Robert Bourassa Quotes

I'm not psychic. I cannot know what is in the mind of particular public figures.

Any movie I've done, my character has had a secret. Whether it's in the movie or not, it is usually never and it's usually not something I tell anybody. It is for me.

You can't learn the truth about a man's intentions by asking him.

There's no way to know the motives of another person totally, even a person that you know very well.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

Like all science, psychology is knowledge; and like science again, it is knowledge of a definite thing, the mind.

The man who never dreams, goes slowly mad.

In fact, their eyes sort of roll around and they kind of go, 'Hmm'- like there's something there and they don't want to talk about it. But they're not that kind when they are speaking in public.

A man's most open actions have a secret side to them.

Isn't it strange that we talk least about the things we think about most?

To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say.

The majority of people call or message me because they need something or they want something. You never know what people's intentions are.

I became really interested in the study of consciousness.

To whom, then, must I dedicate my wonderful, surprising and interesting adventures? to whom dare I reveal my private opinion of my nearest relations? the secret thoughts of my dearest friends? my own hopes, fears, reflections and dislikes? Nobody!

The line between private and public lives is a fertile one for me. I've lived quite a public life, and it's the reason I have used well-known people in my work. I'm interested in what's going on beneath the facades they present to the world, taking them to a place which is uncomfortable.

The psychical, whatever its nature may be, is itself unconscious.

A character should always have a secret. I feel like we all do.

I became completely obsessed with the Royal family, or at least the psychology behind them.

I put my thoughts in a book, which must mean I don't want anyone to read them.

I feel like everything with me gets blown out of proportion. I think it's because I'm so quiet about things that people just run with anything they hear.

You should not want to know the things in people's minds. If you were meant to hear them, they would be said.

Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a polluted mind, suffering will follow you, as the wheels of the oxcart follow the footsteps of the ox. Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a pure mind, happiness will follow you, as a shadow clings to a form.

A good deal is a state of mind.

Under the rose, since here are none but friends, To own the truth we have some private ends.

My job is all about getting inside another person's mind and thoughts.