I was brought up by very witty people who were dealing with quite difficult things: disease and death... I was brought up by people who tended to giggle at funerals.
There are some people who walk into a room and they oxygenate it, by their very being there's fresh air. Then there are those who come in with the smell of death and they suck the life out.
People like me who grew up in a working-class town, who don't have a college education, you don't usually hear from us.
The man who didn't want his wife to work has been succeeded by the man who asks about her chances of getting a raise.
'I Am Number Four' is a great story about a guy who's trying to find his destiny and figure out who he is and his identity.
The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.
I just don't want to be known as the actress who can sing. I want to be known as the singer who can act, too. It's great cross-promotion.
If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all.
There's no blueprint for where I should be. I see myself as a young, good actor who still has a lot to learn. There's nobody at any point in their career who is the finished article.
Stand-up comedy is a sickness. Who wouldn't want a room full of people laughing and screaming at you just because of who you are? Nothing is as good, except maybe having a baby.
I have a very, very good memory, and I always remember the people who have done right by me and the people who have done wrong by me.
It would be fun to have someone in the White House who has worked in the private sector... and someone who understands that wealth creation is a good thing and they want more of it. Wealth is good.
Botswana had three successive good presidents who served their legal terms, who did well for their countries - three, not one.
There are plenty of bad actors and there are plenty of bad directors. There are actors who will always be bad and there are good actors who you cry for because they're being badly directed or the material isn't good enough.
I think you can make perfectly good television just from people who are genuinely interested, talking to people who genuinely know - simple as it sounds, it can be riveting.
It's a very good thing for students also to be exposed to people who aren't film students or film scholars but who work in the world of film.
There are good leaders who actively guide and bad leaders who actively misguide. Hence, leadership is about persuasion, presentation and people skills.
Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.
We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.
Monopolists who fear competition and who distrust democracy because it stands for equal opportunity would like to secure their position against small and energetic enterprise.
I've always been petrified of working for a boss who I didn't like but who I was in fear of, because I wanted my salary.
