Quotes About Perception

In playing the part of Mammy, I tried to make her a living, breathing character, the way she appeared to me in the book.

People don't realize that I'm really funny and I'm an excellent bridge player.

You have to build a lot of bridges to the new coaches, show them how hard you work. It's one thing for them to hear about you, but it doesn't matter until they see you.

We thought we'd name the magazine for the number of bridges within Edmonton's city limits. We thought this number was 18. Much later, we learned that the number is actually 21. But we didn't like the sound of that so much.

Bright light is injurious to those who see nothing.

You know, I'm really not that bright.

I was quite bright, but I didn't do much with it, and I thought acting was dressing up and shouting for a living - which, of course, it isn't.

I wouldn't apply myself at school. I was quite bright, but I didn't do much with it, and I thought acting was dressing up and shouting for a living.

The thing about fame is, you want it your whole life, but no matter how bright you are, no one ever asks themselves why they want fame. You never really know what it is until you have it. You can never tangibly feel your own fame.

To be honest, when I was younger, I went to schools that made me aware I wasn't the brightest.

Most movies are too brightly lit. I think that may come from a lot of directors having watched too much TV.

Obama may be brilliant, but he's not a leader.

You can tell when you look at someone and think 'he's on the brink of fainting' or that certainly something's not right.

In Britain, girls seem to be either bright or attractive. In America, that's not the case. They're both.

Do I look like one of the most dangerous women in Britain? Come on!

I feel that Britain is a rather self-deprecating nation: you're almost considered egotistical to say you're good at anything.

You can't generalise about an entire country, but I like the energy of British men.

The fact that people didn't know I was British did work for quite a while.

I think most British people who say they can do an American accent are so bad at it. I find it excruciating. I find it excruciating the other way around, too.

I go out with a lot of British people. Some of them say I sound a little tipsy.

Americans assume all British people have at least one servant.

When I made my first film, 'Shopping,' the reviews were incredibly snooty. They said things like, 'Jude Law is too pretty for the role,' and that's why I don't respect the British press. That kind of small-minded thing doesn't consider what people like.

Our audience is all the girls who made Britney a huge star. Those are the girls who bought the book. I didn't read the book at first. I read the script just to see what I would think of the script and I really liked it.

It was Britney's movie. I liked that movie. It didn't get too much love, but a lot of people really liked it.