“I think in terms of being a New Yorker, as my friends would say, I don't take a lot of mess. I have no tolerance for people who are not thinking deeply about things. I have no tolerance for the kind of small talk that people need to fill silence. And I have no tolerance for people not - just not being a part of the world and being in it and trying to change it.” PeopleThinkingWorldNeedsTryingKindTermSilenceMy FriendsToleranceMessNew YorkersTrying To ChangeSmall TalkThinking Deeply Author:Jacqueline Woodson
“People have been introduced to our band in so many ways. Whether we were playing at their college or we were the record that entertained their kids with.” PeopleWayHas BeensKidsRecordsCollegeBand Author:Ed Robertson
“When you're in Los Angeles, everybody you meet is writing a movie, and they want you to be in it. Every cab driver is writing a movie!” WantWritingLos AngelesDriversCabCab Drivers Author:William Sadler
“Seeing movies about mental illness, a lot of falseness has leapt out at me over the years... So I just focused on what I remembered, the real experience of seeing somebody like that. And as an adult, I’ve had family members who are bipolar, so I’ve seen it again.” YearsRealSeeingMembersAdultsIllnessFocusedMental IllnessRememberedFamily MembersBipolarFalseness Author:Maya Forbes
“I started acting when I was 13, so acting has been, with great fortune, my job since I could get a job.” Has BeensJobsActingFortune Author:Carla Gugino
“I feel love for people that I have loved, and I think that's so beautiful, and I think that's such an important lesson for children that people can have disagreements but it doesn't mean one is bad and one is good.” PeopleThinkingFeelsMeanChildrenImportantBeautifulLessonsDisagreementImportant Lessons Author:Anna Kendrick
“I played the mom in Spy Kids when I was, like, 27. So it was ridiculous. But [Robert Rodriguez] was like, "You know what? If we do our job right, no one will question it." And nobody did.” IfsKnowsKidsJobsLike YouMomRidiculousWhat IfSpy Author:Carla Gugino
“It’s good to have obstacles and difficulties, and to fail and have things not go the way you want. And then have to figure out how to keep moving forward.” WayWantMovingFailingFiguresDifficultyObstaclesMoving ForwardKeep MovingKeep Moving Forward Author:Maya Forbes
“What I love about him [Robert Rodriguez] is that he understands that actors are transformational. It's a natural instinct to ask people to do what you've seen them do before. Until you see someone do something new, you don't know what they can.” PeopleKnowsActorsAsksNaturalInstinctSomething NewNatural InstinctNew You Author:Carla Gugino
“"What is normal?" really becomes the question. What is normal, and how are we fooled into thinking it's something other than what we're doing at any given time. Every family has either a drug addict or an alcoholic or some sort of dysfunction that the family is dealing with. And I think the grace of this family is that they actually could be that far out there but also be forgiving, and be really human, and be human in front of each other without much shame.” ThinkingHumansGivenGraceFrontsDrugNormalShameForgivingAddictAlcoholicsFooledDrug AddictDysfunction Author:Mark Ruffalo