“Whatever field you can do that, that's where you want to do it, and I think that's why people like David Fincher and Ridley Scott are interested in it, too, because when you sit down on a meeting in HBO and they're like, "More, more." You're just like, "Oh yeah, I love this." Sometimes it's a little harder in film. I think also it's a great audience, take advantage of it. It's a great audience.” PeopleThinkingWantLittlesSometimesFilmCan DoAudienceFieldsAdvantageHarderYeahMeetingsHbo Author:Charlize Theron
“To conceive music, to execute it in front of others, to make it so others can do it...it can be pretty humbling, and kind of scary. So yeah, I don't really feel in competition with anybody. Not because I feel elitist, but because I have enough self-competition. I'm always struggling.” FeelsKindSelfEnoughCan DoStruggleFrontsYeahCompetitionScaryHumblingElitist Author:Ryan Adams
“It wasn't a case of me sitting down and thinking, right then, what shall I do with my life? Airline pilot? Plumber? Guitar manufacturer? Writer .... yeah, writer. I've always loved writing, from a very early age--I guess I was writing my first stories when I was still in single digits. It progressed, and the love of writing grew in my mind and is still growing. Doing it full-time, there are different stresses and tensions, and the business side of it comes to the fore sometimes. But I still love it, and I'm always thankful that I can do what I do and make a living from it.” ThinkingWritingMindFirstsStillsI CanDifferentSometimesStoriesAgeSidesCan DoCasesGrowingGrewSittingStressDown AndYeahGuitarTensionPilotsAirlineSitting DownPlumberThinking RightAirline Pilots Author:Tim Lebbon
“Even though, physically, I can't do it, the mind says, 'Yeah, I can still do it,' and I still think I can do it better than most in the NBA, … Driven From Within.” ThinkingMindStillsI CanCan DoBasketballYeahDrivenNbaI Can Do It Author:Michael Jordan
“Let me tell you something, I didn't become a lawyer because I like the law, the law sucks. It's boring, but it can also be used as a weapon. You want to bankrupt somebody? Cost him everything he's worked for? Make his wife leave him, even make his kids cry...yeah, we can do that.” WantKidsLawUsedCan DoWifeCryCostWeaponsLet MeYeahBoringLawyerAlly Mcbeal Author:Richard Fish
“I think I got into acting because I kind of had not much else to do! I guess I was kind of looking for something challenging. I heard about the London Theater scene and it was very different from the upbringing that I had and it felt like a challenge. And the whole sort of London Theater schools, I was told that 6,000 apply and there are like 30 accepted to each one. I was like, "Yeah. Let's see if we can do that!"” IfsThinkingKindDifferentWholeSchoolFeltCan DoChallengesActingHeardSceneTheaterYeahLondonAcceptedUpbringing Author:Jeremy Irvine
“I try not to think retrospectively. It's important, as an artist, to look forward, always. I do try to take work that involves some challenge. If you approach a piece of work and you're going, "Yeah, yeah, I can do that," then that's kind of a red flag.” IfsThinkingTryingLooksKindI CanImportantArtistCan DoChallengesPiecesApproachRedYeahFlagsRed Flags Author:Cillian Murphy
“If no one can do that, yeah, Donald Trump better man the lifeboats, because there's some significant chance he'll win the nomination.” IfsMenWinningCan DoChanceTrumpYeahSignificantNominationsBetter ManLifeboats Author:Dalia Mogahed
“Losing builds character. So, if you're the loser in your family, don't worry. 'Cos twenty years form now, that perfect can do no wrong brother of yours is going to show up at your house, bald, fat, divorced, with six kids who all hate him and he's going to ask you for money. And because of your character, you're going to look him right in the eyes and you're going to say, You know what, I'll give you some money. If you mow my lawn and detail my car. Oh yeah, then you can shampoo the tail. Loser.” IfsKnowsGivingYearsLooksCharacterShowsEyeKidsFormHateAsksHouseCan DoPerfectWorryCarBrotherSixLosingTwentiesYeahDetailsFatsOur FamilyLoserTailsDivorcedLawnsHate HimShampoo Author:Christopher Titus
“Everyone said, 'Yeah, you can do it, you can qualify.' But it wasn't something that I actually believed I could do. Even now, I definitely understand and know I'm going to the Olympics, but I don't think it will fully sink in until I'm actually there and experiencing it.” ThinkingKnowsSaidCan DoYeahOlympicsYou Can Do It Author:Gwen Jorgensen
