“As a mother trying to raise kids with some kind of a code, an honorable way to solve problems without using violence, I find it interesting to live in a country where your government is allowed to kill, whether it's war or execution. What interests me is not who deserves to die but who deserves to kill.” WayTryingKindWarCountryProblemGovernmentKidsMotherDiesInterestInterestingViolenceDeserveRaisesSolveCodeExecutionHonorableDeath Penalty Author:Susan Sarandon
“I'm kind of a nerd, so whenever I get a chance to talk to an artist I really admire, I tend to gravitate to process.” KindArtistProcessChanceAdmireNerd Author:Susan Sarandon
“That's one of my little expressions. I never really studied acting so I kind of kiddingly talk about "building your circle" and "mooding up," because I really didn't learn any technique.” KindLittlesActingBuildingExpressionTechniqueCircles Author:Susan Sarandon
“I can't speak for other people, but for me, it never really worked to think something like, "What Beatle did she like in high school?" or those kinds of elaborate backstories.” PeopleThinkingKindI CanSchoolSpeakHigh School Author:Susan Sarandon
“What I like about The Meddler style of movie is that it's a fairly lighthearted romantic comedy, but there are hidden moments where something happens that's unexpected, that hopefully have some kind of emotional resonance that you didn't see coming. I love when a film does that.” KindDoeMomentsHappensFilmComedyStyleEmotionalThings HappenHopefullyUnexpectedResonance Author:Susan Sarandon
“This Catholic thing, I think what it does is it makes a place for mystery in a person. And even when the faith goes away, there's that space where you crave something bigger than yourself. For me, that's kind of where art came in, after that.” ThinkingKindPersonsDoeArtSpaceMysteryBiggerCatholicCraveSomething Bigger Than Yourself Author:Susan Sarandon
“I did study drama at Catholic U, but the undergraduates weren't put in productions, really, except as extras, and it wasn't a hands-on kind of thing at all. I couldn't afford to go to another college. And my grandparents lived in D.C., so I was able to live with them, and that's how I was able to afford it at all.” KindHandsAbleStudyCollegeDramaCatholicProductionsExtrasGrandparent Author:Susan Sarandon
“Acting is kind of a forced compassion, where you learn that given certain circumstances, you can feel and do things that you never thought yourself capable of. And so it stops you from being super-judgmental.” FeelsKindCertainGivenActingCompassionCircumstancesCapableJudgmental Author:Susan Sarandon
“Kurt Vonnegut wasn't a chatty guy, but when he spoke, it was always clear and very funny, in the way that he wrote, in a very specific kind of combination of word groupings and expressions that lived somewhere else.” WayKindGuyClearExpressionCombinationSpokesSomewhere Else Author:Susan Sarandon
“Everything's serendipitous and there's no way of knowing who's going to get sick or who's going to get hit by a bus or who's going to fall in love and who's going to get pregnant. All the things that happen, it's up for grabs so it's kind of an exercise in surrender in a way.” WayKindHappensFallKnowingExerciseSickFalling In LoveSurrenderBusPregnant Author:Susan Sarandon
“When I tell people I'm a comedian they say, 'Oh, are you funny?' I say, 'No, it's not that kind of comedy.'” PeopleKindComedyComedian Author:Susan Sarandon
“So I would hope they would develop some kind of habit that involves understanding that their life is so full they can afford to give in all kinds of ways to other people. I consider that to be baseline spirituality.” PeopleWayGivingKindGodSpiritualLife IsSpiritualityUnderstandingHabitAll KindsGenerosity Author:Susan Sarandon
“It is a different world than when I was growing up, and you started to just kind of maintain at thirty-five and just hope you can hope it together. People are a lot more vital than I am and doing all kinds of things and leading really important movements.” PeopleWorldKindImportantDifferentTogetherGrowing UpFiveGrowingMovementAll KindsThirtyDifferent Worlds Author:Susan Sarandon
“Now, Tim has been really, really busy, and it's been my job now to kind of deal with everything. And trying to figure out how we balance that, logistically it's a nightmare. But these little jobs make it much easier.” TryingKindLittlesHas BeensJobsDealsFiguresBalanceEasierBusyNightmare Author:Susan Sarandon
“Now, as I move through my fifties, I can be professional and domestic, creative and intellectual, patient and urgent. I have learned that we should never settle for someone else's definition of who we can be. Growing to this age, I realize, is kind of like feeling your voice deepen. It's still your voice, but it has more substance, and it sounds like it knows its own origins.” KnowsShouldKindStillsI CanFeelingsAgeMovingSoundVoiceRealizingCreativeGrowingIntellectualAgingPatientDefinitionsSubstanceSettlingI Have LearnedUrgentNever Settle Author:Susan Sarandon
“I hope they're present in their lives and feel some kind of empathy. I think a lot of the mistakes that have been made in the world have been through a lack of empathy. If you can identify with someone else and empathise with someone else, then activism is a short step away, she explained in an interview with Parade.” IfsThinkingWorldFeelsKindHas BeensMadeMistakeStepsEmpathyActivismInterviewsParadesLack Of Empathy Author:Susan Sarandon
“At the end of your life, you are going to want to know that you made some kind of difference.” KnowsWantInspirationalKindMadeEndsDifferencesHappier Days Author:Susan Sarandon
