Quotes About Flexibility

I'd love to do a sci-fi movie, a western, or an espionage thriller. But I'm not going to limit myself. If a good script comes along, I'm not going to discount it because it doesn't fit into one of these genres.

Finally, I have to say that the most surprising aspect has been the speed at which the folks in India adapt to Western practices. They learn fast, really, really fast.

I had no plan to write a western novel, and when I realized it was happening, I was pretty surprised by it. But you have to go with what feels right.

I think being sensitive gives you powers. You get the logic and the flexibility of emotions.

My folks were very practical. They were also kind of able to think outside of the box. They were not going to let circumstance paralyze them. They knew sometimes you just had to take some new initiative. I think they passed that on to all of us... If you don't find a way, you make one.

I haven't been in a position to have the luxury to pick roles for most of my career, so I'm not practiced in that. Usually, when you want to be an actor, you take whatever comes along. If there's an audition, you go for it. If you get the job, you do it - just to get experience, to act, to meet people.

I practiced and played a certain way that kept my body limber. That's probably why I never got hurt.

My poor kids have accepted that being dropped off late to birthday parties, practices, and yes, school, is just part of the large family package.

I love Pilates - I am a really big believer in it as a practise; I think it's fab.

I have always been the kind of guy to adjust to anything. I never cared where I was going to sleep or what court I was going to practise on.

To score runs you have to be pragmatic.

I'm well aware of the pragmatism of politics.

You've got to take what comes. You've got to make yourself available for everything; you've got to pray that you're in a position to do the jobs when they come around.

If you don't change and mix things up, you're going to get run over. One of the things we preach is change, change, change.

You can get fixed ideas, and it can get restrictive. So, I try to put myself in a precarious position.

Ours is the most precarious work, as you are in one place today, and tomorrow you are in another.

I think you have to let go of this idea that you can be precious about everything, and let it be the abstract mess that it is.

Sometimes a little compromise isn't a bad thing. You don't need to be precious about it.

Don't get attached to any one idea. Nothing is too precious.

I've been fortunate, but I'm also not very precious about making sure I'm the star of a film.

I hope there is a place for me in the country landscape, but I'm not too precious about it, either.

That's the thing about 'The Daily Show' - we're doing four shows a week, so we can't be too precious about what's going on.

One of the great things I learned from how cooperative theater is, you can't be too precious about your ideas.

My job is to be OK without a precise plan.