Quotes About Experience

I was kind of confused. I thought, Well, if I get drafted, I'll go. Everybody was very concerned with it. I had friends who went. Some that came back and some that didn't.

I think people get confused about who Merlin is. It's not his age that makes him: it's wisdom, and wisdom is not necessarily linked to age. Definitely not in the same way in the world of 'Once Upon a Time.'

I think it's been confusing for people because I haven't had a linear career.

Acting is a form of confusion.

I remember learning as a kid that love meant loneliness and confusion.

New York was very congenial to me when I was young, like most people. I met my comrades in arms and partied hard. It's the way it should be, and then you get sick of it.

Moving to Dubai at age 9 and then the Congo, they were two completely opposite countries. But that brought me to music and taught me things that I never would have learned otherwise. And it was always about the rhythm in those two countries - that's why I love them.

There was nothing exceptional about growing up as the son of a congressman.

You can't go to Washington as a congressman and a senator and expect to make a difference all at once. You have to earn your way.

There is no good or bad cinema, there are films that connect either less or more with audience.

I think I can connect with an audience because I know what it's like to be on the other side of it and I really remember all of that.

I can easily connect with the prepubescent dork I spent much of my life being.

There are so many fun things that you live that you can write about and people of all ages can connect to.

If I want people to connect to my words and my stories, I need to tell them where they came from. Because then, when you break into song, they have kind of a blueprint for why I wrote that song, so they can come to it with something they went through that helps them connect to it.

When you write something you know, you're making a story that will work, whether or not there's bits taken. It's always funny to me when people say, 'Well, it's clearly autobiographical,' and I say, 'Well, how do you know my autobiography?' Certainly, there are things that are connected, but I just think it's a very interesting assumption.

In my experience, in this industry, the things that have been breakthrough have all been about connecting human beings to each other, communicating with each other.

It's not right to say that only girls get emotional while watching a movie. I have seen so many men connecting with a movie so much that they get emotional.

Stand-up will always come first. I've been doing it for 22 years, and nothing compares to that connection you have with the audience. It's euphoric.

When we read a book, we have a blurry image that's kind of physical but blurry. But we have an emotional image also. We have an emotional connection to the character.

I think only the movies you do remember are the films you had an emotional connection to.

My mom used to work for Coach and Louis Vuitton, in retail. So, I've always been around it. I've always had that connection. Always.

I never had connections at any point to the industry.

I learned so much stuff at Hoffenheim and made a lot of friends. I also made good connections with the managers. They taught me a lot that I can take on in my career.

What I love about film is that everybody often connects to something so different, and things you couldn't anticipate when you were making the film, so you just make it as honest as possible.