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Related It's a terrible thing to say, and I probably shouldn't say it, but I'm a lazy person whe... PRIYANKA CHOPRA I do music because I can just pick up my guitar and sing, and completely satisfy, instant gratificat... JEREMY RENNER If we all took a minute to reflect upon the wrong we do we would be quite surprised or shocked.Inste... GARY F EVANS... Ants can carry twenty times their own body weight, which is useful information if you're moving out ... RON DARIAN The man I am today it's not the man of yesterday CHRISTOPHER FUDGE is a broken man an outlaw?" "More or less." Brienne answered. Septon Meribald ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The summer sun continued to rise in the sky and propel shocks of heat down on the city and the heavy... HUBERT SELBY JR. I don't really have any interest in allowing other people's kind of idiotic, unnecessary, ei... ANDY BIERSACK Most of us think we're too busy or too important to rest for a day. CRAIG GROESCHEL Believe it or not, I don't own a TV. Crazy huh? I'm not a big movie-goer either. I just feel... JEFFREY DONOVAN I don't use my writing career as a vehicle to get me acting work or to write roles for myself. DANNY STRONG I've had to write a column an hour after I've come back from a funeral. A deadline is a dead... LAURIE NOTARO I don't really find a problem with technology or television or anything. I'm a product of it... JASON BATEMAN I know I'm good enough. I don't need to show it to you. Either you know who I am, or you don... ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC I'm five feet tall - I'm very petite - so for me, if I'm wearing a skirt or dress, it ne... KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN It's a great pity that things weren't so arranged that an empty head, like an empty stomach, wouldn'... UNKNOWN We should be ready for a change. DEYTH BANGER Did you see more glass? J.D. SALINGER She was a girl who for a ringing phone dropped exactly nothing. She looked as if her phone had been ... J.D. SALINGER I learned there were lots of realities in the world. HARUKI MURAKAMI I watch a TV show called 'Shark Tank.' It's one of my favorite TV shows. It's basica... JACOB DALTON For me, to do a reality show is like sending myself to actor's graveyard. I feel like I should w... TAMALA JONES I don't need material things like gold and platinum records on my wall, Grammys or Hall Of Fame ... TOMMY LEE Sometimes I'm doing a big movie, or sometimes I'm doing a TV show, but as an actor, it's... HIROYUKI SANADA It's funny, because I don't have a very addictive personality in any way except for things l... MAE WHITMAN Either I would find an open shot or help create for someone else. CHAMIQUE HOLDSCLAW I am alone a lot, which is good. I need that time to just be alone after a long day, just decompress... TAYLOR SWIFT I think for new artists the hardest thing is putting the face with a name. People maybe heard our so... CHARLES KELLEY I don't understand labels. I don't need anybody to tell me I'm Latina or black or anythi... ZOE SALDANA But long story short, I didn't start doing stand-up because I wanted to have a TV show or be an ... DEMETRI MARTIN I don't think I want to transition into being a recording artist for the rest of my life or anyt... LAURA OSNES I don't have a single complete show or movie or anything else that I could look at and say, '... HUGH LAURIE I like ground and pound; I don't know if it is like a technique or discipline. I like to be on t... PAIGE VANZANT If I stopped making records or performing, I'd probably still be famous for a while being me. But I'... KYLIE MINOGUE My eyebrows - they have a life of their own. I don't arch them on purpose; I don't do, like,... SEAMUS DEVER By the side of the everlasting Why there is a Yes--a transitory Yes if you like, but a Yes. E.M. FORSTER (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON What you taken for granted, could mean a lot to another. ZENG HAN JUN Have & Have Not SAVAN SOLANKI For me, songwriting starts with a melody. When a musician plays a chord progression, either the word... RAIN PHOENIX My workout is always with a trainer because, quite honestly, I don't think most people are motiv... PAUL STANLEY When 'Supernatural' came out, there were a lot of procedurals and you were either a doctor o... JARED PADALECKI Sometimes I write less than I'd like but do research. Other times, editor's notes or a copy-... JANE LINDSKOLD Yeah, if someone's selling downloads and collecting money for our songs I would be unhappy about... IAN MACKAYE I don't do anything just 