Peter Hedges Quotes

Wonderful things happen when you turn 50: you change perspective. You ask, 'Who am I? What do I want to do with my life? What have I not done that I want to do?'

My experience in Iraq made me realize, and during the recovery, that I could have died. And I just had to do more with my life.

Basically, I feel fortunate to have realized what the goal is in life. There's no point in dying having gone through your life without knowing who you are, what you are, or what the purpose of life is. And that's all it is.

I always find another version of myself in each of my films.

I had fame and wealth and things that are supposed to make you happy, but I wasn't happy, because there's no importance on having a fulfilling life. So in my mid-40s, that was my pursuit - making films that interested me, films that I would like to go see.

I never had time to dream about being anyone else.

There were a lot of people, I found, who'd rather watch me live my life than live their own life.

I've come to believe that whoever I am didn't start on December 14, 1946, and isn't going to end on whatever that mysterious date is in the future.

I didn't really know what I wanted to do, but I knew the woman I wanted to become.

Modeling was not an endgame for me. I didn't particularly enjoy the act of it.

For me, the magazine was always the heart of what my life was all about, and the other half was living the life.

All my life, I always wanted to be somebody. Now I see that I should have been more specific.

All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.

I get to be a teenager like every other teenager, but I have a passion and a great goal in life.

To find one's calling is perhaps not the easiest thing in the world, but probably the most important.

I'm not on the run from anything and I'm not at all clear about what I'm running towards. But as some great writer put it, I want to be certain that when I arrive at death, I'm totally exhausted.

I advise women to live their life to their fullest, invest in who you want to be and live it well.

This journey has always been about reaching your own other shore no matter what it is, and that dream continues.

I think my parents were really smart parents. I think they were, actually, pretty progressive for the time. The one thing that they really wanted me to know is what makes me tick, what I am about, how I approach life. And I think what my parents really wanted for me was for me to be who I am.

I don't have dreams. How can I say it? I myself am a dream.

My biggest ambition is never to be bored. I'm not aggressive enough to strongly run after being an actress.

I want to see, that's all. This is my life. I want to see.

I've dealt with losing close ones before, and I've been around friends that have lost friends at a young age. I think it's important to think about - not necessarily death, but about life and think about where you're going and how you want to be remembered and the legacy you want to leave.

Everything I've done has been personally fun, important, and meaningful to me.

I started out in the 'Cure' reflecting things that I thought were important, and it's reached a point where it takes over and becomes the thing that is important.