Quotes About Openness

As they say, there are two rules in improv: Never say no, and never ask why. When another actor asks 'Why?' or says no to something you're suggesting, then it's very clear that they're putting the onus on you, because they're not comfortable with it themselves.

When you find a way to be really receptive to your child's needs and really listen, you can be more open to what they say they want or what they say they need.

I've worked with some actors who have such thick skins and think they are so extraordinary. I'll think, 'Have you stopped learning?' They stop listening to directors or other actors and do the same thing again and again.

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge.

We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion.

More information is always better than less. When people know the reason things are happening, even if it's bad news, they can adjust their expectations and react accordingly. Keeping people in the dark only serves to stir negative emotions.

I'm flowing and letting things happen as they happen. I want to be living out of suitcases on the road. I'm open to the universe, whatever comes my way. I feel like a hippie - but hey, it works.

Deeper things, heavier things happen to you as you get older and makes you more open.

I love meeting new people; I think everyone has a story to tell. We should all listen sometimes.

I just try to try to keep an attitude that I don't know what I'm doing. Not to the point where I'm beating myself up, but I just go in thinking that I have a lot to learn. And I hope I still have that attitude 30 years from now.

It is always brave to say what everyone thinks.

I'm someone who says what he thinks.

If somebody thinks I have an integrity problem, then the honest thing to do is to tell me what they think it is and let me address it.

In Grade 2, when we had to do a presentation in front of the class, I'd always do things about Ireland or Italy. I could draw maps; I could name all the capitals: I was completely drawn to other lands. I discovered with time that it's a thirst for other people, for otherness, for something fascinating and mysterious.

Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.

Have the humility to learn from those around you.

Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend.

It's always nice to be thought of and asked to do anything, let alone something different.

I've always believed that no subject is off-limits as long as you can find a way to make it significant, thoughtful, and interesting.

I come from a school of thoughts where I actually don't plan anything.

My high school in South Bend had nearly a thousand students. Statistically, that means that several dozen were gay or lesbian. Yet, when I graduated in 2000, I had yet to encounter a single openly LGBT student there.

Difficulty seeing the "grays"; concrete, literal, black-and-white thinking Difficulty deviating from rules or routine Difficulty handling unpredictability, ambiguity, uncertainty, or novelty Difficulty shifting from original idea or solution Difficulty adapting to changes in plan or new rules Difficulty taking into account situational factors that would suggest the need to adjust a plan

Small thoughts fit easily into a closed mind, but big thoughts require an open one.

Take your inspiration from wherever you find it, no matter how ridiculous.