Alex Quotes

Californians don't have that marvelous British cynicism, but then the British can be so patronizing at times.

I don't think my looks are modern. I always imagined I'd end up doing Chekhov, Ibsen and Shakespeare all my life and never play a contemporary character.

Even when I was at school, I wanted to be liked by everyone, even the bullies. I didn't like them, but I needed to know that they liked me.

The power of good film is being there in the moment.

My advice would be to whoever is going after judges by name, whether it's the president or anybody else, I think it's a terrible idea. I don't think it's a very smart thing to do a Muslim ban.

I was born under Communism. I know what it's like to live in a system where you can't speak, you have to whisper. Where the state is so pervasive and so intrusive.

If we as a society are willing to take away human life, we should be willing to watch it.

The death penalty is barbaric. And I think we as a society need to come face-to-face with that. If we're not willing to face up to the cruelty, we ought not to be doing it.

You always go by your gut. That's the best you can do. You go by what you feel, and you say yes or no based on what it inspires in you.

When you're a kid and you're a superhero lover, the holy trinity is Batman, Superman and Spider-Man, so to be able to take any of those and play with it is a huge joy.

In fact, we actually listen to fans all the time. It's helpful because you want to get a sense of what people are looking for and what they disagree with.

When you start a script you aim to hit a note you know you want to end in general.

I do believe that people go to the movies - for one reason or another - they go to the movies to have an experience.

I love the opportunity to tell the story about the characters through the music.

An emotional story is an emotional story no matter how big or small it is.

We've managed to have a long career that is still quite vibrant, yet we've never had to kow-tow to record companies who said we weren't commercial enough.

Sometimes you just have to trust people.

I guess I could have a couple of secrets.

I'm fourteen years old; that's almost half-way to thirty. I need my own space.

A girl's got to have a few secrets.

Being popular doesn't mean you're better than anyone else.

Sometimes it's good to be not so popular.

It doesn't make sense to change who you are just to hang out with people you think are cool. You know, you just have to be yourself.

Just because someone's older and you think they're cooler doesn't mean you should abandon your real friends.

We live for games like these.

Craig Beattie's quick, he's very fast, and he's got great pace

The more you lose, the more you don't win.

When I deal with folks I know casually, that are either famous or were famous. To be a big star, you have to be a little delusional. Nothing else matters than being that star. It's a bit weird.

I love bad boys. They're the most fun to play.

I'm sure every film it's going to be like, 'Okay, this is the scene where your shirt gets ripped off.' I'll never be able to keep my shirt on.

I'm just always grateful when I meet fans.

I would hate to be immortal forever.

I was a professional dancer before I was an actor.

I used to beg for auditions. Now, they're being thrown at me.

I have a wife, a son, and I've had some practical life experience.

I can be a horrible actor, but I make a move that makes a money I'm secured a job.

Girls are telling me to take my shirt off. It's like, 'Hello! I'm a person, too!

By Googling myself, I'm not going to find anything I like.

Personally, I just tease people a lot.

My definition of sexy is someone who is expressing themselves honestly.

Why would you want someone who is conflicted and doesn't know if they love you or not?

I always wanted to be on Glee. As soon as the pilot aired, I said I needed to be on the show.

I prefer to write music for family films. I like people.

When I decided to go to a country that subsidized music, I went to the Soviet Union for two years.

When the economic orthodoxy can no longer deliver, political turbulence follows. That doesn't mean the left will win, but it means there is an opportunity to be seized.

I write music just for me. I'm certainly not good enough to do it on any kind of a level but I enjoy that time because it's quiet.

It's nice having your work recognized but having people follow you around is kinda weird.

I was always a bit reluctant with anything like fame and the limelight and it didn't sit very well with me, although I love singing and writing.

It is really weird, things have just been crazy. Everything has happened so quickly I haven't had a chance to think.

I left my record label, Polydor, by mutual agreement, but I'm going to carry on with my singing career.