I don't really believe in elegance. Ever since I first came to France many years ago to do the Chambre Syndicale course, I always felt I was somehow lacking, first of all being British - obviously a disaster! But I was also puzzled with this idea that you have to tie your Hermes scarf just right, or you can only wear black.
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Related For the first time since I started in this business 21 years ago, I have not only felt uninspired, b... JOE SMITH Once a refugee, always a refugee. I can't ever remember not being all right wherever I was, but ... RUTH PRAWER JHABVALA The very first big photo shoot I ever did was with Bruce Weber. I couldn't believe this guy was ... MATT DAMON I wear the same black suit. I have five of them. I pair them with a red scarf. I was wearing a red s... BERNARD TSCHUMI I was weird right from the start. It's just that you can't ever expect people to get you. An... HELENA BONHAM CARTER You're obviously conscious of being brash or big-headed but I always knew I was going to be a fo... MICHAEL OWEN Well, a lot of people don't know this about me, but I'm actually shy around people I don'... AVRIL LAVIGNE There was this moment, particularly after I had my first child, where I felt like, 'I don't ... KAREN ELSON Once -- many, many years ago -- I thought I made a wrong decision. 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JIDENNA Before acting, I wanted to become a journalist. I also toyed with the idea of being a chef - but tha... IAN MCKELLEN One thing I've always been taught at the defensive end is you hit first. In life, you throw the ... DRAYMOND GREEN The first time I was onstage, I felt like the audience was breathing with me. I don't know if I ... ATO ESSANDOH I remember feeling all right with myself until age 13. Then, I was getting off the bus one day and t... CHERYL JAMES There was a period of time when I first moved to Nashville, like the first couple of years, that I w... FAITH HILL I have always felt an excellent rapport ever since my very first concert in Britain at Hampton Court... ANDREA BOCELLI I remember seeing the first Astaire-Rogers musical on television, and I couldn't believe how bea... EDWARD HERRMANN I don't really know the story of the Pied Piper. I don't read stories, first of all. I just ... R. KELLY I was very small, about 3 or 4 I think, and just wanted to be the people on telly telling these wond... DAVID TENNANT I've always been creating my whole life, you know. I've just had a need to create, whether i... DAN FOGLER Growing up, I've had plenty of obstacles, but to be honest, I didn't always have doubters. I... ROMAN REIGNS Obviously I wouldn't have said that three or four years ago in the midst of it. But I really bel... BRUCE BABBITT I've always felt like I've had the ability to choose which roles I was going to play. I don&... BRIE LARSON The first thing I'll do if I want to look really crappy is, I don't wear any makeup at all. MICHAEL CAINE I have this romanticized idea of dance music in the '90s because, obviously, I was way too young... JAMIE XX I have a huge scarf from Hermes that I bought the day I signed my record deal. I had never had an He... LOU DOILLON Often, if there's something that I want to do, but somehow can't get myself to do, it's ... GRETCHEN RUBIN I don't know if I believe in love at first sight, but of course I believe in two people having c... ZAC EFRON When I first started doing press, one of the things people started pushing was this idea that I'... EDDIE MARSAN The environment I was raised in, you had to, to survive. MARK WAHLBERG I think probably the first time I wanted to be an artist was when I was about six or seven years old... DAVE GIBBONS Reality shows. I'll watch them, but I won't tell anyone I'll watch them. I remember when... ROBERT TAYLOR I always tell people there's some kind of wall that you have to break through to see the beauty ... KING TUFF I've got to tell you, I'm not really a tie man. I'll wear a tie if I have to: If I'm... TAMER HASSAN There was a little of this, 'Oh, you're such a sweet girl!' That's a wonderful thing... ERIKA CHRISTENSEN I feel like every role you take, there's a part of you that obviously feels like you can do it. ... MILA KUNIS When I was 16, I was in Boston and some friends said, 'You want to go to New York?,' I went ... STANA KATIC Many years ago I was in another soap opera called The Newcomers which was on twice a week for three ... JEREMY BULLOCH I was obsessed with this idea that these things that you collect, they just say so much about who yo... BEN SILBERMANN I know what you're saying, but I already told you all the truth and I, I don't what, I don... WEN HO LEE I always wanted to do a comedy, but I wanted to pick the right one. But it came down to working with... RYAN GOSLING I got my first Charvet knit tie when I was 15. I actually stole it from my father. I love them becau... NATE BERKUS It was very important thousands of years ago to categorize things. I can eat that plant, I can't... KEEGAN-MICHAEL KEY I'm tenacious, I think - I know - and I do also have a quality where if you tell me I can't ... ELLEN BARKIN I have loved music so much from when I was little, and I don't know whether it was because I saw... LISA MARIE PRESLEY And as a filmmaker, I'm trying to unhook myself from this idea that unless you have a brilliant,... JOSH RADNOR We often grow up being told that we can do this or that, but if you don't see anybody that looks... JESSE WILLIAMS I'm three-quarters Russian, so I've always felt an outsider. But I don't think you can b... DAVID SUCHET I used to wear heels because I wanted