Quotes About Autonomy

We have our own agency; we should be judged by our own work.

You don't even need the director's judgement. It's too much.

Judges must be free from political intervention or intimidation.

We should trust judges to be independent, investigators to be independent.

I like to wear whatever I like. I don't care about others' judgment or if it's right or wrong.

I will be my own kind of senator using my own best judgment and my own experience.

I follow my own mind and judgment.

Take a person like Julia Roberts: she does what she wants.

I don't want to jump through hoops for people.

The one cool thing with getting older is that you can actively choose to just be an eccentric.

I enjoy directing more when I don't have to direct myself. I like when I can just be the director.

I didn't want to just be an artist and let someone else have all that control over me. I knew I would have to produce.

I read so many scripts, and it's not really exciting to just be the girlfriend.

I wish everyone could just be free.

For a long time, I consciously tried to be a good person for others. Not anymore. Caring about other people keeps me in line, but I've decided to just be myself.

And I think belief is one of those things that comes to people in their own way. And just because I believe in something doesn't mean I think that you should.

You don't want other people to tell you what to do your whole life. And if you feel like shaving your hair off, then you just do it.

The older you get, and the more you're in this business, the more you kind of feel like, 'Why don't we just do it my way?'

I never get my hair done. I just do it myself.

As the director, you have it in your mind how you want the part done, how you want someone to do it, and so sometimes you just say, 'Why don't I do it myself?' So for a little role, I'll just do it.

I just kind of want to be me.

When things get rough you just kind of do it yourself.

I'm not looking for anybody or anything. I'm just living my life.

I'm part of a generation that's saying, 'I don't want to do just one thing, and I'm going to do things the way I want.'