Syd Quotes

The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.

I don't like to mix my personal and professional life. Both are different, and I don't mix it.

I once had to ask Irrfan to stop calling me 'ma'am' because I was his fan before being his co-star and the respect he was giving me was too much to handle.

I am very clear about keeping my professional and personal lives separate. I don't want to talk about certain things, and that's the way I am.

I don't go to journalists' houses and start dishing about anything private.

My health is no one's business.

Give parents the tiniest of confidences and they'll use them as crowbars to jimmy you open and rearrange your life with no perspective.

I suppose sometimes the lack of privacy can be a little hard to deal with at times.

The man who thrusts his manners upon me does as if he were to insist on introducing me to his cabinet of curiosities, when I wished to see himself.

Yeah, people do need to realize that just because they've seen me perform for an hour does not mean that we are now close.

I've heard some pretty bad things in my life. I'm just one of those people I've gotten to a point where I don't want to be rude, but if it's uninvited attention from people it's like, "Thank you, but no." I'm going to shut you down right away.

I'm always down to chill with people. I'm so happy to have a conversation. But, yeah, I feel like if you're always exposing yourself, if you're always engaging with social media, then you no longer have the right to say no. And I want to retain that right, for as long as I can.

You wouldn't know it, from some of the things I've said over the years, but I like people. I do. I like people, but I like them in short bursts. I don't like people for extended periods of time. I'm all right with them for a little while, but once you get up past around... a minute, minute and a half, I gotta get the fuck out of there.

There is no etiquette rule that decrees one must give out personal information to anyone who asks.

I'm fond of human beings, but only one at a time.

He scowled at Jason. "And please, I don't like being touched. Don't ever grab me again.

When a woman extends her hand for you to shake it, then you shake her hand. You do not turn it up and kiss it. And it is just so creepy. Because, you know, I handed it at this angle. I handed it at the handshake angle and so I'm not giving it to you to do whatever you want with it. I'm not loaning it to you. It's like if somebody borrowed your lawnmower and you're assuming they're going to use it to mow their lawn. You don't want to find out later they put it in the ocean!

Shouldn’t you be working instead of fraternizing with customers?” I choked. He smiled. “What are you doing Sunday night?” I snorted. By accident. “Are you asking me out?” “You’re getting cocky. I like that, Angel.” “I don’t care what you like. I’m not going out with you. Not on a date. Not alone.

Sometimes the best way to get someone's attention is to stop giving them yours.

One of the first things I said when I signed on for the show was No hugs! Full House was all based on hugs.

I wish I had a little bit more privacy.

I have a guest house because I don't want people in my home.

I respect my boundaries, and I insist that others respect them, too.

It always seems to me better to slough off the answer to a question that I consider to be a terrible invasion of privacy - the kind of privacy that a writer must keep for himself.

You do not owe anyone your time. When you realize that, others will respect your time much more.