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TONY DUNGY If I sleep in and don't run, I'll feel a little bit off because I didn't do what I was s... VALERIE BERTINELLI I'm so compulsive about stuff, I know if I had ever gotten pregnant, of course, that would have ... BETTY WHITE I wasn't a bad kid. My dad left when I was young, so I didn't have much discipline, not that... DANNY DYER Right now I'm so old that if I had a big gush of money, I don't know what I'd do with it... JACK VANCE I don't want to have kids for like 10 years. I still have a lot to do. I don't even know if ... AVRIL LAVIGNE I had between 20 and 40 songs for 'Detox,' and I just couldn't feel it. Usually, I can h... DR. DRE For me, I'm just trying to be the best at what I do. I'll wave an Asian American flag if I g... CHAD HUGO It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON My phobias worsen as I get older. I'm scared of flying, driving. I'm terrified of sharks. I&... ELI ROTH I don't feel 50. I'm still ambitious, and I've only just got my licence to race sports c... PAUL HOLLYWOOD I'm getting asked a lot, 'You don't have kids, so how do you know how to act like a moth... WINONA RYDER I'm on the road earning my money. I didn't get any million pound record deals. Not unless yo... IMELDA MAY I'm a free agent. I haven't allowed any promoters to have exclusive options on my fight. I d... SUGAR RAY LEONARD I'm just concerned that if I get older, people aren't going to enjoy me as much as when I wa... JACKIE EVANCHO I'm so lucky in my life, but I'm so unlucky in my abilities. I love art so much, but I'm... AGNES GUND I'm a huge NASCAR fan, but I'm not a gearhead. I've never been into fixing cars. It'... LARRY THE CABLE GUY I'd rate myself an 8. I do have my flaws, but I'm a cool dude. If I wasn't myself, I'... LANCE GROSS I wasn't completely comfortable in the footy culture because I wasn't that comfortable in my... VANCE JOY I trust myself. I trust my instincts. I know what I'm gonna do, what I can do, what I can't ... CARRIE FISHER I Googled 'What do rich people buy?' Because I don't feel like a rich person, and I don&... J. J. WATT I'm certainly not a perfect mother, but I'm trying to be what my mother wasn't for me. M... DOROTHY HAMILL I'm not a bad driver. And I never will be because I took lessons when I was quite a boy. I never... RICHARD MURDOCH Don't get me wrong, I'm very good, I'm a loyal person and I would never treat anyone bad... KIERSTON WAREING All I'm doing is I'm filling out my tax returns - or my accountants are, and I'm paying ... DAVID RUBENSTEIN I'm a wise Latina woman. Whatever, man. Thank God I'm not in politics, because the fact that... JUSTINA MACHADO I wanted to join the Army, but my eyesight wasn't good, so I quit school and my job to just focu... ALISTAIR OVEREEM What I have crossed out I didn't like. What I haven't crossed out I'm dissatisfied with. CECIL B. DEMILLE When I was a child, I wanted to be an actor, but I had really bad buckteeth. I didn't want to ge... JAMES FRANCO I'm not saying anything to denigrate 'Criminal Minds'; that's a great show. I just d... PAGET BREWSTER I'm just beginning to develop callouses on my fingers, because I haven't played a lot. IKE TURNER Life is short, so I'm knowing exactly where I'm putting my time. I don't want to do thin... MIRA NAIR My brothers used to call me Bob. They'd laugh at me, and I didn't get it. I'm 13 years o... MICHAEL STRAHAN It's a healthy thing to get some bad criticism. I'm still here and I'm fine, but I'd... KEELEY HAWES Directing is genderless. The only thing... I love men. I'm not being mean to them, but they can&... LORI PETTY Yes, it's true, I have bought a helicopter. I really like it. I can't fly it, but I plan to ... SHANE FILAN My bed isn't made, I'm tired, I haven't slept well for two weeks. I haven't been lai... LAYNE STALEY But the good news was that my elder sister refused to get married straight away and I couldn't g... INDRA NOOYI I don't care what people think of me, unless they think I'm mean or something, but I don'... SIA I come from - I came from Wales, and it's a strong, butch society. We were in the war and all th... ANTHONY HOPKINS I tried the Atkins diet in the Seventies when pregnant with my son, as I didn't want to pile on ... BRITT EKLAND I'm elected. I don't report to any politician. I report to the people. If I had to report to... JOE ARPAIO It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON I'm a liability to them - I'm a woman, I'm empowered, I'm an artist. I've had ex... ALANIS MORISSETTE Now that I'm gettin' old enough to get some money, I'd like to have some money. I don... MUDDY WATERS I'd love to do a comedy. I'm terrified of comedy. I don't think I'm funny, but I gue... JARED PADALECKI If I don't get food in