I get terrible butterflies. Before I go onstage, I'll have to freak out for five minutes. I scream. It seems to help!
All of us would like to believe that if we were in a bad situation someone would help us.
Instead of criticizing, find out how to help.
I feel like any actor should always be thinking about how to serve the story. The thing to be cautious of is trying to make too much of your "moment," or whatever. The story is a lot bigger than you, and you're there to help it along. The thing to think about is whether what you're doing is true to the moment and where the story's going, rather than going, "Here are my scenes. What can I try and do to make the most of them?"
You have a choice: pursue your dreams, or be hired by someone else to help them fulfill their dreams.
I sure tried to help deliver compromise, consensus, bipartisanship.
Maharajji told me, 'Give up anger and I'll help you. ' I found that love freed me back into the ocean of love and my righteous anger didn't do that. And I would rather be free than right.
Everywhere the need exists for maternal sympathy and help.
Trust me that as I ignore all law to help the slave, so will I ignore it all to protect an enslaved woman.
I don't think people are like, "I'm going to save the planet by planting my own herbs. " But on environmental issues like climate change, there's a sense of hopelessness and despair. Maybe it's really a small gesture but if you can have a garden it may make you feel like you're helping in some way, or that you're making a connection. You can't change the world but you can change your backyard.