J. L. B. Smith Quotes

Ever since I was young, I have wanted to help others live happy, healthy, fulfilling lives.

I know for a fact that I am not as fulfilled, happy or passionate about life if I have not spent time helping others.

I believe that we live in a "return to sender universe" - what you send out is exactly what you will get back.

I want to create amazing art and content that inspires people to want to be the best versions of themselves everyday, and never let anyone (even themselves) hold them back.

I love to make people laugh, and do things that are surprising and different.

There are so many people I look up to and I try to watch some sort of video or interview every day, with an artist who does inspire me.

Now when I get auditions, I choose to believe that I am an amazing actor.

I'm definitely somewhat of a tomboy. I grew up a pretty big tomboy actually, and was really obsessed with basketball.

I would always wear basketball jerseys and have my hair in a ponytail.

I love to just be super nerdy.

I would love to play more nerd roles, as well as action hero roles.

As an actress, you get to basically be your character.

I also think there's something about dance, music and the arts that transcends all other types of communication and expression.

I feel so blessed to get to live out my dreams, and I want to help others live theirs.

I love life and people, so I guess I want to help anyone I can live the fullest, most wonderful life possible.

I am very active on Instagram and love connecting with people there.

I really grew up more of a people pleaser and I just wanted to make people happy, and maybe didn't always say exactly how I was feeling.

I really do believe that inner beauty is so much more than any kind of outer beauty.

I wanted to act, dance and perform more than anything, and I wanted to do it for the rest of my life.

I don't believe in dieting, but I do believe in the lifestyle that you want to live.

A lot of people have so many issues like depression, obesity or chronic illness that has to do with gut health.

I love having a little bit of bronzer of some sort and I love looking golden.

You deserve the place you have in this world. Do not let the eating disorder take that from you.

I can get into politics. I'm a pretty straight guy for this business. I have a pretty healthy outlook.

It used to be that a movie star would have a 20-year career. Now if you get three to five years, you're lucky.

Everything is disposable now: disposable lighters, disposable blades, disposable stars. They inflate you up for one big deal and then they look for someone else.

I have long-range plans, but you always have to wait for business to catch up with you. It's a matter of contracts and meetings catching up with your ideas of what you want to accomplish in life.

I'm too much of a planner. I would have been a dentist; that's what I was thinking of being. Dr. Rex, open wide and say "Ah." I think I'd look good in a smock.

I came up to New York at 20 with a suitcase and a ceramic tiger. That was my one piece of furniture and I wanted to save it.

[My father did] advertising. That's why I got into this business. I think because we're really boxes of soap - actors and singers. You're artists, but in the public eye it's a matter of advertising.

Movies are so weird. I don't believe anything until it's already done.

David Pietrusza has a gift for making the past both real and dramatically gripping.

When we're talking about the "American response" to any disaster, it's not just a government response, an official response, it's a popular response.

I wouldn't want to think people doted on us, hung on every word, or wanted to look like us.

It's an absolute blast to be a voice actor, but also kinda scary that the vocal baby you just birthed out at a mic is then taken by other folks and becomes something else.

My favorite job is the next one. Its such a gratifying experience getting to creatively keep trying something new and push things in a different direction.

The Internet is a bastion of negativity, and we get to sit there and voice our cute, little, important opinions.

I started doing standup when I was in college, and I would incorporate a lot of characters into my act.

The passions of love ignite, the emotions of love kindle, but the actions of love set the heart ablaze.

This is Simba," Nicole said, pointing to the lion. "Is he dangerous?" Asked Chase. "Not really. He mauled a trainer, but nothing much.

If you're seeking progress, all presidents are the opposition. You're just fighting different kinds of battles -

I should be the face of Samuel Smith Beer. That'd be great.

Would to God, brethren, I could tell you WHO I am! Would to God I could tell you WHAT I know! But you would call it blasphemy and want to take my life!

A news conference is a device by which the establishment keeps large numbers of reporters from covering the news every place else.

[A]ll will be raised by the power of God, having spirit in their bodies, and not blood.

I've actually tasted the beer; it's quite nice. It's called Samuel Smith, which is my actual name. It's good beer. Maybe that's my favorite.

Leadership is the art of invoking wisdom and right action out of the people needed to accomplish the goal.

What makes a good book and what makes a good movie are totally different things.

It was a really strange and unique sort of process for me to adapt my own book.

I like my zombies slow and I like my zombies stupid.