Mold Quotes

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The first thing I think about when I think about my eyes is that they`re better than 20/20 and they can see. The last thing would be the color. I`m not interested in hunky (roles). I`ve been breaking that mold all along, and I think it may finally be broken. (July 2002)

- Brian Bloom

The industry has changed somewhat over the years. I think the opportunity of being who you are is a little easier. You don`t have to fit into the mold of the beautiful sexpot or the beautiful leading lady. Your essence of your personality is more of a key.

- Dawn Wells

We need role models who are going to break the mold.

- Carly Simon

My parents divorce and hard times at school, all those things combined to mold me, to make me grow up quicker. And it gave me the drive to pursue my dreams that I woundn`t necessarily have had otherwise.

- Christina Aguilera

My parent`s divorce and hard times at school, all those things combined to mold me, to make me grow up quicker. And it gave me the drive to pursue my dreams that I wouldn`t necessarily have had otherwise.

- Christina Aguilera

For too many years I was in rebellion to God. Now I`m a rebel with a cause for God and for grassroots America. I no longer fit the mold. I`m not a liberal actor from Hollywood. I`m not politically correct, in my opinions or my practice. And though I`m concerned with what people think, I will not compromise the truth in any form to cater to others, even with religion and politics. Those who would merely brand me on the Right are oversimplifying and running from the real issue.

- Chuck Norris

(on almost turning down the part of Seely in "Bones" (2005)) I had a difficult first meeting with (the producers) because I`m pretty frank. I was kind of in the mentality of, "This is who I am. This is me. I can offer this. But you don`t have your leading lady yet." ... For me, I come from a stock of family (where) my handshake is better than a contract. And I`ve gotten burnt a lot on that, but I wear my heart on my sleeve and I will continue to. ... I looked at it as an opportunity to take a character, mold him and take a lot of chances. ... I personally am kind of sticking towards the attitude of what it`s like to walk the fine line of potentially having a `69 Chevelle with a 396 under the hood and 375 horsepower, and the fine line of being correct as an FBI officer. (November 22, 2006) And I was kind of conflicted with some of the ideas of `Is this going to be recent bones or . . . a recently decomposed body?` It just didn`t feel right.

- David Boreanaz

I don`t fit into the mold of the NBA man, and I think I`ve been punished financially for it.

- Dennis Rodman

The people at the top of the league think they need to rein me in so I don`t become another Michael Jordan, somebody they aren`t able to mold and shape and make their puppet.

- Dennis Rodman

(On The Boys from Brazil (1978)) "I felt, Laurence Olivier felt, friends of mine like Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon felt, that I was good in this part. Some critics seem unwilling to accept actors when they break what they think is the mold or the image."

- Gregory Peck

Some movies you fall a step behind and some you stay in the same place, make the same choices. And then sometimes there are people who know more than you but show you, and that`s the maximum you can hope for - doing that with someone who says, "I like you for what you are, and I want you to be in my picture." I didn`t have to fake it or put on a mask - all the resources I had inside me were more than adequate. I don`t want to pretend to be something ... I`m not pretending any more to fit somebody`s mold. That`s a long-winded statement but - why not do what you really think, even if it`s a mistake?

- Jake Gyllenhaal

Living in L.A., everyone likes to mold you and change you. I don`t care about fame, I don`t care about being a celebrity. I know that`s part of the job, but I don`t feed into anyone`s idea of who I should be.

- Jessica Alba

You`re being cast for your acting ability. It`s not based on the way your body functions. If you`re playing a lead in a movie, it`s for that character and they`ll tailor it to you. In a dance company, you have to fit in a definite mold.

- Neve Campbell

I think probably, the makeup artists don`t really know how long it`s going to take until they really work with your face and they kind of mold it and build it as they`re going along.

- Andrea Martin

The real distinction is between those who adapt their purposes to reality and those who seek to mold reality in the light of their purposes.

- Henry Kissinger

You have to create a track record of breaking your own mold, or at least other people`s idea of that mold.

- William Hurt

I did a series for six years and I may wind up doing one again someday. But at that time, it was hard to be kind of in the same mold year after year.

- David Morse

There were no guarantees that was going to work. But we needed to break the mold we had going at that time.

- Paul Konerko

The extensive water damage from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita created conditions that are ripe for mold growth in homes and businesses, ... We`re recommending that property owners in hurricane-affected areas take a three-phase approach to remove mold and prevent its return.

