- Extraordinary Things
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, adventure has always been to me the connections and bounds you create with people when you're there. And you can have that anywhere.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was christened Edward. My sister gave me the name Bear when I was a week old and it has stuck.
- Confidence
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.
- Broken
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've fallen down crevasses, been bitten by snakes, been knocked unconscious, had various limbs broken and once, a heavy camera came plunging down which very nearly decapitated me.
- Haul
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, my training is a key part of my work as so often my life has depended on being able to move fast and haul myself up and out of something fast!
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Life has taught me to be very cautious of a man with a dream, especially a man who has teetered on the edge of life. It gives a fire and recklessness inside that is hard to quantify.
- Something
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew her work very well and I knew that if she offered me a role in her movie, it wouldn't be something stupid. So I agreed to do the film before I read the script.
- Leave
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- Nov 07, 2020
And several galleries - two had asked me and I said no, because I didn't want to leave things on consignment.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
Thank God I have the seeing eye, that is to say, as I lie in bed I can walk step by step on the fells and rough land seeing every stone and flower and patch of bog and cotton pass where my old legs will never take me again.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
Be there for my dad, like he was for me.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I'm half as good a dad to my two kids as my dad has been to me and my brother and sister, my kids will be lucky.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was probably 5 or 6, my mother put me into an acting, singing, and dancing class.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of people have asked me whether I am a cynic or take a cynical view of politics and are often surprised when I say that I consider myself an optimist, but an optimist dressed in the robes of a realist.
- Film And TV
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always a writer - working on campaigns was never a profession for me. It was something I did on the side, really, so the trajectory hasn't been a political operative who likes to dabble in writing and finds himself into stumbling on film and TV - that was always my goal.
- Cram
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- Nov 07, 2020