Quotes About Understanding

The maddening thing is as actors of either sex, we get better as we get older, and so when you are 65, you think, 'I could play Juliet now. I understand it.'

It's important that the sexes understand each other.

I try to not assume things are sexism. I'm trying to be good natured about why things are happening.

Sexuality isn't something you create. It is between people, and then it just happens.

My sexuality has never been a problem to me but I think it has been for other people.

I have only really been able to ever intuit my sexuality through love.

I'm not very much of a 'name it and shame it' kind of guy.

If you can sort out why you feel the way you do then you might be in better shape to meet your maker.

I am not homophobic - in no way, shape or form.

I'm good at shapes. If I'm not close, even if it's big, I can't read it.

Democracy, like any non-coercive relationship, rests on a shared understanding of limits.

It's really cool to work with someone who really sees you and shares the same vision.

Kids know. They know everything. I would err on the side of pretty much sharing everything.

Everyone I know has a predilection for sharing words.

I think Sharon is anti-Israeli because it's in the interest of Israel to understand the problems of the other side.

With a lot of these social stigmas, they just don't need to be in place. Just by talking about them, we can often shatter them.

I don't want to shield kids from reality.

As actors and directors, I feel like our job, more so than anything else, is to shine a light on a subject and to let people know that they're not alone.

For me when I watch 'The Shining,' it's like watching a home movie. I understand how it scares people. I think it's an entertaining movie, don't get me wrong. But I look back on it with so many memories.

My work as a whole is about excavating and shining a light on pieces of history that not only need to be seen and heard, but that can also add to the conversation about what's going on now.

Nothing really shocks me anymore.

There's nothing you could say that would shock me.

I believe movies are showing us what we already know with aliens especially, so when we do get to meet them it's not a big shock.

As a writer, it is always fun to imagine yourself in someone else's shoes.