More Quotes by Adina Porter
I'm very happy to be a working actor.
I'm not a - I'm beautiful, but I'm not working because I'm drop-dead gorgeous with a fantastic body. I think I continue to work because I'm good at my craft. I'm dedicated to bringing to life what the author is trying to portray. I try to make the producers cry and the crew laugh.
I'm dedicated to bringing to life what the author is trying to portray. I try to make the producers cry and the crew laugh.
Growing up, I didn't know about the Japanese internment camps until I saw a movie of the week as an adult. I remember going, 'How come that wasn't covered in history class?' Moving to California, you run into people whose grandparents lost everything and their businesses and were put in these internment camps.
Every once in a while, I'll have an acting role that allows me to look at something in my life and work it out.
Work is hard, but being a mom is harder.
I work out. I used to go to yoga every day. Now I just incorporate yoga into my warm-up and my cool down. I drink a lot of water, and I go to therapy.
A new thing I've been doing is just making sure I clear off my desk and try to only touch a piece of paper once, so I get the mail, open it up, deal with it then. My son's homework, or what I get from his teachers, the same way. That way, it's not nagging me, things to add to my to-do list.
I read. It affects every decision that I make. Every dollar that I spend, every dollar that I make.
You can so easily be dismissed as a thug or hysterical if you're a woman if you don't keep your rage in check.
