Trying Quotes - Page 403

I try to avoid typecasting by doing different roles.

It's difficult sometimes when you have somebody who is of a different culture trying to make light of something that is maybe not quite something that they understand.

He comes to this other world and he has to reinvent himself. Again, it felt natural, even though I'd been working really hard trying to come up with something.

the Irish ... are full of the fear of the Lord and the joy of living, and they don't know how to combine the two, but they'll sure have a good time trying.

Whatever we try to control does have control over us and our life.

She was afraid, but she couldn't just sit around waiting for someone to save her. She had to try to save herself, try to figure it out.

Throw in the humor, throw in that personality, try things you wouldn't normally try.

You can't control the perception of others no matter how hard you try. Do things that promote personal growth and health.

I do what I can to sort of just stave off the clock - walk, swim, try and smoke an electric cigarette. I mean it's all bad for you. Life is bad. We're all dying. We're all in the process of oxidizing. Everyone of us is in the process of oxidizing so to sort of interrupt one aspect of that while everything else goes on, it's a freak show.

The biggest mistake people make is to try to lose too much weight too fast.

If you are a student, try to be a teacher; if you are a teacher, try to be a student!

I was trying to replace something I'd come to care about very much with something pretending to be as important.

I'm not trying to take Cate Blanchett down.

Life on earth is like college and we're all just trying to pass the courses.

When you have two people, separate beings, trying to share one life together. That's always going to have difficulties.

Once you let the words go, you have no control over how they're printed or what the media does with them. So there's no point in trying to make plans or to control it.

My sense of humor doesn't translate well into print, some of the things I say can be offensive or found offensive even though I don't mean them that way. So I have been told to try and censor myself here and there. I'm trying, but I'm not really succeeding at it.

You know. Life's short. If you don't try new things, you'll never know what you're best at. And you can only make time for new things by quitting the things you know don't work for you.

Gymnastics, you get one shot; acting, it's like, do it again, do it again, do it again. So that was the one thing that I found very different. You're allowed to get different tries and you're more expressive in a way when you're working with people. In gymnastics, you're so on your own and individual.

Being free is being able to accept people for what they are, and not try to understand all they are or be what they are.

A big part of pain is the subjective reaction of trying to revolt against pain. If it's there, it's better to deal with it. Most of it is "I cannot stand it," and that component is enhancing pain so much.

Trying to overcome addiction is one of the hardest things for a person to do. And the fact that I had to do it under the scrutiny of tabloid press at first made it seem even more difficult. But in fact, it oddly ended up being a plus. Because of the tabloid stuff, it wasn't like I could walk into a bar and order a drink.

Everyone tries to research your background. I have a real fear of celebrity and exposing my real self.

We are entertainers. We're trying to entertain people.

I have removed a lot of negative influence in my life and try to surround myself with positive people. I have a much more simple life than the old days.