Quotes About Reality

You see people in Hollywood trying to make blockbuster after blockbuster, but it's not possible. There's some god up there saying, 'You will fail now.' But I suppose that's true of us all.

The conceit of an anchorman is we never think we're going to die, I suppose.

I suppose that's why we watch dramas: to see the stuff that in real life you'd end up in prison for.

I look at all good things with a bit of a dark lens, I suppose, especially with something like love.

Everyone knows that life isn't fair. Saying it's not fair suggests that you think life is supposed to be fair, which makes you look immature and naive.

I'm not as cool as I'm supposed to be.

If I didn't mould my reality then I'd still be in the ghetto where people like me are supposed to stay. You have to dream your way out of the nightmare.

What, am I supposed to run around in a little red cape and save the world?

I don't think Hollywood per se is supposed to be taken seriously, otherwise, dear Lord, that would be frightening.

Maybe entertainment is not supposed to be reality.

They shaved my head, eyebrows. This is not a sci-fi picture. It's not a fantasy picture. You're dealing with something that's supposed to be in reality. But we had a genius makeup artist.

I think objectivity is like this strange myth that people think you're supposed to achieve, but actually, the dirty little secret is that it's not attainable any more than pure justice is attainable by the courts.

When I had my first child, I was too embarrassed to tell a single soul that I wasn't the over-the-moon, picture-perfect new mother I was supposed to be.

One is a child when one has a child. No one says, 'You will never be the same again.' Which is the truth! And we're all supposed to be happy all the time. What is that about?

I don't say that the supposed Civil Rights development is a myth, but it's a matter of dealing with reality. It's purely peripheral and, in many cases, it's just a facade.

You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.

Hood films now are made by studios and have nothing to do with the reality they supposedly represent.

The cruel ambush of 9/11 supposedly 'changed everything,' slapping us back to reality. Yet we are constantly shocked, shocked by the foreseeable.

I believe the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as a very large swath of the American population, really wants to imagine that race and racial inequality is something we don't have to think about anymore, don't have to worry about anymore.

Are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling?

Only the madman is absolutely sure.

It sure looks good to see an honest-to-goodness audience after looking at you all for so long from the silver screen.

When they announce who I am and what I've achieved, I still pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming.

The literal resurrection of every soul who has lived and died on earth is a certainty, and surely one should make careful preparation for this event. A glorious resurrection should be the goal of every man and woman, for resurrection will be a reality.