Esposito Quotes & Sayings

Luis Bunuel made great movies. — Giancarlo Esposito

Any time you're mentioned in the same breath as Tony Esposito, for whatever reason, it's a great honor. He's one of my idols. He's one of the greatest of all time. — Curtis Joseph

For me, what I try to heal is the major thing that I think all of us go through, where we came from. From our family of origin. — Giancarlo Esposito

You want a lesson? I'll give you a lesson. How about a geography lesson? My father's from Puerto Rico. My mother's from El Salvador. And neither one of those is Mexico. — Jennifer Esposito

I love the smell of fried chicken. — Giancarlo Esposito

When you're with another actor and doing something very intense, often you pull them over to your side, or they pull you over to theirs. But if you stay in your own truth, you can play that perfect tennis match. I always want to bring my power, but not in a way that eliminates the whole game! — Giancarlo Esposito

I'm not someone who is a fan of a lot of violence. — Giancarlo Esposito

I feel that sometimes, holding yourself as black, saying that is your sole identity, can sometimes stand in your way of being a member of the humanity of man, being a member of the family of the divine. — Giancarlo Esposito

As we have seen in the data, resentment against the West comes from what Muslims perceive as the West's hatred and denigration of Islam; the Western belief that Arabs and Muslims are inferior,; and their fear of Western intervention, domination, or occupation. (p. 141) — John L. Esposito

I try to be careful with my persuasiveness. When my heart is really behind it, and when I have no ulterior motive, then I know I'm truly persuasive. — Giancarlo Esposito

Yoga has allowed me to bring my complete spirit together, which allows me to do less, which is more. — Giancarlo Esposito

Waitressing - by far the worst job ever created. — Jennifer Esposito

Yoga is a big part of my life now. There's not a day that goes by where I don't do an Asana and mediation practice. — Giancarlo Esposito

It's certain that the death of an actor can be on a television screen playing the same thing every week. — Giancarlo Esposito

I'm impatient sometimes. — Giancarlo Esposito

Only here [in the Center] a new union can occur, as the Mysterious Pass is the ideal space and time to experience the interpenetrating fluctuations of Yin and Yang. The Mysterious Pass is therefore the primordial Chaos (hundun) containing the germ of life-the pre-cosmic sparkle of Original Yang and Original Yin-which is the prime mover and the materia prima of the alchemical work. — Monica Esposito

I'm interested in spirituality and in religion and our relationship to the divine. — Giancarlo Esposito

I do play villains. — Giancarlo Esposito

Who told you to step on my sneakers? Who told you to walk on my side of the block? Who told you to be in my neighborhood? — Giancarlo Esposito

To be a character actor is to be open, to be a chameleon. — Giancarlo Esposito

Critical to the fight against global terrorism is an ability to move beyond presuppositions and stereotypes in our attitudes and policies and to form partnerships that transcend an "us" and "them" view of the world. (p. 135) — John L. Esposito

Better known as the Secret of the Golden Flower, this is a famous neidan text that the Western world came to know through Richard Wilhelm's 1929 translation. The Chinese text used by Wilhelm was edited by Zhanran Huizhen zi in 1921. Besides this, at least five more versions are available, all of which date to the late Qing dynasty (1644-1911) and are ascribed to Lu Dongbin, who revealed them through spirit writing. — Monica Esposito

In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates ? — Dino Esposito

I had to work from a young age. — Giancarlo Esposito

Where we must go will all mysteries be untold: and on passing from this day what new sea our memories hold... — Franco Esposito

I'm not too into fast food, but you know if I was, it would be chicken. — Giancarlo Esposito

When you have great acting partners, you hope that your reaction to them is propels you deeper into your own character. — Giancarlo Esposito

I think many people have contradictions to them and I love characters that deal with those contradictions. — Giancarlo Esposito

The Mysterious Pass, which opens beyond space and time, is inconceivable by means of discursive thought and has, by definition, no fixed position. — Monica Esposito

There is a price to pay for most of our actions. For every action, there is a reaction. — Giancarlo Esposito

I look at 'Breaking Bad' as a show about the American family. — Giancarlo Esposito

Cable was a blessing for me. Thank god, I've done a show that's going to be iconic. So, if I screw up, it's all right because I already have something that's going to be iconic. — Giancarlo Esposito

Give me civilization. I don't want to be pampered. — Jennifer Esposito

It feels amazing to work with writers that write really well. — Giancarlo Esposito

Play with passion and heart. If you don't carry passion into sport - or into any job for that matter - you won't succeed. — Phil Esposito

