S. N. Parker Quotes

If you had to work 14 hour days, Mondays to Fridays, then you have to keep Saturdays and Sundays sacred.

One good step breeds another one.

I believe that we have to be so race-conscious in this day and age.

Nobody really knows, but I got a little comedy in me.

You have to work hard not to take your partner for granted, even when you are tired.

Spina bifida affects every single aspect of your life, from your child's self-esteem to your ability to sleep at night.

Any actor will tell you that you go where the work is, especially when you have children.

Being a pedestrian again is very exciting because in L.A. you live in your car, and you're on a freeway all the time.

I couldn't imitate anyone if I wanted to.

All kids want from their dad is for them to be around - and to show up when they say they're going to show up.

Forty-years-old these days is the beginning of people's lives. I've found myself, I'm confident, I'm mature, I've been through some stuff, I'm ready to write my book.

You think you need the newest shoe and the newest outfit. We forget exercising is free. We forget it only takes a little bit every day.

I breastfed Sophie for 14 months and Nicolas for 11 months.

Once there are more African Americans and Asian Americans behind the scenes as producers, writers, and directors, I think more inclusive casting will happen.

There are so many things that go into a surgical study.

Take all the hype out of the exercise and think of it as brushing your teeth.

I have friends struggling with autism, juvenile diabetes.

A guy once told me that I sound like I’m a little ahead of myself. I can’t wait to thank him at the Oscars.

I have a real no-nonsense dad who taught me how to be resilient at a very young age.

I love Malcolm Lee and jumped on the opportunity to work with him as a director.

I love the theater. I love being on stage; I love the live audience. I also love dressing up and all of the make-believe.

I went to an all-girls private school, where we played field hockey and lacrosse.

I'm really into nutrition from the inside out.

If you're actually talking to someone who's been through a disastrous number of years, that only means one thing: They survived it.

It's not how pretty you are or how talented you are. It's that if these five people on this day in this room like you, then you get a job.

My husband and I are loyal to our community and very approachable, even though we're kind of mainstream.

I did everything pretty cliche as an actor in New York. I read the trades, I sent out 'head shots.'

NYC Marathon cancelled: runners are scrambling to find some other meaningless accomplishment to use as a proxy for control over their lives.

When will rappers & skanks realize God's not the only one who gets to judge them on their actions? We do too. It's called CONSEQUENCES.

Relational trust is built on movements of the human heart such as empathy, commitment, compassion, patience, and the capacity to forgive.

You don't become a good teacher by applying techniques; you don't become a good teacher by using the latest hot methodologies that are being promoted in this or that handbook.

You are much more likely to have a holy experience in a quiet, focused, and communal context than you are when you are being entertained.

Truth-telling by a leader can legitimate truth-telling at every level.

I don't do a lot of top-down teaching.

Every young person needs some adult who's just wild and crazy about them!

Good teaching comes from good people.

My favorite topping is one that a lot of people don't like. I love anchovies.

God ain't finished with any of us yet.

The teachers who have had the most impact on me and on most learners I know are teachers whose "selfhoods" have been deeply invested in what they are doing.

I have to say that I have been blessed with significant teachers at every stage of my life.

I like bears. I like bear people. I like bear-type men.

I wouldn't say I was a queen. Maybe a little elf

I think movies are now like going to a museum and seeing the latest exhibit - people just aren't going. It really is a dying art form. It feels frustrating.

I sold my apartment this year. It's like, Wow, this is where the arts are now.

It's overshadowed, the art. We're in a really argumentative, black-and-white-thinking culture right now. There's not a lot of time to take things in.

As an actor in these movies you get to fill up something so much, to its capacity, and once you get there you're like a horse running onto the racetrack.

Pop songs now, they're about the aftermath of love.

It felt really good to kind of find my voice and say stuff, and to be funny, hopefully.

I've done a lot of crafts in my day. I learned how to do pottery, yoga... and I just wanted to share and talk and write.

You know, it's a really adult thing, for some people, to choose to not be with the one that you love.