Action Quotes

"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me."

"A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live."

"I hoped, hoped, that maybe I'd be lucky enough to do something on Broadway, in the chorus."

"I do think about aging. I have those moments of panic and vanity, but life keeps getting better, so you can't worry about it too much."

"We must act out passion before we can feel it."

"People do see me as sweet and innocent. Not to say that I am not those things. But I have other sides to me."

"When I'm feeling down on myself or not feeling good about who I am, or maybe something happened and I'm feeling depressed, I eat to fill that void. Afterwards I'll beat myself up about it. I regret doing it, but I'll turn around and do it again."

"For me, being a director is about watching, not about telling people what to do. Or maybe it's like being a mirror; if they didn't have me to look at, they wouldn't be able to put the make-up on."

"I think that three-act fundamentalism in film culture is a problem sometimes, because it's almost too obvious, or it's too expected. And it's not the only way to fill two hours, or to phrase things, or to order thoughts, or order ideas."

"I can't imagine people telling me what to do - I just can't imagine it."

"There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves."

"Do you believe in fairies? Say quick that you believe. If you believe, clap your hands!"

"I hate to look at the stuff I've written and consider what it means or why I do it."

"People never know what they want, though everyone says they do. If they did, nobody would ever be surprised."

"I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do."

"To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction."

"There is…but one categorical imperative, namely, this: Act only on that maxim whereby thou canst at the same time will that it should become a universal law."

"A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself, without reference to any other purpose."

"To be is to do."

"Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to your end."