#elf

I see myself as an arbiter of taste. ↗

Child welfare ought really to cover all sorts of topics, such as better water and sanitation and good roads, and clean streets and public parks and playgrounds. ↗

— Marjory Stoneman Douglas

#child #clean #cover #good #ought

I didn't have a good childhood because I never could get along with other kids. I was the child that sat in the corner eating lunch by herself. ↗

— Jolene Blalock

#because #child #childhood #corner #could

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence. ↗

— Frederick Douglass

#be true #even #false #hazard #i

I am good when there is something central about the character. There is always a human theme I attach myself to. I am really looking for something that is moving or enlightening or something with depth as an actor. I look for these kinds of roles. ↗

— Brad Dourif

#actor #always #am #attach #central

Actresses can get outrageously precious about the way they look. That's not what life's about. If you starve yourself to the point where your brain cells shrivel, you will never do good work. And if you're overly conscious of your arms flapping in the wind, how can you look the other actor in the eye to respond to them? ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#actor #arms #brain #brain cells #cells

I just don't see myself as the heroine in my own narrative. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#i #just #my own #myself #narrative

I take some pride in... representing myself exactly how I would like to have my son remember me to his kids. ↗

— Robert Downey, Jr.

#his #how #i #kids #like

I've always thought that the stereotype of the dirty old man is really the creation of a dirty young man who wants the field to himself. ↗

— Hugh Downs

#creation #dirty #field #himself #i

For strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination. ↗