Westfeldt Quotes & Sayings

Well, you know, I'm quite a reluctant writer. I'm not someone who set out to be a writer or really wanted to be. — Jennifer Westfeldt

Joining a company is an act that calls for absolute loyalty in big matters and little ones. — Thomas Watson

The hardest thing is never what you think it's going to be. — Jennifer Westfeldt

As an actor, I've always been interested in making sure I can perform the role and the lines in the way the writer intended. — Jennifer Westfeldt

The White God is coming northward; him will I not meet; the old gods are strong no longer; - they sleep, they sit half shadow- high; - with them will we strive! — Henrik Ibsen

Funny, how just when you think life can't possibly get any worse it suddenly does. — Douglas Adams

Dogs just need you and love, that's all. — Jennifer Westfeldt

Murtaugh Allsbrook and his riders spread the news like wildfire. Down every road, over every river, to the north and south and west, through snow and rain and mist, their hooves churning up the dust of each kingdom.
And for every town they told, every tavern and secret meeting, more riders went out.
More and more, until there was not a road they had not covered, until there was not one soul who did not know that Aelin Galathynius was alive - and willing to stand against Adarlan.
Across the White Fangs and the Ruhnns, all the way to the Western Wastes and the red-haired queen who ruled from a crumbling castle. To the Deserted Peninsula and the oasis-fortress of the Silent Assassins. Hooves, hooves, hooves, echoing through the continent, sparking against the cobblestones, all the way to Banjali and the river-front palace of the King and Queen of Eyllwe, still in their midnight mourning clothes.
Hold on, the riders told the world.
Hold on. — Sarah J. Maas

People in theatre work harder than anyone in the world - as far as I'm concerned - as far as sheer output of energy and the rigor and excellence that they maintain doing something every day, or twice a day. — Jennifer Westfeldt

I'm pretty much honest to a fault. It's my best and my worst quality. — Jennifer Westfeldt

The part that I felt most comfortable with going in was just working with actors and trying to make them feel comfortable and safe so they could find the performance. That part felt organic to me. — Jennifer Westfeldt

As my I guess, career's advancing, for lack of a better word, I'm becoming a lot more passionate for the jobs that I do. So, it becomes easier when you like what you do. — Ryan Kwanten

The days sported by us, as if Time had not grown up himself yet, but were a child too, and always at play. I told Em'ly I adored her, and that unless she confessed she adored me I should be reduced to the necessity of killing myself with a sword. She said she did, and I have no doubt she did. — Charles Dickens

As an actor on sets, I've always clocked how hard the crew works, how much longer their days are, how much lesser their glory is - and the fact that their commitment to the work and project is unwavering, no matter the budget. — Jennifer Westfeldt

With any independent film, it's all about getting everyone's schedules in line and everything together at the same time and just doing the best you can do when that happens - if it happens. — Jennifer Westfeldt

Everything I did growing up was with that as the real goal - doing Broadway; doing theatre. That was always the big thrill for me. — Jennifer Westfeldt

I always cry at weddings; they're beautiful, and I'm always moved. — Jennifer Westfeldt

Wild is an interesting word. We imagine wild to be untamed and out of control but, of course, nature isn't like that; nature is controlled, ordered, extremely disciplined by all its elements. — Sally Green

Don't be too afraid of failure to learn what you need to learn. — Jennifer Westfeldt

... "shagging" - a quasi-comical activity, like belching or farting, except it was more taboo and more necessary than these. — Amit Chaudhuri

I'm not a parent yet, but I feel like a kid needs to be loved. — Jennifer Westfeldt

In some ways I'm oddly traditional, I've been a serial monogamist since I was 12. I've always tried to work hard and get good grades and be a good person, but I feel like I've also always had a strange defiance of authority or the status quo, I've never understood why things always have to be just one way. — Jennifer Westfeldt

I think women should support each other's work, encourage each other's work, help develop each other's voices and I think, ultimately, when we can stop having the conversation about 'women filmmakers', and just talk about 'filmmakers', then we'll know we've really gotten somewhere. — Jennifer Westfeldt

It's exciting to take control of your future instead of waiting for the phone to ring, — Jennifer Westfeldt

But believe me, just because the human mind can't imagine something happening ... doesn't mean it won't. — Dan Brown

I've seen so many people in my life struggle tremendously to fit into those boxes or to live up to those expectations or pressures put upon them by whatever society's concept of 'normal' is. I get frustrated by rules and regulations. I'm frustrated by things that are exclusive to one particular life choice. — Jennifer Westfeldt

One Moment in Time because I think it describes me as a person and how I felt about being on the show. — Anwar Robinson

The saddest and strangest part of Hollywood to me is the fact that millions of dollars are spent on developing works that never get made. It doesn't make any sense to me. I don't understand it. — Jennifer Westfeldt

I think we all learn by doing rather than thinking about doing. — Jennifer Westfeldt

My mom and my stepdad are both therapists. — Jennifer Westfeldt

I look at all my projects as a stair step to the next. My goal is to always get better and better. — Andrae Crouch

I guess what I learned about myself is I'm a bit of a socialist; I want everyone on the set to get equal treatment and credit. — Jennifer Westfeldt

I seem to only write New York stories because it's the only thing that inspires or interests me. — Jennifer Westfeldt

When you see which choices, which decisions, a being makes, you see what is truly meaningful to them. They may say many things, but the choices they make let you see their souls. — Colleen Vanderlinden

I think film is collaboration, and I always want to hear everyone's input. — Jennifer Westfeldt