Quotes About Adaptation

Most times when people pitch you as being perfect for a part... they don't look at you as an actor who can transform. A lot of people are so literal.

We transform the world, but we don't remember it. We adjust our baseline to the new level, and we don't recall what was there.

I'd love to do something where I have to completely transform. Or something that is very physical and would test me with discipline in that way. Something that I'd maybe have to train for.

No matter how hard we might wish, we will not be able to transform China's behavior overnight.

If I could transform my stage life to the movies, I'd be Jack Nicholson.

I love the ability to transform because that, for me, is a liberation.

Coming from 'V' into 'Homeland' was a really big change and the best gift as an actor you can get - which is to transform so drastically from one genre to the next, from lizard to human being!

If you're industrial person with a digital capability, you can transform an industry and yourself. It is hard for a digital person to become an industrial.

I've written repeatedly about the quest by corporations everywhere to transform themselves digitally.

I examine other people's characteristics, so when I'm playing characters, I don't always have to make them me; I can transform into others.

I recognize my physical limitations, but I am an actor who is able to transform himself into someone else.

It is very important to transform every disadvantage into an advantage.

I adore actors/actresses that have range: someone that can transform into a character that is far beyond who they truly are. Charlize Theron and Johnny Depp are amazing at this.

I've always been shy; it's just that I transform on the pitch. I'm a different person. Off the pitch, I'm another person. That's how it has to be.

I've done a good job of not putting myself in a box, being able to transform, and not being scared to try new things.

I like women who transform themselves. It's what I do.

Any company faces big challenges during transformation. People are accustomed to going ahead on the existing track. Even when they know there are problems, the first reaction is to protect the old way.

The only way you survive is you continuously transform into something else. It's this idea of continuous transformation that makes you an innovation company.

I've always been obsessed with the art of transformation.

Russia was culturally isolated for so long that some sort of transformation needs to happen and will happen.

I totally embrace the different transformations we've seen in hip-hop throughout the years.

Transformations don't scare me: it thrills me to become the polar opposite.

The fight against terrorism will not be over tomorrow or next month, or even next year. The fight will endure for years to come, and as the threat changes, so too must we adapt to these transformations.

Like many confused and evolving humans, I live in constant danger of transformation.