- Troy Anderson

We encourage people to take action as soon as they can safely return to their property. The longer mold has access to warmth, moisture and food, the more it will grow and spread, ... Getting structures cleaned up, dried out and coated can help minimize mold`s impact and prevent it from returning.

- Troy Anderson

When we talk about violence, we`re talking about the destruction of the human body, and I don`t lose sight of that. In general, my filmmaking is fairly body-oriented, because what you`re photographing is people, bodies. You can`t really photograph an abstract concept, whereas a novelist can write about that. You have to photograph something physical. So that combination of things suggests to me a particular way to deal with violence. And it`s not a bad thing that people really understand what violence is. It`s not, however, a politically correct thing I do. I`m not a big fan of political correctness. It`s very detrimental to art in general. An artist`s responsibility is to be irresponsible. As soon as you start to think about social or political responsibility, you`ve amputated the best limbs you`ve got as an artist. You are plugging into a very restrictive system that is going to push and mold you, and is going to make your art totally useless and ineffective.

- David Cronenberg

A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.

- James Allen

I`m social and I meet people and talk to people but I`m not looking for the ideal person to fit my mold and to raise my family with yet. I`m just kind of doing my thing and learning from the people I`m around and who I cross paths with.

- Picabo Street

You can`t ask every player to do the same thing. That`s why we have amazing midfielders, defenders, forwards and keepers. You can`t ask them to be of the same mold.

- Tiffeny Milbrett

All Fords are exactly alike, but no two men are just alike. Every new life is a new thing under the sun; there has never been anything just like it before, never will be again. A young man ought to get that idea about himself; he should look for the single spark of individuality that makes him different from other folks, and develop that for all he is worth. Society and schools may try to iron it out of him; their tendency is to put it all in the same mold, but I say don`t let that spark be lost; it is your only real claim to importance.

- Henry Ford

I`m not coming in here to be adversarial. I`m coming in here to tell you what I know. I explained Massachusetts goes by New York guidelines regarding mold. They (the Building Department) seemed genuinely concerned.

- Nancy Davis

WVXU-FM was considered the crazy aunt in the closet, because it didn`t fit the mold. But people liked it. It worked.

- James King

George W. Bush broke a mold four years ago: Even though he lost the popular vote, he governed as if he had won by acclamation.

- Tony Snow

Endeavor to be always patient of the faults and imperfections of others for thou has many faults and imperfections of thine own that require forbearance. If thou are not able to make thyself that which thou wishest, how canst thou expect to mold another in conformity to thy will?

- Adriano Galliani

The impression I have of Justice Warren is that he was looking for the just result in a case regardless of fixed dogma or principles and I like to think that I`m in that mold.

- Alexander Henry

It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into some form of our own choosing; when we do, the performance is itself the wage.

- Allison Janse

Agitation is the marshalling of the conscience of a nation to mold its laws.

- Andrae Hernandez

Freedom is man`s capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.

- Andre Grjebine

I would predict he will keep his promise and appoint a justice in the mold of Scalia and Thomas, a strong judicial conservative. I don`t buy the argument the president will pull his punches. That`s not his style.

- Angel Fuentes

Nature made him, and then broke the mold

- Anne Cappola

A few months ago we had a room that we were having some very bad odor problems with from what we suspected was probably mold.

- Anne Owers

The mold can possibly be cleaned off. It depends how pervasive it is.

- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Creative power, is that receptive attitude of expectancy which makes a mold into which the plastic and as yet undifferentiated substance can flow and take the desired form.

