Quotes About Perception

Trouble is, some accents lend themselves to comedy.

And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.

It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.

Human beings can only make sense of the world through the lens they were socialized to make sense of it through.

In my writing, I focus lenses. I'm almost always seeing when I am writing.

I do believe that men can be emasculated by successful women. I don't think I'm emasculating. But I have seen the dynamic with men who either don't make money or make less money. It's just not good for them.

That was my first Hollywood lesson: Just because you filmed a movie doesn't necessarily mean that you're in it.

One of the first lessons you learn as an actor is to listen.

If you asked a Singaporean, on the one hand they'll say, 'Let us do our own things.' On the other hand, when an issue comes out, they'll ask, 'What is the government doing about it?'

Every player is different and lets form and talk affect them, some people won't.

I find it amazing when I get letters from people in Israel and people in Lebanon and they both love the music, but in real life they hate each other.

Part of me feels that I'm letting people down by not being as interesting as my books.

Kids have a way of letting you know if they like something or not. If a child of five says she doesn't like something, it means there is a problem.

A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption.

I find something funny when it lives on many levels - a level of self-deprecation, of knowledge and heightened reality.

There's this idea that when you say you're Muslim, that you're either all in or you're trying to escape it. I love the idea of gradations and levels, just like everybody else has.

I'm more of an exaggerator than a liar.

I am a limousine liberal.

I'm not Rebus. We're not the same. I don't even think he'd like me if we met. He'd think I was a wishy-washy liberal.

I don't think liberals in the media are really that much different from liberals outside the media.

We all think we're liberated when we have more of everything, don't we? That's what the media tell us.

For me it's liberating to be able to look somebody in the eyes and know that they can't see my eyes. I've always thought that when I would see Slipknot playing.

Every edit is a lie.

It's always been a lie that it's difficult to make films.