Quotes About Perspective

People have said for years 'never work with children or animals' but I couldn't disagree more.

If you disagree with me about a position I have taken, or what I've done, tell me, argue with me, debate. Sometimes, right and good are not that clear; at other times, it is only deliberate and respectful debate that leads us to understand what road we should take.

I would describe myself as a practising Catholic. This is only my opinion; others may disagree.

I disagree with everything John Updike has ever said.

I listen to a lot of criticism. From the Left and the Right and from everywhere. I mean, everybody's a media critic. And sometimes I think it's on point, and other times, I think about it and consider it and then might ultimately disagree with it. But I do listen to it; I really do.

I disagree with the idea that everything happens for a reason.

I want to show the richness of even the most disagreeable bits of life.

I am totally down with disagreement. I don't like Haterade, but disagreement is wonderful. When someone disagrees, we try to reach common ground. That's good.

I have disagreements with some and more agreements with others. But that doesn't mean I cannot listen to those I disagree with.

A lot of the attitude I used to have about being from New York when I was younger just disappeared when I started to the rest of the world.

If I disappoint someone, it's their loss for putting that expectation on me when they don't know me. I can't control what they want.

I've had to learn that not everybody does things my way. But I do expect the absolute best of everyone around me, and I'm disappointed when people don't expect that of themselves.

When I was young, I was like, 'I want to want to work with this director and that director'. I've stopped doing that. You put yourself in a place where you get disappointed.

Real men don't know what they want for Christmas. Despite the fact I'm deeply disappointed every Christmas. I pride myself on not wanting anything. Children want things, women want things, dogs and cats want things, but men don't.

At times I am very self-critical and disappointed with my appearance, and there are other times I think, 'How lucky I am to be alive.'

I think Brexit is disappointing from an economic perspective.

I don't know what's so disappointing about being alive, but I will say that the longer I'm alive, the more I appreciate not dying.

The joy of losing consists in this: Where there are no expectations, there is no disappointment.

The more you expect out of a person, place or party, the higher your chances of disappointment.

Reality is the name we give to our disappointments.

I always tell myself every disaster is more material for my work and another anecdote to tell.

The baseline character in a lot of Western literature is a man. So we, as women, do a lot of suspending of our disbelief to experience a novel or a play or a movie through that male character.

I don't discern between OTT and theatre because this is incredible work that I 'chose' to do.

I think my own thinking is harsher than my mom's discipline.