57 Quotes by Tobey Maguire

She's very, very talented. She's very appealing and beautiful. She has a womanly quality, but also a very fun girl quality, an innocence.

I think women have the advantage over men - they tend to be much more in touch with their feelings and understand the dynamics of how relationships work. Men are much more cold-blooded and less willing to explore what makes a marriage or a relationship work. We like to deal in results and women are interested primarily in the process of the relationship, the little things which are actually the basics of how men and women interact.

My mom wanted to be an actress, so she figured her son could be one for her. She said she'd give me $100 to take drama instead of home ec-I wanted to be a cook like my pops.

I thought it was really courageous that she chose to do this thing in the first place, ... especially with her high profile and the idea that people would be watching her, and their expectations of her.

We bumped her around the first couple of weeks. But she was there to work and she was serious, so she earned her stripes.

Do whatever you can to convince him to do the movie.

Every actor has to establish a presence that not only fits the overall needs of the story but allows him to interact with other actors in a credible and meaningful way. Every actor wants to work under conditions and with material that enables them to create and use their craft.

I've been pretty fortunate; everybody I've worked with has been pretty ego-free and they're just there to do the work and they're famous because they do good work. And the people I've run into have generally been pretty giving, caring people. It's easy to connect with that.

You simply cannot control other people's thoughts or actions and you can't even necessarily control your own thoughts and feelings, you know? All you can do is make your choices of what you do with your life and what your actions are and sometimes when you do let things go and you're more passive or more active. And, you know, it's just interesting and it's important to keep on top of myself and be super honest with myself.