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.
'Slumdog' initiated a chain of events like going to Cannes and being invited to the Cairo Film Festival, which changed my perspective of cinema and of being an actor forever.
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I love Lars von Trier. 'Dogville' is my favourite movie of the last 20 years. 'Nymphomaniac' and 'Melancholia' aren't quite as exciting as 'The Kingdom', 'Breaking the Waves', or 'The Idiots', but I'll always love him for being him.
If Democrats were good at thinking like Republicans, they would see the light and stop being Democrats.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid likes to reminisce about being an amateur boxer. But his Senate tenure has often looked like an endless rope-a-dope.
The president's powers are always open to being questioned by the co-equal branches of government.
Oh, yes - being interested in acting never changes. Acting is in your blood, and of course I'll always be interested in it.
The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
If you don't attend to something, you can't be aware of it. But ironically, you can attend to something without being aware of it.
At the zoo, people would gather around the railway to see the snakes being fed, and my brothers would walk around the group, taking from purses or bags or using a razor to cut pockets and take wallets.
I can wholeheartedly apologize for not being at all sorry. And it really is the least I can do.
There are people who don't understand some of the core aspects of being a decent human being.
Don't let your upbringing, your surroundings, whatever situation you are living in, don't let those stop you from being the greatest you that you can be.
I remember wearing a full checkerboard look with checkerboard Vans when I was in elementary school and got bullied so much for it, so it's nice to see it being applauded and enjoyed.
Doing makeup, especially for drag, is all about being aware of the geography and angles of your face.
