External Impact Quotes

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

My whole life is not defined by what Hollywood does.

For my part I have never avoided the influence of others. I would have considered it cowardice and a lack of sincerity toward myself.

It's true that your environment influences how you write.

I'm a shareholder in Microsoft Corp. of some size, and while I don't work for the place anymore, I think a lot about that investment, how - as an outsider - might I add value or not add value? Do I believe that things are headed in a good direction? So I wouldn't say I spend the majority of my time on that, but I spend some time on that as well.

One of the many things I learned at the end of that Classics corridor down which I ventured at the age of 18, in search of something I could not then define, was this, written by the Greek author Plutarch: What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality. That is an astonishing statement and yet proven a thousand times every day of our lives. It expresses, in part, our inescapable connection with the outside world, the fact that we touch other people’s lives simply by existing.

You definitely have to think of the perception of things before you actually do certain things. It may not seem like it's a big deal to you yourself, but there's a bigger picture.

It's enough to make a small shift within and a small action in the world. Collectively these have a huge effect.

I really do believe in the influence of your surroundings.

You were born into fearlessness, but the world may have taught you to fear.

The outward work can never be small if the inward one is great, and the outward work can never be great or good if the inward is small or of little worth.

My existence is fuller of other people's experiences than my own. If they cut open my brain, these are what I would retain most.

We're not isolated from the world. The world knocks on our door.

How many people came and stayed a certain time, Uttered light or dark speech that became part of you Like light behind windblown fog and sand Filtered and influenced by it, until no part Remains that is surely you.

It's not just for its influence on us, but to know that we can play a part in it, to understand the influence that we have outside our own existence.

I think there are influences that you open the door to, and influences that come under the door.

The common misconception is that we create films for ourselves. And I really don't do it for myself. I get stopped in the street by people saying, "Do you mind if I say this about your work?" Do I mind? I'm delighted. I do it for you. It's not for me. It's my living, yes, sure.

How do you judge the brightness of a light when you’re the source? A spotlight can never see the shadows it casts.

I think there is a place where self-awareness becomes self-preoccupation if you don't take what you have discovered and bring it to bear on the conditions of the world.

The subjective actress thinks of clothes only as they apply to her; the objective actress thinks of them only as they affect others, as a tool for the job.