“You can't help but feel a little bit like a mother to the younger cast members.” FeelsLittlesHelpingMotherBitsMembersLittle BitCastsLike A MotherCast Members Author:Julie Walters
“My comedic instinct, is a little bit more rooted in - my mother's British so I've always been more of the dry receiver of the crazy as opposed to the initiator of the crazy. I'm kind of predisposed to be the straight man.” MenKindLittlesMotherBitsCrazyLittle BitInstinctBritishDryRootedComedicReceiver Author:Jason Bateman
“That is one of the first things my family, my mother and my grandfather, had taught me about acting: Use your eyes! Not being able to do that physical aspect of it, and having to put it all into your voice? That was a little bit of a challenge.” FirstsLittlesUseEyeAbleMotherBitsVoiceChallengesActingTaughtLittle BitAspectMy FamilyGrandfatherMy Grandfather Author:Keith Coogan
“You work with every actor differently. It's like if you're a mother, if you have children, some children need more discipline. Other children you back off of a little bit and let them be. It's the same way with actors. Some actors need a lot of hand holding. Other actors like to be let be and you let them go. Some actors like to be nudged just a little bit. Some actors don't mind line readings.” IfsWayNeedsMindChildrenLittlesHandsMotherReadingActorsBitsLinesDisciplineLittle BitHand Holding Author:Rob Reiner
“My mother always tried to keep a little bit of British culture in our family. We'd drink tea all the time!” LittlesMotherCultureBitsDrinkLittle BitBritishTeaOur FamilyBritish Culture Author:Kurt Cobain
“I'm a little bit more of a relaxed, lazy mother.” LittlesMotherBitsLittle BitLazyRelaxed Author:Shannyn Sossamon
“The Ice Nation is a pretty brutal place. They breed war heroes. The relationship between mother and child, in that world, is a little bit different than it is in our own society. But, no one really likes being a disappointment to their parents and their family.” WorldChildrenLittlesDifferentWarMotherNationsBitsParentHeroLittle BitDisappointmentLikesIceBrutalMother And ChildWar Hero Author:Zach McGowan
“My mother played a little bit of the old time clawhammer. She tuned the banjo up and picked one tune for me, and it just become natural to me. When she picked it, I just started and picked it, too.” LittlesMotherBitsNaturalLittle BitTunesOld TimeBanjos Author:Ralph Stanley
“I had a sister who died and my mother passed away. I know that grief comes in waves. When deep grief hits, I know that it hurts like hell, and then you get a little bit of a respite, and then it comes back, and it hurts like hell. I know it can be survived.” KnowsLittlesMotherBitsHurtGriefHellLittle BitDiedWaveSurvivedIt HurtsPassed AwayRespiteDeep GriefMother Passed Away Author:Emily Saliers
“[My mother] was the strength of our family, and I didn't realize that until I got a little bit older.” LittlesMotherBitsRealizingLittle BitOur Family Author:Hope Solo
“I can always be reminded how small I am when I try to surf a wave that's a little bit out of my league, and I just get pummeled. And, when your life flashes before your eyes kind of stuff, deep down under the water where you don't know what's up or down, and that kind of thing, or just Mother Nature reminding you how small you are compared to it. That's kind of the main thing for me.” KnowsTryingKindLittlesI CanEyeMotherStuffBitsWaterLittle BitDown AndWaveLeagueFlashDeep DownRemindingMother NatureSurf Author:Aaron Bruno
“What happens is people - especially, I think, audiences in the United States - people confront new things a little bit afraid. It's like when you're a kid and your mother puts something on your plate you never ate before. I think that American audiences are very much like that, and when they can accept something new they can accept the next new thing, it's incredible. And what happens is that their expectation of what things should be is elevated, and that's really terrific for us.” PeopleThinkingShouldLittlesStatesHappensKidsMotherNextBitsUnitedAcceptingUnited StatesAudienceLittle BitExpectationsIncrediblesSomething NewNew ThingsPlatesTerrific Author:Paula Scher
“Being an older person now, I'm finding that people are calling me to play various things. Variations on the theme of mother, caretaker, and in some cases, doctors, heads of organizations and things like that. For some people, I'm finally old enough to play those roles. We see men playing them when they're a little bit younger, and also in roles that call for some form of conflict and violence, either generating it or trying to curtail it. Women don't seem to be a big part of those common and often used movie themes.” PeopleMenTryingLittlesPersonsEnoughPlayBigsSeemsFormUsedMotherBitsCommonRolesCasesViolenceCallingConflictFindingsLittle BitDoctorsOrganizationVariousThemeVariationCaretakers Author:Barbara Crampton
“[My mother] told me a little bit about the scene out there and I think, as a small child, I just always felt a connection to that history because my mother had described it to me.” ThinkingChildrenLittlesMotherFeltBitsSceneLittle BitConnectionsSmall Child Author:Jon Gordon
“We [with my mother] listened to music when I was a kid. We listened to a little bit of Bob's [Gordon] music, but just a little, I think it was too painful for her.” ThinkingLittlesKidsMotherBitsLittle BitPainfulBob Author:Jon Gordon