E.L. James Quotes

I say a lot of things I shouldn't say.

I auditioned for 'Revenge Of The Nerds,' and I so did not want the picture. I didn't want it. I didn't want be in anything that had nerds anywhere.

My definition of a character actor is - they never get the girl.

Anybody can call me Jamie, and you have to watch it when you call me James. Then there's going to be a problem.

When I did 'Babe' I wanted to talk about animal rights without going through some convoluted justifications about using animal products.

It's a wonderful thing as time goes by, to be with someone who looks into your face when you've gotten old and still sees what you think you look like.

Barney Miller' was a lot of fun. I'm very fond of Abe Vigoda. Most - a lot of people on that cast - I really liked.

First lead [in a movie] requires a different approach like trying not to give it all away in the first scene. It is a skill, a learned skill.

Usually, I'm the kind of actor where you show me once or twice, I can do it. I don't do it creatively, but I know how to do the process.

My friends joke because I will take my clothes off, at the drop of a hat.

Authority is the assumption that someone else knows better than you.

Studios are run by those who are way too old or mostly young, who don't think creatively.

I play an 89-year-old man whose wife has Alzheimer's in a movie called 'Still.' I play a World War II veteran, I acted with my son and it's called 'Memorial Day.'

Words are the basic tools, if you are a writer. But why? Why do you choose one set of tools rather than another?

Put your characters where they are the most interesting.

Rejection is nature's way of telling you to write a better book.

The ability to communicate is critical- clearly, frankly, and often.

If you succeed with your first dream, it helps. You know, people trust you, possibly, for the second one. They give you a chance to play out your second one.

You've never heard of an English lover. Only an English patient.

The American public is being sold a very nasty bill of goods about cancer.

I am thrilled to see my genome.

(The National Cancer Program is) a bunch of (obscenity).

The pace of discovery is going unbelievably fast.

Ultimately, we'll help the people we discriminate against if we try to understand more about them; genetics will lead to a world where there is a sympathy for the underdog.

No good model ever accounted for all the facts, since some data was bound to be misleading if not plain wrong.

As an educator, I have always striven to see that the fruits of the American Dream are available to all.

I have been much blessed.

There are many people of color who are very talented.

Some think there is something wrong about enhancing people.

I'm more interested in enjoying my life and looking after my family than being hugely successful.

I, like many people, had some sort of preconception about Madonna. One of the preconceptions was that she had the extraordinary work ethic, which turned out to be absolutely true.

Madonna is the most famous woman on the planet and has been for a number of decades.

I just love working. I really enjoy the work, whatever it is.

I've never done anything comedic. In all the years I've been an actor, I've never delivered one comedic line.

The good guy only gets the girl in a soppy way.

Your version of the truth is all that matters.

America today has insufficient savings to finance both crucial investment and its consumption of imports.

The authorities in the United States confiscated private gold holdings in the Depression of the 1930's. They may seek to do so again in the Depression of the 1990's.

And I love writing. I've always loved writing.

You have to remember a lot of business is very cyclical.

Certainly there are bubble-like valuations of certain companies, but I don't think anyone out there believes that we're going to go back to doing business the way we used to do business.

The hardest part of it was really being away from my family - I have two small children. Last year I took over 20 business trips, so being away from them was hard.

Business 2.0 was hugely profitable last year, and will be profitable this year.

Business people have been made into these rock stars because they've made a lot of money.

Sinatra was the biggest influence on my life, my singing career. And rightly so. I mean he was the best singer ever.

I don't think there is a right or wrong anymore. Only horrible and not-quite-so-horrible.

When it comes to individual destiny, there is no power greater in the universe then the conviction of the human soul to make a choice.

Sometimes they do things to make me do the opposite of what they think, I think, they think, I am going to do.

I think we should take a break, fill our little tummies and drink up.

She smiled for the first time, and he almost had to look away, as if something that nice didn’t belong in such a glum and gray place, as if he had no right to look at her expression.