Being Quotes
I believe that whatever we have, regardless of a trade being done or not, I feel we have a shot. I've just got to believe that we're going to be all right. I've got to just play basketball.
People are going to come into your life that need you, and being there for them makes the day worth living. People are going to come into your life that you need, and that's the really crazy thing.
There are a lot of people who think that's what's needed to be successful is always being right, always being careful, always picking the right path.
I must be thankful that I get to do intense dramatic roles, because it takes so much more, whereas I've been doing L'Oreal forever, and I can do that in my sleep.
It's not enough to be sick and tired of something. You've got to be sick and tired of being sick and tired.
You cannot keep on saying oh, you know, talking about disrespecting women as just being politically correct or it's not a big deal or brushing things off. You've got to be aware of it.
Even the most racist person make a very painful racial comment, give him a smile. It's better than you take a weapon on him because he's just gonna go like, "Oh." He's just being stupid.
We've just learned how to balance ourselves a little better so that we're happier way more of the time than not, and, you know, being happy is a radical and desirable act if you ask me.
I'm a very sympathetic person, but that doesn't always come across in my work because I'm too busy being mad at everything.
It's hard enough to be alive and human, without the additional burden of being me.
You can be plain and smart, or pretty and smart. You can even be plain and dumb! You just have to be yourself.
You think being a man is being strong, being hard, knowing how to defend yourself. But being a man is about learning how to walk away.
I'll probably never be the best actor in Hollywood, but I hope to be the hardest working.
If you have to change something about you to be in a part, I don't think it's easy to do. You should just pick the part where you can just be yourself.
I release any feelings of competition or comparison. I simply do my best and enjoy being me.
Being an artist is very independent thinking, although there's always going to be a lot of doubt.
The story that I wanna tell is pretty much about the way I grew up. Being bi-racial, growing up in a big city and being an artist.
Being in love makes me vulnerable. Intimacy on that level can be so exposing. Accepting that vulnerability and allowing myself to be completely transparent is an ongoing process for me.
Anything that loosens you up and makes you freer is good, because that's what acting and performing is all about - being free. It gives you a better connection to the audience.
Be yourself. The happiest and most successful people are those who feel the most comfortable with themselves.
Sometimes the idea of being truly iconic has something to do with not necessarily being beautiful and thus trying harder.
I want girls to feel the confidence you get from being smart. They get so many messages that tell them the most important thing is to be beautiful.
I like somebody who's not so crazy but likes to have a good time... and who is thoughtful and kind and easy to laugh with. Somebody you can just be yourself with one hundred and fifty percent.
If there's one thing worse than being really angry for no reason, it's suddenly remembering the reason.
If you don't actively and decidedly choose to be the best, you automatically default to the lower 80% in your field.
A lot of people think my sarcasm comes from insecurity and defensiveness, but I assure you I'm just being petty and cruel.
The feeling of being happy or unhappy rarely depends on our absolute state, but on our perception of the situation, on our capacity to be satisfied with what we have.
The happiness which God designs for his higher creatures is the happiness of being freely, voluntarily united to him.