my mouth, I'm still happy. If my pants are round my ankles, as long a... MICHAEL J. FOX I'm 43 now. I've reached the point where I really can't care what anyone thinks. Of cour... PAGET BREWSTER I don't have many friends. It's not because I'm a misanthrope. It's because I'm ... IAN RANKIN Turning 60 was not a happy time. I didn't think 'I'm falling apart,' but I did re-ex... RAQUEL WELCH I didn't know the technical language of filmmaking, so I said, 'OK, I'm going to do my o... ROBERT REDFORD I do look better on TV. In real life, I look scruffy and pale, and I get the worst kind of recogniti... TOM WARD I made my first album, and I guess it wasn't a fluke, because now I'm on my 16th. BONNIE RAITT Everyone's been through hell to get where they are, and I'm not gonna let anybody talk down ... ROMAN REIGNS I'm hungrier than all of them. They didn't put in the effort that I did to get the title. So... STIPE MIOCIC I'd love to be in a real boxing match, but I can't because of my face. I'm an actor! STEPHANIE SIGMAN I didn't know how to show my self love, and I didn't want anyone else to hurt me. So my toug... MARY J. BLIGE I realise few people get to live the life they always wanted, but I'm so neurotic, I don't r... CHARLIE HUNNAM My work comes out of a deep psychological place, so it's not like I'm Object Man at home. Th... TINO SEHGAL I think that the character that I'm playing now is so fundamentally different than Ally that I h... CALISTA FLOCKHART I was doing shows and flying economy, and nobody ever fed me. Or I'd be staying in hotels so che... KATE MOSS I'm still shocked when people say, 'You haven't done a studio record in 20 years.' I... ACE FREHLEY I said, 'I'm going to the United States to study with Stella Adler and do movies because nob... SALMA HAYEK Don't forget, I'm 39. I didn't come here just for the money to impress myself. I'm n... JAROMIR JAGR I'm signed to a U.S. label, and I didn't enjoy the 3 A.M. phone calls. I'm not a great s... ESTELLE I was an artist, I was executive producer on my first album, so I've always had to manage both. ... JAY-Z I'm a great supporter of the European Union. I didn't support entry to the Euro, not because... GORDON BROWN I went into acting because I had to make a good living. I had a child now and I had to support him a... DAVID SOUL Becoming emancipated at 14, my life wasn't normal. I didn't have to go to school, so I didn&... DREW BARRYMORE I had to have my first kiss in front of, like, a hundred people. I didn't know what to do. So my... LACEY CHABERT If I'm riding my bike I just replay the same scenarios over and over in my head, like I haven... DAVID SEDARIS I always hated my mole growing up. I even thought about having it removed. At the time I didn't ... NIKI TAYLOR Don't judge. I used to buy underwear because I didn't do my laundry. MICHELLE OBAMA I've done a lot of partying in my time because I didn't want to go home and I didn't kno... NATALIE IMBRUGLIA I've done my coaching badges, I've got my Pro Licence, but I enjoy what I'm doing now. I... IAN RUSH It's not that I'm a daredevil. But I'm just generally not a fearful person. I don't ... BOB IGER My two sisters were always cooking. I wanted to be in the police force, but I didn't get in beca... APRIL BLOOMFIELD I really want to do a film in another language. My dad's from Germany, so it'd be really coo... KIRSTEN DUNST I didn't have a thing to do with picking a coach, and didn't want to. But I didn't think... BEAR BRYANT A lot of people have told me, 'You're not this and so can't play that,' and I can... ANNE HATHAWAY If I don't get hits, I don't get hits, but I'm trying to get hits. FREDDIE FREEMAN Feeling I'd scarcely arrived at a style, I now find I'm near the end of it. I'm not quit... ALAN BENNETT My parents were supportive. I didn't have good grades, but they could tell I wasn't lazy. BILL HADER I'm like a unicorn; I'm a midlist writer who hasn't done anything else but write. But be... GABRIELLE ZEVIN Being a late bloomer, I really didn't have any interest in children until my late 30s, but I'... STACY KEACH I don't watch much television. My old TV agent used to always get mad at me because he'd sen... ZOSIA MAMET I didn't have time for my children much. I wasn't a very good parent; I had a pretty unhappy... CARROLL SHELBY In a way, I'm always trying to do something I'm not qualified to do. So I feel that lack of ... JENNIFER EGAN I really woke up one morning and said, you know, 'I haven't seen a good film about the Ameri... IRWIN WINKLER Basically, all my life I'd been told you can't do that because you're female. So I guess... SHANNON LUCID 'If I Should Love Again' - I was just so impressed with myself writing something like that. ... BARRY MANILOW
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