Quotes About Engagement

What I read and what I go to the movies for is not to find a best friend, not to find inspirations, not necessarily for a hero's journey. It's to be involved with characters that are maybe incredibly different from me, that may be incredibly bad but that feel authentic.

We don't necessarily always agree, but hopefully we make each other think, and that's what matters.

I think every actor wants a certain amount of control. Maybe not control, as such, but just to be part of the process. But it's not necessary, I guess.

A rubber neck is a necessary part of equipment.

Our necks are getting injured from looking down, and the movie screen gives you opportunity to look up, you know? It gives you an opportunity to possibly have a discussion with someone afterwards.

'Heyy Babyy' needed fast cutting and eye contact. It didn't need fancy camera angles.

Putting a needle on a record is almost like you're making a commitment to listening to something.

Companies have greater responsibility to their team members and to the world these days. We're the ones with the power. Large employers are the ones that can move the needle on issues.

The rise of civic society is not a negation of politics, but marks an opportunity for the involvement of the people.

There are certain aspects that I miss of coaching. But you can't just pick out the good parts. You've got to be all-in and understand there's some negatives, too.

Negativity gets attention and gets clicks.

You can be a dynamic actor, but could never be a star if you never spend time with the media. That's something that I neglected to do.

The most dangerous negotiation is the one you don't know you're in.

Business, numbers, negotiations, all that stuff I wouldn't go near.

If everyone invested in the neighborhood they lived in, the United States would be a magical place.

Sometimes when you're relegated to your neighborhood, you forget that there's more important things than your neighborhood going on out in the world.

Like anywhere, we had to make people understand that we were there with good intentions, and that we were there with respect. We started making contacts with the people in the neighborhood three months before shooting began, so that everyone involved was comfortable.

You can bring people together around the issue of economic fairness. I don't want to be a mayor that goes into one neighborhood and gets jeered, and goes into another neighborhood and gets cheered.

Get involved in your neighborhood. That's how I got really, really committed to the immigrant rights movement.

What I think the average person wants is not a fight; they want to see something move forward in their own neighborhood.

You want people to feel comfortable to walk in their neighborhoods, go out and shop, do business.

If we all went to Google right now, or went to Yelp right now, we'd all get the same results, and that seems really, really broken to me. Foursquare should understand the neighborhoods I've spent a lot of time in, and the restaurants that I went to once but never went back to.

I just look back at my time in college and think about how much my community activism and my work in neighborhoods really informed my actual academic career and beyond... It can provide a way better learning than the traditional classroom setting.

My experience as a county commissioner has taught me that the best ideas often come from our neighbors, church groups, and community.