John Michael Higgins Quotes
I was a stage actor for 20 years or so; I was leading men in classical things. 'Shakespeare,' you know. And now, I never play leading men. I'm that kamikaze comic that comes from the left, turns the table over, and leaves, or the hyper-intelligent yuppie scumbag if it's a drama.
Quotes to Explore
-
As an actress, I think it's important to look back and realize that we aren't always quite as original as we think we are. There's this grand, textured history for us over the last 100 years of incredible writers, directors, and performers.
-
Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.
-
'Cold Case Files' and similar shows do bang up business, which points to a certain thirst for details in the viewership, but it seems like all the news chat shows continue to force the myth that Americans can't stand detail and have no interest in an idea that can't fit on a bumper sticker.
-
When a 300-pound person like me is playing, I'm supposed to drink at least a gallon of water a day.
-
Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.
-
My label in Toronto was 'Stand Pat' and I think that was a fair assessment. I tried to be patient, but if a trade came along - big or small - that I thought should be made, I would make it.
-
I love diving into different skins, skins that make me feel deep emotions.
-
I've discovered that I value simplicity above all in dressing. I don't like anything I wear to be too complicated or fussy.
-
I'd like to explore the more abstract side of people's minds, as opposed to the usual sitcom stuff. I don't want to do the typical sitcom-type humor. I'd want to do stuff like go bowling with pineapples.
-
I think there's plenty of evidence that we need to stop spewing so much carbon into the air, that we're contributing to climate change and that we ought to look for alternatives.
-
When we cover a Chainsmokers song in our live show with ZBB, people are dancing and going crazy.
-
You've got to be closer to the edge than ever to win. That means sometimes you go over the edge, and I don't mean driving, either.
-
These days, the scientific community accepts me. But getting to that point was tremendously hard, and I think it required a big perception shift. When people have dedicated their lives to something - and spent eight years in college - they just expect that a kid wouldn't be up to doing it.
-
Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.
-
Because Mr. Mandela's early opponents invested so many resources into distorting the true nature of his advocacy, the singular historic moment millions now celebrate could have been tragically lost to guerrilla decontextualization.
-
Mothers are not supposed to give guidance.
-
I feel it is time to lighten up and laugh about things and enjoy ourselves a little bit more.
-
Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.
-
We are not commanded (or forbidden) to love our mates, our children, our friends, our country because such affections come naturally to us and are good in themselves, although we may corrupt them. We are commanded to love our neighbor because our natural attitude toward the other is one of either indifference or hostility.
-
If you have two parents who have to work, who want to work, you need to have someone to guide your child.
-
Every natural object is a conductor of divinity and only by coming into contact with them... may we be filled with the Holy Ghost.
-
I've recorded songs that are prayers in different styles, not just in the traditional gospel style that can help and comfort them. It's the words that matter most.
-
I'm always imagining some sort of story behind the song, even the ones I haven't written. I'm actively engaging in playacting.
-
I was a stage actor for 20 years or so; I was leading men in classical things. 'Shakespeare,' you know. And now, I never play leading men. I'm that kamikaze comic that comes from the left, turns the table over, and leaves, or the hyper-intelligent yuppie scumbag if it's a drama.
