Bernard Malamud Quotes

A dreamer born is a hero bred.

I like heroes, and would like to be a hero myself. I suppose we all want that.

To me, I think it's awesome to meet your heroes and find out who they are and where they came from and what made them choose to communicate in the form that connected with you.

Heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary.

Ordinary people need extraordinary examples.

I had no desire to coach college until I went to college. Then I said, 'Maybe I can do this.' You get inspired by the people around you who move you and light a fire under you.

When I was very young, most of my childhood heroes wore capes, flew through the air, or picked up buildings with one arm. They were spectacular and got a lot of attention. But as I grew, my heroes changed, so that now I can honestly say that anyone who does anything to help a child is a hero to me.

At first, I had this huge desire to play a superhero, that little kid in me. Then I realized it wasn't actually a superhero I wanted to play: it was someone fighting for a cause that's bigger than themselves, which can go into all sorts of things.

Dare to let your dreams reach beyond you...

Be passionate. Be courageous. Be your best.

I was in Nepal and I had watched Oprah Winfrey's show. I had no idea, as a kid in Nepal, who she was, but I remember watching an episode of hers about living your dreams.

I think that we all do heroic things, but hero is not a noun, it's a verb.

And I believe we need heroes, I believe we need certain people who we can measure our own shortcomings by.

Dreams don't have deadlines. I'm thinking of doing bigger and better things and having more fun with it.

If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.

The single thing all women need in the world is inspiration, and inspiration comes from storytelling.

Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.

Like I said, when I was a kid, they inspired me.

It is so weird to be on this side of that, because when you're starting out, and it seems like you're starting out for so long, you look up to the people who have made their mark. And you sort of want to be that.

I don't know what my calling is, but I want to be here for a bigger reason. I strive to be like the greatest people who have ever lived.

I record myself talking. I have a journal. And when I listen back, I remember why I wanted certain things. I listen to me at 16, saying 'I really wanna be on TV... I want a movie, a huge movie...' and I'm just like, 'Yo, I'm humbled. I'm living a life I imagined.'

A theatre is the most important sort of house in the world because that's where people are shown what they could be if they wanted and what they'd like to be if they dared to and what they really are.

What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?

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 don't compete with actresses; I only compete with heroes.