Categorize Quotes

I was brought up with all kinds of music and it was natural for me to do anything I wanted. It`s hard to believe that people would categorize you into one thing. I wanted to be an artist, just like Georgia O`Keeffe, and to be accepted for what I did. But being one of the first female singer/songwriters was a brand new thing and people didn`t know exactly what to make of it. If I came out with a David/Bacharach song like "What the World Needs Now Is Love" and followed it with "The Weight", what was that?

The Founding Fathers were more deists. If you had to categorize them as anything. There was some sort of moving prime force. But it`s an impersonal force. Some people call it Nature. Certainly not this personal god who you have a personal relationship with, who listens to your prayers and answers them, or doesn`t. You know, not the silly stuff that most Americans believe because we`re such a dumb nation.

There was no model for what I tried to do with dance . . . and the thing Fred Astaire and I used to bitch about was that critics didn`t know how to categorize us. They called us tap dancers because that was considered the American style. But neither of us were basically tap dancers.

The Hulk is definitely what I would categorize as un-fun. I don`t think it always needs to be fun. It doesn`t always need to be one big happy family. Everyone got along, but it was a difficult, hard shoot. And I think you see every ounce of sweat on the screen.

I`ve been dubbed the man most responsible for the dumbing of America, so obviously I don`t put much stock into thoughts like (the theme of the `dumbing down` of contemporary comedy). People love to laugh, and most people can find humor in just about anything, which is great. Trying to label or categorize comedy is ridiculous. I mean, if you laugh at a fart joke, does that make you a moron? I don`t think so.

On playing a gay character on Desperate Housewives: What I really liked about it was that he was already developed as this strong little bastard who runs over old women, and now he`s developing into a gay youth. I`m glad they had that other story line first, so people didn`t categorize him as `that gay kid`. (Out magazine, April 2006)

I think we have to get beyond the idea that we have to categorize people.

If you try to categorize this as a gay movie, then it`s the `Star Wars` of gay movies.

There was no model for what I tried to do with dance . . . and the thing Fred Astaire and I used to bitch about was that critics didn`t know how to categorize us. They called us tap dancers because that was considered the American style. But neither of us were basically tap dancers.

I would categorize it as a major shift in thinking,