Quotes About Flexibility

What I really value about being a writer is that I can go to rehearsal when I want to, and then, when I need to be at home writing or with my kids, I go home.

When I was younger, I'd be like 'Would you like to go to dinner' and the girl would be like 'Meh.' But then I was like 'Do you want to go with me for a drink somewhere?' and she'd be like 'Okay.

I think there are advantages to different scales of filmmaking. You wouldn't want to do just one thing.

I have a very clear vision as to what I want at the end of my prep, and then I throw it out and let the creative process take over.

Now on Friday nights, if I want to go hang out with friends, I go hang out with friends. If I want to stay in and be in the hot tub and have people over to watch movies, I do that.

Staying together is a challenge. We all have to accept qualities in other people that aren't always exactly what we want or need.

I can't tell you how many pictures I've missed just 'cause I've been so hell bent on getting the shot I think I want.

A vain man can never be utterly ruthless: he wants to win applause and therefore he accommodates himself to others

It's just so much fun to make up characters, situations, and everything else about a story. I have so much freedom and flexibility to do whatever I want.

I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.

Be as soft as possible, if something good and wise wants to shape you; be as hard as possible, if something bad and foolish wants to shape you!

I'll be anything you want, just tell me what you want and I'll be that.

Marriage is about compromise; it's about doing something for the other person, even when you don't want to.

Only when you get into TV and film, do people really want you to be a 'specialist'.

I used to want to change the world. Now I'm open to letting it change me.

If too many things have to happen in order to bring about the situation you want, then back out of it and try again later.

The idea isn't to find yourself another environment for tomorrow, but to be constantly creating the environment and community you want for yourself, no matter what may occur.

In my life and in my career, I really love to play different roles. I never want to play the same role twice.

The softminded person always wants to freeze the moment and hold life in the gripping yoke of sameness.

I'm open to all the elements, I'm definitely ready to take anything on. But I don't want to jump too far into the deep end.

I try to always be open to what the actors want to try. I don't storyboard and try to be intuitive and open on the day of filming.

We can find loopholes in a lot of things if we want to bend the rules of the church.

I have a day job. I can make movies when I want to.

When you don't get what you want, it just makes you accept real life.