Quotes About Experience

It's always nice working with friends. And if you have a director that you've worked with before, you don't have to go through that first learning thing. There's an element of trust there.

I'm understanding theatre a bit more. I've learned that you go over and over stuff. There's a big element of back-story: where have the characters been before, where have they come from?

I went to seven different elementary schools.

If you write something that's personal, there's going to be elements of yourself in it.

I very much want to write about some elements of my own growing up.

I come from the stage, so I started in New York, lived there for eleven years.

The biggest production show I went to with my step-dad and my mom was Adam Ant when I was probably eleven.

I've been fortunate enough to play at all the age groups but I'm not eligible for them anymore.

For me, I love the path that I have taken on. I take all of my experiences; I eliminate all of the bad and take all of the positive.

Growing up in America, even in the rougher parts of Elizabeth, I had two nice playgrounds to choose from as a child.

In my long experience, one thing I know is that truth is elusive.

I'm embarrassed to admit that I didn't even do my A-levels.

A novel, especially a first novel, is... really an emotional autobiography. All these emotions I'm embarrassed at having had, I've written about.

I had to work in 'Mastizaade,' I felt embarrassed.

Every day, I have a most embarrassing moment.

I was 30 before I made a living that was not embarrassing.

I don't really get embarrassed because my whole life has been one big embarrassment.

Emerging actors know there's a whole lot to learn each time they are spending with someone who's done a lot.

What appealed to me was that the focus of 'North Atlantic' was more about performance rather than emoting, because I was at a point in life where it was nice not to have to emote all over the place.

I have lived too completely, I think. I have known every human emotion.

My character in 'Hollyoaks' went through absolutely everything! There's not one emotion where I'm going to go, 'I don't know how to play this.'

When I got back I found myself being very emotional about the time spent in Rwanda in a way that I hadn't been able to or allowed myself to be when we were there.

It's hard to tell the story if you're not involved yourself, emotionally.

'Taramani' was a very emotionally draining film for me.