But I quite like that the public has a very short attention span. If I haven't been on telly for a little bit, I can sense it. People don't take as much notice of you, it's really quite palpable.
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Related I can just sense some eyes, some people kinda stare a little bit like they recognize me but don'... VICTOR CRUZ People tend to think that because I'm a performer and I don't go to a regular high school th... ARIANA GRANDE I don't think I always look in people's faces, like, as - I think especially when I'm do... LAURA MVULA My risk tolerance is higher than some people's, but it's not nearly as high as some people... ANDREW SOLOMON I don't pay much attention to career or what other people think. I've always been quite arro... EWAN MCGREGOR I am very keen to take on a 'West End' show soon, as I haven't done much theatre, and th... EUGENE SIMON We're quite into graphics that are simultaneously two- and three-dimensional. But I can't re... SEAN BOOTH I think television has always been one to replicate when something's successful. I don't thi... TOM SELLECK On the whole, I don't like reading long books. I'm not a fan of 'Ulysses.' And I hav... VIKRAM SETH I'm happy to be the guy on the subway that people stare at and they just can't quite place i... DAVID ALAN BASCHE The wonderful thing about maths is it's a totally logical subject, and a pathway has been marked... MARCUS DU SAUTOY I was quite a successful evangelist. I've had people write to me and say, 'Gee, I'm a Ch... DANIEL EVERETT Horror films have always been quite operatic for me. I always sort of scratch my head at people'... BRYAN FULLER I can't complain that I've had a public all through my writing life, but people don't qu... ALAN BENNETT When I came out, I found I hadn't been born with the right genes. It's quite brutal. If you&... JOHN GRANT Well, I haven't really been able to shoot in California for a while. Little movies yeah, but the... JOEL SILVER On every Bright Eyes record, there's some kind of sound collage that begins it. Some of them hav... CONOR OBERST The way my brain processes information is quite odd. I mean, I have Attention Deficit Disorder and a... RON WHITE The thing is: I was quite slow when I was younger. I might have been smart - I don't know - but ... BENJAMIN CLEMENTINE If a scene is three pages long, quite often people break it up and do a page, say 'cut' then... JAMES MCAVOY There's a bunch of places in the world I haven't been to, 'cause I can only be on a plan... EDDIE MURPHY What I don't like so much is people who - how do you say this? - who make judgments over the gen... JOHN DE MOL, JR. I don't have much of an attention span for TV - I nod off during the basketball playoffs - but w... STEVE HARVEY You can't delete racism. It's like a cigarette. You can't stop smoking if you don't ... MARIO BALOTELLI I haven't been offered a lot of comedy. In theater, I've done quite a bit of comedy or drama... MIREILLE ENOS The weekend after 'Kimmy' started streaming on Netflix, I did notice a definite difference i... ELLIE KEMPER Even if you go to Australia today, it's very much like visiting a state you haven't been to. PAT OLIPHANT I have to keep explaining to people that screen kissing isn't quite the same; it's close, bu... MARGOT ROBBIE I feel like every role you take, there's a part of you that obviously feels like you can do it. ... MILA KUNIS I can't worry about what other people are saying about me. At the end of the day, it's just ... CARMELO ANTHONY Everywhere you go, there's a soundtrack. You can't really quite hear it. It's just a lit... LINDA RONSTADT There's a side of fashion that's very analytical and data-oriented and methodical, but there... IMRAN AMED Some people, I think, think that because I don't take it as seriously as a lot of the girls do, ... CHRISSY TEIGEN I haven't watched telly for years. DOUGLAS HODGE Big stuff and little: learning how to order breakfast in a country where I don't speak the langu... ANTHONY BOURDAIN I would quite like to play a big concert as Freddie Mercury. I can't sing that great and I haven... KATE BECKINSALE It's possible that we could change a human gene and double our life span. I don't know if th... CYNTHIA KENYON It's a very nice kind of quasi-fame being a writer, because you remain largely anonymous and you... KHALED HOSSEINI Managers who don't lead are quite discouraging, but leaders who don't manage don't know ... HENRY MINTZBERG I don't think that when I'm acting I feel like I lose myself to it, but that sense of losing... RACHEL KELLER I think the rigors of a TV schedule are brutal and 'Six Feet Under' wasn't a network sch... FRANCES CONROY It's a vicious circle. If