John Ruskin Quotes
So far as I have myself observed, the distinctive character of a child is to live always in the tangible present.
Quotes to Explore
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We are living in difficult times. There are a lot of people out of work - am I going to stand there and whinge? No, because I am lucky to have such a wonderful job.
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Los Angeles is peopled by waiters and carpenters and drivers who are there to be actors.
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I think the paradigm is shifting with regard to women and what we bring to the industry. I feel very blessed.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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When people don't understand my work, I don't feel like explaining.
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My views naturally have mellowed. Most of the critics have been more or less nice to me.
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Don't be afraid to convince yourself that your business is incredible, but don't expect others to be convinced without solid data to back it up. Ideas can be a worth a lot, but they are usually not. Execution is everything.
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Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys.
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I've really had two heroes in my life. My father and Ronald Reagan.
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In the end, you have to protect yourself at all times.
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Whatever I think the song sounds like is what I'll name it. It's a feeling thing; it's not logical at all.
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The only shoes that look futuristic are Crocs, but they would be terrible to use in a futuristic movie.
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I don't get far enough into a boring book to hate it.
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I have no advice for anyone on how to live.
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I leave my house all the time! But I'm not at all the Hollywood parties. I'm grown, and where else am I supposed to be? I'm supposed to be home.
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When someone holds a knife to your throat it's easy to be scared. It's not hard to imagine what it would be like.
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Distance doesn't exist, in fact, and neither does time. Vibrations from love or music can be felt everywhere, at all times.
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Living in New York for 10 months was incredible; it was everything I thought it was going to be and more.
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All of a sudden I'm an actor, and I spend a decade trying to fit in and realising that I didn't, really. Sometimes in the right circumstances, with the right people, it felt OK. But other times it was a bit more jobbing. I didn't fit the mould, somehow.
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When I first put out music, people didn't know what I looked like. They called it a new type of something; they couldn't put a genre on it - it was where indie and urban kind of meet in the middle. I thought that was quite exciting.
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Marriage is almost as old as dirt, and it was defined in the garden between Adam and Eve. One man, one woman for life till death do you part. So I would never attempt to try to redefine marriage. And I don't think anyone else should either. So do I support the idea of gay marriage? No, I don't.
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I'll play a character who is getting married to a woman to avoid the draft. Ultimately they fall in love with each other, but at first it's only out of practicality.
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I just think that giving a child a chance and sharing what you have with a child is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, as well as a child.
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So far as I have myself observed, the distinctive character of a child is to live always in the tangible present.
