Amber Benson Quotes

I was the typical little sister who wanted to be just like her older brother. When I was growing up, my brother wrote phenomenal stories, so I wanted to write them, too.

Through that, I got to know Jerry's work, and I am definitely his number-one fan right now, which is interesting because it usually works the other way around: you usually create a project based on your hero.

One of the things that helps me tell a story through music is to create a character. I have to have a muse, whether it's Frida Kahlo, Martha Graham, Marlene Dietrich, or Pippi Longstocking.

There's nothing wrong with becoming a role model, nothing wrong with inspiring people to become musicians, to become actors.

I try to carve my own way so the actors who come after me will say, "I want to do it like Columbus did it."

8 year old young girl came up to me when I went to speak at an elementary school, and she gave me a drawing. It was great and she said "I want to be just like you when I grow up and direct movies". And that just made me choke up. It was so cute, and the reason why she's looking at me is I look like her.

The inspiration really comes first from the character and the story. That vision of what the story is, and what the character is, the world that they inhabit and what the story wants to tell. That's really what inspires me.

I want to be just like Steph when I grow up.

There was a part of me that wanted to take my place next to, you know, Debra Granik. She's such a hero for me.

I wrote to the local news guy when I was 12 years old. I said, 'What do I need to do to be you one day?'

Some people say, 'Maude Apatow is my spirit animal.' I get that a lot. They tweet it to me.

I believe any fiction writer is inspired by real life.

[I want to be] Something that really touched you - and as far as image and change goes, I just really want a lot of people to respect my music and treat me... [as] inspiration.

I want to be the next Gisele Bundchen . Everything she does, who she is, what she's done, she's just amazing.

Dream up the kind of world you want to live in. Dream out loud.

Every film should have its own world, a logic and feel to it that expands beyond the exact image that the audience is seeing.

People can relate to reading a book for the first time and the world starts to create, even without you prepping for it.

For right now, I'd like to tell stories that I want to tell. I haven't wanted to use someone else's material yet, but I would with the show. It's become an integral enough part of me now, that I could definitely tell a story in this.

I see who I want to be, in my daughter's eyes.

I saw her do 'Different Drum' and thought, that's what I'm gonna do. I don't look that good in cut-offs, but that's what I'm gonna do.

Growing up, my room was covered in posters. I was like, "I want to make posters."

I want my daughter to see a strong woman who goes after what she wants.

To be someone's inspiration is the biggest goal in my life.

You've got to be hungry - for ideas, to make things happen and to see your vision made into reality

The reason I play so hard is that somewhere out there is some kid who has never seen me play before, and I don't want to disappoint him.