Quotes About Openness

All I want and all I even ask of people in Hollywood is look, just be honest with me. Please don't lie to me. Whatever the situation is, be honest with me.

I would only have been too pleased if someone had asked me for my data. If you really believed in your data, you wouldn't mind someone looking at it. You should be able to respond that if you don't believe me go out and do the measurements yourself.

No, I was pleased that it is possible for somebody who makes full disclosure as I've done, not only of the contributors, but also how the money is spent.

Part of being innovative in government is sometimes not trying to plot out the last chapter of the book, but to be open and see what comes back.

As long as I like the script, speak the language and feel interested in the plot, I can play any role.

Poetry is interesting because not everyone is going to become a great poet, but anyone can be, and anyone can enjoy poetry, and it's this openness, this accessibility of poetry that makes it the language of people.

If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if I can persuade you to laugh at the particular point I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge its truth.

You don't want to be the selfish point guard. You want to be the guy that gets everybody open, that makes plays, and see the ball move before it goes in.

I like to listen to other songs to get a different point of view and to learn.

Give credence to everyone's point of view.

Some are very hostile if mistakes are pointed out. I'm not. If I make a mistake, I make a mistake.

People ask me a question, I'll give them my opinion. I never claimed to have all the answers.

I'm open to anything interesting as long as it doesn't clash with my schedule as a mom and wife.

I don't get claustrophobic.

If you screw up and do something, don't lie about it; come clean.

Someone once told me be interested, not interesting - that really clicked for me.

I want to make music for everyone. I'm not trying to start a super exclusive group. I don't want a clique of people where you have to wear a certain type of clothes to come to our shows, or you have to be the ages of this and this.

I don't really believe in cliques - I think everyone can be friends with everyone.

Like, if you get close enough to me you'll see how I really am.

I'm not going to let everyone in, but when I do open up, I trust you. I let you fully in. My close friends, my family, and everyone around me can really appreciate it, and sometimes it's not the easiest to open up to people.

We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America.

I don't believe in closed scripts; I think that they should be open.

I've never liked feeling closed in.

I've always been open. My whole life. Sometimes I'll get more closed, I'll get even. It's more just comfortability for me. That's where I feel comfortable, then I was always told it doesn't matter where you stand as long as you get in a position to get ready to hit the ball.