- Barbara Roberts

I want kids, a family of my own. I`d like to give them the first eight years of their lives in the country. Then I`d want them educated, which I wasn`t formally, although I had a tutor once when I was twelve. At times I miss a formal education, but at others I thank God for everything else I have now. What I have got from my childhood aren`t toys, but memories. And happy memories are better than any toy. It`s a great feeling to think that I can be a friend to so many people through my movies. I`m having a kind of hard time keeping my head above water in this crazy business. In Stand by Me (1986), I realized that what I was creating was going to live on far longer than anything of me as a person. The characters are more powerful than the person that creates them. I would get songs sung to me, like `Old Man River, `or kids would call me Mississippi and things like that. At the time, I wished I had a name that blended in more with my surroundings. Now, though, I`ve really learned to love it. From fifteen, I really liked it. It felt appropriate. Before that, I don`t think it quite fitted me. I had to grow into it . Sometimes I hear stuff like `Hey man, wheres your skateboard, dude?` from people who think I`m Christian Slater. We need an extreme movement because what is happening to animals is so extreme. Some misinformed people claim that animal rights activists are terrorists, but these people are simply ignorant of who the real terrorists are - the companies and industries that torture literally billions of animals each year. (The Animals Voice Magazine - 1989) I don`t see any point or any good in drugs that are as disruptive as cocaine. It still strikes me as strange that anyone could have a moral objection against somebody`s sexuality, it`s like telling someone else how to clean their house. Addiction is not just for bad people or scumbags - it`s a universal disease. We were constantly moving to different countries and adjusting to new things. It was such a free feeling. I`m glad I didn`t have a traditional upbringing. Vegetarianism is a link to perfection and peace. We are taught to consume. And that`s what we do. But if we realized that there really is no reason to consume, that it`s just a mind set, that it`s just an addiction, then we wouldn`t be out there stepping on people`s hands climbing the corporate ladder of success. People wonder if I`ll always be a part of this family and the answer is yes. My family has a lot of good energy going in one direction and because of it, we get a lot of things done. That`s why I`ll always spend a lot of time at Camp Phoenix. Rich kids gave us their old clothes. They were the best clothes we ever had. We were these very pure, naive, poor children. The rich kids called us a lot of names but it never bothered us because we didn`t know what the words meant. When I was old enough to realize all meat was killed, I saw it as an irrational way of using our power, to take a weaker thing and mutilate it. It was like the way bullies would take control of younger kids in the schoolyard. I did my best work in The Mosquito Coast. I know it wasn`t such a big hit, but for me it was more meaningful than anything else I`d ever done. I can`t on my own change the regime in South Africa or teach the Palestinians to learn to live with the Israelies, but I can start with me. Everything is ironic to me. There are moments I find hysterical, but I`m probably the only one who would find that, except for a few people. Acting is like a Halloween mask that you put on. Commercials were too phony for me. I just didn`t like selling a product I didn`t believe in. Music is my main goal, but I`m not going to rush a record out. There are so many actors who have come out with albums these days. I don`t want to do it because it`s the thing to do. I want to wait until the time is right. Music is a whole oasis in my head. The creation process is so personal and fulfilling. Music is a hobby, because I`m not making any money out of it, but I put just as much conviction into that as I do into my acting. It`s a great feeling to think that I can be a friend to so many people through my movies. I`ve been wanting to go into music ever since I can remember. I mean even before I became an actor. I just thought it would be a tough field to break into, so I became an actor instead. I remember we`d roll into gas stations in our beat-up van and I`d tell the attendant, `I`m going to be an actor! I have twenty personalities on top of the ten I already have. So now I have thirty people in my head! I like girls who are natural because I am natural in everything I do. If I meet a girl who is snobby and wants special treatment, she`s not going to get it from me because she hasn`t earned it. But I`ve been basically lucky because I`ve met mostly nice girls - and that`s what attracts me. I don`t want to die in a car accident. When I die it`ll be a glorious day. It`ll probably be a waterfall. I have a lot of chameleon qualities, I get very absorbed in my surroundings. I sometimes lie, especially about personal things, because what does it matter? I am a kind of minute commodity, my name is no longer my own. I try to lie as much as I can when I`m interviewed. It`s reverse psychology. I figure if you lie, they`ll print the truth. I would never, never do anything unless I believed in it. I wouldn`t eat a hamburger for 40,000 dollars. I`d like to play every type of character, but only once. I like to experience things. I`m really normal. I play football, go to the beach, drive. We have dogs. I can imagine people calling me a character, but I`m Joe Straight. I`m just a normal guy doing a job! I really like acting because you can create a character. You can make someone who has never existed before. That`s neat. When I was younger, I was worried about how others viewed me and if I was good enough. I realize now that you can`t mold an image or try to be something that you are not. As far as being an actor is concerned, your work really speaks for itself. You may report errors and omissions on this page to the IMDb database managers. They will be examined and if approved will be included in a future update. Clicking the `Update` button will take you through a step-by-step process. With our Resume service you can add photos and build a complete resume to help you achieve the best possible presentation on the IMDb. Click here to add your resume and/or your photos to IMDb. 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