- Decision
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being Quotes
On identity, openness and staying true to yourself.
This set of quotes explores what it means to simply be: holding onto a child's spontaneity, embracing honesty that feels inappropriate in creative work, or aging with flexibility instead of resistance. For more on self-belief, see our Able quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Evil
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being evil is easy.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
I completely agree with feeling the need for or the benefits of being pushed and of being directed on a project and collaborating.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd always had the concern that being in commercials would affect my credibility when I was getting started as a TV and film actor.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have the feeling of being a very small item on this planet, and literature enables me to express that.
- American Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
On a certain level, I don't think there is an answer to what the American way is, because it is constantly being re-defined. It's also been exploited and capitalized upon and politicized by one side or the other to the point that a certain degree of cynicism has attached itself to that term.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Stage-persona notwithstanding, I'm extremely shy and quiet. Almost painfully shy. People misinterpret that as being above it all or not interested.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most writers flinch at the thought of being completely honest about themselves. So absolute honesty is what marks the true modern.
- Enjoyed
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always enjoyed being a Gypsy.
- Lawyer
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even when I'm playing a lawyer or a doctor, I want to play a person. A human being.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
One disadvantage of being a hog is that at any moment some blundering fool may try to make a silk purse out of your wife's ear.
- Losing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Britain, which in the years immediately before this war was rapidly losing such democratic virtues as it possessed, is now being bombed and burned into democracy.
- Luxury
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm writing a movie, it's usually pretty close to what the movie is going to be, which is just a luxury of being a writer-director.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020