you feel hideous, you convey it to people. A couple of male friends fr... MIRANDA HART I come from the place of thinking, 'Whatever works for people' - and if you haven't been... RACHAEL HARRIS I don't take it very seriously. You shouldn't let your success get to your head or failure g... RAKUL PREET SINGH I really can't describe what my stand-up is like - people see it and they say it's like that... DYLAN MORAN I haven't got purity, and I don't think I ever did. I have always been, even as a child, a v... MARIANNE FAITHFULL I can't even speak Hawaiian, but if you go there and listen to a Hawaiian song, you get captured... BRUNO MARS It's not that I don't like TV. It's alien to me. I haven't watched a television show... ETHAN COEN For me, the Internet's like music. I don't like working without it. I will tune it out for h... WARREN ELLIS But it's the particularity of a place, the physical experience of being in a place, that makes i... HARI KUNZRU I tend to be that swimmer that doesn't look like she is trying, but is actually dying on the ins... CATE CAMPBELL I love the attention but I don't like too much of it. EMINEM There's not much that I haven't done in my life, but there's lots of things that I'd... ALAN THICKE I don't want to sound like an old grandmother but actually it's quite nice when you get up e... SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR I know people don't like America very much, but the one thing it's very good on is local gov... HEATHER BROOKE I can't explain chemistry. I really can't. I haven't got a clue what it's all about.... ELAINE STRITCH I don't compare shows. It's very simple. I don't live in the past. If there's any se... HAROLD PRINCE The hardest thing as an actor is that you work really hard constantly for these roles, and you inves... ADRIANNE PALICKI I don't think I care about the hair as much as people think I do. It's just kind of there. I... JACOB DEGROM I'd love to maybe try writing. I don't know if I'd publish anything, but as a hobby, it&... EMMA ROBERTS Technology has changed the fan/actor interaction quite a bit. Now it's really easy to communicat... MISHA COLLINS After 'Entourage,' it completely opened up my casting within the industry. People saw me for... AUTUMN REESER It has been hard for me in a sense because from an industry point of view - I don't care if I... OLLY MURS You know, last season I didn't do anything on the show, so I was frustrated. I mean, don't g... LORRAINE BRACCO It's been very nice. I haven't gotten out too much because we've been working a lot but ... BO DEREK It wouldn't be a Carrie Underwood album without a revenge song on it. People really like when I ... CARRIE UNDERWOOD I'm not quite that difficult, even though maybe I'm a little bit bossy. But you know, in ord... HEIDI KLUM I don't really look at myself as the kind of person who craves attention, but I've never bee... AL YANKOVIC I want to go to Denmark and Scandinavia. We've been inundated with their telly recently, and I... SARAH ALEXANDER You know, I don't watch television! Sorry! I actually don't even have a television. I don... BROOKE SMITH I like to razz the Trekkies a little bit. Who doesn't? It's trainspotting, isn't it? But... MALCOLM MCDOWELL One of the great pleasures of going to see a Daniel Day-Lewis film: you haven't seen him in five... MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY It's stupid to say that I don't like being in the public eye, but I don't like doing stu... ZARA PHILLIPS Paris Hilton, that's very interesting what she did. I've never done that. I haven't real... JEREMY IRONS I always say if music can't make you cry, you're a hopeless case. I don't cry very much ... LINDA RONSTADT I don't like the word 'urban' because I think it's a bit of a generalisation and the... TAIO CRUZ I don't really think about what's 'age appropriate' for my audience because I think ... VERONICA ROTH I don't mind being pale. In high school, it seemed like everybody cared about being tan all year... TAYLOR SWIFT For me, when I'm writing something really personal, I don't feel good about it. It's wei... SAMPHA For me, I would prefer to not have my face on the album cover. I don't mind being in the public,... FLUME I actually always had short hair as a kid, and it's really liberating. I recommend it. It's ... FELICITY JONES For 10 days after the Olympics, I couldn't go back to my house because people were sitting outsi... LAURA TROTT Make as much money as you can. It really does help. I don't know why it's terrible to say, b... KAREN FINERMAN I think it's very insulting to say, 'White people don't understand.' What are you ta... KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE I've been using