More Quotes by Uma Thurman
Boredom is a great motivator.
I spent the first fourteen years of my life convinced that my looks were hideous. Adolescence is painful for everyone, I know, but mine was plain weird.
I do think that what's wonderful in life is that we gain perspective as we take on different roles that are mind and heart opening.
We're in an environment where everyone gets compartmentalized very quickly.
Before I had my child, I thought I knew all the boundaries of myself, that I understood the limits of my heart. It's extraordinary to have all those limits thrown out, to realize your love is inexhaustible.
Most films these days are men's stories. Women are for add-on romance. That's very hard.
I was an escapee of childhood. I always wanted to grow up.
I used to be more paranoid and stressed, constantly worrying about my Plan B. But the truth is I don't have one.
One feels so despairing on some levels about what's going on in our culture, in regards to things like gender inequality. But there is progress. There is enhanced empathy and respect for others, we are fighting the tide, even though it seems like a tug of war sometimes.
You know what daring really is to me? It's maybe much more simple: the willingness to get up and try it again. It's not about whether or not you fall down, it's how you get back up. And I've taken quite a few tumbles, myself.
