People Quotes
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A lot of people in the media, and some everyday people, really aren't in search of the truth. They're in search of something worse than that. Money, yeah. I think the media's the kind of a thing where the truth doesn't win, because it's no fun. The truth's no fun.
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The older I get, the more I appreciate the idea of being thrown together with a group of people you might have a lot in common with, or nothing at all. You don't have the option of doing anything other than making your family relationships work - forever. I like that.
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Resenting promotion is one of the greatest obstacles to success. People who have issues with selling and promotion are usually broke.
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The Oscar changed everything. Better salary, working with better people, better projects, more exposure, less privacy.
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I do get bottled up in interviews. You're thinking about what you're saying, and suddenly you get all tangled. So people think I'm sullen, or that I don't have much to say. But my friends will tell you: a lot of times I talk too much.
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I think a lot of people have the idea that all I do is dunk and all I do is make layups.
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I think any actor just wants to keep working, and for me, I want to work on projects that are with fun people.
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I tell people that I've now done one decent thing in my life. Albeit inadvertently.
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Some of the most morally conscious, kindest, most compassionate people are in the entertainment industry, people who want to affect the world and make it a better place through telling human, heartfelt stories.
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Many art-worlders have an if-you-say-so approach to art: Everyone is so scared of missing out on the next hot artist that it's never clear whether people are liking work because they like it or because other people do. Everyone is keeping up with the Joneses, and there are more Joneses than ever.
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I couldn't knock on people's door; if they answered the door and said, 'I don't want to speak to you,' I'd be like, 'Oh, OK then - I wouldn't either, to be honest.'
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There's something important, as an actor, about allowing yourself to be approached by people to do roles. People see different things in you.
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Sometimes interviews are fun and good conversations, but stuff like photo shoots and appearances at places where you have to meet a lot of people - I was never really made for this kind of stuff.
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People have different views of how you deal with different issues in literature, and, frankly, long may it last that there is a range of views.
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People forget that, for example, Adele wasn't always the Adele we know. Sam Smith wasn't always the Sam Smith that we know.
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People ask, 'Why is it called 5 Seconds of Summer when there's four of you?'
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I'm more of a hands-on person. I like working with young people from the standpoint of providing support for the grassroots programs. State, national and Olympic champions begin at a grassroots level.
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When I was suffering with depression, people weren't talking about depression. It had a stigma.
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People profess to have certain political positions, but their conservatism or liberalism is really the least interesting thing about them.
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Many of us believed that Black Lives Matter would move this country to not only reckon with white racism but to usher in new laws and practices that would curb vigilantism and law enforcement violence. But, instead, white nationalism was nurtured and began to take root among the American people.
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Most of the younger people I knew didn't seem to have a handle on things; they hadn't found their place, they didn't understand how the world works, they didn't understand how to treat other people, and they didn't know how to stop thinking about themselves.
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My life as an author has always been about brilliant, odd people.
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I come from really humble people. We never had a lot.
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I don't judge people based on their religion. But I judge them based on how they respect the French constitution.
