Trying Quotes - Page 329

I'm a very fortunate person. I get to choose the movies that I want to do. I have a lot of friends in this industry that don't get to do that. I grew up in L.A. A lot of my friends are actors so I realize every day how lucky I am to have this opportunity, so while I'm here, I'm going to try to do exactly what I want.

Hate is a draining bottomless pit from whence nothing good or of any value can come. Try to eat a balanced diet. Guys only want one thing.

I seldom try to probe the mystery of my sloth. I have squandered a gigantic fortune of work hours... seems likely that I'll go on squandering till the very end.

We certainly strive for trying to make a quality record throughout, and I think that's true of all of our records.

Never try to grow up too fast, but don't linger in the child you were

I always say God should have given women one extra decade at least, especially if you want a family. You're trying to pack a lot in.

I like the assumption that everyone is trying his best, and we should all just be kind to each other.

I try to stay focused on my creativity.

It is of very little use in trying to be dignified, if dignity is no part of your character.

I don't repeat that many styles if I can help, although some have become classics. I try not to repeat. I'd rather surprise people.

I like to undress women - not to dress them. You know, like Manet's 'Olympia' or Helmut Newton's photographs - naked women with shoes. This is what I am trying to do.

'Batman' took 10 months to film, and by the time I stopped working on it, it took a long time before my English accent came out again. I was actually having to try for it.

I can definitely say that of all my friends who I consider to be really great cartoonists, we're all trying to aim at basically the same thing, which is an ever closer representation of what it feels like to be alive.

This body, the United States Congress, was united, Republicans and Democrats alike, in taking that action, toppling the Taliban government, and working to try and root out al Qaeda and find Osama bin Laden.

A comedy club is a place where you work out material, you're trying material.

The thing I try to get across to the writers - and I do a lot of writing, too - is that when I do stand-up, nothing I talk about is funny. Everything is really sad and tragic and then I make it funny.

Whatever you are trying to achieve in life, it is essential that you surround yourself with people who believe that what you seek and what you believe in are not only possible but also very probable.

We're not trying to recreate Yugoslavia

I always pretend like I'm nervous no matter what. I try to fall asleep.

Scientific literacy is one of the underpinnings of everything I do. It's why I work with schools. It's why I teach at university. I do a lot of outreach to try and improve general scientific literacy, but the core of all scientific literacy is just literacy.

I just like testing myself. I just have that thing in me. Whatever it is that people tell me I can't do, I've gotta try it.

Some goals you just never really think about trying to achieve because they just seem so out of reach.

Never try to be a thought leader. There's no value in that. Instead, try to add value.

When I've done gymnastics, ballet or soccer - I was always trying to be the best. I'm really driven. Really driven.

Happiness is like water. We’re always trying to grab onto it, but it’s always slipping between our fingers