Lionel Blue Quotes

I can pretty much take anything that comes at me.

I think, as an outsider, you are ready to deal with whatever comes your way.

I always believe that one should be able to deal with any situations.

I realized why I can cook for different environments. Because of everything I've gone through growing up. Why can I cook for a Hollywood event without blinking an eye? Because I cooked at the Beverly Hilton and because I moved to Villa Park. Why can I cook for kids on Hollywood Boulevard at night? Because I went through it.

I think I am pretty resilient and resourceful.

I'm pretty prepared for anything. You could shove me out there in any situation - I've done it.

I feel no matter who I'm going against that I can get open in a number of ways.

The sum total of all my stop-starts have made me less concerned about the future. I'm just aware now that I'll always land on my feet somehow.

You can always think that we're old and not innovative, but there is no company that can limp on for 139 years without being creative and having the genes to change.

Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success.

But I love the idea - whether it's in my work or where I live - exploring new frontier, and I like putting myself in strange places and trying to survive and figure things out and gather up an infrastructure. I like knowing that I could figure out a way to live anywhere.

I love to cook when I have the time. I don't cook French or Mexican food with exact recipes. I just go to the supermarket and buy things that look good, and I mix it all together and invent something. Ninety-five percent of the time, I'm lucky. Sometimes not so lucky, and I say, 'Let's go out to dinner.'

I am very resourceful, as any woman would be.

You learn to kid around and joke and not take things too seriously because somehow its all gonna work out for the best - or you're gonna make it work out.

It makes me feel resilient when you tackle different things.

Filming is always a challenge because I'm not used to it. But I approach it head-on. I'm not technically brilliant, but it's the spirit that counts.

Every situation I have ever been in I have been trained for, and I dealt with it to the best of my abilities.

Mastery is great, but even that is not enough. You have to be able to change course without a bead of sweat, or remorse.

I live my life on self-belief and I live it partly on going with the flow.

In my life I have always found ways of dealing with a situation.

The more you adapt, the more interesting you are.

But I've had to act and not depend on my voice so much.

The important thing isn't the house. It's the ability to make it. You carry that in your brains and in your hands, wherever you go... It's one thing to carry your life wherever you go. Another thing to always go looking for it somewhere else.

I'm a good acting partner for me... when I don't have anyone else, I do really well!

When I didn't get a job, I thought, 'Don't worry, there'll be another one.' I still live by that now. Nothing really fazes me any more.