Quotes About Perspective

I don't think I'll ever shop on the high street in the same way again. It just doesn't have the same excitement for me.

For years, I looked down on my mother for shopping at Asda, and now I feel very ashamed of it.

Yeah, I love shopping and clothes but I don't live to shop.

I like fashion, but I don't like shopping.

Life is short and so am I.

I really go against drama in my life. Life is too short.

I didn't really know my wingspan was that short until it got measured. Either way, I was good with whatever my arm length is.

I think personally that every actress should do a little film. Even a short film. And all directors should act, to know how difficult it is also the other way around.

The short story has been here and is here and will be here as long as we are.

I think when you're 17 and you're angry, you're angry about very short-term things. And there's nothing wrong about writing that record. It's a very real record to write; it's the realest record I could write when I was 17. The problem is, when you're 28, it's not the same thing; it can be a put-on.

I have many shortcomings. I feel very lucky to have been able to have what I've had.

Sometimes we can't see our own selves, our own shortcomings, but it's so easy to see somebody else's.

What is it about Iowa? I'm the shortest guy in the state.

I don't remember scenes. I'm like, 'Really, we shot that?'

The character I play in Star Quality says acting is the be-all and end-all of her life. I'm not like that. I do enjoy working and I give every job my best shot but I never feel, What on Earth am I going to do now?

Try to place the camera somewhere where you get most of the information from there, so you don't need to have too many shots and be too explanatory and expositional about the scene.

I don't really know what to say about Izzy. It's like you could have a conversation and think it's one way, and the next day, it's another way. And I'm not trying to take any shots at Izzy. It's just his thing is kind of his thing, whatever that is.

Having grown up watching my father direct films and having worked with him and my brother, I know how films are made, how shots are taken.

Keep your head on your shoulders - even when you think your head is on your shoulders, sometimes it isn't!

I was blessed to grow up with parents who weren't enamored of show business.

Trying to show people something they haven't really seen before can get a lot of push-back.

This is really showing me what certain movies mean to people.

Every role affords me something different in the way of understanding, and that's really why you take these roles, not to show that thing that people talk about of showing what you can do - that has nothing to do with anything.

People can be very serious with me, and expect me to be very businesslike all the time. So I have to help them get over that by showing them that I enjoy life.