L.V. Jones Quotes

I do have a sister - I have two sisters.

Saying We will destroy terrorism is about as meaningful as saying: We shall annihilate mockery.

I know now that having regular checkups and mammograms are key to a healthy lifestyle.

When you create something out of thin air you have to know the human heart.

I feel like there's no such thing as failure. When something doesn't go the way I want it to, I learn from it, and I accomplish more than I initially expected to.

You're whatever you think you are. People like to compartmentalize other people. I don't worry about what other people think. I'm not living for them.

I feel like there's no such thing as failure.

While I was in the NFL, I would eat five times a day. I only eat twice a day now, and I box and play basketball every day. I'm extremely happy with my body and mind...

Acting has helped me detox in football. Getting lost in a character and a scene, it's awesome.

When I'm 75 years old, I want to say that I chased my dream. I didn't let other people's opinions dictate what I have in my book of my life.

I had a great family. My father was in the Air Force, so we were always disciplined, goal oriented.

Football was everything to me. There was the physical aspect, sure. I did pushups and sit-ups every night, even as a kid. But I also just studied the game constantly. It was my life.

I took care of my body. Your body is your business in the NFL.

The common perception is it only happens to people who aren't paying attention.

Habit was stronger than emotion.

You can't deny reality just because you can't explain it.

They know you're not Alfred Hitchcock, but you need to be enough Alfred Hitchcock for them not to be bothered by it. That's a reassuring thing.

I often get sent scripts about little men in big situations. There's a comic element to it, which is forces stacked against this little guy, and how is he going to defeat them?

I don't know if it's harder but when you're playing a real person you want to honor their memory - even if they're a criminal or someone that the public loathed. That can be challenging.

One key element to Hitchcock is the drooping jowl. That was crucial because his silhouette is crucial. There is something about his silhouette that became his brand.

I'd love most of the movies I make to be four hours long.

There are far more good actors than there are jobs for them, so it's a big question of luck.

There's not a huge pile of scripts at home. It's what happens to be on the table at that moment with your availability. And then you have no control over when these things come out.

Certainly for my father, there were great times, good times, not-so-good times. He might be shooting a Fellini film for six months, then not working for two months. I'm used to that dynamic.

But I think the children of actors share a certain pragmatic approach. One is denied some of that 'running away with the circus' element of being an actor.

You always get told how important the premiere and doing the press is, but I have suspicions.

All of these red carpet events may seem natural for you journalists, but it doesn't feel natural for actors.

I didn't sound anything like Capote at the screen test. It was more like Bob Dylan. In his early years. With the flu.

Jennifer [Lawrence] and Josh [Hutcherson] seem very, very grounded. They're getting down to the film like they did last time.

I do always feel very proud and flattered by being asked to be a part of American productions playing American characters.

I get plenty of time to re-engage with the world I'm trying to depict, so I'm not always living in these parallel worlds.

Jennifer [Lawrence] is amazingly grounded in the midst of all this to do. It must be unnerving and hard to relate to the amount of attention she generates.

I had to change the shape of my own voice. It was quite hard to pull off and so once I had it, I stayed in Hitchcock's voice all day on set.

I teach for the Book Trust, which promotes reading and writing with children.

Often jobs are un-turndownable even before you read the script. You go, "Well, I have to do that."

We're blessed with, as we were on 'Harry Potter,' lead actors who are amazingly grounded people.

I work best when a little scared, when there's so much more than the lines to think about.

It's hard for it to make a mark in this city because London has so much culture to offer.

If you ever have the good fortune to meet Tippi Hedren, she's an amazing woman. You can't quite believe she is the age she is.

I love making movies, I love trying to make them as good as I can, but I feel like sometimes the marketing and publicity around the movie, becomes the most important part of it.

I would absolutely like to play more leading roles. There’s no philosophy - well, the only philosophy, I suppose, is to try and do different things.

It's hard to imagine anyone interested in film not being a fan of Alfred Hitchcock because he's such a key influence on the entire history of cinema - it's hard to escape his shadow.

I think it will be, as always, interesting to compare different portrayals of Hitchcock. I'm very honored that I'm playing the same part as Anthony Hopkins.

I've got to tell you, I've played real characters before and people always bring up this word 'impersonation,' and I'm never entirely sure what it means.

Particularly [Alfred] Hitchcock, who takes his time with everything he says. There's a controlling way in how he speaks because he takes his time to finish all his sentences.

I'm very interested in people, so if a character happens to be real, there's that much more to look at.

Time is my enemy. Time will catch up with me vocally. And I dread that. I dread to think about life without singing.

People never talked about my music. They just counted how many knickers were on stage.

I've always liked to dance - I've got a natural rhythm.

You can't lose the essence of a song. I try to enhance it more than anything else.