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Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out. ”
There will be hits and misses; you can't take it to heart. Of course, you feel bad when something doesn't do as well as you expected it to, but it's a part of being in films. ”
I don't think that one should beat himself or herself over the head if immediately you're not like Jesus Christ or, you know, Gandhi or whoever. But I think the idea is to... to look at those examples and try to... try to operate in a way that every day you live or every interaction you have pushes you further along to operating with that mindset. ”
There are skills you pick up on in a clinical environment in terms of how to ask questions, what to look for, how to listen that serve one well when trying to write. ”
My parents wanted us to be well-rounded individuals and really have the American experiences as richly as one can. ”
If you're already somebody who's feeling different, you'll do everything in your power to fix it because children will do everything in their power to fit in and assimilate. ”
Since I was doing all of it myself, I had to decide where I wanted to go with the songs, how to proceed with the chords, if the sound was alright, and all that detail on my own. ”
Working with Brando was fun. It was like a tennis match. We played unbelievably well together. ”
Sometimes, when I'm scolding the kids, I sound just like my mom. I'm like, 'How did Jonetta get in here?' ”
If Queen Elizabeth knighthooded me and I would get the title Sir Usain Bolt. That sounds very nice. ”