Shameik Moore Quotes

'Little Miss Sunshine' was really important to me.

I was an insecure kid. Once I saw 'Hercules' with Steve Reeves, it completely changed my life. If I had never gone to that film, I wouldn't be here today.

I suspect any serious reader has a first great book, just the way anybody has a first kiss.

At some particular time, when I was 14 years old, I've done something that people didn't expect.

You were born with the power to change others. You change people by the way you treat them. That is what changes the human heart.

I look back upon my youth and realize how so many people gave me help, understanding, courage - very important things to me - and they never knew it. They entered into my life and became powers within me.

I'd gone from being a mum to all of a sudden having people fussing and overly pampering me. It can easily change you.

I do think that you can dress yourself out of a problem. The way that a haircut and a new pair of pants can make you feel is better than any therapist, because when you look in the mirror, you see a different person - you are a different person. It's superficial change that can lead to real change.

I had always thought of Chris as my kid brother and watching how this kid, as I still thought of him, had affected so many people's lives around the world was incredible.

All of us every single year, we're a different person. I don't think we're the same person all our lives.

I think every movie changes me and is life changing, especially movies you direct.

I was forever changed by my experience on 'Once and Again.' All of us who were on that show have deep connections... familial connections.

Because of people like that guy in San Francisco who told me it changed his life, 'Teen Witch' is my most favorite thing I've ever done. I see how happy it makes people, and that makes me happy. The great thing is that no one realized it was going to become all these things when we were making it. We thought we were making a very serious movie.

I enjoy acting, and it's given me a ton of happiness and it's affected my life and my family's lives in ways that we just can't imagine.

Youth is a time when we find the books we give up but do not get over.

You change with the guys you date.

My high school years were fun and frustrating, typical of the teen years. The most important accomplishment was meeting my wife, Ruth.

I'm doing 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower'... It was a book I read when I was younger, and it just changed my life, and I just wanted to be a part of it.

'Catcher in the Rye' changed my life when I was a kid. I read it as I was a boy turning into a man, and I was so fascinated by the values. I believe in it.

When I saw 'Incendios,' it changed the way I looked at my life... and my family. It was very strong. I believe that theater has that power.

One of the true pleasures of my life has been the work of John Steinbeck. He was one of the people who turned my life around. I had no direct relationship with him, unfortunately.

I think some people really change when they become a dad. Like, I've changed in different ways. I - but, like, my comedy hasn't changed. And I've also seen people do that where you become this - you become a dad, and then all of a sudden, you're trying to be a role model.

Whedon changed my life.

When you're put in a position to really affect young people who are going to run the world one day, if you're able to be in their life at a young age and make a positive impact, I think that's a beautiful thing.

I had my nose done when I was 16 years old, and I'll be honest: it did change my life.