Quotes About Engagement

A film is between you and the audience. The distributors are the only people in between us. It is a straight equation.

In my district, I have a very clear mandate to work across the aisle.

I like having a battleground district because I think that's real-life America.

One of the rules of running for Congress is no matter where you go, you speak like you're speaking to the whole district.

Spend a while listening to people in your district to make sure you understand how they are served well in government and how they could be served better.

You don't want to go and make something, then go out and do shows, if you're not really into it. You don't want to go out there and make people feel like you're grudging playing them a song. That's a disturbing thought.

Once I dive in, I dive in all the way.

I don't like to really dive too deep into politics.

When something really grabs me, I dive into it.

I learned to walk on my own legs, to dive so deeply into a role to forget that I'm acting.

Being elected to serve the people of every county, every city, every legislative district, and every community in between helps me realize just how big and diverse our state really is.

A diversity of interests keep me very much alive.

I love the diversity of my district, and it does drive a fair amount of my work.

I want to concentrate on work and won't do anything to divert my concentration.

I believe that having conversations about difficult things is a part of a process and that it should happen. You don't avoid it because it's difficult. And you're not dividing more by having a respectful conversation.

You have to put in an effort in everything that you do, and you cannot just sit around expecting something to happen.

I would like to have had that experience of combat. I would have liked to.

So many young people are coming out of a generation that has experienced deep woundedness and brokenness, and they are full of life. They are eager to engage. They care about community, and they care about one another.

For me, the whole idea of performance is not being self-aware, and then sort of just experiencing.

I have found ways to kill this ever-present feeling of loneliness. I try a new dish and experiment with food, I'll clean my cupboard, do the little things in the house, and I keep myself busy. I find things to do.

I think it's really important for actors to add some shock value to whatever they do. I think the audience gets bored very easily, and it's really important to keep experimenting.

You must write to the people's expertise.

I can learn a lot from reading briefing books and talking to experts, but that pales in comparison to what I can learn from going out and talking to people about what they're actually experiencing and hearing about their ideas.

In a democracy, a leader must be the head teacher, someone eager to respond to doubts and questions and explain the need for and the benefits of a new course.