Quotes About Reaction

I am calm but on the outside, mostly. When I'm on a film set, the stress is so humongous that I'm dying inside - I'm extremely stressed, but I do try, and... well, I don't try. I think it's my natural reaction to not externalize things.

When people are in stressful situations, they do shout.

Some people say that in stressful situations I can seem unflappable, and I think that's partly because I'm always kind of internally flapped.

I mean if someone you know pushes a button you're gonna strike back out.

I know that when I was on my hunger strike, I reacted very negatively to people telling me what I should and shouldn't do.

I always strive to receive the loudest reaction that I can; whether that is being booed out of the building or being cheered.

I need to react to a script, to feel strongly about it in some way. And I need it to be a complex character for sure. And also, I think a lot about what kind of audience there is for the film, what they're looking for and ways to connect with them in the playing of a character.

I love a good harsh horror movie, when it's done well. But there are times when it feels cynical. You can tell when a filmmaker loves the genre, and you can tell when someone's just cashing in a paycheck. Then it becomes a dumbing down - a fetishisation of violence that I react very strongly against.

I am struck by how casually we as a nation react to the carnage in Iraq.

In mixed martial arts, if you get kicked in the face, it's your job not to show any expression to your opponent.

When you get angry, your options narrow.

For me it's a very organic process. I read the script/hear a narration and pretty much know instantly if it's something I want to be a part of or not. It's really as simple as that.

I wouldn't have expected an audience of ours to burn down our equipment.

We did make fools of ourselves, but people were into it.

Americans have always been inconsistent and kind of fake with outrage, but we've just slipped totally upside-down.

Now because the film industry is what it is, if people are expecting a certain film genre and they're not getting it, there are howls of outrage.

People want to engage you by being outraged or faux-outraged at things you're saying, but if you confront them and defend yourself, then people don't like it. But then if you don't and you stay quiet, people don't like that either.

If somebody says or does something to me first, then I'll respond, and I go overboard with it, and it seems like I'm the one that has beef with somebody.

What damn fool punches his own horse?

who knows what happened to the other piece?" "Actually," said Reed. "I think I can guess." He looked around the table, pleased with the incredulous reactions he'd drawn. "What are you, Sherlock Holmes or something?" said Jackson. "I always preferred to see myself as Mycroft, actually.

On a piece of paper, write down the formula for our human reaction: S-P-R This stands for Stimulus—Pause—Response.

If after hearing my songs just one human being is inspired to say something nasty to a friend or perhaps to strike a loved one it will all have been worth the while.

She was surprised at how deflating his presence was.

How you feel about something, she said, is there before you detect the stimulus;