We rarely grow when we're happy, we grow when we hurt. Maggie Q More Quotes by Maggie Q More Quotes From Maggie Q As women, I think it helps that we are complex creatures by nature so just being a woman helps to understand a woman's journey. Maggie Q just-being journey thinking I don't do anything but sleep, when I'm not working. I have no life. I'm no fun. All I want to do is sleep and get ready for the next day. It's awesome. Maggie Q next-day sleep fun Every action project you take, whether it be a movie or TV series, is always different and a lot of people don't really know how big a difference it is. It's a different style of fighting, a different tempo and all of that. Maggie Q differences fighting people Our choices are going to determine the future for our children, our children’s children, and their children. I take that responsibility very seriously. Maggie Q choices responsibility children What could be more unjust than hurting an animal or a child? When you've been gifted dominion over something, that responsibility is real. Maggie Q real hurt children People always ask how there are female priests, but in this world there are. Maggie Q female people world My manager's biggest dream is for me to be on Letterman. She says, 'Oh, Maggie, will you promise me you'll be on 'Letterman?” What can I say? I just tell her I can't promise, but I'll try my best. Maggie Q dream trying promise I'd left Hawaii twice in my life, so I'd been on an island my whole life. I had no clue. I didn't know how to live in a city. Maggie Q hawaii cities islands I was basically a broke student, and I moved to Asia and was making some money to go back to school. One thing led to another, and I was supposed to stay two months, but it ended up being eight years. It was the best mistake I ever made. Maggie Q eight mistake school Obviously, you have to be lucky enough for people to want you to be in films, but that is the plan, definitely. Maggie Q lucky want people I know young people are all going to have different passions, but I would say that if you happen to have a heart for animals, never forget that without your voice, there is no channel for them. Maggie Q passion heart animal We've all, at some point in our lives, been in a position where we have felt powerless. Maggie Q our-lives position felt Our life on earth cannot sustain without healthy oceans - and because of that, the beings who inhabit and allow that eco system to work need our help. Let's start with our wonderment, and go from there. Allow that, and it becomes easy. Maggie Q healthy ocean needs I don't know how people box for a living. I don't know how they can just hurt people for a living and be OK with it. Maggie Q boxes hurt people Here's my goal: I want to make a seriously dark show, and not on a network that has ever done that. Maggie Q done goal dark When you come to America, it's a very serious thing. It's not like you arrive and they say, 'Hey, come on! Do movies!' I can't just be hopping around. I have to focus and be still and make sure that I put the time and effort in. Because if I don't, I could lose it like that. Maggie Q effort focus america There was a time where I thought I could only date vegans. I was wrong because I was missing the fact that somebody should be right for me first, instead of just having similar values. Maggie Q missing facts firsts There is nothing cooler than having lines like, 'Batman, the fate of the world is upon us.' Who gets to say that? And who gets to say that in a deep, earnest, amazingly sexy way? Maggie Q fate sexy world The 1970s 'Wonder Woman' was sort of a kitsch thing. It was a very specific time for that, and it's hard to modernize something like that. Maggie Q kitsch wonder-woman wonder I've gotten to that point where I'm so used to being sweaty, wearing pants, and sitting like a guy in boots. When I'm dressed up and people are touching me up and doing the whole thing, I'm less comfortable with that. Maggie Q touching guy people
