Jim Kelly Quotes
There are things that you think about in your life that you're proud of, some things that you're not proud of.
Quotes to Explore
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I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.
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Nothing scares me more than people with some doll collection.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.
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When I look back over my career, there was so much stress. And it was because of the business. It was always because of the business.
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I am a citizen of the world.
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In 1255, Louis IX of France presented an elephant to Henry III of England to add to the menagerie of exotic animals he kept in the Tower of London.
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When Paris has to pee, Paris has to pee!
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My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
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People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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Agatha Christie holds special personal memories for me because my mum, a television producer called Pat Sandys, had been the first person to persaude the Agatha Christie estate to put one of her stories on T.V.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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I believe that it's better to have a conviction, believe strongly in something, and then the convictions create a style that reflects your mentality.
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My wife attends a Presbyterian church.
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There really are three types of 'religious' movies: the ones that make fun of it, the ones that vilify it and the ones that literally preach to the converted.
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I stayed in the ghetto. Then I stayed in condos, then I stayed in penthouses, and then I stayed in mansions.
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You have to open up on stage.
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You should take notes whenever you hear interesting or original language.
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The poverty from which I have suffered could be diagnosed as 'Soho' poverty. It comes from having the airs and graces of a genius and no talent.
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You get three hours' sleep and then you start all over again. Relentless. Pre-production was almost harder than filming. I was all over the city every day. It was really exhausting.
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If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.
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I try to direct people in distress to the right resources, where they can get comprehensive help. I've heard from many people that simply putting down in a letter what is going on in their lives is therapeutic in and of itself.
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For those few of you who never heard of 'The Secret,' it's a worldwide best selling book touting the benefits of positive and affirmative thinking, and sending good energy out into the world.
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There are things that you think about in your life that you're proud of, some things that you're not proud of.
