American Quotes

When you're on a set it can be very tedious and slow. It's just not as big as when you see it on film.

When you have a play, you have to be on every night.

To make a movie is very grueling at times. Long, long hours and cold weather.

The Alien is gross, scary. There is something in a human being that looks at them and sees it as a cockroach. You can never feel nurturing towards the cockroach.

Sometimes when you don't care, people are attracted to that.

Some of us just have to work harder to stay in the game.

People make jokes about how black people are the first ones to be killed off.

In 1979, Alien came out and Sigourney was in it with a bunch a guys. Nobody at that time expected the woman to be the hero, so that was a tradition that started.

If you're in love and there's that chemistry, that's what it's all about.

I'll eventually go back to theater because the feeling of being on stage where you have the audience right there, you can't replace that with anything.

I wouldn't want anyone to destroy the earth.

I was working straight for nine months and I'm exhausted. I'm ready to relax for a little while and read. I don't want to work for work sake; I have to be excited about it.

I look forward to going to work. Everybody is at the top of their game. It was like we just got to play.

I liked the fact that there were so many different representations of black women and black men in the movie. It wasn't like we all had the same agenda.

I had never picked up a basketball before. I went through a grueling audition process. It was almost as if I was learning to walk. It would be like teaching somebody to dance ballet for a role.

I got nominated for a Tony, which was a complete surprise. It was an experience that I will always cherish.

I didn't get to see Predator until halfway through shooting. It was great to get an education while I was shooting because it made me excited to be part of this legacy.

CGI is done after the film is done. It's through the computer. Most of the film is not computer-generated special effects. Most of it is that creature that is in the room with you.

As different as me and Sigourney look is as different as these two characters are. I'm not filling her shoes. I'm doing a part that has the same monsters, but it's a completely different movie.

I did work out every day. I needed it to have the endurance to do what needed to be done and not get hurt. I have such a new respect for action stars now.

Being strong can be also feminine. I don't think feminine equals being weak. Being strong is very sexy.

Movie making is the slowest business on earth next to fossil manufacture.

My music is jazz.

When the soul looks out of its body, it should see only beauty in its path. These are the sights we must hold in mind, in order to move to a higher place.

People are doing what they can these days and looking for creative ways to sell music.

Once you really get into a song, other than just listening to it, it forces you to go 'oh, they did this. I never would have thought of doing that,' when you deconstruct it. It's something you really can't do sometimes when you're just listening to a song. You have to really get into it.

I've always loved doing covers. Some artists don't like covers. Some listeners don't like covers. But I love them. It gives you a new perspective production-wise. It's easier for me, if I'm starting a new record, I like to produce a few songs that aren't mine just so it frees me up not to worry abou

I try not to take myself too seriously.

I grew up with the Beatles and they are still to this day my top band played in my iTunes.

At an independent label, you have to figure out inventive ways to promote without spending the money.