Joel Kinnaman Quotes

It's hard to act with just your jaw.

Joel Kinnaman

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• I was 47 when I got pregnant. I'd been trying for a couple of years and thought it would never happen.

  

  Nancy Grace
  • Trying
  • Never
  • Couple

• Did any artist ever bring more pure joy to more people than Fred Astaire?

  

  Jack Kroll
  • People
  • Joy
  • Artist

• I don't marry bandmates just to go marrying bandmates.

  

  Valerie June
  • Just
  • Go
  • Marry

• Dear sisters and brothers, we realize the importance of light when we see darkness.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • Light
  • See
  • Darkness

• I was an intern on a film called 'The Long Walk Home.'

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Long
  • Home
  • Walk

• If you do something wrong, it's going to be all over the place. Not only does that go for me, but anyone in here. You just really have to be aware of it.

  

  Patrick Kane
  • You
  • Me
  • Wrong

• He who has faith has... an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well - even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly.

  

  B. C. Forbes
  • World
  • May
  • Hope

• In the Soviet Union I was the head of all oil production. And you know in the Soviet Union, you didn't get that job unless you were really worth it.

  

  Vagit Alekperov
  • Job
  • Know
  • Oil

• Eartha Mae is very shy. She's scared to be seen, scared of rejection and even afraid of affection. Relationships can be rather uncomfortable for her. But, as Eartha Kitt, it's fine. I can accept and reject any time I want to. Do I ever reject? Not really. Although people think I do!

  

  Eartha Kitt
  • People
  • Time
  • She

• California is a bellwether state. California was the first state in the United States to overturn the laws against interracial marriage. It took 19 years for the rest of the country to come around to that point of view.

  

  Gavin Newsom
  • Country
  • Rest
  • Marriage

• Television and cable have become the new independent films, in a sense, for writers and actors to gravitate towards. That's why I like short films, too; I love doing readings, audio books, working with young filmmakers; anything that keeps you from getting blase about yourself or in a rut.

  

  Campbell Scott
  • Working
  • Sense
  • Writers

• Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • Poetry
  • Happiness
  • Sorrow

• My last picture for Warners was Romance on the High Seas. It was Doris Day's first picture; that was before she became a virgin.

  

  Oscar Levant
  • She
  • High
  • Picture

• Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.

  

  Ai Weiwei
  • World
  • Freedom

• When it comes to photo shoots, there was a clear moment for me when I thought, 'I'm going to have to enjoy this because it's going to be a part of what I do.'

  

  Clemence Poesy

• Cooking for my family is always a pleasure when I'm able to do it. My favorite thing to make is really whatever my kids ask for on any given day. It's more about being with them and doing something together.

  

  Joe Bastianich
  • Family
  • Kids
  • Together

• I'm not what you might call sexy, but I'm romantic. Let's put it that way.

  

  Betty White
  • Romantic
  • Sexy

• I can't lie - I love talking to the people at my shows. I'm so grateful to all my fans. I couldn't do it for this long without them. So if they want to come past to say hi and whatnot, then it's part of my job to talk to them - and you know, it might be the best part of my job, too.

  

  Chuck Brown
  • People
  • Long
  • Job

• I really try to put myself in uncomfortable situations. Complacency is my enemy.

  

  Trent Reznor Nine Inch Nails
  • Enemy
  • Complacency

• I'll give you an example. Henry, the old black guy who cooks the corn bread, he worked on the railroads for about 20 years so he knows how to lay and build track.

  

  Marc Singer
  • Guy
  • Black

• The best thing about high school football in the state of Texas is the whole town shuts down, and there's shoe polish all over businesses and stores. Everyone rallies around you.

  

  Dat Nguyen
  • School
  • High
  • Football

• I'm not shy about stating my opinion on political issues, so I can state my opinion, which is, on this one, Premier Notley's right. Because cap and trade systems have not been shown to work. And if you want to price carbon, then I would listen to the CEO of Suncor, who suggests a clean, transparent carbon tax makes a bunch more sense than a cap and trade system that just creates jobs for traders. I - I kind of agree with that.

  

  Naheed Nenshi
  • Political
  • Kind
  • Opinion

• Enthusiasm and misplaced belief can take you a long way.

  

  John Otway
  • Long

• It's hard to act with just your jaw.

  

  Joel Kinnaman