the same editor, thankfully, she's been sticking with me, but I've been ... DARYL HANNAH Everyone talks about new love all the time, but there's so much to draw from when you've bee... DIERKS BENTLEY I don't describe myself as a sociable person now. I can be quite... you know... grumpy? Is that ... NICK FROST In whichever way my music can get out there, I'm just like, 'Sure.' It's also throug... PRISCILLA AHN I love 'Mastermind'. It's touching that people spend so much time learning. I do have qu... DIANA RIGG I don't think that everything on Broadway relates to us, and I think that's why we as black ... STEPHANIE MILLS I don't think of myself as being troubled as a human being, but I guess I'm quite extreme, q... BEN DANIELS If I'm listening to country, it's Hank Williams, George Jones, Merle Haggard and stuff like ... BUZZ OSBORNE I'm quite contrary. If people agree on something, I tend to gravitate the other way by my nature... ANDY SERKIS Even if my songs are quite sad or quite dark, I don't want my songs to make people sad. It's... AURORA If you know what you want to do, as I always loved musicals, and then to have been lucky enough to b... ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER I always go back to how people behave. If you watch how people actually behave in a situation, it... ROBERT DE NIRO I don't understand anyone thinking I'm sexy at all. I don't get it because, growing up a... SOPHIE MONK It's a little bit more like I want to give this to the people that are really into it first - I ... KIP WINGER I don't think there's anybody that has such a keen sense of vocal production and attention t... ANDERSON PAAK I don't really like the sound of Auto-Tune. I don't like when it's extremely audible, wh... T.I.
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SOPHIE HANNAH In order to have an enemy, one must be somebody. One must be a force before he can be resisted by an... SOPHIE SWETCHINE I'm a proud New Zealander, and I represent Paralympics New Zealand. I love what I do, and I do i... SOPHIE PASCOE As an actor you get categorized by other people, but it's not like I arrange myself into comedy ... SOPHIE THOMPSON Okay. Now my skin is really prickling. I've read all the Harry Potter books, all five of them. I don... SOPHIE KINSELLA I always thought 'chick lit' meant third-person contemporary funny novels, dealing with issu... SOPHIE KINSELLA I never did any training in journalism or in finance, so I really was in the deep end. I got very go... SOPHIE KINSELLA If I behave as though this is a completely normal situation, then maybe it will be ... SOPHIE KINSELLA The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least. SOPHIE SWETCHINE There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the la... SOPHIE SWETCHINE My friends would howl if I claimed I was androgynous - I'm not tall enough! SOPHIE MCSHERA Obviously I've had crushes, and I've tried to make things work with people, but it doesn'... SOPHIE TURNER If me and my friends are feeling decadent, we go for afternoon tea. SOPHIE MCSHERA sometimes you don't need a goal in life, you don't need to know the big picture. you just need to kn... SOPHIE KINSELLA I don't understand anyone thinking I'm sexy at all. I don't get it because, growing up a... SOPHIE MONK With 'Titanic,' you have all the first-class passengers interwoven with wonderful stories ab... SOPHIE WINKLEMAN It's like I'm thirteen again and he's my crush. All I'm aware of in this entire roomful of people is... SOPHIE KINSELLA My own life has been doubly disconnected, as I've written books under two different names. As an... SOPHIE KINSELLA All I will say is that I'm playing a lot of different roles that, to be honest, are more interes... SOPHIE MARCEAU Some days I want to look like a hipster kid, and then other days I want to be prim and proper. I rea... SOPHIE TURNER You look... amazing!" And I have to say, I agree. I'm wearing all black - but expensive black.... SOPHIE KINSELLA She's been used to hiding her feelings for so long, no wonder her manner can be a little awkward. SOPHIE KINSELLA Keep breathing. SOPHIE TUCKER I've been rich and Ive been poor -- and believe me, rich is better. SOPHIE TUCKER I'm not cheap, but I am reasonable SOPHIE TUCKER Success in show business depends on your ability to make and keep friends. SOPHIE TUCKER From birth to 18 a girl needs good parents. From 18 to 35, she needs good looks. From 35 to 55, good... SOPHIE TUCKER When I was fifteen, I got a Tiffany's necklace from the producers of 'Game of Thrones' w... 