Sally Hawkins Quotes

Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.

I remember when I was younger. Dad's agent came round, and I asked if she would represent me. She didn't represent children at the time, but I wouldn't let her leave the house until she agreed. I've always been quite headstrong.

I was always... naive enough to not know what I could not accomplish.

I came out of my mom's stomach thinking I was going to own America.

At the age of four, you were an artist. And at seven, you were a poet.

I was a pretty alert kid, and I, you know, I was very interested in arts.

We've got a long career ahead of us and it's going to be great. Trust me.

I tell people I'm too stupid to know what's impossible. I have ridiculously large dreams, and half the time they come true.

Why should we strive, with cynic frown, to knock their fairy castles down?

This may sound a bit naive, but I got here by believing in big dreams.

My imagination is closer to a child's imagination than to a grown-up's.

Every morning, my dad would have me looking in the mirror and repeat, 'Today is going to be a great day; I can, and I will.'

I always had a lot of confidence in my work and the unique flavor I like to bring to my characters, but you know I'm not a huge dreamer.

My 7-year-old daughter is not shy of telling me she can draw better than me, and she's right.

Touch a scientist and you touch a child.

Like, you can find your dream, if you firmly believe. You have to have the innocence, and you have to have the daringness to trust.

My hands look terrible but I can do anything I want to do, so, you know, I just think I'm playing all around with more good taste and not dashing up and down the piano.

I don't want to be stinky poo poo girl, I want to be happy flower child.

Everybody is idealistic when you're a kid.

As children, our imaginations are vibrant, and our hearts are open. We believe that the bad guy always loses and that the tooth fairy sneaks into our rooms at night to put money under our pillow. Everything amazes us, and we think anything is possible. We continuously experience life with a sense of newness and unbridled curiosity.

My parents always told me to be myself. I was always funny and silly as a kid. And I would always make them laugh. And they always told me to dream big and follow those dreams.

Children are born with their own optimism. They have a clarity and a simplicity that we can only wish for.

As we get older, we tend to become more risk averse because we tend to find reasons why things won't work. When you are a kid, you think everything is possible, and I think with creativity it is so important to keep that naivety.

The great man is he who does not lose his child's-heart.

Look at life with the eyes of a child.