Comfortable Quotes - Page 27

• I'm comfortable, but not satisfied and I hope to always feel that way.

  Trevor Dunn

  Way, Satisfied, Feels

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• Personal style? I don't really believe in that. Whatever is comfortable.

  Waris Dirie

  Believe, Style, Personal Style

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• I do a lot of public speaking and presentations and I'll always start with a self-deprecating joke to make everybody feel comfortable with my size because there can be hang-ups and anxieties.

  Warwick Davis

  Self, Anxiety, Size

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• Sometimes I say I feel more like a dancer than an actor, because there are things implied about being an actor that I don't really like. I feel more comfortable with the word 'performer'. I like being the thing. I like being the doer. There's a factualness to it. And then certain resonances happen out of how you apply yourself physically.

  Willem Dafoe

  Dancer, Actors, Doers

  "Willem Dafoe: 'You do your best work when you're scared" by Steve Rose, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2012.

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• Little bitty bags are completely impractical - I like big slouchy bags because they have to be comfortable for my lovely wee Chihuahua Tequila, who comes everywhere with me. I'm devoted to him, now my kids have long since flown the nest.

  Britt Ekland

  Kids, Long, Lovely

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• In general, people are comfortable sharing their music. There are two exceptions, though - Lady Gaga and Britney Spears.

  Daniel Ek

  Two, People, Gaga

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• If you're acting, then there's a prescribed way to behave; whereas in life there's no prescribed way. So acting feels like a comfortable way to get through the day.

  Jesse Eisenberg

  Acting, Way, Feels

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• Publishers give you deadlines for those last phases of production that are perfectly comfortable for them. So, to whatever extent I can, I like to push those to give me a little more time, and make it so that they're as uncomfortable as I am.

  Charles Frazier

  Giving, Phases, Littles

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• My wife says I'm only comfortable when there's a fight. And it's true. The thing that motivates me is struggle.

  James Frey

  Struggle, Fighting, Wife

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• I love the theater so much, and it's where I feel most comfortable. I love the people and the community.

  Katie Finneran

  People, Community, Theater

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• I always said put me in front of 40 or 50,000 people and play hockey, I'm comfortable there. Put me in front of 50 people to talk or get in front of, and that's where I'm probably the least comfortable.

  Ron Francis

  Hockey, Play, People

  "In preparing for Hall induction, writing the speech at top of to-do list", www.thehockeynews.com. November 6, 2007.

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• I wear whatever makes me comfortable on stage, so that I feel confident. Some days it's a plaid skirt with a button-up and other days it's jeans with a hockey jersey and platforms.

  Sky Ferreira

  Hockey, Jeans, Buttons

  "Sky Ferreira Shares Her Coachella Packing Essentials". Interview with Lauren Levinson, www.elle.com. April 9, 2013.

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• I am comfortable giving people direction. If something is not good enough, my job is to find a way to help them learn from their mistake, and understand that next time I expect better.

  Frida Giannini

  Jobs, Mistake, People

  "The story of Gucci" by Jess Cartner-Morley, www.theguardian.com. September 26, 2011.

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• We're talking about the lawyers for the United States of America. And I think it's very, very important that the lawyers be comfortable being very candid and open about their views on very sensitive issues affecting the United States.

  Alberto Gonzales

  Thinking, Views, Talking

  "PBS NewsHour" with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. July 26, 2005.

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• People are intimidated in court, and I try to make them more comfortable.

  Harold H. Greene

  People, Trying, Court

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• I do like having my ears pierced, because there's a lot more choice in pierced earrings than there is with clip-ons, and they're a lot more comfortable to wear - Sometimes I completely forget I've got them in and end up going to sleep wearing them.

  Jennifer Garner

  Sleep, Choices, Ears

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• As they say, there are two rules in improv: Never say no, and never ask why. When another actor asks 'Why?' or says no to something you're suggesting, then it's very clear that they're putting the onus on you, because they're not comfortable with it themselves.

  Johnny Galecki

  Two, Actors, Clear

  Interview with Noel Murray, www.avclub.com. May 24, 2010.

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• London was a really multi-racial city ... It's incredible how comfortable people are with race there.

  Sade Adu

  Race, Cities, People

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• It's been said that happiness writes white. It doesn't show up on the page. When you're on holiday and writing a letter home to a friend, no one wants a letter that says the food is good and the weather is charming and the accommodations comfortable. You want to hear about lost passports and rat-filled shacks.

  Martin Amis

  Home, Writing, Holiday

  "The Sadistic Muse". Interview with Laura Miller, February 10, 1998.

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• I went from a guy, kind of a working actor, a supporting player, to magazine covers and being offered the studio pictures really quickly. Nobody was comfortable with it. I wasn't really comfortable with it.

  David Caruso

  Player, Guy, Comfort

  "AGENT ORANGE: David Caruso on SESSION 9". Interview with B. Alan Orange, movieweb.com. July 23, 2001.

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• But if I'm going to cause somebody else discomfort by my actions, then I should probably modify my actions toward them to make them as comfortable as possible.

  Max Cannon

  Causes, Action, Should

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• I love being onstage and I love to perform. To be honest with you, I'm more comfortable performing than I am in an everyday situation, which I can't quite explain.

  Melanie Chisholm

  Love Is, Everyday, Honest

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• As an improviser I'm now pretty comfortable with trios, so I'm thinking of working up to quartets.

  Fred Frith

  Thinking, Trios, Quartets

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• I'm now comfortable playing a lot of the old songs, and I've gotten out a lot of the old equipment.

  John Fogerty

  Song, Equipment, Old Song

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• I wasn't really comfortable reading until I was 12.

  Paloma Faith

  Reading

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