Quotes about "Mindfulness & Presence"

People ask me, 'Are you worried you're going to be typecast as a John Locke type of guy?' I say he's the perfect guy to be typecast as! He's vulnerable and ambitious and sort of unstable. It was a good actor's role. ”

The normal state of an actor is unemployed. ”

I can relate to somebody wanting to have something to believe in. ”

Really, I think of fame as distracting; it's something you have to get around. ”

I can play under the radar and still be a normal person. ”

Most of the actors that do play apes have told me that it's been one of the most profound things they've done, because you have to be so honest with yourself. ”

And then I got to go to Singapore and play with some orangutans, and the mom was letting me hold the baby. They just look at you with these big eyes, so sweet and open. Like the soul is right there - it almost scares you, you know? ”

I'm not an angry woman. I'm not bitter. ”

I can't stand that - those women in 'Waiting to Exhale' now. I can't stand them. But that's because I'm 53 and not 33. But what they were experiencing at 33, I identified with it. ”

I would like to think that as a result of not just my own experiences, but at least being empathetic and compassionate about other people's experiences and plights and tragedies, that I am affected by it and learn from it. ”