Quotes About Experience

I appeared in several of Dad's films - at the time, I didn't really appreciate how great a director he was.

I often wonder what the world would be like if more companies were like Apple.

All of the things we learned on 'Coraline' we applied to 'ParaNorman,' and all of the things we learned on 'ParaNorman' and 'Coraline' we applied to 'The Boxtrolls.'

Everything I learned as an actor, I have basically applied to writing.

I've been blessed enough where all the rules that come with age don't apply to me. People were saying I was old at 32.

I appreciate a lot in this life; the things you cannot buy. Life is only once.

I appreciate and enjoy my age.

I didn't have a normal childhood by any means. But it was what it was, and I appreciate what my parents did for me.

I enjoyed those last eight to 12 independent bookings, just took them and appreciated them for what they were.

As we've grown our family, that's really when I've started to develop a real, true appreciation of my own faith and not just the academic.

The older I get, the more appreciative I am of where I came from.

I moved to New York first and was really apprehensive about moving to L.A., but I really, really like it.

I also want the chance to work with some of the best actors in the business, because that's where you can learn so much by just being on a set and getting a feel for how they approach their role and how they work with you.

I think people are particularly interested to see who the real me is, but... different stories call for different approaches and you change based on the experience you want that person to have.

If a fan approaches me and I feel like they have some kind of agenda, I'm probably gonna get real closed-off and not talk to them. But if I feel a connection with someone, or if I feel a certain trust with somebody, I feel like, 'You know what, I can open up to this person and tell them about an experience.'

You know I was always looking out for age appropriate roles.

I kind of tried my hand at sports and school, and I wasn't very apt at either one of those things.

I made French films and other films and a lot of Arabic films, but what I like is English for myself.

My favorite artists are the ones that I can take their eight or ten albums, and I can see the arc of their life.

When you make a movie, a dramatization based on the real experience of a living subject, you can't airbrush that away into to a perfect movie arc.

What's more interesting than the arc of lives?

It's important to me to create archetypes of human experiences and make them so that the song has a sense of purpose when you experience those emotions. You know, just making people feel like they're not alone.

I am involved in the architecture of space.

I was a player in the Arena League, I was building relationships with that internship.