I play a female Indiana Jones, a professor who hunts down precious objects, like a bowl that belonged to the Buddha. They tailored the role to me: I wanted to be smart, funny, and to kick some ass.
I don't think I was funny until college. I lived with some Harvard MD/PhD students - they were so smart, and what I contributed to the house was, I was the funny one.
Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.
Kids are smart. Knowledge is power. Let them figure things out. Don't turn into that grown-up who they won't come to.
My grandfather was smart and had a whole lot of pride. He didn't speak a terrible amount, but you could tell there was a ton on his mind - like a quiet acceptance of how life had turned out.
Truly smart technologies will remind us that we are not mere automatons who assist big data in asking and answering questions.
Not everyone who works hard gets to make it in life. But those who work hard with a smart plan always do.
I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office." (Washington DC, 12 May, 2008)
It's not always the case that doing what's right is also doing what's smart, but when it is, the question of 'what to do' should be pretty simple.
The Australian accent is sort of like going down a step in smartness, you could say, because you guys pronounce things as they're spelled. We add and abbreviate stuff.
TV is a different animal these days. You can bring together really smart writing and directing, in-depth character development and really meaty political and emotional stories.
What sets humans apart from animals is that we have to walk around saying how smart we are, and animals just live their lives.
I like having the digital camera on my smart phone, but I also like having a dedicated camera for when I want to take real pictures.
I was a class clown. At 12, I was definitely clowning. I was making all the jokes. But I was smart, so the teachers didn't know what to do with me.
A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half.
Like when you sit in front of a fire in winter — you are just there in front of the fire. You don't have to be smart or anything. The fire warms you.
[I]f the writer does his job right, what he basically does is remind the reader of how smart the reader is.
Readers love fantasy, but we need horror. Smart horror. Truthful horror. Horror that helps us make sense of a cruelly senseless world.
I think the Clintons are brilliant. I've never met a person as intelligent as Bill, and I think Hillary is right up there with him. They're too smart for Washington.
I don't think that strategically it is smart to begin cutting your options when the other side does not move at all.
My guess is more reporters probably vote Democrat than Republican - just because I think reporters are smart.
