I've never been comfortable as a lead performer, and I never wanted to be a singer, particularly.
We're the only creature God ever created that doesn't want to adapt. We want to make it stand still. And one thing that's constant is nature is constantly changing.
Well, we want to make sure there's not securities fraud.
Ive lived this very dramatic life, with high points and terrible low points. Nothing has been ordinary, and I want to have the experience of the last breath. I want a little drama to it.
It's weird to be very good at something and not necessarily to want to do it.
I didn't want my music to be confused - even though I was and had a lot of questions. I wanted my music to capture a period in my life where I was sure.
I'm short and I have a big appetite. I can't do nothing just a little. It's the same with anything I do. It's very hard for me to love a little, have sex a little, to eat a little. I like to do everything, and I like to do it all the way that I want to do it.
I always want to make people dance so there'll always be an element of dance in my music.
Socrates said, "Those who want fewest things are nearest to the gods.
Everyone leaves a legacy, whether they want to or not. The question is, “What kind of legacy will you leave?
I know that my fans want to know who I'm sleeping with, but it's really none of their business.
My father worked hard, but we were still very poor; and I didn't want anybody arguing about money, so I became the entertainer, the one who wanted everyone to be happy. I didn't want there to be any problems.
I think it's great when writers get recognition; it doesn't happen very often. I just don't want that writer to be me. Let it be Aaron Sorkin or, you know, somebody good.
I can look at something that others (might not) and I can see the value in it. I can make that film a film that everybody wants to see.
I want my commitment to ending girl marriage to be equal to my commitment to ending apartheid.
I don't want to be bulky and stiff.
You will be a happier person if you don't do what you want to do, most of the time
Everyone wants answers and wants to know what the timeline is. Unfortunately, it's a complex situation, and we don't have the final answers yet.
You can change a person's life in an instant; put him in a movie, and you start thinking differently, you want to be in another movie. It's like an addiction almost.
I found in my whole career the best thing that can happen to you is that you hear what people want.
To be a mentor you need to understand what's going on in a young person's life and you just want to have an internal dialogue that says, 'How can I help? Because I really care.'
If you want something, give it
While we're working on the script, I never see any films. I make it a point because I don't want to get distracted. I don't want to be influenced, and before I know it, have somebody say, "My God, she plagiarized that line."
The prudent course is to make an investment in learning, testing and understanding, determine how the new concepts compare to how you now operate and thoughtfully determine how they apply to what you want to achieve in the future.
I want in 40 years to still be acting and to more than anything have longevity and not just be this huge flash in the pan and then disappear.
