Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.
I keep getting advice on the social media that I should be selective in accepting roles. But, as an actor, I get attracted to every role I’m offered.
I think people are attracted to teaching because they want to make a real impact.
When I first was exposed to Buddhism in the mid-1960s, I said it was so practical and utterly pragmatic. That’s what attracted me to Buddhism.
I have always been attracted to difficult work. There really doesn’t seem much point in looking for the easy life as an actor. I would simply get bored.
I’ve always been attracted to classic patterns in architecture, music and drama.
I was always attracted and repelled by the idea of being a writer.
I’ve always been attracted to things that are taboo. I’ve never been afraid to go to that dark place.
I was never ever attracted to any of my rugby mates; I was really good at switching off my emotions and I wouldn’t have even considered crossing that line.
I’m not really attracted to a big, jacked guy. I think that’s a little excessive.
I was never attracted to the pop world. I listen to music that is pop sometimes. But I’ve never thought, ‘Oh, I need to work with Ne-Yo now.’ It’s never really been my thing.
As far as drummers are concerned, when I was a child growing up I was really attracted to artists like Gene Kupra and Louis Bellson and Buddy Rich; a lot of the drummers that played in the popular big bands of the ’40s. I would listen to their records.
I’ve always just been attracted to comedy.
Candy apple red is my favorite color. It’s a powerful color to wear. It’s always been that way – I’ve always been really attracted to that color.
I think everybody’s always attracted to both sexes. I mean, I think that women are very attractive. I’ve kissed girls, but everybody experiments. It’s part of growing up.
I like very funky stuff – I tend to be attracted to flare pants and anything that has glitter.
I’m attracted to how fraught the parent-child relationship is, swerving so easily between love and hostility, with almost no plausible way to end, unless someone dies.
I was always attracted to women.
I’ve always been attracted to cars, and driving is a completely measurable experience: if you qualify last on the grid, you’re the slowest, and if you qualify first on the grid, you’re the fastest. So no one can say you’re slow if you’re fast and no one can say you’re fast if you’re slow.
I’m attracted to polarizing characters who upend the civility of life.
My words have always either attracted a strong mind or offended a weak one.
I am a stereotypical northeasterner. I’m always in a rush. I’ve attracted stares from out-of-towners when I’ve shoved past someone blocking the subway door.
I have always been free with my love – it is my nature. I am easily captivated by men and they have always been attracted to me.
Before acting, I was always attracted to words, to literature – be they the words of Williams, Arthur Miller, Shakespeare or Moliere.
I’m attracted to creative people and train wrecks, and there’s no shortage of that in Los Angeles.
The doctor part of me recognises the light and shade of medical life, but the writer in me is more attracted by the darkness, perhaps because it is the road less travelled.
I call my life a beautiful mess and organised chaos. It’s just always been like that. My entire life things have been attracted to me and vice versa that turn into chaotic nightmares or I create the chaos myself.
Precisely because I’m a man who is attracted to women, there may be some things that I have to say as a spectator of feminine grace that women themselves may not be able to see.
I tend not to think about audience when I’m writing. Many people who read ‘The Giver’ now have their own kids who are reading it. Even from the beginning, the book attracted an audience beyond a child audience.
When I began listening to saxophones, I was first attracted to Coleman Hawkins.
I think I am attracted to that time in life when your worldview is still forming in small ways.
It seems I have a hard time being attracted to someone unless I respect what they do on some level. Otherwise, I would feel disdain for them. Which is not always pleasant in a relationship. Sometimes it’s fun though.
There’s so much built-up camaraderie and sacrifice, and football is such a tough man’s game. I think that’s why it’s so popular. That’s why so many blue-collar communities and people can really feel attracted to this because it is a blue-collar struggle that football players go through.
Physically? If you’ve got really beautiful eyes, you have me in a trance right from the beginning. As far as personality, I’m attracted to really shy girls. Someone who knows who they are and is very genuine. That is just so sexy to me.