'cause nothing else is happening, or for money. LA INDIA I pack a toothbrush, toothpaste, and deodorant. That's it. I don't have the time or patience... PAUL WALKER I don't just write hits for myself, or for other artists, or to just be writing it. I write it b... NAYVADIUS CASH The only reason why I tend to pass on a movie is either I don't think I'm right for the mate... NICOLAS CAGE Ooh, I'd love to be in a movie with Meryl Streep or Martin Scorsese. There are so many different... CARA DELEVINGNE When I'm sick of myself, and when I don't know what to say as a solo artist, I can write a s... JENNY LEWIS I don't need a diet pill. I need something that gives you an electric shock when you reach for f... JOY BEHAR I don't really mind what people say about my love life or anything like that, but the one thing ... ASHLEE SIMPSON I'm guessing the stress of having to write for a deadline can be inspiring. Sometimes, pressure ... TIMOTHY DALTON I'm not particularly needy, and I'm not particularly anxious. I don't look for a directo... CATE BLANCHETT I sing all the time. But maybe nobody's hearing it, because I'm singing in my car or in my h... NATALIE MAINES I don't really watch a lot of TV, to be honest. I'm more of a movie girl, or I Netflix stuff... ADELAIDE KANE My eyebrows - they have a life of their own. I don't arch them on purpose; I don't do, like,... SEAMUS DEVER I don't think of myself as hot or cool or anything, just a dork. ASHLEY OLSEN I like people who are still actively creating in their life, who aren't set, I don't feel li... DANA DELANY The terrifying fear of a crash had triggered the fight-or-flight response in the child, making him b... PAWAN MISHRA Team sports aren't my thing. I find it easier to pick something up if I can do it at my own spee... HARUKI MURAKAMI I don't really need a personal trainer or watch what I eat. I can't start the day without a ... BLAKE LIVELY I have a half an hour warm-up I do that my voice teacher gave me. I exercise at least for an hour du... JOSH YOUNG I'm my own artist, and I see artists as movies. No one should try to change them for anything. I... ZEDD In a show or a movie, one must work with many people. Many women just don't have the time for it... DOROTHY FIELDS I only eat meat if I go to a nice restaurant and there is an exceptional dish, or if I'm at some... BRYAN FULLER I'm very organized and tidy in my home life and I generally do something myself rather than farm... MARK STRONG I can't devote or focus on one issue for very long because there's always something else. That's the... CAROL HANSEN Whether it's destiny or fate or whatever, I don't think I could do a French Laundry anywhere... THOMAS KELLER I don't want to be viewed as a womaniser or whatever. I don't like going crazy crazy, I like... HARRY STYLES I don't need to write comics for a living. I have movies and TV for that. I write comics for one... J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI If I wasn't acting, I'd try and be a footballer. I wouldn't be a musician because I can&... JAMIE BLACKLEY There is something about my aura or essence, or whatever, that draws the ex-wife characters to me. I... NATALIE ZEA I've always been creating my whole life, you know. I've just had a need to create, whether i... DAN FOGLER I like zombie movies. I like 'The Walking Dead;' I like the metaphor of it, simply because w... MARILYN MANSON I actually don't pay a lot of attention to the movie 'industry'... I just do the work wh... MARK MARGOLIS As far as social media and all that, I understand connecting with fans on a different level, but I d... DEAN AMBROSE I don't really have guilty pleasures. I like what I like, and I don't worry too much about w... ANN LECKIE I don't like to read contemporary fiction while writing - I need a sense of isolation, a kind of... CYNTHIA OZICK I don't even know how to speak up for myself, because I don't really have a father who would... EMINEM I don't rehearse on either of my shows, 'Family Feud' or my talk show. I never rehearse ... STEVE HARVEY You know, what I like about 'The Family Tree' is it's a kitchen sink movie; you can'... DERMOT MULRONEY I don't go off and sit down and try to write material, because then it's contrived and force... STEVEN WRIGHT History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I only write music for myself, I don't try and appeal to anyone else. BRYAN ADAMS I wouldn't call myself a method actor, but I have my own method. I do my own research. I come up... JEREMY IRONS My secret ambition was always to provide music for animation films: something with an Indian theme, ... RAVI SHANKAR I know I