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If you're getting ready to do a really emotional scene then, right before it, you're probably not going to be outside playing basketball. ”
Only out of great vulnerability do you discover what strength you have. Having a daughter who I love with all my being has helped me mine the source of that strength to previously unknown depths. ”
My mother was very ill when I was 18. She had a brain operation and then a nervous breakdown. It's very strange when you see your parents, who have always been your pillars of strength, suddenly become vulnerable. You don't know whether to be angry that they are not strong or devastated. ”
I think the reason why strong women have such a powerful impact is that you've got the strength of a man with the heart and sensitivity of a woman. ”
People like comfort; that's natural. But as for making money simply for the sake of making it, and giving yourself far more trouble and anxiety to gain it than you can ever get pleasure from it when it's gained, why, as for me, I'd rather sit still and cross my arms. ”
Philosophy: Impersonal anxiety; refuge among anemic ideas. ”
When you're younger, your inspiration is there. As you get older, it tends to waver. Once you find it - I found it again - that's where you can draw from. That's where you draw your strength from. ”
I had the strength and the finesse there and put it all together. ”
Each country has its own way of communicating a narrative and, through that, expressing family experiences in emotional stories. ”
There are many critics who have an idealised version of where my strengths lie. ”