I always wanted to be a boy scout but was too poor. Couldn't do it. — Giancarlo Esposito

The more I get connected to my own breath and my own yogic experience and my own prayer and my own idea, the ideas that have existed for so long - that we all belong to each other and we could live a deeper spiritual existence - the more I get connected to that, the more I shun this world. — Giancarlo Esposito

Damn flowers. Nice kids, the ones who skated out and gave us them. But the flowers, the stem fell off. I stepped right on it and was on my ass in a flash. Must have looked good, huh? A hundred million guys watching all around the world, brass bands playing, the Russian cats in the stands, and here I am dumped on the ice. So I waved to the folks back home inthe Soo, a wave from the dummy with egg on his face. — Phil Esposito

We always ate with gusto...It would have offended the cook if we had nibbled or picked...Our mothers and zie [aunties] didn't inquire as to the states of our bellies; they just put the food on our plates.

'You only ask sick people if they're hungry,' my mother said. 'Everyone else must eat, eat!'

But when Italians say 'Mangia! Mangia!' they're not just talking about food. They're trying to get you to stay with them, to sit by them at the table for as long as possible. The meals that my family ate together- the many courses, the time in between at the table or on the mountain by the sea, the hours spent talking loudly and passionately and unyieldingly and laughing hysterically the way Neapolitans do- were designed to prolong our time together; the food was, of course, meant to nourish us, but it was also meant to satisfy, in some deeper way, our endless hunger for one another. — Sergio Esposito

What I love about 'Breaking Bad' is the reflection of many people's - it's more real in terms of people have faults, people have character traits that they don't like about themselves. It resembles more of what the human journey really is and it's less fantastic and hero-driven than other characters and shows that we watch. — Giancarlo Esposito

I believe acting is very physical, and when you have to fight or do those kinds of things, it takes a lot of respect not to allow yourself to go off and hurt yourself or someone else. — Giancarlo Esposito

I want a body of work; I want a good story after a good story. — Giancarlo Esposito

I practice yoga every day. The practice calms my spirit, and allows me to be present. — Giancarlo Esposito

I can only control what I do. I can try to suggest and be open, but trust is the key. — Giancarlo Esposito

For me, listening to my breath in between the lines, allows me to be in deep connection to my spirit. — Giancarlo Esposito

I often think about, 'How do we return to a simpler way of living? Is there some way that we can start to think of each other as human beings again, instead of worshiping money, instead of worshiping electronics, instead of worshiping getting ahead just for me?' — Giancarlo Esposito

People aren't able to make decisions anymore because there's too many choices within that decision. — Giancarlo Esposito

I feel that if you can transcend the color of your skin, with your talent, why carry that as a badge or a label? — Giancarlo Esposito

If I moved, he moved. If I stopped, he stopped. It was a duel. — Jennifer Esposito

I like to always wash the slate clean, and reinvigorate my spirit to be connected to the characters that I am doing. I am finding new ways to allow myself to soar beyond the parameters of what the writers have written. My key is to commit, and love your character. — Giancarlo Esposito

When I listen to my scene partners and listen to their breathing allows me to be connected to them in scenes. I am not trying to multi task, not trying to talk on the phone, but in my character. — Giancarlo Esposito

I tried to talk my daughter out of going with a hockey player but, he's a good kid. He asked me if he could marry Carrie before he asked her. I said: You want to what? I thought he was just going to ask for more ice time. — Phil Esposito

Middle-class people are becoming desperate. It can cause a moral man to break bad. — Giancarlo Esposito

I know from teaching that actors want to act. Even the subtlest actors can do a little too much. — Giancarlo Esposito

I feel that we have come a long way as American people, and we have to start looking at ourselves as human beings. — Giancarlo Esposito

It was amazing to be nominated by the Academy who saw fit for me to be nominated for best supporting actor. The Critic's choice award was wonderful. I'm on cloud nine. — Giancarlo Esposito

I can fish from a stick and a string. — Giancarlo Esposito

I don't think anyone is black and white and I think we change our minds and our attitudes about certain things as we grow to our maturity. — Giancarlo Esposito

Well, I'm Italian, but my family isn't stereotypical. I mean, I only have one sister and we don't yell or throw pasta at each other. My mother doesn't even have a secret spaghetti sauce recipe. — Jennifer Esposito

After 'Breaking Bad,' people are very frightened of who I am. They back away from me on the street. — Giancarlo Esposito

I love to read, and I like the fact that there's some silence in my life. — Giancarlo Esposito

