Me Quotes
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I don't know what it is about me, but I don't think of myself as sexy; I never have.
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You may get real tired watching me, but I'm not going to quit.
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I went to quite an academic school, and all my friends were going to university, but even before my acting jobs, I didn't want to do that. I didn't want to spend another three years being institutionalised, and I feel that getting out of that system benefited me in quite a few ways.
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I will develop the areas that vote for me, but if you don't vote for me, don't expect anything.
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I don't live by all these rigid, weird rules that make me feel all fenced in. I just like the way that I feel like, and that makes me feel very free.
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The piece that had a large influence on me was Turangalila.
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It was instilled in me that the money I was given was not to be lost or spent on any other purpose.
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I feel it's tougher for the guys, because if I break up with them, then they can go on and be forced to watch me on TV every day. I don't see them.
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Being my dad's daughter has allowed me to do a lot of things that maybe another artist might not be able to do or wouldn't be necessarily embraced doing.
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I don't like guitar solos that are like, 'Look at me, look at me!' I like guitar solos that are little songs within the songs.
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I always go into a character thinking, 'If it scares me, I can do it.'
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I spend a lot of time doing carpentry. Sometimes there is nothing that gives me the contentment that sawing a piece of wood does.
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Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious.
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About once every four days, someone comes up to me and is like, 'Hey, I know you from somewhere.'
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I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something to this country that has given me so much.
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No, I've been singing forever. I started out doing musicals. I think that was part of the reason why they gave me the part, because I sang.
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Marlon Brando. The finest actor who ever lived. He was my idol when I was 13. He's done enough work to last two lifetimes. Everything I do, I think: Can Brando play this with me?
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What do you want me to do, rob a bank?
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Anything that involves the outdoors I'm all about, whether it be skiing, snowboarding, wakesurfing to mountain-biking. Anything that gets me outside.
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I don't look at computers as opponents. For me it is much more interesting to beat humans.
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Well, when you get into the business, what you have to realize is that signing autographs and getting 'bothered' is just part of the deal. It's not a bother to me at all. That's part of being an actor and that's something you have to realize before you ever get into this business.
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Singing in Yiddish was a great thrill for me and came about through Joe Papp, the founder of The Public Theater.
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This is my homeland no one can kick me out.
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I met Ray Charles at 14, and he was 16. But he was like a hundred years older than me.
