J.R. Miller Quotes

There's not a whole lot of events out there on television, especially in the years between Olympic Games.

At an Olympics Game, you want to enjoy it, especially if you know it's going to be your last one.

I don't believe that there's anyone in the world without a competitive bone in their body.

Goals have to be realistic and flexible.

So if you think being thin is enough to succeed in gymnastics, you're wrong.

If you can't handle all the injuries and scars, choose a less demanding sport.

Everyone has obstacles, and you're not going to have the right answer or do the right thing every single time.

Floor exercise, the longest you run is two or three steps. In the vault, it's not a whole lot more than that.

There's never going to be a system that is fair to everyone

I'm used to short distances and short bursts of energy; it was just fastest

I think that to be a competitive athlete, you have to be goal-oriented.

I really want bubbies - I always have.

I don't lead a particularly exciting life away from work.

I've had some real hair disasters.

With acting, there is a level of anonymity which is conducive to your profession. There are examples of very public people who are on the cover of every celebrity magazine but can't open a film.

It's really exciting to be in a film that people actually want to go and see! I was having to pay people to see my movies!

I'm no longer interested in being in big commercial films.

I find it very hard not to be myself and maybe that does attract attention, but I'd be miserable if I wasn't.

I was very nervous about taking on an empire that was richer and far more powerful than I will ever be. It was very daunting.

I sometimes get very protective of the people I play.

I felt like I was living in some sort of video game and people pre-empting every move I made, obviously as a result of accessing my private information.

The newspapers turn a blind eye to how they get their material as long as they have great photographs.

You want to feel that you can do something creative that you love without being picked apart and mutilated for other people's pleasure.

I'm sorry you're so unhappy as a person that you feel the need to say things that you would never understand [to a paparazzi]

I half-punched a paparazzo once. I've hit a few people.

I've made apologies to people I needed to, but I can't apologise to people I don't know for things they don't understand.

I'm not about hair and makeup.

I have a good brain on me but I've never really used it when it came to decisions about love... I definitely have been foolish.

You become very known for being someone's girlfriend, and all of a sudden there's all this hype and buzz for all the wrong reasons.

I'm very lucky that I get to make a living out of acting, which is what I love, and the level of attention I receive has sometimes been my own fault and sometimes not been.

It was a really fun idea to have a fashion label with my sister but I don't have an awful lot of time for it because my first love and job is to be an actress.

I would rather have not gone through any of the litigation that I've had to go through.

I think the media has changed, not just in England but in the world.

I think all humans are essentially proud and I certainly am.

I love my job, I've always loved my job.

I don't even know what an 'It' girl is. As far as I'm concerned, an 'It' girl is somebody who doesn't do anything except go to parties and get her photograph taken.

I don't think we live in a particularly equal society.

I feel like I experienced my 20s in all their glory and all their disastrousness.

I experienced the judgement of a lot of people - and deservedly so.

I think I underestimated the way people bracket you.

I think, if you put a camera in anyone's life and document it daily from the age of 21 to 27, there are going to be things that aren't always pretty.

It's just so weird when an entire nation knows what you are going through.

It's wonderful to feel supported, but there's a lot of negative energy towards me as well. So I ignore it, to be honest. If I started to read it all it would completely mess up my head.

I never Google myself. Only if I want to feel really terrible about myself would I do that.

I was actually abandoned by wolves and then raised by Republicans.

My politics just kind of developed over time as a reaction.

Is it possible that more black people hate the President than are actually alive?

I like fighters. That's why I love Russ Feingold. I love Barbara Boxer. And Howard Dean and John Conyers. Democrats I talk to around the country want their leaders to come out and fight for them.

I auditioned for 'Cats' - I didn't sing but I was able to cough up a hairball.

This is so sexist. I mean, are we really going to put this as a standard of something we are going to judge our presidential candidates by?