#want

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

I wrote a novel about Israelis who live their own lives on the slope of a volcano. Near a volcano one still falls in love, one still gets jealous, one still wants a promotion, one still gossips. ↗

— Amos Oz

#falls #gets #gossips #i #israelis

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

My dad always said he couldn't remember a time when I did not want to act. ↗

— Gwyneth Paltrow

#always #dad #did #i #remember

There's something that sort of weirds me out about actors who want to be rock stars, and the other way around too. ↗

— Gwyneth Paltrow

#around #me #other #out #rock

I sort of look at some peers of mine and I think, 'No, you've got it all wrong!' I just want to tell them all to have babies and be happy and not get sucked into that Hollywood thing. ↗

— Gwyneth Paltrow

#be happy #get #got #happy #hollywood

I understand that if you set out to be a celebrity, then you asked for it, but all I wanted to be was an actor. ↗

— Gwyneth Paltrow

#asked #celebrity #i #out #set

I wouldn't say I'm a very original thinker, but if I have a good experience with something, I'll want to take it further or adapt it in some way. ↗

— Gwyneth Paltrow

#experience #further #good #i #original

It changed me more than anything else. You don't want to get to that place where you're the adult and you're palpably in the next generation. And, this shoved me into that. ↗

— Gwyneth Paltrow

#anything #changed #else #generation #get

What I've learned is I want to enjoy my life, and food is a big part of it. ↗

— Gwyneth Paltrow

#enjoy #food #i #learned #life