If I took my characters home with me, half of my life would be a misery, I think. No, I tend to compartmentalize work from my life. I’m not terribly method. – Claire Danes
Some people would say comedy draws from some dark places, from your dark stuff. Life’s great optimists aren’t necessarily the funniest people. – Colin Firth
I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like. – Coco Chanel
The special forces gave me the self-confidence to do some extraordinary things in my life. Climbing Everest then cemented my belief in myself. – Bear Grylls
There are times as a parent when you realize that your job is not to be the parent you always imagined you’d be, the parent you always wished you had. Your job is to be the parent your child needs, given the particulars of his or her own life and nature. – Ayelet Waldman
I grew up in a small, strictly-Catholic fishing village on the coast of Wales. The people there have a different attitude to life than those in Hollywood – people stick together more. – Catherine Zeta-Jones
I was raised by a single mother who made a way for me. She used to scrub floors as a domestic worker, put a cleaning rag in her pocketbook and ride the subways in Brooklyn so I would have food on the table. But she taught me as I walked her to the subway that life is about not where you start, but where you’re going. That’s family values. – Al Sharpton
If you pour your life into songs, you want them to be heard. It’s a desire to communicate. A deep desire to communicate inspires songwriting. – Bono
Music is an essential part of my life and I’m completely lost without a good album to listen to or my iPod in my pocket! – Alfred Molina
I was born in a University campus and seem to have lived all my life in one campus or another. – Amartya Sen
I’m really not that funny in real life! But I am the best audience one could find. I love to laugh. – Carol Burnett
Right now, I’ve never been more impressed by the new bands that we meet. I may be 10, 20 years older, but we’re all on the same page about culture, music and life. – Chris Robinson
I’m not the kind of person who would throw himself into some exciting or dangerous situation just to get material. So I tend to go about my normal, boring life and just try to look at things a little more closely. – Adrian Tomine
Perhaps grief is not about empty, but full. The full breath of life that includes death. The completeness, the cycles, the depth, the richness, the process, the continuity and the treasure of the moment that is gone the second you are aware of it. – Alysia Reiner
My mom had struggles. My dad had struggles. He raised me as a single parent. I rebelled and almost quit amateur boxing, but my faith in God had a lot to do with me slowly getting my life together. – Andre Ward
It might sound glib, but in a sense, as an actor I’m a journalist and a psychologist recording life and truth. – Bertie Carvel
It may sound too good to be true, but once you’ve seen the happiest people in your life who have nothing, you really start rethinking what the world, and society, tells us that we need to be happy. – Blake Mycoskie
In my adult life, I had spent a lot of time angry at God, mostly over the sudden deaths in my family – my brother at 30, my daughter at 5. – Ann Hood
Some people look for a certain structure in their lives that they’re comfortable with. People who work hard on the road as truckers, people who work hard using their hands. Then there are people who are fortunate enough to have my life, people who play these characters who embody these qualities. – Adam Beach
I’ve been fortunate to be short my entire life. There’s only one position I’ve ever had to play, and that’s point guard. So I’ve always had to be that leader. And that was my job: you know, to talk. – Chris Paul
I had a simple goal in life: to be true to my parents and our country as an honorable son, a caring brother, and a good citizen. – Benigno Aquino III
The thing I’m the most proud of in my personal life is that my daughter actually thinks that I’m fabulous. – Brooke Shields
I sailboat raced, I love to go out on my motorcycle alone, but I also love my family dearly. I love that aspect of my life as well. – Bob Seger
My music is about my life. If it’s something that I’ve lived, then it’s something that I’ve written about. – Big Smo