Quotes About Openness

My advice for girls who are waiting for their Prince Charming is to be open for anything. Be open to new experiences, be open to the idea that it may take longer than you want, but if you're open to meeting new people and new adventures, then love will come along.

I like to wake up and not know what I'm doing.

Hitchhiking was such a pure form of existence. You'd wake up in the morning, and you'd have no idea what your day was going to be. And that's something I've never been able to shake. I loved that.

In 10 years, I don't really know what I'll be, and I like not having any idea. I like the idea of being so passionate about everything I do and the fact that I might wake up tomorrow and say 'I want to be a chef,' and just pour myself into that.

'Edward Scissorhands' was tough to let go of because I found real safety in allowing myself to be that open, that honest. To explore purity. It was a hard one to walk away from.

I want to lay all my cards out on the table and walk away with no regrets.

People say that one of the most important things about being an actor is to have thick skin, but I don't think that's it. Because you can't just walk around being tough, you have to be able to be vulnerable to do this. So really, it's about not being defensive.

Science means constantly walking a tightrope between blind faith and curiosity; between expertise and creativity; between bias and openness; between experience and epiphany; between ambition and passion; and between arrogance and conviction - in short, between an old today and a new tomorrow.

I don't seem to have ever had a plan, but I have always been quite good at walking through doors when they are opened. I am never any good at anticipating what will happen next, but I always go for it when it does.

One of my strengths is I learn, and I like to learn from all sorts of people in all walks of life.

Meeting all walks of life, it broadened your horizons, let's say that.

Storytelling is always evolving, but if you allow people with new voices and perspectives to come in, you open audiences up to different walks of life.

There's a plethora of genres that I've been introduced to, but that's only because of the foundation that was laid growing up in New Orleans. I know it's a cliche thing to say, but it's very gumbo-like. You get that here. You can mix well with all different walks of life. That's what New Orleans is. It's like no other place.

I give everyone the benefit of the doubt.

Muzzling our leading scientists benefits no one.

The best way to get people to accept you is to move about the community and show them there's nothing to be afraid of.

I'm not making any bets on the future.

Nudity has never been a big deal to me. I sort of grew up with a lot of it in my family.

I'm not such a big fan of having a linear answer to things.

I'm just a really big fan of street style. When I went to New York for Fashion Week, it was great to watch everyone on the runway and see all the beautiful clothes and to get ideas, but again, I think it's just about being open and looking around.

The big things that I've learnt from my dad is that you can just say what you want to say.

We can all go up to each other and be honest with each other. That's the biggest thing, when you can go out and speak to your brother.

The biggest thing I've been working on his just finding the open man.

My parents never had to tell me about the birds and the bees, you know? It was very out in the open.