Robert Patrick Quotes

You can't think about how people will perceive you or your character. All you can do is focus on your work. The rest is up to the universe. I've been acting for 16 years. I've done 55 movies and, in all seriousness, there's maybe five that are good and the rest are crap.

Robert Patrick

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 5, 1958

Topics

WorkGoodCharacterFocusPeople

If you send up a weather vane or put your thumb up in the air every time you want to do something different, to find out what people are going to think about it, you're going to limit yourself. That's a very strange way to live.

Jessye Norman

LiveTimeYourselfPeopleWeather

If you look at 'Mad Men,' it's set in the wrong decade. The style of Mad Men is really the 1950s, not the 1960s.

Jerry Della Femina

StyleMenYouLookMadWrong

Some readers may be disturbed that I wrote 'The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson' in Emily's own voice. I wasn't trying to steal her thunder or her music. I simply wanted to imagine my way into the head and heart of Emily Dickinson.

Jerome Charyn

LifeMusicHeartVoiceTryingWay

The attitude of, 'I will never self-publish,' coming from any author, indicates that they have never been in a position where it is their only option.

Jennifer Armintrout

AttitudeWillNeverComingPosition

A man divorcing would never be accused of choosing career over children.

Jennifer Aniston

ChildrenManCareerNeverOver

A mother, after all, is your entry into the world. She is the shell in which you divide and become a life. Waking up in a world without her is like waking up in a world without sky: unimaginable.

Meghan O'Rourke

LifeMotherSkyWorldYouBecome

As founder of Eventbrite, I've interviewed almost every single person we've hired.

Julia Hartz

PersonSingleFounderAlmostEvery

I think how pay gets determined is pretty broad - experience, how people look, what they bring to the job. But there's no question women are paid less. Women don't ask.

Dee Dee Myers

WomenExperienceJobPeopleThink

My mom's one of the toughest ladies I know. I've seen her lose both her brothers, both her parents. She's been through a lot, and to see her get up every day and put a smile on her face, that shows nothing but strength.

DeMar DeRozan

SmileStrengthDayParentsMomFace

Life changed a lot after marriage. I am not the same person as before.

Allu Arjun

LifeMarriageI AmPersonSameAm

When I was trying out for my first Olympics at 16, my family and coaches tried to regulate what I ate. But the stricter they got, the more I rebelled.

Alicia Sacramone

FamilyTryingMoreFirstOutGot

Even a writer like me, who, in 'The Firebird,' is telling the story of people who've been dead for nearly three centuries, needs to take care. Those people may not be around any longer to tell me what actually happened, but neither are they able to defend themselves against unjust portrayals.

Susanna Kearsley

PeopleMeStoryCareTake CareDead

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