On Time Quotes

I generally don't involve myself in giving the actors some tips on acting. At the same time, I don't do that with the director.

I personally think that most people, most of the time, do the right thing. I just believe this. Otherwise, the world would be chaos, and it's not.

I'm incredibly grateful for the time I spent with STOMP and even more so for the skills and awareness I developed as a performer during that time.

Fiction and screenwriting blend for me. I feel like being a TV writer/screenwriter has definitely made my fiction writing better, although I have less time to do it.

I think if people give you their time and they haven't got any money then they deserve to get something. Not so that you bribe them to say things that they wouldn't otherwise say.

I looked in the mirror and stared at my reflection, until I was in the head-clearing trance that comes when you stare at something for a long time.

A lot of people don't know the first time I was ever on national television I was a 'Soul Train' dancer.

I'd love to do a film with Mariah. But it would have to be a comedy. She's the funniest woman in the world, she just cracks me up all the time.

You're actually inside the surfboard... you're inside the landscape around you and the ocean is surging, you get totally inside the moment and it's so intense that time disappears, you disappear.

Look, when I look back, from 20 onwards, I was actually having a pretty good time, I have to say.

Every time [Chris Bryant] asks a question I become more and more baffled why anyone would want to hack his phone and listen to his messages

What I hope is in five years' time, I can go to the British people in the election and say: Lots of you doubted that coalition politics worked, but it has worked.

I want my fiction to feel real most of the time, so it makes sense to pay attention to life and to how people work.

The writing can be its own reward, as you discover more things that you can do. It counts a lot, though, when a story connects with a reader and they take the time to tell me about it.

My time with my family is a priority.

I don't see the point of being an actor and doing the same thing, all the time. Where's the challenge there?

Instead of taking full advantage of having eight women at once, I spent all my time trying to find a real girlfriend.

We're here for such a short amount of time. Why do we spend any of it building sandcastles?

You can wait forever for the muse to sit on your shoulder, but most of the time you know what has to be done and inspiration is not going to help you.

Every time people force themselves to carry on with a book they're not enjoying, they reinforce the idea that reading is a duty.

You have to work at relationships. You can’t just walk out on them every time something goes wrong.

It's just that none of us had the wit or talent to make them into songs. We made them into life, which much messier, and more time consuming, and leaves nothing for anybody to whistle.

My experience in TV is that it takes time for shows to find their way.

Music was not a big deal to me when I was in middle school. And then I slowly became a big jazz fan. Even more than concerts, a lot of my high school time was spent going to jazz clubs in the city.

It gets worse when you realize that for YECs, 22 months is only 1.4 million years in evolutionary time.

No matter how you decide to spend a little more time on your gestures of giving, the point is just quite simply that you do.

You can only sleep in one bed at a time.

Well, it was very interesting to play a character and stretch it over such a long time - 12 episodes. I had never done a TV show before, so week to week it was unclear what we would be asked to do.

Why onions? Because they're cheap, last a long time, can be lit any number of ways and force me to think about what happens when the form turns away from the light.

We live in a time where women should feel empowered; they have every right. I've always been attracted to women who show [that they can do anything].

If I can find the time to do it, I'll probably become a yoga teacher.

I love to move around. I'm not a person who likes to stay in the same place all the time.

So we become alive in a time of fear.

To adjust your philosophy and creativity in fashion to the time you're living in is the most important thing.

I hear the criticism loud & clear That is how I know that the time is near

I've gotten tons of awards and I believe when it's my time to get a Grammy, I'll get a Grammy.

Man I can't even count all of these hundreds Duffle bag every time I go to SunTrust

Really I peeped dude at the bar like really Lookin like he want a good time like really Said he had a friend for my homegirl Lilly Lilly Lilly Lilly

I think one of the things I was shocked about was how interested the world is in 'American Idol' and how people, writers, they write about 'Idol' all the time, and I guess I didn't expect that.

A lot of the time, in the past, I have played the pretty blonde in a lot of roles.

Im going to go traveling through Europe and see parts of the world I havent seen. Ive spent so much time in America that I want to check out the rest of the world.

It is a burden because I get asked about my father all the time. I just need to accept that he was a champion before me.

When you do 'Mad Fat Diary' or 'The Village,' you always learn about the particular time period, and that's always nice for an actor.

I work out a lot - five, six, days a week. I take yoga classes and go to the gym - I love doing it and I have the time to do it. Not everybody has that option.

Im saving up to buy art. Nothing famous, but every time Im in a new city I wander into galleries and dream about buying great pieces one day.

I don't have a house, and I don't have a lot of time for socializing, so every year I have a party for all of my friends.

I don't drink blood, and last time I looked in the mirror, I had a reflection.

It's always exciting when you can go into a mode where you can be both spontaneous and choreographed. Sort of in control and out of control at the same time.

I think I've spent more time in front of a camera than off camera. That's just the way it is.

The only reason why I tend to pass on a movie is either I don't think I'm right for the material and can't play it honestly, or because of time constraints with personal things in my life.