“To improv-nerd-out for a second, it's like the most aggressive yes-anding you can do - if someone's like, "Yeah, you're super thin, right?" And you just pull that into a character and do seven more episodes of the podcast and remember to bring that up.” IfsCharacterRememberCan DoYeahSevenAggressiveEpisodesNerd Author:Jon Gabrus
“A vocal performance “Coming Together” is hard, but it's the kind of hard that if you work hard enough at it, you can do it and it feels great, because it was so hard. So we'll continue maybe even over the next couple of years to perform that and to expand our collaborative repertoire.” IfsFeelsYearsKindHardEnoughNextCan DoHard WorkCoupleYeahYou Can Do It Author:Will Oldham
“Yeah there's always something different. He's still limited to what he can do - ya know, no super powers, just a high skill set. But they have a cool thing - this time I learn very quickly... um, bow. 'Cause in the first Avengers he had that short bow that cracks open, and then I can crack and close with a staff. So now I'm a master with a staff apparently. I have to learn that today.” KnowsFirstsStillsI CanDifferentTodayCausesCan DoMastersSkillsYeahCracksBowsStaffCool ThingsAvengersSuper Power Author:Jeremy Renner
“Remember, the conventional wisdom is, "Yeah, you can do this like [Donald] Trump has done it during the primaries, buuuut once you get to the general, it's not about national votes. It's about states! It's about swing states. It's about battleground states. And you've gotta have targeted expenditures, great ads running against your opponent in those swing states."” StatesDoneRunningRememberCan DoTrumpVoteYeahPrimariesOpponentsAdsSwingsConventionalExpendituresConventional WisdomBattleground Author:Rush Limbaugh
“It was really the dream role, and when they first cast me, and I started playing Dolores [in the Westworlds] and all I knew was the analysis mode and her prairie-girl character, I thought, "Yeah, of course I can do this, and I'm good at it, but why did they pick me?" Not because I'm not capable, but I'm also kind of a tomboy, edgy, so I was curious.” FirstsKindI CanCharacterDreamGirlCoursesCan DoRolesCapablePicksYeahCastsCuriousAnalysisEdgyPrairiePick MeI Can Do This Author:Evan Rachel Wood
“They said [on a day show], oh, you can't do a Chinese accent. That's - and I said, I'm not doing a Chinese accent. I'm doing my friend's accent. And they said, yeah, you can't do that. And I said, OK, but can I do a Russian accent? And they said, yeah, yeah, of course, you can do that. I said, and a British accent? They said, yeah, go ahead. And I couldn't understand.” SaidShowsCoursesCan DoMy FriendsYeahBritishChineseAccentsThey Said Author:Trevor Noah
“My habit would have been to veer towards the dark - to prove I was something; edgy, or maybe to prove that I was cognisant of the dark side. Now, with age and confidence, I can say, yeah, that's true, but I am cognisant of the fact that people can do things well. And can be more loving than you expect.” PeopleWellsHas BeensI CanFactsAgeSidesCan DoDarkHabitProveYeahDark SideEdgy Author:George Saunders
“Yeah, I mean the material, directors, the other cast, and if you think you can do something with the character then you do it and go from there. I am looking forward to doing some smaller movies.” IfsThinkingMeanCharacterCan DoMaterialsDirectorsYeahCastsLooking ForwardCan Do Something Author:Orlando Bloom
“I never need to find time to read. When people say to me, ‘Oh, yeah, I love reading. I would love to read, but I just don’t have time,’ I’m thinking, ‘How can you not have time?’ I read when I’m drying my hair. I read in the bath. I read when I’m sitting in the bathroom. Pretty much anywhere I can do the job one-handed, I read.” PeopleThinkingNeedsI CanJobsReadingCan DoHairSittingYeahBathroomBathsLove Of ReadingLove To Read Author:J. K. Rowling
“The only answer to this, and it isn't an entire answer, said Father Travis, is that God made human beings free agents. We are able to choose good over evil, but the opposite too. And in order to protect our human freedom, God doesn't often, very often at least, intervene. God can't do that without taking away our moral freedom. Do you see? No. But yeah. The only thing that God can do, and does all of the time, is to draw good from any evil situation.” HumansDoeMadeSaidAbleOrderEvilFatherCan DoHuman BeingsAnswersSituationMoralProtectDrawsOppositesYeahAgentsBeing FreeHuman FreedomFree AgentsGood Over EvilMoral Freedom Author:Louise Erdrich
“First, you've got to get the job. "Yeah, I can do it," I would say. When I was a kid, I could do anything. Lucky nobody ever asked me if I could fly a jet plane.” IfsFirstsI CanKidsJobsCan DoFootballLuckyYeahPlanesNflIf I CouldJetI Can Do ItBest FootballJet Planes Author:Deacon Jones