Callie Quotes

I love to start characters in a place where you think you know them. We can make all kinds of assumptions about them and think they have no redeeming qualities, but like everyone, they're complex.

I think of feminism as more of a political ideology.

I don't believe that. I don't believe that there are bad things about you. Only things that you think are bad.

No one has ever needed me before because I’ve never let anyone that far in.

One of the magical things about Nashville is just how many incredibly talented people are here and the way they support each other.

Nashville is the place where I first realized how impossible it is to look at someone and know what is inside them, what special something they possess.

When people know I wrote 'Thelma and Louise,' they don't want to mess with me.

The world will provide you with every imaginable obstacle, but the one most difficult to overcome will be the lack of faith in yourself. Leave it to others to have doubts about you.

Whatever God or whatever higher power you believe in, they brought us to this earth in a perfect way, and you have to learn to love yourself. Otherwise, it's an exhausting way to be.

Chick flick is not a term used to praise a movie. Nobody says 'it's a great chick flick.' It's a way of being derisive. I'm not clear why it's ok to do it.

By luck I mean, when opportunity meets preparation.

If the same energy went into marketing movies to women as they do on the other demographics we might see more of a spike.

I take my time because I love how it feels to carry her, the way she needs me, the way I need to protect her.

The thing I most connect with is the idea of not giving up. And thats a thing I have in my own life. You have to trust your instincts and keep trying.

I tried to get a baseball movie made a couple of years ago and I don't think it didn't happen because I was a woman, but because sports movie don't sell internationally.

There are no accusations with writing, no judgment, no shame, only freedom.

I walk out the door with a heavy feeling in my heart as another secret falls on top of it.

I just let the pain take over, allowing it to numb the pain of being left behind.

Even though the third season of Necessary Roughness was only ten episodes, they were an extremely intense bunch of episodes, especially toward the finale.

Kelly Clarkson is the most adorable person on the planet. She is just so nice.

I don't see the country audience looking forward to an out male singer. There are rumors about people but no one ever confirms because there is a tremendous amount of money at stake.

For me, the movies I like are all independent. And getting an independent feature made, it's like you get down to the selling organs part, and it just loses some of its luster.

We have a lot of women on the staff, obviously. It's a predominantly female writing staff and we hire the best people. It's not like we go we need more women or we need four women directing.

I would kill to be on Dexter, and I would double kill to be on True Blood. I would pay them to let me come be a vampire or a vampire victim. No joke!

I would love do a guest spot on Castle because Nathan Fillion is so dreamy, and he and I are friends. And I think we could have a lot of fun.

Movie studios are owned by giant corporations. They care about money; they dont care about movies.

I sang a lot in college - I was in a choral group in college. But, then, when I moved to New York, I really just concentrated on acting.

I remember when I used to have actual time to write and now you don't have time and you just do it. I think it explains a lot about television.

Always, in all circumstances, wear comfortable shoes. You never know when you may have to run for your life.

Would you have a friend who talks to you the way you talk to yourself?

I like writing flawed women, and being one, its something I feel I can write with some veracity and authority.

The thing I most connect with is the idea of not giving up. And that's a thing I have in my own life. You have to trust your instincts and keep trying.

I suffer from an amazing amount of insecurities, and I'm grateful that my body image, it's normally not something I pay attention to.

If she were honest, weakness should be masked at all times. Any weakness could, and would be exploited.

She counted her blessings, rather than her misfortunes.

No matter what we are or who created us, we’re all energy. And energy that becomes bound together by love cannot be torn apart. Not by time. Not by grief and pain. Not even the veil of death.

There's something about a cowboy...

This is why magic is dangerous. It lures you in. It makes you curious.

Self-pity is the worst disability a person can have, Callie. It's crippling.

Death was easy. Life was complicated.

But no matter what happens, I spoke up, made a voice for myself, freed from the haunting memories that have owned me for the last six years. I found my courage.

You will never know who you truly are until you can find a quiet place to sit and think. A place where you can get lost in hopes of finding yourself

Hope can be the strongest if you believe it to be.