Interestingly, the more Americans report knowing about Muslim countries, the more likely they are to hold positive views of those countries. (p. 155) — John L. Esposito

I was screaming constantly, on the set, in my room ... everywhere. — Jennifer Esposito

I first felt successful when I was 13 and in a show called Seesaw. I came offstage and heard the applause of the theater audience and felt a sense of accomplishment. Around that time my role model for success was Burt Lancaster. He was one of the first ac. — Giancarlo Esposito

I'm a big fan of period pieces, and I'm a big fan of the old-time westerns. — Giancarlo Esposito

One night I was in bed-and remember that I'm on the second floor of a hotel-when I spotted this crab coming toward me across the floor, watching me with his beady little crab eyes. I think he wanted to get in bed with me. — Jennifer Esposito

I never like to refer back to anything I've done when I'm working on a character, even if that character has the same occupation. — Giancarlo Esposito

I feel that our stories are cross culturally irrelevant, and I'm a member if a larger community of people who have no boundaries in terms of color or in terms of how I look at other people and their stories. — Giancarlo Esposito

The campaign of anti-Islamic slander was so successful that to this day some textbooks in European and American schools refer to Muhammad as having epilepsy, the Qur'an as being copied from Bible, Muslim armies forcing conversions on people (by the sword), and Islam as being against science and learning. All of these are quite untrue, and enlightened Western authors from Arnold Toynbee and Bertrand Russell to Yvonne Haddad and John Esposito have been dispelling these myths on book after book for decades; nevertheless, the message hasn't reached the masses, who still believe numerous myths concerning Islam. — Yahiya Emerick

My rule is simply "love what you do". That certainly has brought me to the place I where am at right now. It really has been with the work. — Giancarlo Esposito

I would love to be nominated for an award at some point or do something that at least engenders the type of cultural conversation that a role like Giancarlo Esposito on 'Breaking Bad,' or actually any of the people on 'Breaking Bad.' I would love to have a role in a feature film that was a cultural talking point. — Stephen Amell

I came from a divorced mother and father, obviously mixed race. — Giancarlo Esposito

My advice for achieving success is to make a career choice that reflects your passion. Then work your craft a little bit each day-even if someone's not paying you to do It. Try to balance your social life with your educational (or professional) life, and have patience. — Giancarlo Esposito

I have from time to time been a double A or triple A personality. I'm not anymore. I'm more lenient on myself. — Giancarlo Esposito

When I perform on stage, you have to remember my performance or buy another ticket to the party! In television and film, you can see it over and over again. — Giancarlo Esposito

When you're speaking Spanish, you're thinking in a different way. — Giancarlo Esposito

But blaming Islam is a simple answer, easier and less controversial than re-examining the core political issues and grievances that resonate in much of the Muslim world: the failures of many Muslim governments and societies, some aspects of U.S. foreign policy representing intervention and dominance, Western support for authoritarian regimes, the invasion and occupation of Iraq, or support for Israel's military battles with Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon. (p. 136-137) — John L. Esposito

He was so dominant. Bobby was the greatest defenseman who ever played the game as far as I'm concerned. I believe in my heart he changed the face of the game. — Phil Esposito

For me, I've lived a life as an athlete. — Giancarlo Esposito

People who have not done their research on me do not know that I am European, born in Copenhagen, Denmark to an Italian father from Napoli and a mother from Alabama who was singing opera and went to Europe, met my dad, fell in love, and then moved back to Rome, where I was raised, between Rome and Hamburg. — Giancarlo Esposito

You have an autoimmune disease, and it's not pretty, but you can rebuild your life in a new way. — Jennifer Esposito

If you're a poet, you do something beautiful. I mean, you're supposed to leave something beautiful after you get off the page and everything. The ones you're talking about don't leave a single, solitary thing beautiful. All that maybe the slightly better ones do is sort of get inside your head and leave something there, but just because they do, just because they know how to leave something, it doesn't have to be a poem for heaven's sake. It may just be some kind of terribly fascinating, syntaxy droppings
excuse the expression. Like Manlius and Esposito and all those poor men. — J.D. Salinger

Well, with each character that I play in my life as an actor, I try to figure out how to find the challenge. — Giancarlo Esposito

You can never lead unless you follow. — Giancarlo Esposito

If I can look at each character that I am given and create them in a different way from the last role, I'm happy. — Giancarlo Esposito

There is a dream that the world could be at peace, but that requires that all the folks with arms disarm, or take over all the arms and allow us to trust them. — Giancarlo Esposito