I am so glad I was able to do 'The Originals,' and I want to be a part of that family for a long time.
I think, as an actor, you create things for your character that you think will make it more personal to you, because on the day, you want to make sure that you're truly there in the moment.
I don't want to be an actor or nothing but if I have to, I'll act if it's the right thing.
I choose parts because I don't want to be embarrassed when the movie comes out. What if my friends were to see the movie? What if my niece or nephew wandered into the theater and saw the movie? I don't want to be too ashamed of it.
I don't like the women who stand up for the empowerment of women at the expense of men. They try to demonize men, and they try to suggest men all want to keep us down, which is one of the reasons why I don't like that label 'feminist.'
Given the historical power differential between blacks and whites, blacks are required to be attentive to the way their white counterparts see themselves in relation to people of color if they want to survive and even thrive.
So basically it's very simple: to start with, if you want to win the match, you shouldn't be afraid of him. There are still many, many things to do, but above all this is the most important: Don't be scared of him!
If I'm honest, I suppose there's something I don't want people to see in my eyes. They really are the window to the soul.
No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.
People are going to say what they want to say and think what they want to think, and I can't change their minds.
You can type things on the Internet. You can have no credentials in any area and just get on your smart phone and write whatever you want.
We want to let you use a Mac, or Windows PC, or iPad, or Android, without having to think about any of the technical details.
I just want to be happy, have kids, enjoy my life, help others and create some good work.
If you take a lie and allow your desire for the truth, you'll end up with some truth - not fact, but something that gets you closer to the truth. That's what we want. When we go to a play, we need to be assured that the experience we're having.
So if I want to buy a light in a shop and I don't find a light that I like, I think to myself what would I like? What would I like to buy? Then I started to imagine and design it for myself a lot of the time.
Ever since Apple Music, Spotify, and all of those things came around, we can choose whatever we want to listen to. Before then, it was all controlled, but now, everybody listens to everything.
It's so funny how it's impossible for an American actor to play an English part or an Australian part. But by all means, come and bastardize our accent as much as you want.
As long as people want to see me in movies, and as long as I find it interesting, I'll keep working.
If you go around the kitchen and ask my employees what they want to be doing in three to five years, most of them, if they're being honest, will tell you that they don't want to be working for me. They want to have their own place. And I think that's great.
I want a director who can let me feel that he's listening and watching and that he's got me covered. That security is really important for me because sometimes you go into a vulnerable space, and you want to be able to look to somebody because you get insecure: 'Did I do that right?'
I love my music, so I want to produce, write, and serve my music. I've had to learn about EQ frequencies and programming and space and clutter and how to be a better piano or bass player - everything.
I want to be back every year. If I don't go, I want it to be because someone else just was having a great season. I want it to at least be a close call.
We want to see Israel withdraw from our territory. But we don't want to be accountable vis-a-vis Israel on the security basis, because we don't see, in the absence of a peace agreement, that Lebanon can really be accountable to Israel if anything happens.
Some parents struggle to put food on the table. And plenty of women aren't getting the pay they deserve. While I don't expect the government to solve all these problems, I do want leaders who care about these things and do what they can to help.
We fear the thing we want the most.
There were exceptions, a couple of families that just plain didn't want to even think about it, although forty years had passed but mostly the people were very interested in talking about it.
I want, through my roles, to express the parts in the hearts of Chinese women that they feel unable to let out.
I wasn't absolutely too sure where the Falklands was, and I didn't want to make a bloody fool of myself.
We're putting a lot of pressure on ourselves for this second album and so we want to make it as great as we possibly can.
I know that I want to consistently return to doing plays. That's one of the most important things because I think it's the best place for me to learn how to act.
It's very good for you, riding. You know how every model is like, 'I do yoga.' Well, I find horses to have the same effect, in that you have to put your ego aside and concentrate on making the horse do the things you want it to do, and move in the way you want it to move - particularly if you're doing dressage.
Who doesn't want to fly around in a spaceship?
Turn up the lights. I don't want to go home in the dark.
What I try to do is, I just want the fans to enjoy the game.
It is not easy to stand up against your constituents or your friends or colleagues or your community and take a tough stand for something you believe is right. Because you always want to keep working and live to fight another battle and it might cost you your career.
We want an Afghanistan that is shaped by the dreams of the great Afghan people, not by irrational fears and overreaching ambitions of others.
