Jennifer Westfeldt Quotes

#1. LESS fabrication, MORE facilitation

Ted Rubin

#2. 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

#3. 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

#4. He also gives a good picture of the profound chaos unleashed in Muslim countries in 1924 by Ataturk's sudden abolition of the caliphate, an institution they had superficially not taken much notice of but which was central to a Muslim's whole identity.

Tom Reiss

#5. 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

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

Jennifer Westfeldt

#7. The biggest challenge for everybody to realize out there is that we're in a very complicated business world and that were all under one umbrella and it's very challenging for everybody to figure out where the priorities lie and where the loyalties lie.

Scott Bakula

#8. I'm not a parent yet, but I feel like a kid needs to be loved.

Jennifer Westfeldt

#9. I'm pretty much honest to a fault. It's my best and my worst quality.

Jennifer Westfeldt

#10. It's exciting to take control of your future instead of waiting for the phone to ring,

Jennifer Westfeldt

#11. I think we all learn by doing rather than thinking about doing.

Jennifer Westfeldt

#12. 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

#13. We have no quarrel with the German nation,
One would not quarrel with a flock of sheep.
But, generation after generation,
They throw up leaders who disturb our sleep.

Alan Herbert

#14. My mom and my stepdad are both therapists.

Jennifer Westfeldt

#15. 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

#16. It is one of the major tragedies that nothing is more discomforting than the hearty affection of the Old Friends who never were friends.

Sinclair Lewis

#17. Dogs just need you and love, that's all.

Jennifer Westfeldt

#18. Gospel songs to me are about the mansion in the sky, and washed in the blood of Christ's crimson blood, songs that are filled with biblical wording that's no longer understood by a lot of people.

Larry Norman

#19. Action and contemplation are very close companions; they live together in one house on equal terms. Martha and Mary are sisters.

Bernard Of Clairvaux

#20. Don't be too afraid of failure to learn what you need to learn.

Jennifer Westfeldt

#21. 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

#22. 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

#23. 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

#24. Giving is just one way of expressing that God has been good to you and will continue to do so through your being good to others.

Joyce Meyer

#25. The most altruistic man is the most selfish.

Abraham Lincoln

#26. I always cry at weddings; they're beautiful, and I'm always moved.

Jennifer Westfeldt

#27. Palestinian guerrillas, in a bold and coordinated action, created this newest crisis Sunday, and in doing so they accomplished what they set out to do: they thrust back into the world's attention a problem diplomats have tended to shunt aside in hesitant steps towards Middle East peace.

Kai Bird

#28. I think film is collaboration, and I always want to hear everyone's input.

Jennifer Westfeldt

#29. 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

#30. When you make any assumption,
you are preparing room for error.

Toba Beta

#31. 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

#32. The hardest thing is never what you think it's going to be.

Jennifer Westfeldt

#33. Self-study is the key to success.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#34. Originally, Congress provided in 1793 that all foreign coins circulating in the United States be legal tender. Indeed, foreign coins have been estimated to form 80 percent of American domestic specie circulation in 1800.

Murray Rothbard