Benedict Samuel Quotes

I am so grateful, without sounding cheesy, to have such amazing friends with me and to have a career that's going so well.

I have a really supportive, great group of friends, and we all push each other. They come to my shows, I go to their premieres; it's wonderful.

People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace.

Yes, I had to learn how to live life outside, but I had so many people help me.

It's amazing having so many people care so much about what I'm doing.

I just want women to support each other.

There are elements of comedy that can be competitive and back stab-y, but one of the underreported sides is that we love each other and help each other, kind of like a messed up extended family.

I want to be that Latin girl doing big things around the world.

It's a great feeling to know that, through my hard work, I am adding to a long list of accomplishments for Latinas in the United States.

I had a great career. But not to win a big international title is also part of my career.

My sister-in-law, my mother, grandmother, and the entire family have been the biggest support for me.

The support of one's personality is friends. A part of one's self and a real foundation and existence.

No matter what we as individual women want, no matter what our goals, we have to support one another.

If you don't identify as a feminist, you're missing out on this whole community that's out there that could really help you with your work, help you with your personal life, and just give you support.

It's great to have someone to bounce off of.

Collaboration. ... For me, it has informed every move I've ever made. And it saved me in many ways and still does. When things get hard, you can cling to the work.

The irony is I did an intimate film in France with no stars and that got me to Hollywood. It got me to the Oscars. If I had tried to imitate the Americans or the Hollywood movies with a commercial recipe, I'd never have gotten to Hollywood. Although, it was not my goal in any way, and I never thought there was any connection between Monsieur Lazhar and the Oscars.

To friendship every burden's light.

You have responsibilities and if you want to be the best in your industry you need to have a relentless dedication to your job. I was fortunate to have support from my parents and sister growing up and that helped me a lot.

I get by with a little help from my friends.

At every step of the way, when I had trouble, there were people that came in, in my life that helped me. It's important to go seek help when you need it, and to give help when other people need it. And that is really more important than coming in with a gigantic brain into the astronaut program.

There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human society, are created, strengthened and maintained. Having a family guarantees that you have a built in support system, and although that support system may not always be what you want it to be, when it comes down to the wire, your family will love you and stand behind you, no matter what.

We human beings can survive the most difficult of circumstances if we are not forced to stand alone.

What happened to society? I go into business, I don't make it, I go bankrupt. I've been on food stamps and welfare, did anybody help me out? No. No. They gave me hope, they gave me encouragement, and they gave me a vision.

There were many generations of Latino people coming to this country, coming from difficult political or social situations in their own countries, and they worked very hard to have their kids go to universities. Well, those kids came out and they are now doctors and architects, or they are on the Supreme Court. That has a reflection in Hollywood. So, we are actually very proud that our characters are Latinos, and I think it's good for diversity and cultural interaction.