The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears.
To be fair, I don't think it's a plague to say I have the misfortune of making movies for a living.
Disabilities and misfortune can make you stronger.
I had the fortune or misfortune to learn how to read fluently starting at the age of three. So I had read maybe 150 books by the time I hit 1st grade. And I already knew that the teachers were lying to me.
I'm becoming more squeamish. I didn't use to be - nine years of 'Silent Witness' prepared me for most things one will have the misfortune to see in life. Before, I'd be wading up to my neck in gore, but now I tend to look away.
I think 'The Hunger Games' has a really powerful message about survival, and sacrificing for the ones you love. It's almost like a warning for us to not lose touch of our humanity. We live in a world in which we watch other's misfortunes for entertainment.
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.