Reconnecting Quotes

We're not trying to be something we aren't; rather, we're reconnecting with who we are.

I did not in late November start the plethora of linking my private life with public events again.

At home, I relax by catching up with friends.

It gets lonely. I miss my family on stage. This might change one day. I'm certainly not going to say I'm not going to work with them again.

But, I think that the reason I responded to this book, sort of paradoxically, is that it starts out like The Big Chill, sort of. Four friends, who are not quite happy with their life, and every year they get together for a week and look for some comfort from each other.

There are times when you sit down, and you're just like, 'Man, I don't know if I can do it right now.' Take a second - go to the woods and just hang out, or go to Yosemite and check it out. Be in nature for a little while; clock out - which is super healthy, especially for creative types. Honestly, for everyone. Everyone needs that at times.

To me, my house is always recreating what I lost in youth.

When your thirteen colonies won their freedom from Great Britain you took a brand from our council fire and kindled your own fire. Now the same fire is trying to consume the very people who taught you the worth of such a fire. The hand that guided and protected your ancestors is now open to you for justice.

You been gone too long, Sula. Not too long, but maybe too far.

There's something strange - not in a bad way - about going back to where you grew up or recreating where you grew up. It's strange and stimulating.

We wouldn't ever sit down and pretend that our friendship didn't fall apart back in the late '80s. It wasn't like there was a massive bust-up. We just drifted apart.

My family lives there, so I come back sometimes between shows for a couple days. I get back a couple times a year. When I was 30 to 34 I was weirded out when I came back - you know, how your past gets away from you. It's grown so much.

Real friends were the kind where you pick up where you'd left off, whether it be a week since you'd seen each other or two years.

When I'm with my parents, that's the place I can unplug. That's the place I can shut down and not worry about work or what's going on. I go home and hang out with them. I sleep more there than any place else ever.

I bought a house in England in 1990, shortly after my father died, hoping to come home to England and spend time with my family.

The summer of 2002 at the Wilson birthday party I met Van Dyke again and I made plans to have dinner with him.

If you go back to your home town or you're reunited with school friends, its always slightly bittersweet because as much as there's nice things in terms of seeing them again, the town has changed without you, and you're no longer a part of it.

I am running on fumes, so it's time to get centered again. I start with eating healthier and cutting out caffeine - at least cutting back on caffeine. I exercise and get outside to play. I reconnect with my spiritual practice, which is daily meditation and prayer. Most importantly, I reconnect with my family and friends. If all else fails, a few deep breaths.

It's always easier to say good-bye when you know it's just a prelude to hello.

I don't look at my films or my old drawings much, so that was an interesting way to kind of reconnect with myself a bit.

I've had confidence in myself all along. It was just a matter of getting the pieces back in place.

How do you build a relationship when you've hardly shared a word but suddenly share a child? How do you love a daughter you don't see for nearly two years? When does she become your daughter? How does she become your daughter?

One of things I like about looking at pictures when you're young and also meeting back with old friends you haven't seen in a long time is, for me, it's a glimpse of who I was.

I can go somewhere and switch off completely. I will let people know in advance that I'm away, but once I'm out of contact, I'm out of contact. That's it.

Being with him after so long, after everything we'd endured...it was like coming home.