Quotes About Independence

There has to be a place carved out for independents, films where the heroes don't fly around in capes, but there are journeys and struggles we need to learn from and be inspired by.

Dad always said, 'Get a degree and do something on your own before you start movies.' He always kept me grounded, telling me the realities of the business and the struggles even the legends had to go through.

I don't want to bring them up as spoilt, pampered kids. We don't want them to take our status for granted. They will have their own struggles.

I define success a little differently. My dream from day one was to act and stand on my own two feet. I'm literally living my dream after struggling really hard to get here and that in itself is success to me.

I talk to women's groups all over the country and see women struggling with this. The fear of not being accepted, of being different, of not having a man, all make it hard for a woman to do what she really believes is right for her.

I grew up very nice. But after college, my father said you're on you own. So I was dead broke for years. So I know what it's - I lived on 600 dollars a month for six years. I know what it's like to be dead broke. I feel bad for people who are struggling now.

Like most struggling writers trying to get their scripts commissioned, I had to do something odd to pay the rent. So, aged 21, I started up my own small cheesecake company in Philadelphia.

I don't listen to people's opinions. I have people around me who I can trust, but most of all I listen to myself.

I would like to state that my personal opinions are that the people of every country should decide by themselves what kind of government they want.

People's opinions don't interfere with me.

I don't even give my scripts to friends because I just feel it's, like, I don't need one more set of opinions.

I'm an individual, and I have opinions.

There's a fine line between saying, 'You can't tell me what I can and can't do,' and taking on board people's opinions.

I'm not the kind of person that seeks out other people's opinions on my works.

When you home study, you get a better education. I basically got to teach myself. Being naturally able to make my own opinions about the schoolwork I had to deal with, instead of being instructed under the tutelage of the teacher, was really nice academically.

You have heard me say many times that I want strong leaders who feel free to express their opinions.

At the end of the day, I can't curl up with people's opinions.

I learned my lesson early in my career that it's not helpful to go and look at what other people's opinions are.

I try to ignore people's opinions about my music - you don't want to hold yourself back because of that stuff.

It's so easy for folks to normalize their opinions, to engage in a groupthink that is damaging.

Other people's opinions don't matter to me.

I dont really care what other people think, Ive always said that. At the end of the day its really about us and we want to play our football against a good opponent - whether other people like it or dont like it is pretty irrelevant to be honest.

I won't choose opponents.

No one is going to give me opportunities. I've gotta take them.