- Christian
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- Nov 07, 2020
You Quotes
Quotes that speak straight to you.
This collection gathers quotes framed around 'you' - from candid reflections on body image pressures passed down in families to observations about how humor can mask real vulnerability. Many touch on how what you know about yourself differs from how others perceive you.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Pictures
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pictures have a lot more power than text. Text is just a bunch of little symbols. You have to actually read it and imagine it, and even that can be censored. With pictures, it's a lot more immediate.
- Politician
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a certain clubbiness to the idea that you're an ex-president. You're no longer a politician. You're a statesman.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love to find new people. It's not for the sake of their being new; it's because if you find someone who perfectly fits a part, that's such a great thing.
- Research
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was very fortunate to be elected to the Society of Fellows at Harvard, which is, in effect, a small research center where you are given three years to do whatever work you want.
- Ethic
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'll work with a director if I think I'm going to get into a comfortable situation, and if it's someone I respect and who respects me, even if they're not so well known. Movies are hard to make, and you have to work toward a common ethic and do your best.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can't make everybody love you. It's an exercise in futility, and it's probably not even a good idea to try.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're trying to work the art game, if you're like Andy Warhol or something, then you're in with cake-eaters of society. You want to get in with them and please them and get their money.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People think that when you use Google you're finding exactly what you need, but really, you need expert help.
- Problem
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't have a problem with rejection, because when you go into an audition, you're rejected already. There are hundreds of other actors. You're behind the eight ball when you go in there.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I oughta be rich. But, you know, if you don't spend all your time looking after money, somebody else will. The guys who look after money, they're the ones who get the money.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
The work itself is what motivates me. I like my own stuff, you know? I like the way it looks. I do it to please myself first.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had it happen to me before where it turns out that they never had the money and couldn't have made the movie in the first place. And these are the things you have to look for when trying to read the behavior of the people you sit down with.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
All the reading in the world cannot immunize you from the devastating effects of psychopaths. Everyone, including the experts, can be taken in, conned, and left bewildered by them. A good psychopath can play a concerto on anyone's heart strings.
- Business World
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are certainly more people in the business world who would score high in the psychopathic dimension than in the general population. You'll find them in any organization where, by the nature of one's position, you have power and control over other people and the opportunity to get something.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Language and words for psychopaths are only word deep; there is no emotional colouring behind it. A psychopath can use a word like, 'I love you' but it means nothing more to him than if he said, 'I'll have a cup of coffee.'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020