Quotes About Instinct

Here's the thing: I come from a filmmaking background, so this concept of sort of overseeing a television show but not directing was, in general, not weird, but I had to get used to what that felt like. My initial instinct was, 'I want to direct as much of this as possible.' But the logistics of making of TV, that's just not possible.

I feel comfortable in the air, me as a person. I feel very in control of my body. You can toss me from the weirdest angle. I just know where I'm at. I don't even know how to explain it.

Werewolves are much more common animals than you might think.

One of the things that seems absolutely clear to me about werewolves - with their canine makeup - is that they would be dogs, as it were.

I've always been partial to werewolves, perhaps because there's a desperation to their plight that resonates.

Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk.

The people of western Missouri are, in some respects, very peculiar. We will take Jackson county where I was born for instance. In that section the people seemed to be born fighters, the instinct being inherited from a long line of ancestors.

I think the American Western laid down a kind of subject matter that's about following your instinct or following your gut and having a sort of removed quality from your humanity. And I think Clint Eastwood helped to establish that.

I had no plan to write a western novel, and when I realized it was happening, I was pretty surprised by it. But you have to go with what feels right.

Some of the animals outsee man, outsmell him, outhear him, outrun him, outswim him, because their lives depend more upon these special powers than his does; but he can outwit them all because he has the resourcefulness of reason and is at home in many different fields.

I never went to school for acting; it just comes to me. I never practice. I read the script, I'll memorize it. I don't even practice the acting. I'll just do it the day, and it will just come to me.

Most animals are pragmatic about mysteries: If they run across something they don't understand, all they care about is whether it's edible and whether it's dangerous. Humans, on the other hand, are drawn to the mystery for its own sake.

I never wanted to be a director. I came into this industry by the little door, so I never learned anything; I never went to school. Actors will tell you I'm very precise. I just have the intuition of doing things.

I don't think anyone can be more of a predator than a human being.

I think it's true to say that everybody has a fascination with predators. It's something that's hardwired into us.

Being pregnant is the most natural thing our bodies can do. Our grandparents did it without all these books, and they came out okay.

Being pregnant and carrying a child is a blessing unique to womankind and a mother instinctively wants the best for her child.

'Dating Game' wasn't social commentary, political analysis, Shakespearean-level drama or even blunt-force comedy. It was just the televised equivalent of meeting someone at a bar. But it appealed to our most basic Darwinian instinct: selecting a good mate. You can't go wrong when a show's premise is hard-wired into human DNA.

I don't really prepare for roles. I just kind of do them!

When it comes to performance, I don't like to prepare at all if I don't have to.

Everything Dre and I do is completely on feel. We don't prepare for anything... we only work on instinct.

If someone doesn't like something, it's their prerogative not to like it. It's not possible to please everyone. That doesn't mean that I'm going to change my mental make-up. I follow my instinct.

It may be an instinct, it is with me anyway, when you're presenting something to the world, to make it as beautiful as you can.

The human brain is built to compare; it's Darwinian to consider an alternative when one presents itself.