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SOPHIE KINSELLA I never write about CIA conspiracies or the FBI or mafia or anything like that because I just don... SOPHIE HANNAH Some writers, I'm told, look for their characters' surnames in telephone directories. I don&... SOPHIE HANNAH I think I'm not really into the handsome, chivalrous knight; I like the bad boys. SOPHIE TURNER I would love to work with Jack Nicholson, Saoirse Ronan, Michael Shannon and James Franco in the fut... SOPHIE TURNER I am a fellow commoner at Lucy Cavendish College. My husband used to be a lecturer at Leeds Universi... SOPHIE HANNAH Darling, when things go wrong in life, you lift your chin, put on a ravishing smile, mix yourself a ... SOPHIE KINSELLA On Leonardo DiCaprio: What is he - eleven? thirteen? I could play his nanny. SOPHIE MARCEAU I hurl the glass teapot to the ground. we both stare at it, stunned. "it was s... SOPHIE KINSELLA You cold?' He chafes my arms. I haven't been cold since I moved here. This is something else. 'No. B... SOPHIE JORDAN Relationships are all about trust and equality. If one person shares, then the other person should s... SOPHIE KINSELLA An industrious sinner I much prefer to a lazy saint. SOPHIE KERR I'm not one of those girls who can think, 'Right, I'll put a scarf with that and a littl... SOPHIE WINKLEMAN We’re on this planet for too short a time. And at the end of the day, what’s more important? Kno... SOPHIE KINSELLA Isn't it a riddle . . . and awe-inspiring, that everything is so beautiful? Despite the horror. Late... SOPHIE SCHOLL I know that life is a doorway to eternity, and yet my heart so often gets lost in petty anxieties. I... SOPHIE SCHOLL When I was younger, my mum used to dress me in, like, lime green leggings with a matching neon jumpe... SOPHIE TURNER Matthew Williamson has always been a favourite of mine, and I am definitely also rooting for up-and-... SOPHIE TURNER I can't do any more 'Peep Show' because of my loyalties in Los Angeles to 'Two And A... 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SOPHIE HANNAH Nobody has ever written as many enjoyable, fun-to-read crime novels as Agatha Christie. It's all... SOPHIE HANNAH An end in terror is preferable to terror without end. SOPHIE SCHOLL If my writing comes to a halt, I head to the shops: I find them very inspirational. And if I get int... SOPHIE KINSELLA Some of These Days, SOPHIE TUCKER From birth to age eighteen, a girl needs good parents. From eighteen to thirty-five, she needs good ... SOPHIE TUCKER I've been rich and I've been poor; Believe me, honey, rich is better. SOPHIE TUCKER What you cannot imagine, you cannot fear. SOPHIE HANNAH Sometimes, convenience has the appearance of logic. SOPHIE HANNAH If you want something you can't afford, think what else that money could buy: a week's groce... SOPHIE KINSELLA There's no luck in business. There's only drive, determination, and more drive. SOPHIE KINSELLA Brazil is currently producing about 1.7 million barrels a day. This new field will boost output by a... SOPHIE ALDEBERT The photo shoot I always feel a bit embarrassed about because I don't really know what to do wit... SOPHIE OKONEDO I always notice the dysfunctional dynamic of human relationships because most places where you encou... SOPHIE HANNAH Keep breathing SOPHIE TUCKER I wish for adventure. I wish to matter. I wish for a home. SOPHIE JORDAN Just before my 16th birthday, Natalie Dormer said to me, 'As soon as you turn 16, you're goi... SOPHIE TURNER There's nothing like your mother's sympathetic voice to make you want to burst into tears. SOPHIE KINSELLA Every audition that I walk out of where I think I nailed it, I never get that job, ever. SOPHIE TURNER If only there was something to trade, someone to trade with; Cass would rip her soul from her body a... SOPHIE LITTLEFIELD It's so surreal it's hysterical. SOPHIE MONK When I was your age, if a boy behaved badly, one simply scored his name out from one's dance card. SOPHIE KINSELLA To be honest, going out with Ed after Josh is like moving on to Duchy Originals super-tasty seeded l... SOPHIE KINSELLA I want him." "I'm sorry?" I peer at her, flicking my mobile open out of habit. "The man I ... SOPHIE KINSELLA Oh, my God, you smiled! Mr. American Frown actually smiled!" "Must have been a mistake. I'll sp... SOPHIE KINSELLA I can never resist telling people good news. I mean, why not brighten someone else's life too? SOPHIE KINSELLA It's easy to discount family. It's easy to take them for granted. But your family is your history. Y... SOPHIE KINSELLA Sometimes, when I can't get to sleep, I imagine all the rules I'd invent if I ever got to be in char... SOPHIE KINSELLA How are you going to forget him if you keep talking about him? Darling, when things go wrong in life... SOPHIE KINSELLA I often wonder what she's thinking," says Ed, still gazing up at