Quotes About Instinct

I like animals, I really do, but some animals are just meant to be eaten.

I was always meant to be a mom. As soon as I had my kids, it just felt so natural.

For me, it's a feel thing; it's a mechanical thing.

I choose things by how they resonate in my heart.

Fear is a normal human response. It certainly is for me.

Authenticity, to me, is something that you feel, and if it doesn't feel authentic, you pick up on it right away.

The only thing that matters is how you feel in the moment and what you think is the right choice in that moment.

I know if someone is coming from my right side. I could feel it.

I'm almost completely ruled by my emotions.

I don't have a go-to move, man; I just rush.

As a human, if you're in a scary situation, you pretty much forget about everything else! You just try and survive.

When you score, you don't think about what you will do.

I can't even be around children. It's a problem. My ovaries start screaming.

I respond to a part just intuitively when I read a script.

I can say yes to some directors without even reading a script. But the first-time directors I've worked with, the scripts have not been perfect, but they had something that I liked.

I don't understand scripts really well, but I do whatever my heart tells me.

Comedy is second nature for me.

If you can roll at every angle, it becomes second nature to protect yourself when you fall.

I have a rude thought every three seconds!

You know within three seconds if you're going to have a history with someone - it's a long half-hour if you've got it wrong.

I always followed my heart and if my heart said I gotta pack up and go, I'm gone.

You don't decide to paint. It's like getting hungry and going to the kitchen to eat. It's a need, not a choice.

There's something always instinctively visually right about nature. There's no difference, to my eye, between looking at a great painting and looking at nature. Because painting, when it's great, has the same immutable rightness, unquestioned rightness, about it.

Instinct is still important, but now I can easily identify problems like cliches and mixed metaphors, and I have a broader palette to work off of.