Having Quotes

Success is having to worry about every damn thing in the world, except money.

I like, for instance, 'Serpico.' I enjoyed playing Serpico because Frank Serpico was there. He existed. He was a real life person and I could - I could embody him. I could, you know, I could work and get to know him and have him help me with the text, the script and become him. It's almost like a painter having a model to become.

I've been working as an actress since I was very young, and I know a lot of people who are actors who don't have to deal with having a persona... You know, if you look up the word persona, it isn't even real. The whole meaning of the word is that it's made up, and it's like I didn't even get to make up my own. It can be annoying.

You know no one will ever accuse me as having the same policies as George W. Bush.

I have avoided becoming stale by putting a little water on the plate, lying on the plate, and having myself refreshed in a toaster oven for 23 minutes once every month.

Having a baby changes the way you view your in-laws. I love it when they come to visit now. They can hold the baby and I can go out.

Having a crying baby is inspiration to get the job done quickly.

I am so not a proper, good female. I can't dance in high heels and I'm just so not girly, but then I see these men with these banging bodies, dancing in heels, singing, and having so much fun with so much make-up on. That makes me honestly want to be a better woman.

I don't have Steve. There is no having the Steve.

Yesterday I was thinking about the whole idea of genius and creative people, and the notion that if you create some magical art, somehow that exempts you from having to pay attention to the small things.

Having a Congress with a more diverse educational and professional background would serve the country well. And given the budget challenges facing America today, we might benefit from a few more cold, calculating problem solvers, and fewer courtroom impresarios.

But I'm just having fun playing and giving Botox injections to the older songs.

Having the balance of a work life and a family life has been so good for me.

Whether it means having a show, or a movie, or just being on a stage, I need an avenue to say what I have to say.

One reason why I don't drink is because I wish to know when I am having a good time.

I have a very strict regimen of showing up at my desk at a certain hour with my cup of green tea. It is very quiet. I don't like having a lot of atmosphere around.

Barometer, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.

I think having a child can really change you if you're open to it.

I'm lucky in having found the perfect partner to spend my life with.

I've never had to pretend to be having sex with somebody. I'm like the queen of the foreplay dissolve.

When you work out or you're doing anything active, it's more fun as a group. You may lose track of the time, and the next thing you know, you're working out for two hours because you're having fun.

I couldn't possibly lead the kind of life I lead, and keep the schedule that I do, having radiation or chemotherapy.

Having embraced Islam, I felt as if I were born again. I found in Islam the answers to those queries which I had failed to find in Christianity.

The idea that because you're born in Haiti you could die having a child. The idea that because you're born in you know Malawi your children may go to bed hungry. We want to take some of the chance out of that.

Women who have had no lovers, or having had one, two or three, have not found a husband, have perhaps rather had a miss than a loss, as men go.

I'm always jacked up. I'm pumped up. It's just, I love life and I'm having fun.

I just sort of take it from a character perspective, and I don't know if he was necessarily spiritual, but I do think he had hope. He was a character that was comfortable having hope in his life, and hope is faith.

I don't see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. People look to me to do things for them, to have answers.

To gain what is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.

I'm done with the whole idea of having my own children. It doesn't seem like any fun.