Eiza Gonzalez Quotes

My last audition for 'Baby Driver,' I had to meet with Jon Hamm and go through the scenes. I was a bit nervous: 'What if Jon Hamm dislikes me? This is the end.' I also watched 'Mad Men' religiously, so that didn't help with my nerves.

Eiza Gonzalez

• Men
• Help
• Baby
• Mad

• Previous
• Next

Quotes to Explore

• California has always led the way on environmental protection and always reaped the benefits, pioneering everything from catalytic convertors on cars to stationary source reduction.

  

  Ed Begley, Jr.
  • California
  • Environmental

• Surprisingly, I'm not a fan of guns or anything like that!

  

  Caitlin Stasey
  • Like
  • Fan
  • Guns

• For me, one thing I love is having an arc for a character.

  

  Mae Whitman
  • Character
  • Thing
  • Having

• As a black actress you've got to work doubly hard. But it doesn't ever get me to the point where I give up on myself. It just motivates me to be more prepared, focus and disciplined. That's why I care so much about doing black films and making sure that we represent and are represented correctly.

  

  Naturi Naughton 3LW
  • Up
  • Work
  • Why

• I'm easily entertained.

  

  Abdullah II of Jordan
  • Easily
  • Entertained

• To me, 'Unforgiven' is one of the best films ever made. Aside from the fact it takes the genre and kicks it between its legs, it's this fascinating deconstruction of the myth of the West.

  

  Taylor Sheridan
  • Me
  • Best
  • Fact

• I've fondly dreamed of becoming the face of an important brand since I was a child, in the same way that others dream of becoming an astronaut. I dreamed of this as I first and foremost dreamed of becoming an actor and would look up at these huge posters of celebrities while driving along motorways or crossing under bridges.

  

  Xavier Dolan
  • Up
  • Important
  • Dream

• From my undergraduate days, I've always been interested in the major philosophical questions that don't seem to have an answer that everyone agrees on.

  

  E. L. Doctorow
  • Always
  • Questions
  • Answer

• I think I'm lucky having parents that have been in show business for a while, and they don't care about the shiny stuff so much. They raised me in that way - to stay grounded, not to chase the shiny, pretty things.

  

  Zoe Kravitz
  • Business
  • Pretty
  • Parents

• I love creative people.

  

  Zac Posen
  • People
  • Love
  • Creative

• I've come to feel that if I can't make something happen in under an hour and a half, it's not going to happen in a compelling way in a three-hour play.

  

  Sam Shepard
  • Play
  • Feel
  • Happen

• In film, you can't go into analytical explorations because the audience will reject that.

  

  Manuel Puig
  • You
  • Film
  • Audience

• I did notice growing up that there are so many things, obstacles and things, that people think you can't do because you're Muslim or because you're wearing a hijab. You hear a lot of no's. That was something that I wanted to see change.

  

  Halima Aden
  • People
  • Up
  • Growing

• It's not easy, especially in our politically polarized world, to recognize both the structural and the cultural barriers that so many poor kids face. But I think that if you don't recognize both, you risk being heartless or condescending, and often both.

  

  J. D. Vance
  • World
  • Kids
  • Risk

• Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.

  

  Manuel Puig
  • Teaching
  • Distraction

• How do we get more politicians to move from 'fixing' the system to reforming the system? The obvious answer is to either improve the quality of public services or reduce the public's dependence on them. Both approaches are necessary.

  

  Raghuram Rajan
  • Quality
  • Answer
  • Improve

• I get angry real quick, but I also cool down just as fast. Albanians don't want to deal with anything in the moment.

  

  Action Bronson
  • Real
  • Want
  • Cool

• As far as actors who pop up again and again in Japanese dubs, and because they're really good actors, people like Steve Bloom, not only in 'Cowboy Bebop,' but also he's sort of the de-facto Wolverine. If you're doing an animated Wolverine anything, Marvel usually just goes to Steve first because he's recognized as that voice.

  

  Yuri Lowenthal
  • People
  • Up
  • Good

• I became an entrepreneur as a child. I liked the art of the deal whether I was mowing lawns or selling candy or promoting clubs at the age of 16. I understood early on the importance of knowing my numbers and surrounding myself with the best people.

  

  Marcus Lemonis
  • People
  • Art
  • Age

• We had the idea as women that we could walk into music and be good at it and be as good as any man and have a career in it without being taken advantage of. So basically, those things came true. The obstacle course was just more difficult than we ever anticipated. We were optimistic and very naive.

  

  Nancy Wilson Heart
  • Music
  • Women
  • Idea

• People might think I'm very hard, what with my black make-up, my hair over my eyes, etc. My innocence didn't always help me, but it did preserve something in me that maybe others don't have anymore. I'm inside my bubble, you could say, and thankfully so, because I don't think daily life is always great. It protects me.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • People
  • Life
  • Up

• I do not think one should chase the fashions of the day, concerning neither sweaters nor opinions.

  

  Margrethe II of Denmark

• My last audition for 'Baby Driver,' I had to meet with Jon Hamm and go through the scenes. I was a bit nervous: 'What if Jon Hamm dislikes me? This is the end.' I also watched 'Mad Men' religiously, so that didn't help with my nerves.

  

  Eiza Gonzalez
  • Men
  • Help
  • Baby