Quotes About Openness

The moment I said I am open to doing films, I started getting a lot of offers.

I am open with the players, with my media officer, and also the media.

Now the fact that people are saying, 'Oh my God, he's finally come out' - I was never in.

If you're hired to be a funny person, you have to trust your judgment but also be open because sometimes you think something's funny, and the next day you read it and go, 'Oh, my God.'

I'll never be immune to criticism, and that's okay, and I'm very comfortable with that.

I think there are actors who are like, 'Okay, what am I doing, how am I doing it, what's the appeal? Tell me what to do, what are the exact lines from the script? Okay, I got it.' I am not that way. I would be a terrible bus driver. I'd want to be like, 'Oh, let's take this side road! Let's see what happens when we go down this back alley.'

I listen to all kinds of music - new music, old music, music of my colleagues, everything.

Clinging to old ways and fighting change is not the answer.

As you grow older, you become - everybody becomes - less inflexible and a little more accommodating.

There's some members of the older generation who have been conditioned with such closed minds.

One of the things I've tried to do in my career is really write different kinds of books, so I'm able to broaden people's expectations of what I'm allowed to do.

That's one of the things I like about San Francisco. It's not like anywhere else in the world.

One thing is certain, You can't shake hands with a fist.

If there's one thing I don't have, it's an insular bone.

Harvard pulsates with life and thought of all kinds, and religion should not be left out of its ongoing discussions.

In TV and movies, you get known for a certain thing, and that's what's expected. Onstage, people are more open to whatever character you create from one play to the next.

I've always been really open onstage.

You have to be very flexible and understand as a director, especially as a writer/director, that you cannot hang onto stuff really hard. You have to be ready to accept those happy accidents and to anticipate that they are going to happen and capitalize on them.

Everything I'm thinking in my head goes onto my face, so you can see right through me.

Doing a documentary is about discovering, being open, learning, and following curiosity.

To be a character actor is to be open, to be a chameleon.

The best in business have boundless curiosity and open minds.

My brain is open.

I listen to different artists. I open my mind to different artists.