Possessive Quotes

I did not want to put myself on the line, as an Australian playing Britain`s greatest comic actor. The fans of Sellers are obsessive, possessive - and aggressive. I did not want to risk their anger - or my own reputation.

I admire the world of the books and the characters that she`s created, but I`m not an addict of Harry Potter. I don`t feel possessive about it.

I`m starting to feel very possessive about it. I feel like I`ve got a good grip on it, only in the sense that I know how I need to swim it, whether I`m feeling good, bad or in between.

(on Batman Begins) "I totally thought they did a damned good job. It was the first `Batman` movie I`ve genuinely liked. I sat there, I watched it, and I came out of there going, `Well done, man.` Sure, they used my stuff - they used everybody`s stuff, but they used my stuff a lot - but they did it well, and that`s all I care about. It was Batman. What I mean by that is, I thought the character was true. You understand, when I work on a character, I have a very, very hard time seeing anybody else`s interpretation. I get very possessive. But when I went out to see this thing, I said, `This is a pretty cool Batman.` I wasn`t sitting there going, `This is a merchandising tool.` I felt like it really had heart and substance, and Christian Bale with no doubt performed the best Batman I have ever seen."

Remember: Y`all is singular. All y`all is plural. All y`all`s is plural possessive.

The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses.

I do not believe that the accident of birth makes people sisters and brothers. It makes them siblings. Gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood are conditions people have to work at. It`s a serious matter. You compromise, you give, you take, you stand firm, and you`re relentless...And it is an investment. Sisterhood means if you happen to be in Burma and I happen to be in San Diego and I`m married to someone who is very jealous and you`re married to somebody who is very possessive, if you call me in the middle of the night, I have to come.