People Quotes
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Well, I have an interest in power. I have an interest in people who find themselves in the position to exercise absolute power.
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We've got all these politicians talking about better health care and what all, but believe me, we're not going to have the money to take care of sick people.. or anyone else as far as I'm concerned.. if we don't fix our energy problem right now. I've got an idea what to do. It might not be a perfect idea, but hell, none of my best ideas have been perfect.
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When I was at youth theatre and drama school, I never thought people would mistake me for a stand-up.
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I was endorsed by many corporations to work with their people. Since I had several hundred successful case histories, I realized that it was really valuable and everybody should have access to the information, so I started teaching seminars to groups of people.
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Whatever people do, they do for a reason and they think that it meets their needs....by their perception.
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At the end of the day, nobody can tell you how to tackle failure or how to handle change. The world is very good at encouraging you to go along with the status quo and at basking in your successes. But when you hit a wall in your personal life, and you screw up, people don't give you a chance to navigate your way through it and tap into what's extraordinary about you.
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It's an amazing blessing to go to work every day with people I genuinely love.
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Just as a fan and a consumer, I think less of actors as one thing and belonging to one genre or medium. People do all kinds of things.
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The adult fiction and writing for children portions of my MFA program were kept very separate, and there was a stigma around those 'kid people.'
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Feedback is a pleasant thing. I get a lot of letters from unexpected people in unexpected places.
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Let's be honest: It wasn't just the banks who messed up. There were a lot of people who tried to buy assets they couldn't afford. That's a reality.
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I have been a fan of Versace for so long, watching people like Biggie, Puff, Jay-Z.
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I've been in television for a little bit, and when people are attracted to what you've created, you get very excited because of the numbers. The business side is very exciting.
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I don't think I'm an artist or that I'm doing anything superintellectual. What's important to me is to get a visceral reaction from people, for them to want that coat because they think it's beautiful.
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And I think because there is an essence of me that cares about other people and what other people think then that then makes me seem very sweet and polite.
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Finding initial funds is the primary barrier most entrepreneurs face. Many people don't have three or six months' worth of savings to free themselves up to do months of unpaid legwork.
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The scarcity trap captures this notion we see again and again in many domains. When people have very little, they undertake behaviors that maintain or reinforce their future disadvantage. If you have very little, you often behave in such a way so that youll have little in the future.
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I love playing small towns, but in Sweden, it's sometimes a little bit weird, because all small towns are just so close to bigger cities that people are not as grateful when you show up as they are in Odessa, Texas.
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I wanted to be a pro volleyball player, and I fell in love with performance and audience response. The pressure of performing and doing something that I love doing in front of people who were grateful to see it. That relationship sort of worked out to be acting and theatre.
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A lot of people put pressure on themselves and think it will be way too hard for them to live out their dreams. Mentors are there to say, 'Look, it's not that tough. It's not as hard as you think. Here are some guidelines and things I have gone through to get to where I am in my career.'
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I was so afraid of upsetting people, and not being liked for saying something that was not to everyone's taste.
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I was one of the first to read the 'ER' script and the good news is George Clooney still gives me credit for helping to launch his career. I had George Clooney under contract for four years in a row before 'ER' happened. He's one of the few who remembers the people who helped him.
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You get along with certain people, but sometimes it feels like a job and you don't feel that instant connection with people.
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New York now leads the world's great cities in the number of people around whom you shouldn't make a sudden move.
