Pay more attention to losing inches than losing pounds.
There aren't a lot of films about adolescents or quote-unquote coming-of-age films that are realistic nowadays.
A great actor is simply just seeing him or herself, and reacting to what exists around them.
I'd always wanted to do a film than TV show because film is always where my heart has been. I like diving into the character for a few months, and then leaving it behind. I love the idea of that.
I started studying indigenous cultures and I was really inspired by their life styles and the way that they lived. Part of that was knowing how to survive in the wild and knowing how to heal themselves from the plants that grew around them.
I had never been to Hawaii, and now I say that my body is from L. A. but my heart is from Hawaii, because I'm in love with it and it's home on every level, from a spiritual, soulful place.
I went to public school my whole life, graduated high school with my class. Growing up, I'd go to an audition, my friends would go to soccer practice and we'd all reconvene and hang out in our neighborhood. When I would book something, I would never tell my friends. Acting was just fun. I was a kid, I wasn't jaded.
An employer verification system must be implemented to ensure jobs are not given to illegal immigrants.
I can be really fast, but other people are in the race. So you've got to be able to maneuver around those guys, and you have to be a little more versatile out there on the ice. I bring my fitness that I gained from the long track over to here. Hopefully, I'll be able to put it to good use.
He who eats in idleness that which he himself has not earned, steals it; and a capitalist whom the state pays for doing nothing differs little in my eyes from a brigand, who lives at the expense of passers-by.
Folks, don't lose perspective. Michelle Obama husband has been in office 7-12 years. This country is in the middle of a massive transformation. She's not gonna go out there and undercut her husband. She probably thinks that the things her husband has done that are transforming this country, that 94 million Americans aren't working. . . I mean, if you knew what to listen for, you could hear the push-button signs that she's still angry, still carries around a lot of resentment.