D. W. Wilson Quotes

Those who claim absolutism is merely a myth are right that it has been misused simply as a byword for political centralisation.

I guess that's the thing about Rome: It never changes.

If a movie goes south, it might not capsize me the way it used to. But I still have a terrible fear of failure. I'm a huge worrier.

Because it's me playing the character, trying to find a way to make it believable and entertaining and interesting.

I became sort of an aficionado on the Valentino pajamas, because I like those so much.

Hansel is certainly about comfort, while still sort of having a peacock principle of wanting to attract attention.

We worked together with Wes Anderson writing a couple more movies together: Rushmore [1998] and Tenenbaums.

It isn't so much that I choose the roles - I mean, I guess there's a little bit of a selection process - but it's more just what people offer you.

I love Francis Bacon. I just saw a great Jackson Pollock exhibit at the Dallas Museum when I was home for Thanksgiving.

I think of Terrence Malick's movie Days of Heaven - one of Richard Gere's first movies - you can push pause on almost any image in the movie and it looks like a painting.

(In) most cop shows, every cop in the squad speaks exactly the same and the same kind of short clipped film noir-ish talk.

I definitely have been known to be grossly insensitive in many different ways, you can ask the wife. To speak without a filter sometimes and not being able to edit myself with much sensitivity.

I've been through some very dark times in my life and I've been through those very dark times that's affected my world view, the lens that I see people through, so I can relate to that.

We live in a really racist culture and it's got to be addressed.

We live in a really sexist culture, that's got to be addressed. And a really homophobic one. And all those things need to be addressed and looked at.

I play Dwight. That is just much me being of service and worshiping as if I'm on my knees in some temple somewhere or bowing my head in prayer to God in some way. It's really all just the same thing.

I am all for controlling guns.

A lot of actors are just like la la la - they're never really connected and then they're in the scene and then boom. They're looking you in the eyes and they're just really focused.

I'm about as big a star as the Baha'i faith has got, which is pretty pathetic.

Some of the biggest movie stars in the world are essentially characters.

Absolutely. I am a father, and I know best. If there's any question, just ask me.

My mom was an actress in the local Seattle theater doing experimental plays.

I have an eight-year-old child, and I literally can't wrap my mind around the kind of grief that must be felt when you lose a child.

I started in theatre, and for me, it was all about transformation. You transform into the character that you're playing.

I think meditation helps greatly with creativity. If it's a pure expression of yourself no matter what it is or what medium, it's going to shine. It's going to resonate.

I've always been terrible on regular sitcoms with lots of jokes. I don't know how to tell jokes.

I've actually rented Bjork's swan dress. I know that's kind of recycling, but I saw An Inconvenient Truth.

I think creative blocks come from people's life journeys. If you don't know who you are or what you're about or what you believe in it's really pretty impossible to be creative.

I'd love to do a court-room drama. I loved 'Ally McBeal.' That was one of the main reasons I went to law school.

I think that actresses can be in all different shapes and sizes, but it is a profession, and as an actor, your body is one of your big tools. So you've got to be fit in a sense.

Usually when I ask people to reach into my velvety pouch it means something different.

If I get two lines in the script, I somehow turn it into 20. I've got a bit of a bad habit of doing that, of just embellishing my little moment.

I think I appear very innocent and soft, but I'm actually very dark and edgy. It's a weird dichotomy.

My family keeps me pretty grounded. Like if I try anything diva, they're like, 'Oh shut up. Go and do the dishwasher.'

I come from a family of professional dog-showers, one step above carnies, but I didn't want to join the family business.

I do acting for the awards... and cash money.

I really like writing from real-life experiences. Audiences seem to prefer the stuff I couldn't have made up.

I love it when the director says, 'Rebel, just do whatever you want.' I'm, like, 'Yes!

I do notice that when I come in to meet casting people, they love that I'm Australian. Maybe it's our good work ethic.

When I was just a girl in Sydney, no one thought, 'Oh, she's going to be a movie star.' No one. I had to get by with actual skill and talent.

I try to be healthy. I train three days a week with a trainer. But I do like to eat, clearly. And I do eat dessert every day. If I cut that out, yes, I would lose weight.

Because of my filming commitments in America, you have to sign contracts where you can't change your physical appearance.

The more I know about America, the better I'll be at performing American characters and American stories.

When you're a kid, you don't want to be teased.

I like to take things one step at a time, because the entertainment industry is very uncertain.

I love rapping. I do. My styling's similar to Missy Elliott - I think she's so dope. In a weird way, that's how I first learned the American accent: doing American rap songs.

I think Russell Crowe is a brilliant actor.

I'm not trying to prove anything.

I always wanted to sing. I didn't know how to do it. I didn't know how to make the singing thing happen.

I've played so many moms, best friends, sisters and understanding people.