Quotes About Freedom

To be honest, Peter Pan was one of those fairy tales that I sort of related to, and I think that's the case with a lot of kids. The whole idea of escapism really resonates with a lot of kids.

So many actors get caught up in their technique, and to be honest, I see it really getting in the way. I see them forcing things. I definitely do my best work when I'm free of that. But I think as an actor, I work really hard in preparing the roles.

To be honest, sometimes you have to know your rights.

I actually read 'The Last Jedi' before 'The Force Awakens' came out. It totally helped me, though! The idea of this franchise that I already knew was such a big cultural thing, I was sort of given this freedom to be honest with that character and not have this pressure of making her something else that we had already seen in this universe.

To be honest, I'm selfish as an artist. I'm doing what I want to do and what I want to hear.

The meaning of freedom is in the U.S. Constitution. Republicans want to live by the document's original meaning.

Like most people, I wanted and still want to live by my own rules.

I try to live by the rule do what makes you happy.

I couldn't handle the rules the Queen has to live by at all, and very few of us could. It's a golden cage, really. You're never alone in that role - you are always surrounded by security.

Every person has the freedom to choose to give their heart and give their life to God or not. You can't force someone to love God - or to love anyone.

Because I had my family, I felt like I could be a bird and fly and experience and do. Because I had roots somewhere, I knew that they would love me no matter what, and I could always go back home and they were going to love me.

I am a free man. I don't need to earn money. But I need to love what I do.

Everyone should be free to love whomever they choose.

My parents, fleeing a repressive regime in the Dominican Republic, were embraced by this country and taught us to love it in return. After my father served proudly in the U.S. Army, they settled in Buffalo, N.Y., and were able to live the American Dream.

I disagree with a couple of the stances of the Catholic Church. My older brother is gay, and it's important for me to be able to love him completely and freely, and it's important for me to spread beliefs in the world that are not going to limit people in their love. I can't support a religion that doesn't support my brother.

But please know, whether you believe campaign contributions are speech or property, that I learned to love very dearly the right of free expression when I lived without that freedom for a while a long time ago.

As a married person myself, I don't know what it's like to be told I can't marry somebody I love and want to marry. I can't imagine how that must feel. I definitely think we should all have the right to love, and love publicly, the people that we want to love.

We all have the right to be happy and to love someone without any inhibitions.

The luxury of not getting judged for 'loving' who you want to love should be given to everyone - including women.

Will we be a nation where there's only one way to love, one way to look, one way to live? Or will we be a nation where everyone has the freedom to live openly and equally?

People should have their rights to be who they want to be and love who they want to love.

I think there is a lot of space for people to love who they love, and a lot of space for actors to carve a niche for themselves.

I used to love assemblies because it got me out of class.

It dawned on me then that you either had to survive apartheid, or you had to perish with it. And I decided to survive.