My Typings (that's not on IDRlabs)

Disclaimer: The quotes shown here are not intended as standalone proofs (though a few of them are), but rather as extracted data from a specific context, such as an interview, from which we intuit a given function-attitude.

Morrisette: "I play with words linguistically like

they're paint."

Morrisette: "There was a time in my life, and

still an element of it now, where the only things

I wanted to do were things that scared me

[because in doing that] I felt alive, I felt like I

was transcending something, that I wasn't

stuck somewhere."

Morrisette: "Everything that happens is 

temporary for me."

The Atlantic: “Her verbosity [and] twee

wordplay [are] hard to resist. … She’s as

much of a storyteller ... as she is a

performer, which is why that sense of

identifying with her angst … is so sharp.”

 

Waltz: "Whether it’s a job, a relationship,

even a hobby that you follow for your own

amusement: eventually, you get to the

point where perseverance is what’s

needed."

Waltz: "I don’t like improvisation. I am not

a writer and creating a script is a writer’s

job. … I wouldn’t like it if an author came

up and told me how I should play a scene.

… I am not very good at it!"

Waltz: "[I do acting because] it's my
profession, no different than it is for any
other profession.”

Waltz: "I try to follow the lead of the writer,

and the script ... and find what's in the

case at hand and not so much in the

generalization of, for example, the genre

or the actor's persona. I really make an

effort to stick to the individual character

because it serves a very specific purpose.

And without the specificity you have more

or less nothing."

 

Waltz: "I think it is absolutely ridiculous that actors go on their bonus 

DVD interviews and explain what they were doing. That’s not what an 

actor does. ... It’s completely counterproductive for an actor to talk about 

his part."

Waltz: "I don’t like talking about [my roles]. If you go into a restaurant 

and you have been served an exquisite meal, you don’t need to know 

how the chef felt, or when he chose the vegetables on the market. I

always feel a little like I would pull the rug out from under myself if I 

were to I speak about the background of my work."

Waltz: "When Jochen Rindt was racing ... I remember everything about 

his crash; I remember exactly where I was, all the details. I’m not

particularly into motor racing, but I am into the tyre changes, the pit

stops. It is the most incredible thing to watch. That’s perfect

co-ordination between people and all their motor senses, every

movement perfectly rehearsed. Each person is 100 per cent perfect and

then it’s ten people together! The efficiency is breathtaking. ... this is ten 

people doing something which takes effort, concentration, knowledge 

and practice. It’s like playing a musical instrument."

Waltz: "I have a less romantic and idealistic approach to acting."

Waltz: "[Dialogue in film] should be dealt with with equal attention and 

diligence [as the visuals], but sadly it isn’t. You only have to listen to

people talk on the street, unless they’re talking this gibberish that seems 

to be the main mode of communication now."

Norton: "It's everybody's duty [and] social

responsibility to ... not be unpleasant."

Norton: "It is weird when you see people

without the 'wanting to be liked' gene, like you

see something like Simon Cowell or Anne

Robinson who [are] just quite happy to be

loathed. It's a weird thing isn't it."

Allen: "I never really liked school ... I didn't

really like sort of authority, and I kind of felt

like I wanted to educate myself, really. I just

knew I was never gonna be at a job that

required me to have a degree."

 

Allen: “[I'm open] to any opportunities that

come my way."

 

Allen: "I definitely hope I'm touching a nerve,

because I think that's what I like to do, is to

get people thinking."

NY Time: "She [has this] kind of irresistible

frankness that has gotten her, time and

again, in trouble."

 

 

Plaza: "The only thing I don't like about [my

previous roles] is if it prevented me from doing

other things, and it has become a bit of a

challenge, because people are stupid and

afraid to take risks."

Plaza: "The most fun part [is] trying to really

find the truth in every moment so that you're

not making these wild leaps of logic."

Plaza: "You can't be fully prepared for 

something like [acting] because you don't

know how it's going to feel [until] you're

actually in the moment doing it. ... [You] just

[have] to kind of do it."

Plaza: "I never had a time in my life where I

thought 'I don’t know what I want to do'. It was

always me saying, 'I know what I want to do

and I want to do it now!'"

 

Harper's BAZAAR: "[She has a] straight-

talking attitude. ... She cuts through the

usual obsequiousness of what can be."

 

Plaza: "Scenes where I'm breaking down or having really crazy

stuff happening to me [are] hard. I've not had to have all of those

emotions coming out of me. I'm not a super emotional person."

 

Plaza: "I’m just in the moment at all times.”

Plaza: “I guess whatever my character has to say, I have to say. I mean, 

what are words anyway? They’re just words: ‘chair’, ‘lawn’, ‘fuck’!”

Clark Gregg: “She’s fearless, she does it in a way that’s so humiliating 

and so embarrassing and so completely brave that you can’t help but

love her. And as someone acting with her, can’t help but go there with 

her.”

 

 

 

Burr: "You have to be up here [in your head] and think logical, and not be in your heart."

Burr: "[Stand up is] like, This is what I’m doing now. ... I obviously learned from a bunch of masters, but it always flowed into me. When you find what you’re supposed to do there’s not a lot of thinking. It just is."

