Thinking Quotes

I think that it's much easier for a recording artist to become an actor than for an actor to become a recording artist.

On a personal level, I love the idea of hosting an awards show. I think that sounds like kind of a fun thing to do.

I think we're a little bit more astray, more far afield from true integration and true acceptance.

I think it's always good when you're able to, as an actor, allow your work to be some kind of a conduit for social discourse, and an examination of where we are, as a society.

It's a very complicated landscape and I don't think there's one easy answer about it [Edard Snowden movie].

I remember Zachary Quinto were just about to go and do So Notorious on VH1, and I was super unemployed, and I think we spent a lot of time talking about how we weren't particularly happy.

I think I integrated that over the first couple of years that I was out of school, mostly in auditions, to be honest.

I think Sin City is a good example. Nobody would accuse Sin City of being historically inaccurate because it takes place in modern times.

Of course it would depend on the project, but I don't think I could ever separate myself from my aesthetic.

Probably the hardest thing to do was the beginning of the movie ["300"], I think, when we were in Sparta and all that - just getting in the groove.

One of the things I think is important about 'Watchmen' is that it have resonance within cinematic pop culture as well as superhero culture.

When I see my friends engaging in a Twitter war for an afternoon, I think that would destroy me for a month.

When I was 13, I really used to skip down the street, happy in thinking, "Oh, well, someone's suffering pain in order for me to feel this pleasure."

I think there is some credibility to the notion that marriage is an institution. It meant something very different hundreds of years ago when it became the norm for people to go off and pair.

I think it is essential that America does not stumble into a stupid war with Iran.

Not to mention the fact that of course terrorists hate freedom. I think they do hate. But believe me, I don't think they sit there abstractly hating freedom.

I think President George W. Bush contributed very directly to the fact that the status of America as the world's only superpower lasted for 20 years at most.

Let me think about the people I care about.

I think that there shouldn't be an age limit to become a boss, so having that element is really important.

I think that I get to represent different types of beauty that [are] not just my own.

I think that's a really cool thing about my line. There are so many sets, but you can literally mix and match everything with everything.

The price point and the quality are very rare. I don't want people thinking, "I got the look for less." I want them thinking, "I got the look!"

Experience and imagination must enter into the very constitution of our thoughts involving concrete individuals.

I'm not from the arts, I'm a law professor. But I think we need more poetry in politics.

I think about people and events in terms of archetypes a lot.

Integrity is hard work. I do think the Internet makes it harder because of the temptations of performance. You can perform and have integrity, but it's easier just to perform.

If you think art is a competitive forum, then you're going to stop doing it if you're not good. But if it's not competitive, it's something that you'll keep doing.

I think that most people have deeply creative sensibilities.

I tend to think that knowledge is preceded by power instead of the other way around.

Even though I've done Hollywood films, I still don't think of myself as a Hollywood actress.

I always think it's really hard if you are Asian or Chinese to be really in Hollywood. There are not so many really great characters for you.

There's a story behind every person. There's a reason why they're the way they are. Think about that before you judge anyone.

The people don't run the system; the people are victims of the system. The people choose the leaders thinking that they will help them. But when they turn around, there is no help.

Love is a positive effect. Love can never have a negative effect, only a positive effect. That would be the revelation of love. If you have a question of whether this is love, think about the effect.

I don't think we should do anything that should make the people hate the American people more.

I think that music, beats, melody, sound are a natural part of our DNA, our vibe. It’s just a part of the cycle of our lives, we’re born, we have eyes, we have music.

The more I grow as an artist, the more I think I become like my father as an artist. The more I diversify, the more I become like my father, which is true to who he was.

Proud about my father? What am I most proud of? I think I'm proud of the legacy he left I think is what it is. He has left us so much.

The thing that I come across is that people think that I might actually be super aggressive, want-to-fight type in real life. The irony is that that's just not true, at all.

I love bad movies, whereas going to the theater for me is a painful experience. I think it's really hard to sit and watch actors do something live and have it not go well.

I read a lot of plays as a kid, but I didn't see that many plays, so I feel better-versed in film history and film structure. I just think it's easier to think in pictures.

I don't love the word "quirky." I think it's a word that's a catchall. It's a word that doesn't stand in empathy with the person, it stands in judgment of them. It's a very externalized word.

I don't think a lot of people are like, "I'm just quirky!" Or if they are, it's a stage they're going through as they figure out who they are. I never felt like I was choosing roles that were quirky.

It's fun for me to be with someone who loves reading as much as I do, because he'll give me things to read that I wouldn't normally seek out, and I think vice versa.

I think, a lot of times, directors assume that whatever they get from you the first time, whether it be at an audition or on set, is all that you can bring.

If everyone is there to make a good film, everyone is down to earth, and everyone is there for the right reasons - the scale doesn't really matter I think.

I do think women are unfairly judged by their physical appearance, but I don’t think it had anything to do with being mixed-race. In my opinion, mixed-race people are the most beautiful.

I don't wear a lot of perfumey-perfumes because I think a lot of them smell like you're wearing perfume. And I don't want to smell like that.

I think making things that appear simple is incredibly hard.

I don't think any of us thought Donald Trump could get this far.