Quotes About Adaptation

The seasons had always been a part of the way I cooked and ate in Switzerland, and they again became what guided me in New York.

I never felt truly at home in Switzerland.

I've lived for 10 years in Switzerland, so I speak German.

I guess I'm kind of a mutt. I was born in the U.S., my parents are from Mexico, and I grew up in Switzerland. It's weird because I sound American, but I spell theater 'theatre' with the 'r' before the 'e'.

When my mom grew up, her father was in the military so she grew up all over the world. She lived in Germany, Jerusalem, Switzerland, all over.

I have a different kind of experience than other girls had. I've had to face a lot of different styles and adjust to them. I had to face a lot of bad situations and come back. I've had to fight with my eyes swollen shut and my nose broken and bloody.

I still got bars, I just use 'em differently. I'd say I'm a better singer than I am a rapper at this point because I've been sharpening my sword.

Kung fu films have to move with the rest of the world. You couldn't keep on doing sword fights in historic films. People wanted superheroes. They wanted something fast and new.

Sydney and I made so many pictures together we were becoming Abbott and Costello, so we broke up. You know Greenstreet was a comedian before he played 'The Maltese Falcon' and in that picture his dialogue consisted of seven pages in a row which he memorized weeks ahead.

At first I moved from Sydney to Melbourne, because most of the comedy was shot in Melbourne, and then from Melbourne to Los Angeles - and you have to sacrifice stuff.

For years I didn't really fancy America. I hated it when I first went to LA, it's like a dirty Sydney. But having a job helped.

My first five years on this planet were spent in Sudan and Zambia and after a short stint in London my family finally settled in Sydney. Right off the bat I knew I was different from the other kids.

I am trying to get used to living in Sydney and it is not really happening so I might have to get a house in Adelaide somewhere.

I just feel a bit out of my depth in Sydney.

I'm living in Sydney now - but you know when you've grown up in a certain place and you end up living in another, you never really quite feel like it's home. You feel like a bit of an impostor. I feel like I'm in a place that's moving faster than I can swim.

I have spent a lot of time in L.A. It's sort of like my third home - Sydney, rural Tasmania and then L.A.

I used to print out lyrics from Nas songs and write my own lyrics in the same syllable count but with different words and different rhymes.

Metamorphosis has always been the greatest symbol of change for poets and artists. Imagine that you could be a caterpillar one moment and a butterfly the next.

Grief changes shape, but it never ends.

It's difficult when you're on loan, especially when you're not a young player who people may have sympathy for.

I believe buildings are alive, and when you want to make a change, you have to change in the same symphony.

We can't afford big symphonies but we commission works that sound rich and symphonic because of the nature of the instrumentation and the people we work with.

One of our books has been made into a musical, 'The Great American Mousical,' which I directed at the Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut. And another, 'Simeon's Gift,' has been adapted for a symphony orchestra and five performers. I'm also a very proud member of the board of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Sometimes you are in sync with the times, sometimes you are in advance, sometimes you are late.