Denisof Alexis Quotes & Sayings

There's nothing as satisfying, thrilling and gratifying as parenthood. — Alexis Denisof

Personally, my taste is towards development of a character, as well as the resolution of a story plot. I like to find both, if I can. — Alexis Denisof

By the time I had finished my studies at St. Paul's School, I knew I wanted to be an actor. — Alexis Denisof

This storm we are in concerns me greatly. Even in the midst of the storm I know the Son shines from behind the clouds and will eventually break through completely. There is hope. Let's impact this change together. — Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.

In the same way that Shakespeare was writing very much for his time, he was also unearthing observations that would last for generations beyond him. — Alexis Denisof

Music, of course, is what I hear and something that I more or less live by. It's not an occupation or profession, it's a compulsion. — Duke Ellington

I think we're all fascinated and a little mystified by how the brain works. One of the most mysterious of the physical sciences is neurological science. — Alexis Denisof

That's an important lesson for me, to not qualify my experience against somebody else's. My experience is the experience that I wanted to have, and have created for myself, but it doesn't make me any more deserving than anybody else - or less. — Alexis Denisof

Let us be well assured of the Matter of Fact, before we trouble our selves with enquiring into the Cause. It is true, that this Method is too slow for the greatest part of Mankind, who run naturally to the Cause, and pass over the Truth of the Matter of Fact. — Bernard Le Bovier De Fontenelle

Shakespeare is the Joss Whedon of his generation. — Alexis Denisof

Dr. Lecter, erect as a dancer and carrying Starling in his arms, came out from behind the gate, walked barefoot out of the barn, through the pigs. Dr. Lecter walked through the sea of tossing backs and bloodspray in the barn. — Thomas Harris

Life is not just one dark moment after another. — Alexis Denisof

O why do I ever let anyone read what I write! Every time I have to go through a breakfast with a letter of criticism I swear I will write for my own praise or blame in future. It is a misery. — Virginia Woolf

If you really want to be a witch, nothing you have to do will seem like too much. If you don't really want to be a witch, everything will seem like too much. — E.L. Konigsburg

The inherent corruption of man can often bring down the best system. — Alexis Denisof

Anybody who believes and experiences their life and doesn't have shades of gray in it doesn't live where I live and is simply not in touch with the reality of the human condition. — Alexis Denisof

[David Boreanaz]'s got a very, very cute little giggle. — Alexis Denisof

I moved to Seattle when I was two or three years old. Had my early education there, and would spend summers on the farm in Maryland. Then I went to boarding school in New Hampshire, to St. Paul's School. From there, I moved to London. — Alexis Denisof

The American story is a story of great moments and dreadful moments. — Alexis Denisof

I think with the smaller-scale projects, the burden for success falls more squarely on the shoulders of the actors and the director and the script. — Alexis Denisof

That which gives us true freedom and true happiness is the compassionate love of Christ. — Pope Francis

Honestly, one-hour drama is the hardest format there is. I think it's harder than movies, and it's harder than half-hour comedy. — Alexis Denisof

My grandfather was from outside of Moscow, and my grandmother, although some of her family were French, was from Odessa. They met as immigrants in New York in the early '20s. My mother's family came over from Ireland generations ago. — Alexis Denisof

You learn a lot about a person when you work together. — Alexis Denisof

I think most people in the developed world would admit to carrying some sort of handheld device, whether it's a laptop or a cell phone, at all times. — Alexis Denisof

I've got nothing against big-budget values. I mean, I was very proud of 'The Avengers,' the part that I played in it, albeit a small one. It was thrilling to be part of it. But it's so huge that you can never really wrap your mind around it. — Alexis Denisof

The civil rights movement didn't deal with the issue of political disenfranchisement in the Northern cities. It didn't deal with the issues that were happening in Northern cities like Detroit, where there was a deep process of deindustrialization going on. So you have this response of angry young people, with a war going on in Vietnam, a poverty program that was insufficient, and police brutality. All these things gave rise to the Black Power Movement. It was not a separation from the civil rights movement, but a continuum of this whole process of democratization. — Danny Glover

I was dishwasher, then promoted to chef in a local kitchen in a restaurant in Seattle, and I was working on a building site as well, putting in insulation and painting houses, and then doing some classes at a community college nearby. — Alexis Denisof

You give up a lot when you enter the years of parenting. It's a sacrifice. — Alexis Denisof

I'm not Tyler Perry. I'm not Dino De Laurentis. I think it's a bit much to put one's name in front of the film. It makes me uncomfortable. — Lee Daniels