Quotes About Independence

I have a lot of people judging my every move. It's important for me to not let it rule my life.

My parents are not nurturers. They're a bit like me: do a good job and move on.

When I was 18 years old, I moved into Neneh Cherry's house in Kensal Rise with Judy Blame and our friend Michael Boadi.

Well, I just bought a massive bank and I've moved into it on my own.

I'm a late developer. I only moved out of home when I was 30.

I never really wanted to grow up. I grew up really young. I moved out when I was 13 - that's when I started acting.

I moved to Chicago in 1980 to go to college.

I don't really feel part of any particular movement.

Heart weren't part of a movement like grunge; we were our own kind of movement.

I never played a part in the feminist movement - it touches me, but I am not a militant.

Anytime there's an actual grassroots movement that isn't funded by people trying to create a grassroots movement, I find that interesting.

My parents met in Kenya. My father is African, is Kenyan. The Kenyan side of my family was involved in the anti-colonial movement.

The universe moves in the direction of Liberty.

I've gone places where they've told me what I need to do, what I need to say, who I need to be, what moves I need to perform. And at Impact I get to just be me. I have creative control to be me and do what I want.

I make moves on my terms.

I really like conducting my music in concerts because I'm convinced it's not just for films; it has its own life. It can live far away from the images of the movie.

I didn't think of 'Thelma and Louise' as a feminist movie.

If you were in Clint Eastwood movies, you were in the Clint Eastwood movie business. You weren't in the movie business. You weren't part of Hollywood. This became clear early on; people stopped calling. They automatically assumed I was working exclusively with Clint.

When I was 11 I went to New York with my mum, dad and sister. I felt like I was on a movie set the whole time and loved being over there on Independence Day.

I make little movies, you know, they need all the help that they can get.

I think it is absolutely essential in a democracy to have competition in the media, a lot of competition, and we seem to be moving away from that.

It was really tough being 14 and moving away from home.

I can enjoy anywhere, and I can leave it. Life is about moving on.

I mow my own lawn.