Quotes about "Creativity & Arts"

We're always aware of our family being creative, but it wasn't like, 'My uncle is an amazing actor; I want to be like that.' ”

I was a shy child, and when I was 13, I started wearing braces on my teeth. I used to be acutely self-conscious, and I think writing was a way of withdrawing into my own imagination. ”

People in my confirmation process, on the right and the left, really loved that idea of having someone who's going to be in meetings arguing on behalf of the dignity of people who sometimes aren't represented in meetings. But by the same token, they have somewhat unrealistic expectations that I can kind of make my own policy. ”

Rising anti-Semitism is rarely the lone or the last expression of intolerance in a society. ”

I adore acting; it's in my blood - quite literally - but I can honestly say the most creative thing in the world for me is being a mother. ”

My favorite part of the whole filmmaking process is working with a fantastic cinematographer, a fantastic actor or actors, and then just creating emotions and stories. I get so excited by that. That's the part I'm utterly addicted to. ”

I always say, and I truly believe this, that my work is three steps ahead of me. I have an idea for something and I tend to feel like it's leading me and I'll follow the process through, and it's not until after I've seen it that I truly understand why I'm doing this. ”

On stage, you're not limited at all because you're free in language: language is the source of the imagination. You can travel farther in language than you can in any film. ”

After 40, you want to reverse the ageing process. That's complicated for me because I spent so many years wanting to be older. ”

Being on 'Veep,' it's so much fun, and I get to put so much creative input in there, but at the end of the day, what they say, I do. ”