I understand people have preconceived notions of who I am or what I do. But I do find it a bit bizarre that people find it bizarre that I've grown up.
It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
People want to put you in the box, and you just have to fight past their preconceived notions.
As a filmmaker, my approach is to come in not with preconceived notions, but with curiosity, and in that way, whether my subjects are James Carville or Anna Wintour or Dick Cheney, I am always surprised.
I'm not really sure what people's preconceived notions are. I don't look at the gossip websites - it's unhealthy and I think it's a large part of what drives people in L.A. crazy.
As an actor, I do not come with preconceived notions. I am like clay that can be moulded or like a sponge that can absorb things. I do what the director wants me to do.
When I was first trying to explain to my parents that I was really a girl, my father didn't know what to do. He had these preconceived notions about what his family was going to be like, and when I didn't fit into those notions, he just ignored what I was trying to tell them before he really came around.
I think people have certain preconceived notions of certain people that they've never met. And so, that's sort of what I try to work from.
I've learned that you shouldn't have preconceived notions about anybody.
I have no preconceived notions of what SBA programs work or not.
Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom.
Preconceived notions and rules are antithetical to the creative process.
It wasn't that I was shy to go out with him, I just didn't want people with preconceived notions to assume anything about why we were together. I was pretty careful for a while.
I think when kids are younger, they don't have these preconceived notions of what a transsexual person is.
Adolescence has such a negative connotation and it shouldn't. It's experimentation, it's being unsure, no preconceived notions.
I think most of us are raised with preconceived notions of the choices we're supposed to make.