J. Lynn Quotes

I'm Irish and Cherokee Indian. I can't faint.

My family are very, very religious in Texas. They're Southern Baptists. I left to go to New York when I was 17 and I realised I wasn't Southern Baptist. That's not how I am inclined.

I feel like part of your job as an actor is you're going to get noticed, and the more successful you get, the more noticed you are. It's kind of like a Catch-22.

I can't really connect with things unless they are spiritual in nature, so I have to make acting spiritual for myself, and each role a spiritual journey for me.

They're really competitive at drama in Texas.

The way that I work is very specific, very thorough, and the process has to be totally clear.

In my career, I've really wanted to sort of be a morpher and not show my own identity.

I'm a trained martial artist. My parents were both martial artists.

I will say that Lynda Carter is an awesome woman.

Every role that you accept makes you grow in some way. It's part of the creative process.

I went to a private school in Singapore and they had an incredible arts program. Every day I was doing something artistic.

I think Andrew Stanton is such an amazing, creative mind.

The truth for me is that I've been doing independent film since the get-go, so that's a big passion of mine, but the big ones are really fun, too. I like my world to be eclectic.

Ancient rock paintings remind us that there are no unclaimed lands, that people have always lived here. They are wayposts along the river journey to the interior of the mind and heart.

It's about somebody initially knowing more about it than you do but eventually you learn a lot about it yourself and practise the skills and techniques that you've been taught.

Despite my lovely diction I am going to die.

Thou you thrust your dagger at my eye, I will not flinch.

A crafty nightrunner died of late, And found himself at Bilairy’s Gate. He stood outside and refused to knock Because he meant to pick the lock.

I don't want to spend a fortune on my cremation urn, but I really do want to look nice at my memorial service.

What I am saying, I suppose, is that you write as if everyone is dead. Then you face the music. I don't know any other way to keep the teeth sharp and the spirit alive.

The true badge of courage is overcoming the fear of men.

Ever notice how seldom we lose control when frustrated by our boss, but how often we do when annoyed by friends or family?

I think most people live in the past, because current information is discarded or not made available easily.

I think it's more comforting to look in the past because you can understand it better, and there are labels for it often.

Science always interested me, and science, real science, was more science fiction than science fiction.

I had a terrible marriage the first time around because I had no self-confidence, even though I had tremendous self-confidence.

But I married a guy who treated me very badly, but I was happy. I was miserable, so I was happy.

My mother was a very literate person who had educated herself. She had an exceptional vocabulary.

The worst program in the world, if you believe in it 100%, is better than a great program that you don't believe in.

Say me aye," he whispered against her mouth. "Say me aye." How could she say anything else?

I am a connoisseur of fine irony. 'Tis a bit like fine wine, but it has a better bite.

He can occasionally see to an enemy," she conceded. "If he manages to get his sword pointed in the right direction and the enemy does him the favor of falling upon it in precisely the right way.

She looked at him gravely. "You cannot call back the river that has already flowed past you, Ruith. All you can do is be grateful for where you are in it.

Why does everybody agree that atmospheric oxygen comes from life, but no one speaks about the other gases coming from life?

When the play is still evolving I try to be at rehearsal as often as possible, and part of that casting process. You find new things when the language is living in different people's mouths.

If you go in with a plan to make a point, and you know what your narrative is going to be already, in our mind, it's probably not worth telling.

I don't know but maybe it's fair to say that some of the responsibility lies with the American people and not just on the leaders.

Change is often rejuvenating, invigoration, fun ... and necessary.

I don't want to marry again. I did that.

I don't want marriage. You know why? Because I did that. I did it for 32 years.

But when this happens to you - and I think other people would identify with this - suddenly, colors are brighter. You see everything.

So I - the thought that I would physically be different was - it's not a thrill, I have to tell you. It's kind of - it brings you up short. But I was able to look at it right away.

I believe I have lots of time. I have to believe that, that it won't come back, and that that's why I'm in good hands. But I also do live my life by putting nothing off.

It eats you up. It eats you up. And you have to - I had a lot of help. I had a lot of therapy. And I was able to - because it was hard, you know, to - you can't just lay it on friends and children.

Beauty is not in outer perfection but rather in the amount of light we allow to shine through the very thing obscuring our souls.

I think if you are a black person or an Hispanic person, you are not as fond of Rudolph Giuliani as you are if you happen to be a white person. Because he has trampled on people's civil rights.

I avoid my neighbors - luckily, my building has two exits.

I think there's nothing sadder than a pro athlete who plays past his prime.

I'm a Yente and I have a terrible accent.

It's so exciting to be doing radio on the cutting edge of technology. Being in on something new is the biggest thrill in the world.