Quotes About Adaptation

My friends in Australia, they grew up with me acting, so they're used to it.

Every time I create a character, I don't assume they speak like I do, even if they're Australian.

When British or Australian actors perform American characters, we laud them and talk about how great it is they are able to do this other accent that is not their own. Americans have different relationships with other accents.

There are certain situations, when you're in America, when people understand you better without an Australian accent.

Authors of books are not given very much control over the films that are made from their books.

Most authors would love to see their characters made for the screen, especially one that's quite colourful.

I jumped around to different schools so I always had to adapt - remain me but pull from different avenues.

Education, for me, was big. It allows me to have different avenues, job-wise, because basketball is not forever.

We've seen a lot of average college players turn into great NFL players. We've seen great college players turn into great NFL players. We've seen great college players turn into terrible NFL players.

The young are adept at learning, but even more adept at avoiding it.

It's funny going to America because you're starting again. You've just won a Brit Award, but nobody will care. You have to prove yourself, but it's good to do that stuff. You might be big in Britain, but you still have to work at it everywhere else.

When you go from Division II to the NFL, you're amazed at how good these guys really are.

Divorce doesn't fit my cookie-cutter image.

Divorce and moving are on the top ten stress list.

I never thought I would be divorced.

When I got divorced, I thought 'Well, there goes my act.'

Just because you've been divorced doesn't mean you're not still a family.

In my own life, my parents divorced when I was young. I lived with my dad, not with my mum, after they got divorced. And it's been part of my life.

My family, growing up, we really didn't have tradition because my parents divorced when I was 11.

You do your best but I think I'm going to try and get back in as a batsman first, spinner second.

There's an Armed Forces Haggadah and an Alcoholics Anonymous Haggadah and an LGBT Haggadah. Some people make a new Haggadah every year. It's a real living document... They're just constantly made throughout time.

When you make a documentary, you have to adapt to what reality imposes upon you.

I pitched the idea that SpongeBob and Patrick learn a swearword. Everyone said no. I couldn't even use a bleep. So I used a dolphin sound instead.

When you come to a new team, especially in the middle of the season, you don't want to come in and be ball dominant.