Quotes About Understanding

I love more than anything looking at a movie scene by scene and seeing the intention behind it. It allows you to really appreciate the hand of the filmmaker.

Judaism is a way of thinking, more than anything else, that I think is entirely distinct, and the more you know of it, the more you can enter into that kind of thinking.

I think what I want to learn more than anything... is that, I've got HIV and it's OK, like. That's what I want to learn more than anything.

I don't know whether we Church members fully appreciate the Book of Mormon, one of our sacred scriptures, as we really should.

A whole lot of Americans have never met a Mormon.

Because you know what happens when you say 'hello' or 'good morning?' You make a connection. And isn't that what being human is all about?

Being a nurturer isn't being a moron.

If I called my kids a moron, I think it would traumatize them. I don't think they even know what the word is.

I remember in 1978 meeting two Ugandan captains in the hotel talking Russian. They had been educated in Moscow and since they came from different Ugandan peoples, it was the only way they could understand one another.

The most amazing thing you can ask for as an actor from a director is that you're being seen, that the choices made are informed.

You can have the most amazing horse in the world and not be able to ride it, so it has to be a good match for sure.

The hardest role that I've ever tried to play was Clara Johnson in 'Light in the Piazza' at Lincoln Center. It was the least fun I've ever had, but the most beautiful experience I've ever had. I could not understand her. I could not put my feet in her shoes. I came home every night, and I was depressed.

In documentary films, the most difficult thing to achieve is to make something complex appear simple.

In my own personal career, I have felt almost the most difficult thing to deal with is someone who doesn't tell you what they are thinking.

It's sort of the most important thing for acting, is to listen to the person you're dealing with.

My mom always said fighting with me as a kid was like going to court. I'm trying to realize that being right is not the most important thing.

We're nothing if we're not loved. When you meet somebody who is more important to you than yourself, that has to be the most important thing.

The most important thing for me is to have real friendship between Egyptians and Americans.

The most important thing for a director is being able to communicate.

I learned the most important thing is to put yourself in the shoes of the players.

Just to get the basic fundamentals and empathy - I think that's the most important thing to bring to it if you've acted in the past and are now a director: the empathy.

I think that the most important thing we have is our ability communicate and love other humans.

And when it comes to the music, the fans are the most important thing because they get you and put you where you are. And so often - too often - that whole idea gets cast aside.

When I work with players, whether their level is higher or lower, for me the most important thing is to know the person, what is in their heart.