Quotes About Transformation

In 'Requiem for a Dream,' the director Darren Aronofsky's adaptation of Hubert Selby Jr.'s lower-depths novel, Jared Leto has lost so much weight, he looks like another person altogether.

Reforming is about curbing government power. It is a self-imposed revolution; it will require real sacrifice, and it will be painful.

Peacemaking and democratic state-building require blood and magic.

I want to do more roles that require a large level of preparation and that are completely different from who I am.

Although I play a modern-day girl in Brahma,' there are portions in the second half that require me to shed that image.

The cop in 'Dhruva' had to be much more agile, far more fit and alert than any role I had played so far. I built the body that the role required. If it's been appreciated, I am glad.

I have always donned different looks going with the requirement of the roles I played.

Being an actor requires a lot of self-analysis and reflection. The better you know who you are, the better you are at becoming another person.

My character on 'Orange is the New Black' is not one that requires being absolutely shredded with 5% body fat. But I wouldn't be opposed to doing that for a role one day.

Transformational politics requires us to challenge the way people think about issues, opening their minds to better possibilities.

I hit rock bottom before I even went there. Actually, prison was the rescue mission that God had put on me. He sent out his angels to rescue me. In prison, he protected me the whole time I was in there, and it was just for me to get my will power back, to get my strength back, get my focus together.

Many news organizations have come to resemble the fact-starved blogs they once took pains to remain separate from.

It is one of the sternest judgments confronting a human being after death that insofar as he is himself evil, he can see only what resembles himself because he can reproduce in his own being only the physiognomy of other evil people.

The car resembles a dragon fly or any other jumping animal that moves shorter distances in straight lines and then changes its direction at different points.

In my experience, it's quite an empowering thing to forgive someone because you take control and take ownership of that feeling, of that resentment, and that power that they have taken from you, and in some way, you end up being able to turn it around.

When I first started, I was definitely reserved,. I was still trying to find myself.

Resident Evil 4' truly changed the way I look at making games.

For 'Shiddat,' I knew I had to look, feel and sound like a seasoned resident of Paris.

Because I live and breathe design every day, sometimes I will come across an idea that is something I want to try. It often comes from an old hotel or an old restaurant, and I will adapt it to be residential.

I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyes and all is born again.

All the guys that entered The Groundlings, like Will Ferrell, already had incredible confidence, but I watched shut down women that didn't even have a personality completely become different human beings because of the training.

My mom didn't ever think I would take to acting because I was a very shy, very reserved kind of child. But obviously, something changed!

Once upon a time, I was very shy and you wouldn't even see me in a room. Then, when I was 16, I made the conscious decision to not be afraid of anything - this was about the time I picked up the bagpipes too - and my life pretty much changed forever.

I used to be extremely shy.