensity. Everything flashes, and you come right back to that point. And it's like, game on.
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Going out for a meal, especially for young urbanites, is less about socialising over enjoyable food than about enjoying food as a way to socialise.
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I could have lived off all the male careers in my family. Everybody was always getting ovations, but I was in the wings.
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It's an endless proving of myself, that I really am a musician, that I have something to offer in the room. That women can be musicians, women can be rock stars, women can be more than an objectified idea of a pop star.
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I want to see as many movies as I can and I covet a lot of weird influential movies.
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I like what Oliver Lakes does on the saxophone. The saxophone comes pretty close to the sound of the human voice and when Oliver plays with other sax players, it's like a dialogue.
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A helpful thing for me has always been - this is from a great acting teacher Declan Donnellan - is this beautiful way of expressing how and why people do things that other people may not do. It's a simple sentence that says, 'I understand you; you don't understand me.'
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As a kid, I wanted to be a pro tennis player. I was pretty good; at the tennis academies I attended, I always 'played up' against older age groups.
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I really wanted to be a writer.
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Honestly, as a director, at least for me, if I start doing the same thing over and over again, I'm going to get bored really quickly.
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My aesthetic is pretty classic. I like to keep things simple but appreciate the details.
