A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult.
I never listened to the Grateful Dead as a teen; the only exposure I got was what came through the walls when my sister was listening to them.
I don't know if this is too weird to say, but this is completely surreal for me. Bizarre. The cover of 'Teen Vogue' has been on my bucket list forever.
The toddler must say no in order to find out who she is. The adolescent says no to assert who she is not.
I'm so fascinated by the concept of teen pregnancy for some reason. Not that I condone it or promote it, but it's just a very real thing in our country and culture.
I found my niche as a character actor, and I've never felt like a movie star or teen idol and never wanted to.
I was always led to believe you should take care of yourself, trust in your abilities and you're the author of your own destiny.
I've only ever trusted my gut on everything. I don't trust my head, I don't trust my heart, I trust my gut.
Like, you can find your dream, if you firmly believe. You have to have the innocence, and you have to have the daringness to trust.
My father always said, 'Never trust anyone whose TV is bigger than their book shelf' - so I make sure I read.
I'm going to say this - to the people in Seattle, to all the people in Seattle that trust me, that believe in me - I'm going to say this: I'm not going to disappoint anybody.
I don't trust that many people. Just my mother and my wife and a couple of friends. When I trust people, it doesn't end well.
You can trust a Neil Simon script. Every dot. Every dash; that pause means something. He takes all the jokes out, practically.
My biggest challenge is trust, and really believing that trust, in letting things just happen personally and professionally and trust with myself. But I'm getting better at it.
As an alcoholic, you have no appreciation for your wife or your children's feelings, but I'm making up for that now. I'm winning my children's trust back.
Any foundation you build, if trust is part of that foundation, whatever you're building, whatever you're creating is gonna have a rock-solid foundation.
It's so much easier to like people, and to let people in, to trust them until they prove that you should do otherwise. The alternative is being an iceberg.
David was the kind of guy who was totally supportive of the actors and instructed the writing staff to trust the actor's instincts, since after all, it's the actors playing the character.
I'm still shocked when people say, 'You haven't done a studio record in 20 years.' I try to make excuses for it, but the truth is I just wasn't with it.
I think people must wonder how a white girl like me became a blues guitarist. The truth is, I never intended to do this for a living.
All writing is the same: It's just making up lies until it starts to sound like the truth. That's what I do.
