Quotes About Choices

Most older people don't talk about the past so they won't have to admit that their life ran on the wrong rail.

Growing up, I didn't like basketball. I played football and baseball and ran some track.

As a person, I am totally obsessed with the choices and decisions we make in our lives and how they dictate the course of our lives. Seemingly random choices that we make end up defining everything.

I have never accepted any random offers for the sake of being a regular face in the film industry.

If you're creating your character, you can have full ownership of the emotional range they go through. You can make bolder choices.

I've always wanted a broad range of options and to not get pigeonholed.

I haven't got time in my life to do all the things I should be doing, like running and dieting and decorating my house, buying some furniture.

I was averaging about one movie a year my whole career, and that was because I'm fussy. I probably could have done more.

Don't make career choices on short-term financial gain. Job satisfaction and career enjoyment are far more important.

All policy is a matter of gains and losses, upsides and downsides.

I know people in gangs; I could have went down that route.

I came to the U.S. to have opportunities. I saw a lot of people in gangs. I just didn't understand that - you live in the U.S., you have all these opportunities. And then you get in a gang?

Some of the gangster films I made - not so much the 'Krays,' because I'm really proud of that - but some of the films I made after that... There are a few of those movies I wish I'd never gone near. I'm proud of about 10 percent that I've ever done. If I never see the rest again I won't mind.

I've got so many things I can do now with my hair. I put gel in it sometimes - it's great.

Life is about luck and it's about circumstances and socioeconomic conditions and all the rest of it, but you know, you can also make choices. It's about spirit and generosity and all the other things, too.

Genes are not destiny!

Your genetics is not your destiny.

As an actor I get opportunities to do different kind of films. It's not that if I have done a few comedies, I'm averse to other roles or genres. It's just that I go for the films I like and incidentally some of them have been comedies.

My own foundation concentrates on women's economic empowerment on the basis that if women have their own money and are able to support themselves, they can make choices about what happens to them in their lives, about whether they have education, whether they get married, and what happens to their children.

Am I getting better at making choices? Well, I think I might be getting better at reading scripts.

Girl Scouts helps girls make decisions that are right for them and offer support.

I hadn't made up my mind whether I had to do Hollywood or Bollywood films because I loved both, and I grew up on both. So I am glad that Bollywood chose me.

I am glad I am born in this era, but, at the same time, my success will totally depend on the choices I make.

I was pre-med at Glasgow University. I was from a family who were of the mind that if you were clever enough to be a doctor or a lawyer, why wouldn't you be?