I was conscious of my father's fame from the time I was 6.
Kirk Douglas
Recitation: by Male by Female
My biggest weakness is that I'm excessive. Fortunately for everyone concerned, I'm not as excessive as I used to be.
Mel Gibson
WeaknessEveryoneUsedConcerned
Part of me is drawn to the nature of sadness because I think life is sad, and sadness is not something that should be avoided or denied. It's a fact of life, like contradictions are.
Robert Redford
LifeNatureSadMeSadnessThink
I am a fan of a bright sock. They're bold.
Matt Smith
I AmBoldBrightFanAmSock
Very good cooks who are employed as 'chefs' rarely refer to themselves as 'chefs.' They refer to themselves as 'cooks.'
Alton Brown
GoodWhoThemselvesVeryCooks
Any actor will tell you, anybody in the public eye, that the tabloids are the worst kind of ramification of being a celebrity.
Tracey Gold
EyeYouKindActorCelebrityWorst
The topics just kind of come to me. If they are relevant, it's because they're happening in the world around me, and it's affecting me. Poetry is my way of dealing with it.
Rupi Kaur
PoetryMeWorldKindWayJust
I've long since stopped worrying about how I'm portrayed in the press because ultimately it's not that important. Everyone who knows me knows I do what I do with the greatest integrity.
Mike Leigh
IntegrityMeLongImportantEveryone
I don't think too much about the audience when I'm writing... I'm aware that 'Holes' was read by kids as young as 8, up to adults.
Louis Sachar
WritingThinkToo MuchYoungUp
In terms of pure acting, my role model has always been Philip Seymour Hoffman; I really always loved what he did. I love what Mark Ruffalo does. When I was younger, I liked Cate Blanchett a lot. These are all actors who are given stories and allowed to carry the whole story.
Constance Wu
LoveStoryLovedActingRole Model
I had given up magic, because it had reached a state of perfection. I felt that I was able to transform men into animals. I did not make use of this capability, because I believed I could not justify an intervention of this kind in the life of another person.
Wolfgang Hildesheimer
LifeMenPerfectionMagicPersonUp
If you ask most high schoolers who Bruce Lee is, they will say that it someone they sit next to in English class.
Seth Rogen
SomeoneYouSayWillClassHigh
Well, you know, a lot of people look at the negative things, the things that they did wrong and - which I do. But I like to stress on the things I did right, because there are certain things that I like to look at from a positive standpoint that are just positive reinforcement.
Tiger Woods
PositiveStressPeopleNegativeLook
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