I'm not claiming to be anything out of the ordinary. I am not especially big or strong or brave or intrepid.
Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'
I am trying to do the best work I possibly can and making movies that will have resonance for years to come. I think if you try for an Oscar or a goal like that, the more people are going to see it as transparent. It's not on my radar. If it happens, great, but I'm happy to continue working as I am, really.
Women must tell men always that they are the strong ones. They are the big, the strong, the wonderful. In truth, women are the strong ones. It is just my opinion, I am not a professor.
People should be allowed to marry, and gay marriage should be out there. If a man or a woman has a good partner and they love each other with their heart and soul, let them marry. I am very much for gay marriage.
Joking around is part of my personality, just who I am.
I certainly know that I would not be able to survive if it were not for the fact that I am being upheld by the prayers of so many people.
People and squirrels are very different. Most people will not argue that. But I find that there is one situation in which they're very similar. And that is: when I am driving towards them in my car. Then they're kind of hard to tell apart - especially if the human is kind of hairy.
It is not about writing those hits again. I am sure I could write them, but it is about the sensibilities.
Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you.
Contemporary fiction is the hardest for me because I am not really in the popular culture - I don't watch TV.
I am a fan of all genres. My big thing is to serve the purpose of the script and what the director wants. If it's a comedy, I want to be funny; if it's action, I want to bring the action. If it's drama, I want to be the catalyst for that drama. That's the fun part; it never gets boring being an actor.
If I am going to trash others for their dumb predictions, I must at least hold myself to the same sort of accountability.
I am the center of attention in my job every single day; the thought of a wedding to me is exhausting. Why would I put myself through that?
My brother and sister are both older than I am and were born before my father went off to World War I.
I am in an adolescence in reverse, as mysterious as the first, except that this time I feel it as a decay of the odds that I might live for a while, that I can sleep it off.
I am always happy up a ladder with a paintbrush in my hand. And I wish I had more time to spend in the garden - not least because I get good ideas for writing when I'm out there.
Moon! Moon! I am prone before you. Pity me, and drench me in loneliness.
I think the biggest disease the world suffers from in this day and age is the disease of people feeling unloved. I know that I can give love for a minute, for half an hour, for a day, for a month, but I can give. I am very happy to do that, I want to do that.
I shall have more to say when I am dead.
I have never sung a whole song on my own before and I am not the best dancer in the world, but I would rather try and fall than not not try at all.
I am not a prisoner of conscious, but people try to make me one sometimes. It is both a gift and a curse. It's a high honour but can create limitations - I have to be fluid.
I am a person who has many dreams. But as soon as I accomplish one, I move on to the next. That's my fatal, absurd nature.
I am passionate about God, about Jesus, and what His influences do to me.
On my end, I am still surprised that many media organizations are unable to adapt to new media formats and, more importantly, new network behaviors.
I think with movies I am really connecting to the Joseph Campbell idea of the collective unconscious.
I was in a queer mood, thinking myself very old: but now I am a woman again - as I always am when I write.
I am of mixed minds about the issue of privacy. On one hand, I understand that information is power, and power is, well, power, so keeping your private information to yourself is essential - especially if you are a controversial figure, a celebrity, or a dissident.
I am not going to make any commitments to the teachers union to do anything until they do something that's other than in their own self- interest. And everything they have done so far is in their self-interests, and that's it.
I don't see how I possibly could have come from where I entered the planet to where I am now if there had not been angels along the way.
I am a positive person. I never think of the glass as half empty. I just keep pushing forward.
I wanted to just surround myself with people who I think are better than I am, whether they're actors or directors or producers, so that I could learn from them.
I've been interested in art and fashion for as long as I can remember because they are so visual. I am fascinated by the idea of visual creation from the ground up, which is a challenge in ballet when the audience has seen every show of yours, every other principal that you've shared a role with, and every different production.
Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me.
I am aware of changes gradually taking place in my own designs as part of my thinking on this matter.
I wouldn't be who I am without my husband, who handled the business end of Donna Karan so I could be creative.
