Carol Burnett Quotes

I guess it the one consistent thing in my life was that sense of magic that film provide - I still remember the movies from my childhood that I loved.

'Power Rangers' has changed a lot of lives.

It doesn't matter that the way of life shown by Hollywood was phony. It helped you hope.

When I watch 'Glee', it reminds me of my upbringing.

I'm the first one in line to go watch 'Spider-Man', but there's definitely something in me that makes me want to go to a movie and see something that makes me feel good about life.

I grew up on films.

Walt Disney was not a merchant of sadness.

I suppose when I was a kid, and I went to movies, and later went to some plays on my own when I got a little older, in New Orleans, where I was living then, I zeroed in on the actor.

My grandparents lived in Hollywood, and I was surrounded by the romanticism of movies ever since I was a child.

I think the value of beauty and inspiration is very much underrated, no question. But I want to be clear. I'm not trying to be anyone's savior. That is not the -- I'm just trying to think about the future and not be sad.

Life is hard, you know. If I can give someone on the radio three minutes to make them feel happier, that's a cool thing.

There's an abundance of hope in Hollywood, as if it's fueled by the sun, and maybe it is.

I remember watching Eddie Murphy's stand-up act when I was little, and just being mesmerized.

Miyazaki movies were what I was raised on. I've watched them since I was very young, and I've been greatly shaped by them.

Movies were the biggest influence on me when I was a kid.

When I was 9, I saw 'Star Wars,' and it set me on a path to where I am today.

I love romance. It goes back to the films I watched as a kid.

Optimist: day dreamer more elegantly spelled.

I will never be cynical again about people.

Although you have some films that are a real bummer, there's always a film that comes up where it's just heaven.

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

I remember praying for peace all the time as a kid.

I don't want to live in a culture of despair. I'd like to live in a culture of hope.

As a kid, we had one television channel and a sad little roller rink. And there was not much else to do. So I used my imagination all of the time growing up. That's the main way I played. When we moved and I went to high school, I did my first play, and I was completely addicted to theatre. It felt like home; it felt natural.

The first movie I really clicked with was 'Die Hard' when I was 6 years old, which is crazy that I was watching it that young. That was the one that made me want to become an actor.