I was in theater when I was in elementary, middle school and high school. I didn't know it would be an actual profession for me. I didn't think of it as a reality.
The thing about theatre is that when it is actually occurring, when you have the audience on your side, you absolutely think you can will them to do anything. It's exhilarating.
That awkward moment when you realize someone was actually home the whole time you were singing on the tops of your lungs.
I grew up an athlete. Track and field and dance. In track, I actually went to the Junior Olympics. I've always been very athletic.
I don't actually do any exercise, which is really bad. But I wear heels a lot. My theory is that it's painful, so it's gotta do something.
You might be the funniest guy in the world, but if you don't have anything to talk about, people are eventually going to gravitate towards the guy that's actually saying something.
I'd studied Latin for five years now, which meant that I could, on rare occasions, actually translate something.
As a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened.
My parents aren't crazy conservative. They're actually pretty open-minded. But my grandparents are, and where I'm from, East Texas, is the Bible Belt.
Get your product in front of actual, living, breathing strangers. Your college roommate's approval does not mean there's market demand.
Creativity is as important as literacy and numeracy, and I actually think people understand that creativity is important - they just don't understand what it is.
Where the gaming world is going - and certainly Activision proved it by hiring me - is being willing to push and bend and move in a new direction of actually capturing the character and storytelling.
I have really bad luck with my thumbs. It plagues me, actually. It drives me crazy! Both of them are very oddly shaped.
Everyone always says, 'Kristen got 'Panic Room' because she looks like Jodie Foster.' But it was actually Nicole Kidman who was supposed to play my mother.
On most holidays, you'll find me in Mexico. Actually, on most holidays you won't find me. I'm at a beach, and it's wonderful.
In the Navy, the path is paved for you. Your job is to be a soldier and fit in. As long as you stick to your place, it's actually really easy.
Every person who is really an artist desires to create inside of himself another, deeper, more interesting life than the one that actually surrounds him.
I was a big reader as a kid, but it was 'Charlotte's Web' that showed me you could feel as if you were actually living inside a book.
I actually don't want a throne at all, because I don't view myself as a queen; I view myself as one of my fans.
I am a little bit of a softie, yes. Actually I don't think it's softness, I think it's kindness.
I never thought about doing a sequel when I was actually writing 'The Magicians.' I only ever considered it a standalone.