I am very attracted to funny people – I’d go so far as to say I find it hard to trust unfunny people.
I come from the 49er, where there is a high error rate in the sailing but the best sailor still wins, and that’s why I’m attracted to these kind of boats.
When I got into college, I found what ultimately became my life’s work. I couldn’t sleep at night, I was so excited about it. So I’m attracted to people who play at that level. They actually want to play in their professional life.
I’m typically attracted to men or male-identified people 99% of the time. But I guess if I had to pick a label for it, I don’t know know… ‘Gay’ doesn’t really work anymore because it means when a man loves a man, and I don’t feel like a man. That doesn’t super work for me anymore.
There are those, I think, who are attracted to the glitz of celebrity life. I am not one of them.
I’ve never, ever just been attracted to men. I’ve never just been attracted to women.
Lou Holtz, I was also a huge fan of. He was really funny. I think that’s a big part of why I was attracted to the Razorbacks: I thought Lou Holtz was really funny. He is really funny. Too bad he’s a born-again, or whatever.
Sometimes, people are attracted to each other without knowing what or why or when it happens.
I was always attracted to music that moved people. Whether it be gospel, R&B, folk, hip-hop, pop, alternative rock – whatever moved people, whatever made a crowd just get lost in the moment.
One thing that attracted me to Buddhism was the support for this larger vision of values.
What attracted to me about it was the cast. Working on ‘New Girl’ – I like working with an ensemble.
I’m always attracted to lower budget, not because it’s lower budget, but because they tend to be better scripts. It’s the scripts that tend to be the small arthouse film that tend to be more actor-led and character driven.
When I first started acting in college, at Cal, the thing that I loved about acting was not being onstage but going into rehearsals. The thing, as I look back on it now, that I was most attracted to, was that I felt like I’d found my family. It was just a bunch of loonies.
You know what, I’m very attracted to someone who makes me laugh and is that charming. Really, I could be charmed by anyone. I’m just a sucker for somebody that is charming.
When in 1963 we started large-scale research and testing with semi-dwarf varieties of wheat obtained from Mexico through Norman Borlaug, the new plant types attracted media attention immediately.
I’m attracted to women who are smart and funny and ambitious and have lives of their own and great families. Isn’t that what attracts anyone?
Women want you to feel that you’re just as attracted to them today as you were when you first met them, and for me, that’s the truth.
I have been in love, and it was a great feeling. It’s when you are attracted to and feel affection for someone. You want to do things for that person. But only love isn’t enough in a relationship – understanding and communication are very important aspects.
What has always attracted me in life is poetry. Any genre can have poetry. For me, poetry contains truth.
The thing that attracted me to ‘CSI’ is that these guys are always professional, but underneath, it’s teeming with a heavy shadow. Maybe even some decadence and some weirdness with certain characters! And that always intrigued me as an actor.
I’ve had an amazing life, but I think I was born with a little bit of sadness in me. I’ve always been attracted to those things, whether it’s sad movies, sad music… when you’re sad, you feel everything in a greater way than you do when you’re happy.
Somewhere between the intellectual idea of why we’re attracted to certain things and the pragmatic reality is some form of ever-evolving truth.
I was attracted to Joe right away. He was and is one of the greatest cartoon artists I’ve ever met. I was able to do the timing, and Joe with his draftsmanship could make the storyboards. There were things I could do that he couldn’t and vice versa.
I just have to go against the grain. I mean, I can be objective and do what I need to do, handle my everyday living, follow directions, etc. But there’s something that’s always been attracted to that taboo. It’s been like that since I was a child.
I tend to be attracted to darker scents. I’m not a floral girl. But I do like this old fragrance I used to wear called Versace Red Jeans. I have an eBay alert that tells me when it comes back! I think it’s more of a nostalgic association that I have with it because a boyfriend had bought it for me when I was, like, 16.