her. "That's quite an intriguing ex... SOPHIE KINSELLA If your life's at a juncture and you need to think about things, there's nowhere better than home. H... SOPHIE KINSELLA I had fun. That’s what I believe in. Fun, flings, the sizzle. It starts as a shiver, when you see ... SOPHIE KINSELLA ...you may be able to sway people's heads. But you can't sway their hearts. SOPHIE KINSELLA Some of us have hearts, you know. Some of us don't give up on true love. SOPHIE KINSELLA She was the most beautiful thing you ever saw. She was radiant. And she was wearing this necklace...... SOPHIE KINSELLA I can see the warmth. He's falling for me. SOPHIE KINSELLA Life takes us on different paths... It's not up to us to evaluate or judge them, merely respect and ... SOPHIE KINSELLA The thing about lying to your parents is, you have to do it to protect them. It’s for their o... SOPHIE KINSELLA I know what it's like to squander all your hours and all your tears and all your heart on something ... SOPHIE KINSELLA Life is like an escalator. You see, it carries you on regardless. And you might as well enjoy the vi... SOPHIE KINSELLA Honestly, it’s so easy to get what you want from people if they think you’re a psycho. SOPHIE KINSELLA L: You want me just to be your... friend? E: You want the truth? I think you're my guardi... SOPHIE KINSELLA The worst thing a girl can do is trail after a boy when a love affair is dead. SOPHIE KINSELLA I'm allergic to family occasions. Sometimes I think we'd do better as dandelion seeds-no family, no ... SOPHIE KINSELLA Everyone knows revenge is a dish best served when you've had enough time to build up enough vitriol ... SOPHIE KINSELLA It's just the way things are. And you can't dwell on what might have been. You have to look at what ... SOPHIE KINSELLA You can want and want and want, but if he doesn't want you back ... you might as well wish the sky w... SOPHIE KINSELLA You can't just switch off your feelings because the other person did. SOPHIE KINSELLA No human on God's earth is a nobody. SOPHIE KINSELLA It's not enough to believe! Don't you see that, you stupid girl? You could spend your whole life hop... SOPHIE KINSELLA Watching and learning from Mama and the other women in my family gave me a deep love for home and he... SOPHIE HUDSON It's unclear who moves first. We're in each other's arms, lips locked, melded, hotly fused. Our hand... SOPHIE JORDAN Sudden conviction races through me, almost terrifying in its total certainty. I can't give him up. H... SOPHIE JORDAN We're all to driven by materialism. Obsessed with success. With money. With trying to impress people... SOPHIE KINSELLA Ironic. I'm here because of my inherent dangerousness, but it's my inherent politeness that makes me... SOPHIE JORDAN There’s no such thing as ruining your life. Life’s a pretty resilient thing, it turns out. SOPHIE KINSELLA Co-signing a car loan may be okay if you think your child is trustworthy and that's the only way the... SOPHIE BECKMANN Smoking is hardest to give up because it's legal. I smoke because I'm addicted - nicotine should be ... SOPHIE ANDERTON Whether this is true of Kate I don't know. The drugs were the most important thing to me. SOPHIE ANDERTON I had a lot of friends that were extremely hedonistic, extremely debauched, swapping partners etc. S... SOPHIE ANDERTON Drugs are so accessible within the industry, and it is very difficult to steer completely clear of t... SOPHIE ANDERTON I'll miss my AA meetings SOPHIE ANDERTON It really is the year 2007. Which means I must be... Oh my God. I'm twenty-eight. SOPHIE KINSELLA Anger was better than weeping. SOPHIE PAGE Agatha Christie's writing is incredibly skillful because her books are incredibly intellectually... SOPHIE HANNAH Repentance is accepted remorse. SOPHIE SWETCHINE Lies were lethal, however honourable the intentions of the liar. They deprived people of the opportu... SOPHIE HANNAH The thing with giving up is you never know. You never know whether you could have done the job. And ... SOPHIE KINSELLA She was attempting to flirt with him, in hopes he’d put in a good word for her with Captain Alvare... SOPHIE DAVIS I am a big fan of cosy. I get very excited by a roaring fire and even a perfectly made cup of tea. A... SOPHIE WINKLEMAN All through childhood, I wrote verses and mysteries. There is, for me, one connection: structure. My... SOPHIE HANNAH I chose to publish the first 'Shopaholic' book under a pseudonym because I wanted it to be j... SOPHIE KINSELLA He stares at me so darkly, so hungily that I can only nod. Agree. Of course, I feel it. "I do", I ad... SOPHIE JORDAN First and foremost, it's paramount for young child to learn how to swim, and the best place for ... SOPHIE PASCOE