Quotes About Perspective

Chinese buildings are like American buildings, with big footprints. People don't care about daylight or fresh air.

My mother had to stop me reading to make me go and get some fresh air. I used to get so annoyed. She actually had to sit on my book because, otherwise, I would find it.

We can't change anything until we get some fresh ideas, until we begin to see things differently.

Seek not for fresher founts afar, just drop you bucket where you are.

I've always done the safest thing, which is to assume that it's going to feel like that, to assume that you're going to feel like a freshman in a group of seniors - if you expect the worst, then it's never going to be that bad.

When we are young there's a certain freshness we lose with the years.

My parents would watch movies like 'Big' and 'Freaky Friday,' and I wanted to see that kind of story told from an African-American angle. So I had the idea for 'Little,' and then I told my parents, and we all fleshed it out together.

Some of my colleagues I have the most differences with in decisions are ones with whom I have a very friendly relationship. You have to be able to step back and look at the issues and your colleagues.

'Santa Monica' was a big song, and I always knew it would be radio friendly. But it's not a defining song for me, though for a lot of people it is.

I would personally not run down any cinema just because I am not capable of making it. Anurag Kashyap makes a certain kind of cinema; I make a different kind. But when we meet, we are friendly.

I enjoy India whenever I go and Sri Lankans are overwhelmingly friendly.

We all have friends and family who see one path for us, and we go a different path, and it's not necessarily what they would have wanted.

If my accomplishments frighten someone, it's nothing to do with me - that's to do with them. But the men who are in my life see me as a person - as a woman - not as a character I've played.

I think people are frightened by different things, so I don't see myself as particularly courageous.

The Fringe is by far my favorite time of year; I like everything about it. But there are people I know who are much more successful than me who don't enjoy it.

I write about other people's experiences from time to time.

Don't get me wrong; I'm not advocating for five-month breaks, like in other sports. That's way too long. All I'm saying is it sure is nice to miss MMA from time to time.

I've always been fascinated with everything behind the camera and in front.

I think I may just enjoy being behind the camera as much as I like being in front of it.

You know, 'You should have frozen your eggs at 20.' Well, who's thinking about that at 20?

My life... I'm really happy with what I've got. If I get more things, I will be happy, but if not, I won't be frustrated.

You're frustrated when things aren't going right. When you're out there, you have your piece of it, your view. It isn't until usually the next day when you're watching the film that you get to put all the pieces together: 'Oh, this is what happened on that play'; 'This is why I did that.' You don't totally know that game day.

I don't understand why women get so frustrated with guys talking to other women, just casual conversation. I don't get it. I've had a problem with that.

I always try to find a less frustrating way to look at things.