need to watch myself because I don't want anyone to think I'm snobby or stuck up. I... AUSTIN O'BRIEN Being with Kyra is so natural for me; it's the easiest aspect of my life. I know that I don'... KEVIN BACON But I don't think of myself as a foreigner or a Frenchman! I just think of myself as a director.... MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS But I don't only get recognized for 'Friday the 13th.' I was on a TV show called' I&... BETSY PALMER I don't watch TV. I don't use a computer, a fax or a cellphone. LOUISE BOURGEOIS I love fresh fruit and vegetables. I'm not a strict dieter. I don't think that anything in l... CARRIE ANN INABA It was nice to be in my own country, where I didn't need a translator or a driver. Where I didn&... LYNSEY ADDARIO I'm cool with the way I look, I'm not an ugly dog, but I don't see myself as a stud or a... SEANN WILLIAM SCOTT In Japan, I live in a little neighborhood in the middle of nowhere. I don't have a bicycle or a ... PICO IYER Hollywood, they make up these Latinos because they have a certain physical type or a certain name or... JAIME CAMIL After my second-to-last record, 'The Greatest', I had gone on tour for a while, and I didn... CAT POWER I don't think that I could ever be a strict dad. I never grew up with anybody strict in my life.... RANDY HOUSER For me, a show's a show. I try to put on the best show I can for whatever audience or time slot ... BRANTLEY GILBERT
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ADAM CAROLLA The reason why you know more funny dudes than funny chicks is that dudes are funnier than chicks. If... ADAM CAROLLA You don't realize how much you use your credit card not even to buy things. It's a card you ... ADAM CAROLLA If you've driven over to the gay section of Los Angeles, it's like a golf course... Real est... ADAM CAROLLA When you have kids, you instantly feel that you do not want to do them wrong. Those dads that go off... ADAM CAROLLA I cook a little bit. I make a Hungarian dish called chicken paprikash that's out of this world. ... ADAM CAROLLA If in 1989 I said, 'I have an idea: Bottle water and sell it. And charge more than a beer,' ... ADAM CAROLLA My first film is coming out, and it's in 3D, and it's 'The Hobbit,' so it's a bi... ADAM BROWN As a first movie, 'The Hobbit' is not a bad place to start. ADAM BROWN It was just really odd to be in a room with Ian McKellen sharing cucumber sandwiches. ADAM BROWN You kind of forget he's Peter Jackson in a way because he's so normal; he's lovely. It... ADAM BROWN I consider The O.C. as my college. It was four years and I made friends who I'll have forever. ADAM BRODY Transitioning to being an unemployed film actor is different, but it's fun and I've been loo... ADAM BRODY I always enjoyed movies and in hindsight I realise how captivating they were to me. ADAM BRODY I have been in teen shows for years, so doing that stuff - kissing - is kind of commonplace and not ... ADAM BRODY I have a pretty lousy voice. ADAM BRODY It helps if you don't date other actors, but actresses are beautiful. How can you say no? ADAM BRODY I've had to fight for roles and I've lost a hundred roles, but 'Smoking' and 'Sm... ADAM BRODY I worry that I can come off smarmy. I wonder if I was listening to myself if I'd want to kick my... ADAM BRODY If I don't direct a movie at some point, I've failed personally. ADAM BRODY I like an interesting movie even if it's controversial or offensive, depending on your taste. ADAM BRODY There's no conversation more boring than talking about what it's really like to live in Newp... ADAM BRODY Well, I guess most people would only know me from The O.C. I did a few episodes of Gilmore Girls bef... ADAM BRODY My best jokes are so cheap. All I do is say things sarcastically. ADAM BRODY I like to always have humour in whatever I do. ADAM BRODY I just want to be in good things that I want to see, and I want to work with talented people who are... ADAM BRODY I am super-proud to have a sort of famous character in my background that if you're a certain ag... ADAM BRODY It's very important to me to love what I do. It was important to me to find a career that I trul... ADAM BRODY It's bad writing, however naturalistic it's written, that's where you have to do your be... ADAM BRODY Comic books aren't nerdy. You'd have to be an idiot to think computers are nerdy. ADAM BRODY I'm a fake intellectual. ADAM BRODY I want to work with intelligent people and look for scripts that I think are intelligent and surpris... ADAM BRODY I wish I came from a more pure place. I don't have something to say from the bottom of my soul. ... ADAM BRODY