Quotes About Boundaries

There have been rumors and rumors and rumors about my love life. That's the one area that I really like to hold close to my heart.

I'm not telling you what to do on the Sabbath, and you won't tell me.

Nothing is sacred, right?

'Tusk' was clearly a line in the sand that I drew.

There is nothing about me that I wouldn't want anyone to know, but there is a part of me that I do want to keep private and personal just because that is what's going to keep me sane in the long run - making sure people don't know my every move.

I don't have to go around trying to save everybody anymore; that's not my job.

My mom says, 'Don't ever love anyone more than they love you.' And that has been in my head since I was a kid.

Scales are not allowed in my house.

In my day, people didn't do nude scenes. I mean they didn't exist.

Nude scenes aren't fun.

We all want to let fans behind the scenes. We just don't want them following us around.

There's so much overlapping in science fiction.

I'd rather live my life off screen and give only a certain amount of energy to the work.

Nobody wants to take a risk with scripts that push the envelope.

I don't reveal family secrets.

Other people can have all the children they want. Some people ask for no-smoking sections. I ask for no children.

The 'Ramayana' explores the limits of secular freedom and the limits of religion.

There are a lot of offers. But I don't like to overwork.

Actors devote a lot of our time and energy to the work that we do, but there shouldn't come a sense of entitlement from fans that we owe them every second of our lives.

Yes, we as actors are so appreciative of our fans, but there comes a point where, if we've been working all day, we don't owe 100 percent of ourselves to anyone, and that shouldn't be expected.

People who are trans don't owe you their entire history right out the gate, just like you wouldn't walk up to someone and tell them your medical history. You build trust.

Nobody owes anything to anybody. You are your authentic self to whom and when you choose to be, and if you don't know somebody, then why would you explain to them how you live your life?

Fishermen own the fish they catch, but they do not own the ocean.

Anytime you get an idea, you need people to help you put it together. That is the beginning of an institution. When you create an institution, levels of authority and boundaries need to be established. If everybody owns it, nobody owns it. If everybody is responsible for it, nobody will be responsible.