Regina King Quotes

Especially in this industry, women challenge men much more now because we're saying, 'We can do it, too.'

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• I don't see that many movies lately that are actually about something, that are trying to challenge something about the way that people interact.

  

  Maggie Gyllenhaal
  • People
  • Trying
  • Challenge

• I am especially fascinated with mermaids, and they are always coming out in pirate stories.

  

  Yasmine Al Masri
  • Pirate
  • Especially
  • Mermaids

• I firmly believe that the Constitution is the most powerful challenge to illiberal tendencies. If the Constitution is followed in letter and spirit and if the laws are made in the spirit in which Constitution was made, liberties can indeed be protected.

  

  Palaniappan Chidambaram
  • Believe
  • Powerful
  • Challenge

• After I was 70, I realized that, 'Okay, I would like to have another 50 years, and I probably could.' But part of me is saying, 'Maybe I'm not going to have that much time.'

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Time
  • Me
  • Saying

• When I was in college at Amherst, my father asked me a favor: to take one course in economics. I loved it - for the challenge of its mysteries.

  

  Edmund Phelps
  • Father
  • College
  • Challenge

• If you can make a character likable that's not very nice, that's the challenge of the job.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Character
  • Job
  • Nice

• The first two pictures I did, I played a young student in prep school. When I did Lifeguard, everyone was saying, You're so Southern California. It was a surprise to me.

  

  Parker Stevenson
  • School
  • Me
  • California

• I had something I was trying to say and sometimes the message is an easy transmission and sometimes it's a difficult one but I love the power of saying it so I'm gonna do it whether it's hard or easy.

  

  Faith Ringgold
  • Trying
  • Love
  • Power

• I created my own charity called My Peak Challenge. We've been able to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds. It's helping change people's lives, and I've had lots of wonderful letters about it.

  

  Sam Heughan
  • People
  • Change
  • Challenge

• I understand entertaining. You want people to walk out saying, 'I spent a night with interesting people.'

  

  Aby Rosen
  • People
  • Night
  • Interesting

• The Ewoks were definitely a challenge of writing 'The Jedi Doth Return.' After having done so many things with characters who don't speak English, how was I going to make them stand out? Jedi is also rich with emotional material, particularly Darth Vader's transformation from the dark side back to the good.

  

  Ian Doescher
  • Good
  • Writing
  • Done

• In our school, there were lots of bands putting up posters saying 'Come to our gigs'.

  

  Oliver Sim The xx
  • Up
  • School
  • Saying

• When I'm actually assembling a scene, I assemble it as a silent movie. Even if it's a dialog scene, I lip read what people are saying.

  

  Walter Murch
  • People
  • Movie
  • Saying

• Well, there's no one at all, they do be saying, but is deserving of some punishment from the very minute of his birth.

  

  Lady Gregory
  • Saying
  • Birth
  • Punishment

• I just really want to do good work and work with some great people, people who challenge me.

  

  Salli Richardson
  • People
  • Good
  • Work

• Have you recently been through a challenge, disappointment, break up or disloyalty with somebody in your life? If so, it's important after you've been hurt, to take some time to think like a lion tamer about your pain, so you can tame the possibility of more negativity coming back to bite you again!

  

  Karen Salmansohn
  • Life
  • Up
  • Time

• A big part of my decision is not made about whether I'm able to coach in the NHL or if I'm ready to step up and take that challenge. Basically, it's about my family, it's about my children, and this is where my decision is going to have to be made.

  

  Patrick Roy
  • Up
  • Children
  • Family

• We created a line of pet food called Nutrish that's made to human standards, and 100 percent of the proceeds go to animal rescue. One of our top-tier donors is the ASPCA, and they help us challenge animal shelters all across the country to get more animals placed in homes.

  

  Rachael Ray
  • Country
  • Help
  • Food

• I've always done drama, but I suppose 'Tyrannosaur' was a bit of a watershed moment for me. It was like when Kathy Burke did 'Nil By Mouth' - suddenly, people were saying, 'Oh, she can do that, too.'

  

  Olivia Colman
  • People
  • Done
  • She

• Some big actresses told me a few things that inspired me. One said that the biggest challenge for a female actress was to make sure they are not profoundly bored. Another told me to just do whatever you want - do anything.

  

  Elizabeth Banks
  • Challenge
  • Inspired
  • Bored

• To me, it's all about inspiration. What gets me creatively excited is a challenge.

  

  Bill Skarsgard
  • Challenge
  • Inspiration
  • Excited

• Overall, I'm not upset at the press.

  

  Dasha Zhukova

• If you have been given a talent, exercise it freely and happily like the sun: give everyone from your splendour.

  

  Paracelsus
  • Sun
  • Exercise

• Especially in this industry, women challenge men much more now because we're saying, 'We can do it, too.'

  

  Regina King
  • Challenge
  • Industry
  • Saying