Brandi Chastain's Quotes

When I was younger it was twice a day with a game on the weekend. Then when I got older, three times a day everyday in college and on the national team.

You'll be dedicated and that's what you should want to be in anything in life - whether it's sports or academics or your relationship. It all stems from finding that fun, that thrill, that excitement.

You know, it's recently come into focus for me why I want to be an actor: It's because of the connection I feel to people.

I have a feeling that very soon I'm going to fail very, very big. I'm going to try something and everybody's going to be like, 'What was she thinking?'

I love fall because I love the whole cuddling aspect of it, and a sweater dress has that vibe of I'm going to hunker down and be warm, but it's also very feminine.

I was excited that my films would finally see the light of day and people would see them. But I never imagined that such nice things would be said about a lot of my films.

I've actually been given a great gift. When I walk into an audition with a director, I'm carrying no baggage. They haven't seen me in anything, even though I've done nine films.

Okay, I'm going to let you in on a little secret: I'm a very superstitious person. I'm walking onto the plane as we speak. I'm putting my hands on the outside of the plane and my feet are on the lip of the plane. I have to do it every time before I fly.

People were confused by me, and at first I was auditioning a lot for the crazy characters or the victim, someone who'd been attacked. Which is great, because usually those are the best acting roles.

There is this immediate connection, this intimacy when you're acting because there's no room to be polite or shy. Also, as an actor I get to connect with women I've never met before.

When something happens, I always check myself and know it's going to go away. So be prepared for it. This is a tough business for actors who are sensitive. If you try to hold on to things, you'll go crazy.

I'm very sensitive in real life. I cannot not cry if someone around me is crying. I will start to cry if someone is crying, even if it's not appropriate. I have that thing in me, a weakness or sensitivity.

I don't want to be in my car all day. I love getting up in the morning in Venice and walking my dogs down to the cafe to get my tea, and then perhaps going to a bookstore and sitting and reading, then walking to the beach.

I always say I am a realist, and my mom says, 'No, you just have anxiety.'

I'm inspired by people who are so sensitive and vulnerable that they try to cover it up.

Before, it was just about making the films - and now it's releasing them. Which is a steep learning curve.

Broadway has always been a dream of mine.

I can't even open my eyes underwater.

I don't like the idea that fame could mean that people can no longer relate to me.

I don't want people to look at me.

I have problems because I'm very expressive, and usually red lipstick gets on my teeth and face.

I love being around great actors and film-makers, and I try to hide the fact that I'm in awe of them.

I think that with any emotion - fear, love, nervousness - if the actor's feeling it, then the audience feels it.

I try not to fake anything.

I'm such a geek.

I'm the first person in my family to go to college.

I'm the unknown everyone's already sick of.

I'm used to working really hard to get a role. I was always auditioning and talking my way into roles.

I've had to learn how to say 'no' to offers.

I've never been in New York for the whole time of Fashion Week.

I've spent my life being embarrassed.

It takes me a long time to make a big purchase.

No one ever recognizes me.

Whatever anyone says, I think the opposite will happen.

When I first moved to Los Angeles, I don't think anyone knew what to do with me.

Anyone who has grown up in Delhi knows it's horrible.

For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else.

I don't think I would do better books if I wrote full time. I write for amateurish reasons.

I feel completely at home in the absurdities of India.

I need to have some depth in my characters. That's why they are all Bengalis. I can't imagine writing a book with someone called Saxena as the hero.

It's a huge headache - the more money you have, the more hassles. I find money very uncomfortable.

People should have literary and cultural taste and should not bomb hotels.

So much better to write pen on paper; you can do it anywhere, say, while stuck at the airport.

The more languages you know, the less likely you are to become a terrorist.

Well, life is dark, isn't it? Mostly, it's dreadful. At the same time, death is funny too. I mean, look at the fuss we make of it.

Advances don't fundamentally interest me. It sounds terribly naive, but money doesn't really mean anything to me. If a lot of money came my way, I'm certainly not going to say no. But it hasn't come my way as yet, and I'm not heartbroken.

Amidst one's daily clutter, one doesn't usually reflect on the splendour of being free because - naturally - one has to get on with the business of living.

Governance is complex, difficult, and on the whole, thankless - why ever should the Bright Young Things leave the management of their hotels, newspapers, banks, TV channels and corporations to join, like fleas on a behemoth, the government? Wherein lies the difference between the two worlds?