Ruehl Mercedes Quotes & Sayings

In this business, you never say no to anything. — Mercedes Ruehl

We lose in depth of expression when we go to inferior animals for comparisons with human beauty. Homer calls Juno ox-eyed; and the epithet suits well with the eyes of that goddess, because she may be supposed, with all her beauty, to want a certain humanity. Her large eyes look at you with a royal indifference. — Leigh Hunt

You know, I once leased a Mercedes because I got a good deal on it because of my first name. — Mercedes Ruehl

Some roles require a building from the foundation up; it really doesn't come to you easily. — Mercedes Ruehl

I find there's almost no place to put an award that one's quite comfortable with. — Mercedes Ruehl

I've always had facility with the German accent. — Mercedes Ruehl

I learned a lot more about transgender people. It's not a choice, but a physiological condition that has to do with the size of the hypothalamus part of the brain. — Mercedes Ruehl

We teach what we like to learn and the reason many people go into teaching is vicariously to reexperience the primary joy experienced the first time they learned something they loved. — Stephen Brookfield

Gap was essentially the American wardrobe that was well-priced, and it was attractive, and it was happy, and it had great color, and it has jeans, and I think we did the same with Old Navy. And I think we do the same with J.Crew at a much higher level, Madewell at another level. — Mickey Drexler

Looking at him I felt as if I had just met a powerful gorilla while at the same time being in possession of the world's last banana. — Philip Kerr

Writing of that caliber spoils you for any other kind of writing for awhile. But that's probably good. — Mercedes Ruehl

In some roles you do that very hard work where, at some point into rehearsals, where all of a sudden it snaps into place. You feel like the soul of this character is now dwelling in you. — Mercedes Ruehl

I find that once you find the sound and voice of this character you're playing, everything else follows. It comes right out of the fingertips eventually - the physicality, the gestures, the walk - for me. — Mercedes Ruehl

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift. — Albert Einstein

But in my own particular case, there was something that happened when I became a mother. Whenever in the news I saw an example of a child being abused or mistreated, my response went from being appalled to being physically revolted. — Mercedes Ruehl

We have the tendency to condemn what we don't understand. — Mercedes Ruehl

Do you think," she said, "instead of having sex, we could make love?"
"I'd love that," Ken whispered. — Suzanne Brockmann

Also, I had read a book called She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders, written by a professor who had gone through transgender surgery, but it took this person well into his thirties to come to terms with the absolute necessity of having to do it. — Mercedes Ruehl

Nature chooses who will be transgender; individuals don't choose this. — Mercedes Ruehl

If you believe in the power of your own words, you don't need to quote others. — David Nicol

If you want a candidate who agrees with you 100 percent of the time, I'll give you a suggestion: Go home and look in the mirror. You are the only person you agree with 100 percent of the time ... You'll always know who I am, you'll always know what I believe and you'll always know where I stand. — Chris Christie

I'll be with The Goat until the fall. Then I've been given three plays to look at and there have been a couple of films have come over the desk. I will probably not do either one of them. — Mercedes Ruehl

Ultimately, the Indian public is not fool. They can spot the difference between what is said for effect and what is done in reality. Whether it is politicians or actors or social activists, they know for sure whom to trust or not. — Rahul Bose

Society historically has a difficult time with the concept of something new and foreign that shakes up our comfortable views, especially if it involves the very volatile question of sexual identity. — Mercedes Ruehl

Maybe one day I'll read something that helps to explain it, something that offers some justifiable reason for my insanity's existence. — Alessandra Torre

A Christian cannot help being free, because in the pursuit and attainment of his object, no one can either hinder or retard him. — Leo Tolstoy