Thinking Quotes

What really kills me—it really rips me up—is when people think I’m abrasive, inconsiderate or ungrateful because I don’t go outside in a bikini and wave to the paparazzi. Come on!

I think by default I wanted to be an actor because, on a movie set as a little kid, the only thing that you can do is be an actor. And I was really enthralled by the whole process.

I think the way I approach things has something to do with growing up and seeing my parents go to work every day.

I went to do Eclipse right after The Runaways, and I think the director of that movie might have said to another cast member that he had to beat the Joan Jett out of me.

Pretty is smarter than you think

I think that the invisibility of hunger in America - to the eye - is what's keeping it invisible politically and to America at large.

I don't mind the sparkle - I think it's kind of a tradition in skating. I don't think the men really need sparkles, but for the women it's part of the glamour of our sport.

As a professional, I think we're not being judged solely on technical ability anymore. People really want to be entertained and enjoy what they're watching.

I try to spend a lot of time thinking of what it is I want to say, and how I want to say it. Mainly because I know what it's like as a fan to hear music that is just exactly what I needed.

Cycling is such an endurance sport. I don't think it's the worst thing ever to start when you're in your twenties.

I don't think it's the worst thing ever to start when you're in your twenties. You're not burnt out, you're going to stick around and most of the best cyclists are in their 30s.

I think it doesn't happen overnight, that's for sure. As the first gold medalist since 1984, I think cycling needs to ride that wave right now, because people are excited.

I think USA Cycling really needs to ride this wave and start looking at growing the sport. It's a tough one because cycling is such an endurance sport.

What I would hope to do is painting, because I don't think I'm qualified for anything else. My last job would be babysitting, so I don't think Starbucks would even hire me.

That's interesting," Bitterblue said. "You think a conscience requires fear?

I think.' she said, 'that sometimes we don't feel the things that we are. But others can feel them.

Mercy was more frightening than murder, because it was harder, and Randa didn't deserve it. And even though she wanted what the voice wanted, she didn't think she had the courage for it.

I like to think I have quite a few different styles - sometimes it's a bit rock n' roll, other times more girly and feminine.

I think a lot of girls look up to me because I'm a strong woman.

I think it's fun to love-to-hate people.

I think, for me, I have to remember that I'm telling a story in some way.

They had me all happy, singing. It was very awkward. I think the writers are frantically planning something appropriate to honor him, but we don't know what.

I think that when you are famous, it can work against you, people have preconceptions about your image.

You create a little world when you are making a film and you have to feel that you would want to be a part of that world. I sometimes look at the scripts I get and think 'what are they thinking?'

Never, never did I think I would be in a Disney movie.

I'm having a great career, though I think I'm not as good as your little scenario makes me out to be.

I always thought it was what I wanted: to be loved and admired. Now I think perhaps I'd like to be known.

You look great," he said. It made her smile, even if it was a lie. "I'm as big as a house." He laughed. "I like houses. In fact, I'm thinking about architecture as a career.

Popularity means people think they know you.

I'm beginning to think I have two years encountering sexism without really realising it.

Sometimes I love acting but then sometimes I think it's too much for me. And I don't know if it is something that I could do for the rest of my life.

I think the education I've had as an actor I would never have had at university.

I think I'm inspired mostly by other artists that aren't actors, like writers or singers or artists, for being so brave.

I think people do work too much. I've never been able to understand the whole 'make hay while the sun shines' thing. Either I want to work or I don't want to work.

After a long time with someone, you realise you've been thinking for two.

As actors, we're always asked to portray and react to these extreme circumstances, otherwise it's not interesting. They are agonizing things to think about.

I know people think that I always play these characters who are in control and can chop someone's head off with a look.

I think the sheer number of pop stars has kind of drowned out, somewhat, our interest. We're just submerged.

I think that the early feminism at least overlooked the fact that partnership and children can provide happiness. It isn't the only way but for very many people it is the most important way.

If it's a good audition, whether or not I think I'm going to get the part, I do always say yes to going.

Im from a family of doctors, and I think they really wanted me to be a doctor. I even sort of assumed I would be a doctor.

I think, you know, a lot of the business of comedy is taking your personal experiences and making them relatable to other people.

I think even though he [Nelson Mandela] was feted and praised as he was, he always was at pains to say, I'm a human being.

I really think if you take away a character's obstacles then there's no comedy.

It's almost therapeutic driving there and driving back (to North Carolina), with the time you get to think about things as well as create checklists.

I seem to like playing with form, and the superhero genre has an awful lot of formula to it. It has a lot of formula to it that I don't think it should be limited to.

I think the Hulk has always appealed very strongly to much younger readers than Spider-Man, because Spider-Man is an adolescent character, and the Hulk is a very childlike character.

"Superhero" is a term that's been borrowed in order to say "big and larger than life and loud and active and dumb." And I don't think that's a useful definition. That's more a dismissal.

I think James Bond is a spy. He's not superhuman. Calling him a superhero is like calling James Bond movies "comic-book movies."

Rock & roll is dying. It’s frightening to think about the music scene 20 years from now.