Lillian Gordy Carter Quotes
Jimmy says he'll never tell a lie. Well, I lie all the time. I have to - to balance the family ticket.
Quotes to Explore
-
I've always - honestly - never thought of myself as an independent director.
-
If DreamWorks and Disney need that name to sell the cartoon and get people in the seats, that's what they need. It's not fair, but there's plenty of other work for us to do.
-
I'd long wanted to write about that moment when a woman steps off the career track to have her first child. For me, that was a scary time.
-
I've always been very in tune to my voice and to other people's voices and how they express themselves vocally. And I always loved accents and dialects - I collected them like stamps.
-
Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
-
I don't know that I'll ever get to make my ideal film, because Frank Capra is dead.
-
A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
-
I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
-
I do this thing with my daughter - I put my hand on her face and shake her head, but really affectionately. But I didn't think, and I did that to Flea.
-
Health food makes me sick.
-
Man, in his animal capacity, is qualified to subsist in every climate.
-
I faced quite a few challenging times, and in front of those, I was more positive than some people not facing those conditions. I'm actually of the belief now that it is that struggle that offers you that open-hearted hope.
-
In the film industry, you are fictitious, just like the characters you play. It has a lot do with a perception about you, and not necessarily you. You are successful because people like that image of you on screen.
-
Working with Bill Cosby was incredible. I was lucky to be a part of that.
-
I try to keep away from being big-headed. That's what causes people to lose the acting thing. They start being commercial, and then they stink for the rest of their lives.
-
There's nothing regular about my life at all, really. I don't keep a regular schedule and every day is different. It's all rather chaotic.
-
Life experience is not something to be denied, but to be celebrated.
-
I wear a lot of wigs as Jacques Mesrine. He'd wear multiple wigs and take them off one at a time to rob three banks in one hour.
-
When I look at each of my brothers, I see two things. First, I see the next place I want to leave a rosy welt. Second, I see a good man who will always be there, no matter how hard life gets for me or him. Then, I get out of the way because I realize he's coming at me with a wet dish towel.
-
Well, the truth is I'm very scared for people to dislike me. I have conflict-avoidance.
-
I'm not afraid of hard work. I like it! It's the other bit - the not working - I find more problematic. If I'm not busy, I just get antsy. I've been this way since I was a child. Sitting still is like torture for me.
-
The key is to master a few simple ways to exercise that will burn the most calories in the least time. And you also need to figure out how can you eat more of the good stuff and less of the bad stuff without feeling deprived so your diet regimen feels manageable.
-
I'm a woman, of course I still have curves on me, and that's ok. I had a baby and I've worked hard. And I don't think women should have to feel that kind of pressure. I've done it really healthfully, and I took my time.
-
Jimmy says he'll never tell a lie. Well, I lie all the time. I have to - to balance the family ticket.
