#things

Almost all of your life is lived by the seat of your pants, one unexpected event crashing into another, with no pattern or reason, and then you finally reach a point, around my age, where you spend more time than ever looking back. Why did this happen? Look where that led? You see the shape of things. ↗

— Ron Perlman

#almost #another #around #back #crashing

I think there are a lot of technocrats in the business who would much rather work with just wheels and gears and machinery. Those things interest them more than humanity and I wish them the best of luck. ↗

— Ron Perlman

#business #gears #humanity #i #i think

I consider myself a human being, a Christian, a father, a husband, so many things, before being a black person. ↗

— David Oyelowo

#being #black #christian #consider #father

I turned down a lot of easier opportunities in order to go for the things that I really and ultimately wanted to do. And what's really nice is that it's starting to work. I've been an actor for coming up on 14 years now and the level of activity that's taking place now is a culmination of a slow cooker approach to as opposed to a microwave. ↗

— David Oyelowo

#actor #approach #been #coming #culmination

One of the skills you have to master in theater is the ability to make the audience believe that things that aren't there are there - just like when you're acting against CGI. Also, in a theater, the people in the back row can't see the whites of your eyes. Or your lips moving as you deliver dialogue. ↗

— David Oyelowo

#acting #against #also #audience #back

One of the things the BBC does better than anyone is period drama. ↗

— David Oyelowo

#bbc #better #does #drama #period

In Turkey, you're not allowed to be left alone in the hospital. The nurse teaches the family how to do things, and somebody is always there with the patient. ↗

— Mehmet Oz

#alone #always #family #hospital #how

It is obvious that different individuals require different things to live good, healthy, and virtuous lives. ↗

— Tom G. Palmer

#different things #good #healthy #individuals #live

It's a waste of time for people to say things they think other people want to hear, or try and come off in a certain way. I try to be as honest as I can. ↗

— Gwyneth Paltrow

#certain way #come #hear #honest #i

Sometimes when things you love get really commercial, you end up feeling betrayed by it. ↗

— Gwyneth Paltrow

#commercial #end #feeling #get #love