Burr: "Life is all about getting knocked down and learning how to come back up even harder. Not being stupid about it and keep running into the same wall the same way, you adjust and try to get over it."

Burr: "I feel like we live in this ridiculously over-sensitive time where people get offended over nothing."

Harding: “Honesty is the great essential.

It exalts the individual citizenship, and,

without honesty, no man deserves the

confidence of the people in private

pursuit or in public office.”

Steven J. Rubenzer: “[He was] usually

cheerful and pliable.”

Steven J. Rubenzer: “Harding always tried

to maintain a positive approach.”

Steven J. Rubenzer: “He was decidedly

not ‘contemplative, intellectual,

introspective, meditative, philosophical.’”

Steven J. Rubenzer: "Harding's enthusiasm

and optimism were his real assets as

president."

Steven J. Rubenzer: "Harding had great difficulty resisting

temptation and was not inhibited or restrained. Not liking to do

things alone, he very much enjoyed big parties, spending time

with people, and being part of a crowd. Definitely not known as

cold or distant, he welcomed close relationships and was warm

and self-disclosing. He was outgoing and friendly toward

strangers, 'casual, easygoing, informal, natural, relaxed,' and

made friends easily. Harding clearly saw himself as a lighthearted

person and very plainly showed it when he was happy. His

feelings showed in his facial and body language; his gestures

were adroit. He often felt very energetic and vigorous."

Steven J. Rubenzer: "Harding and Clinton ... were warm and

self-disclosing, outgoing, friendly to those they just met, and not

detached, secretive, or reserved. Each enjoyed being part of a

crowd and showed his emotions in his facial and body language.

Neither had a reputation for being distant or cold, nor was

'bashful, shy, timid.' They preferred to do things with others rather

than alone and made friends easily."

Steven J. Rubenzer: "Virtually nobody considered him cold or

calculating. Nor was he defensive or lacking in humor about his

faults. He empathized easily with others, believed most people

were honest and trustworthy, and assumed the best about those

he met."

Natasha Bedingfield

"As a performer ... you have to just be who you are."

"I want people to have fun. We need to let our hair down sometimes, because we get so serious."

"I enjoy the fact that you get to try different styles."

"I like clothes that are flattering on your figure - they can be designer stuff or not you know. It’s quite fun to mix the high street with vintage - maybe one designer item or something. ... You can finish up mixing and matching a lot with other things."

 

 

Scott: “I want to live big. I want to laugh big, I

 want to love big, I want life to know I was here 

… and somehow make a difference in the 

process.”

Scott: “Don't let your character change color

with your environment. Find out who you are

and let it stay its true color.”

Scott: “[I] want to live every moment to the

fullest.”

Scott: “Bubbly. Perky. Outgoing. That’s what

grownups always say about me.”

Scott: “I [always] wanted to be on the front lines. I wanted to be there, 

right in the middle of everything. You know, I’m the girl who loves to 

make grand entrances. I’ll always choose vibrant, bold colors over 

boring pastels and given a choice, I’d rather go somewhere than stay 

home. … Rather laugh than cry.”

Scott: “When it comes to having a relationship with God, I could sit here 

and tell you what to do and what to say and how to pray, but where will 

that get you if you just sit there? … Best thing I can tell you is, go after 

God. … Christianity is not a label, but a lifestyle, something that has to 

be lived from the inside out.”

Scott: “I hate cliques. I’m not into being labeled in any way. I don’t like 

wearing jeans that have somebody’s name on my back pocket. Forget 

Khakis and shirts with little emblems and sweatshirts with big fat names 

across the front.”

Scott: “I wanted to be a high-impact, make-a-difference, love-the-world-

and-turn-the-tide kind of Christian. Not a wimpy, polite, no big deal, 

politically-correct-and-don’t-make-waves kind of Christian.”

Dido: "I really feel things deeply and that’s 

why I write songs."

Dido: “I write based on how I see and feel

things ... It’s all about transferring how I see

 the world into a song."

Dido: "To me a song is just about the flow of

it, it just has to flow and me to never notice

in a way, it has to feel whole and real.”

The Guardian: "[Her parents were] angry at

her lack of self-discipline."

Dido: “[The way] sort of been the way I’ve been with everything in life [is]

if I’m not feeling like I want to put the music out, then I won’t put the

music out. Or if I’m not feeling the need to get up on stage, then I won’t

get up on stage.”

Dido: “People keep saying, ‘Why did you step away [from making

music]?' It didn’t really feel like that to me. I just write songs. ... I’ve

never made records until enough of it builds up and I feel like I’ve got

something to say."

Dido: "I [am] very clear on what [I] like, and what [I] don’t."

Dido: "Music had always been my personal thing, no one invaded

it, no one bothered me, it was absolutely mine. It was my escape.

Whenever anything was bugging me, I'd just go and play my

music and it made me happy. And there was something about

them giving me money for it that, to me, symbolised it being taken

away. I felt like I no longer had the thing that made my life worth

living."