Quotes About Acceptance

It's heartbreaking to see theater people be forced to accept the business side of show business.

You learn pretty quickly: if you fall in love with your edit, you're bound to be heartbroken because it will all be re-cut.

I never really expected to win the hearts of the masses.

We must build relationships, get to know one another's children, open our arms rather than close our hearts.

It was rough being dark. I got heat from my own people more than anyone else. I remember going to my mom and saying, 'Why am I so black?' And she said, 'Because I'm black. You just gotta always work harder than the average bear.'

Lower your expectations of earth. This isn't heaven, so don't expect it to be.

To shun one's cross is to make it heavier.

I used to get made fun of a lot for being a male dancer, especially growing up in Boston. Kids are terrible, they don't realize how heavy words can be.

Sometimes I'll look back at old pictures where I'm a little heavy and dressed funny and think, 'How did I get chicks all the time?'

Starting in my 20s, I couldn't wait to look like Anna Magnani or Isabelle Huppert, all these great European actresses - Charlotte Rampling - the cheekbones and the heavy lidded eyes and the dark circles under the eyes, you know. So around 42/44, I started getting a little character on my face, and I was so glad.

Why the heck do we allow the media to ever tell us someone is gross? It makes me so mad. 99% of the world has flaws.

For us the acceptance of audience is important, we won't keep making sequel after sequel just for the heck of it.

As much as I hate to say it, what I'm coming to realize is that all we're really able to do is put the brakes on. Imagine going real fast in a Flintstones car, and my heel is out there. I went to Washington to change the world, and all I can do is put my heel out.

I hate my feet. I don't like my hands, either: they're like lions' paws. When I was in the Boosh, in a catsuit and gold heels, I was constantly thinking, 'I hate the way I look.' I should have just enjoyed myself, because that was as good as it was going to get.

When I was 22, I thought I couldn't wear heels because of my height.

Height has been very, very central to the development of my personality.

I have a love/hate relationship with my height - I am 6 ft. 4 in.

I started doing work as an extra and began taking acting classes. My height didn't seem to matter and no one was making fun of me. I found where I belonged.

Height doesn't mean everything.

It's a good idea to have friends both in Heaven and in Hell.

I had a hell of a time convincing people I was gay - which was so annoying!

I cant help having a sexy body.

For me everything in the film was gradually building, becoming more emotional, so it helped. At the end of it all I was emotionally drained. At that point I took Rose's view, that this has to happen, there's nothing I can do about it.

My father helped me become a ballplayer and take the good with the bad.