Edward James Olmos Quotes
Basically, I think that there are some characters that you can just allow the truth of your character as a human being in your real life to come through.
Quotes to Explore
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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When I went to college, I was so focused on this new experience of my life that I really just pushed down all of my fears of hell and damnation.
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Country music is three chords and the truth.
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I worked as a head cook at courthouses and high schools. I left it behind when I started getting into my music real heavy.
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I know someone from growing up who is in jail right now for the rest of his life, but he was one of the sweetest people I ever knew.
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I'm shy. I am. I mean, if I get around, you know, in a room of a bunch of people especially I - you know, I don't know or - it takes me a while to warm up. I'm - and the real me, I'm not as witty as, you know, as the comic Wanda. The comic, she's had time to work on some things.
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I've never been a person to share my private life, but I can help save lives.
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Dreams take you beyond what you think you can do in life.
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You gotta have life your way. If you ain't losing your mind, you ain't partying right.
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Life is such a gift, I just say thank you all day.
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I have a real interest in baking. I'd love to go to culinary school. That's actually my plan: to graduate high school and go to culinary school.
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After a decade in public life working to stop Iran from ever acquiring nuclear weapons, I cannot support a deal giving Iran billions of dollars in sanctions relief - in return for letting it maintain an advanced nuclear program and the infrastructure of a threshold nuclear state.
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This character in the film, these things that he says which sound like advice and wise things, they are very common for Orientals. It's all the tradition.
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Out of all the clubs who were interested, I got the feeling that, deep down, Chelsea showed that they really wanted me. There were lots of reasons I came to Chelsea. They showed a real desire to get me to come here. I didn't have to think about it too much.
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I'm living my life, not buying a lifestyle.
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Snowden has yet to tell me anything that was a fact that I have been able to rebut or that anybody in the U.S. government I have talked to has been able to rebut.
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I have had the most wonderful time on 'EastEnders' and I will miss you all. The show has changed my life and I want you all to continue the good work, because I'll be at home watching you.
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I've always had a 'Work hard, play hard' attitude to life - I still do - but sometimes you get involved in something that needs a calm, methodical approach.
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People on both sides of any conflict believe they are right, whether it's on a TV show or in the real world.
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People have told me about organized crime in the fashion industry, but I can't talk about that. I'm looking to stay alive.
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In 'Billy Elliot,' there were, like, 24 kids, so that was crazy. In 'Annie,' there's nine of us; we're all great friends, and we hang out all the time. We really are just sisters.
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The camera relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like God, and it surveys for us. Yet no other god has been so cynical, for the camera records in order to forget.
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Youth is quick in feeling but weak in judgement.
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Basically, I think that there are some characters that you can just allow the truth of your character as a human being in your real life to come through.
