Then, when I'm in these relationships with people who are also creative, or creative in their own way, what happens is the attraction is initially there and it's all unicorns and rainbows. And then they hate me.
Some of us have become so addicted to pointing fingers at others for all the wrong that happens in our lives that self-assessment has become synonymous with blaming the victim.
If someone listens, or stretches out a hand, or whispers a kind word of encouragement, or attempts to understand a lonely person, extraordinary things begin to happen.
One day I was in school, and the next I was acting opposite Jeremy Irons. That's how quickly it happened. I was in class and then working with Sir Anthony Hopkins.
We wanted to do a woman on a reality show because that's what's happening right now-it's part of our culture.
I don't want to break someone's heart, but you can't control that. A broken heart happens; that's inevitable.
It's an extraordinary thing, this tiny little province of Northern Ireland, where carnage happened. And I was part of it. I grew up in it.
So it won't be a surprise when the Greek default actually happens and we expect it one way or the other to be relatively soon.
Small miracles happen every day, some people just don’t notice them.
I am not sure why, but I have been obsessed by the Atom Bomb ever since it first happened.
I am very humble, and I am very gracious and very grateful for everything that happens to me and about me and around me.
Nobody ever wrote down a plan to be broke, fat, lazy, or stupid. Those things are what happen when you don’t have a plan.
If you're always battling against getting older, you're always going to be unhappy, because it's going to happen anyhow.
To be able to go the distance with a brother or sister, to have them turn into your ally, is about the greatest thing that can ever happen to you.
I hated myself for so many reasons, and I thought so many things were my fault that happened to me growing up.
Every sleep doctor I've talked to said it was an urban legend that you shouldn't wake up a sleepwalker. All that will happen is that you will get condescended to.
Don't worry about how something is going to happen, just know that it is all unfolding perfectly, whether you can see it or not.
When the Haiti earthquake happened, I registered with UNICEF to set up an account, and posted to Twitter for people to donate to it. In a matter of a couple of hours, $30,000 had been donated. That, to me, was eye-opening.
It’s not about money or connections — it’s the willingness to outwork and out-learn everyone… And if it fails, you learn from what happened and do a better job next time
I've been really lucky. I'll completely forget that I'm a celebrity. And then something will happen, and I'll go, 'Oh, right.'
For Tolstoy . . . anything that human beings do has its glory. . . . I think he can be said to have hated nothing that ever happened.
