Part Quotes

I used to be a classic workaholic, and after seeing how little work and career really mean when you reach the end of your life, I put a new emphasis on things I believe count more. These things include: family, friends, being part of a community, and appreciating the little joys of the average day.

After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.

I've been nominated twice before as actor in a leading part. Now I'm nominated as actor in a supporting part. If I don't win, I'll just wait until I'm nominated for being in the theater during the show. Do they have one like that?

I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent.

Performing is the easiest part of what I do, and songwriting is the hardest.

We only part to meet again.

I remember saying goodbye to my father the night he left to join the Navy. He didn't have to. He was older than other servicemen and had a family to support but he wanted to be a part of the fight against fascism, not just make movies about it. I admired this about him.

The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.

Unless we include a job as part of every citizen's right to autonomy and personal fulfillment, women will continue to be vulnerable to someone else's idea of what need is.

I would consider doing any part as long as the script is good and the film has an interesting director.

There was always a part of me that wanted to be an old-time director. But I couldn't do that. I'm not a pro.

Playing football and rugby is the Samoan sport. It's part of the conversation at church. It's part of the conversation in their barbershops, in the grocery stores. It's what everyone is aware of and familiar with. They take a lot of pride in the beating you can take in the course of that sport.

I will always want to do whatever it is that my heart is in, and whether I get paid for it or not means nothing. It doesn't matter. I'll do it if it means something to me and I want to be a part of it.

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.

I don't court paparazzi. I definitely don't like that part of it.

When you're part of a pop phenomenon, you have so many opinions shoved down your throat.

I have two homes in Malibu, a home in Canada that I'm building, and I just love pouring my heart out into this part of my life.

I felt like I might as well have been living in another part of the solar system.

Part of being an artist is being willing to be shocked, being willing to be surprised, being willing to be hurt.

Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.

I want people to believe me when I play a part and they are less apt to if they know a lot about me and have associations about me.

For me, the lame part of the Sixties was the political part, the social part. The real part was the spiritual part.

I know when you think about the South, you think about fried foods, but we eat a tremendous amount of vegetables. I have my own garden, so vegetables have always been a big part of my life. I love broccoli. I love fresh beets. It's not all about the fried chicken and the biscuits.

The most important part of my religion is to play guitar.

I think I've had pretty good experiences for the most part with the people who have directed my screenplays.

Reservoir Dogs is a small film, and part of its charm was that it was a small film. I'd probably make it for $3 million now so I'd have more breathing room.

Look out into the universe and contemplate the glory of God. Observe the stars, millions of them, twinkling in the night sky, all with a message of unity, part of the very nature of God.

I sort of have a love affair with my work. Many of us work far too hard and we don't put enough value in the epicurean, sensual part of life.

Even when you're making a movie about life, death is a presence, and I guess it's part of my dramatic viewpoint. I'm not sure why exactly. Maybe I'm drawn to it as a story element.