to show people I wasn't ashamed of being tall. But I don... ELLE MACPHERSON The pressure used to wear on me. I was on Twitter a couple years ago, and I couldn't handle it a... BRYAN COGMAN I love kimonos because you can just throw them on over anything. Ever since I got my first kimono fr... LIZZO Don't believe the hype. I don't care how many number ones you have at the box office, I don&... TYLER PERRY I don't mean to be presumptuous that men don't feel this, I don't mean this, but I found... TEA LEONI I made my first film when I was 35, so I firmly believe that you don't have to be one thing in l... AVA DUVERNAY I knew at an early age I wanted to act. Acting was always easy for me. I don't believe in predes... MORGAN FREEMAN It's a vicious circle. If you feel hideous, you convey it to people. A couple of male friends fr... MIRANDA HART He's only 4 years old, so I don't think he realized, you know, that I played so many years. ... MARIO LEMIEUX I don't believe in good human beings, but I believe you can have structures that make it easier ... JUSTIN WELBY You might want to be able to close a chapter of your life, but I don't believe that you ever do ... THOMAS GIBSON My first instinct is always to fight back because ever since I was a kid, that's what I've a... JAMES ARTHUR I was born to play Hercules. I have loved and honored the mythology over the years - since I was a k... DWAYNE JOHNSON I was the guy literally in the chess club who decided to wear a bow tie for the last two years of hi... DALLAS ROBERTS I was always a visual artist my whole life, and I came to music really late - when I was 21 or 22 wa... TYCHO I don't walk barefoot. When I see a girl barefoot in the street... I'm like, 'Really?... JUAN PABLO GALAVIS I've always been a big PlayStation fan. Even when the Xbox first came out, I stuck with the Play... REGGIE BUSH I always felt I had to prove I was worthy. Especially being a first-round (supplemental) pick and ha... CHRIS DUNCAN I came to New York when I was eighteen years old, and the first audition that I ever went to was thi... KATE LEVERING I personally battled with my own body image for years. I used to tell myself, You can't wear any... DREW BARRYMORE I really believe that all of us have a lot of darkness in our souls. Anger, rage, fear, sadness. I d... KEVIN BACON And I have always told the patients when I talk to them. When they come around and say, 'What wi... BETTY FORD I've earned all these years on my face. I don't want to be a liar if in five or 10 years I d... VALERIE BERTINELLI I always felt like I was kind of an outsider because I didn't have the right things. I didn'... LEAH REMINI I just start with a pencil and paper. I don't want something too trendy, too fashion-forward. I ... JOHN MALKOVICH Amy Winehouse was not a person I ever met, and I can't say that I am overly conversant in all of... HENRY ROLLINS I've been in love with Washington ever since renting my very first apartment there many years ag... DANNY MEYER When I came into the WWF, the first thing I really didn't want to have was being Bret Hart's... OWEN HART If I'm doing something on stage, and it evokes an emotion, then I might show that emotion, but I... TREVOR NOAH When I came to the West, I saw many, many things for the first time. But I also saw the prosperity o... SIGMAR POLKE The first hole was crucial. I was anxious, obviously. I felt anxiety which was understandable. But I... COLIN MONTGOMERIE I first read 'Tom Sawyer' when I was in 8th grade, 13 years old. I realised since that Mark ... JEFF NICHOLS I don't always wear underwear. When I'm in the heat, especially, I can't wear it. Like, ... NAOMI CAMPBELL Before acting, I wanted to become a journalist. I also toyed with the idea of being a chef - but tha... IAN MCKELLEN I don't care where you went to school. There - have I made your day? No? All right, I'll go ... ROBERT WEBB I wasn't born into a religious home, but I was just not a materialist. I didn't believe the ... SCOTT DERRICKSON I used to think that everything was just being funny but now I don't know. I mean, how can you t... ANDY WARHOL If I had some idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago? RICHARD M. DEVOS When I was 16, I definitely burned a couple of bridges by saying, 'I won't do this!' I w... CAMERON RUSSELL I've always said that I count myself as a classical crossover artist. To be so, you have to have... KATHERINE JENKINS The First Amendment says nothing about your getting paid for saying anything. It just says you can s... PENN JILLETTE I like to wear shoes that are cool but also practical. The same goes for bags. Your bag is a big dea... ZOE KRAVITZ What did I really think fifteen years ago? A nonbeliever, I felt guilty in the midst of all those be... UMBERTO ECO It was just me being a little more aggressive. I was in a little foul trouble in the first half and ... JOSH HOWARD I'd like to do Harvey again. I did it two years ago with Helen Hayes in New York. It was a joy. ... JAMES STEWART
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SUZY KASSEM What they teach you as history is mythology, and true mythology is far from fantasy - every kind rev... SUZY KASSEM True beauty is measured by the number of pearls within you, not those around your neck. SUZY KASSEM THE WEATHER OF LOVE Love Has a way of wilting Or blossoming At the s... SUZY KASSEM Any man filled with empathy is capable of gaining valuable insights on the human condition through t... SUZY KASSEM We are taught to believe that the ‘alienation’ that we experience sometimes, when we withdraw fr... SUZY KASSEM Understanding languages and other cultures builds bridges. It is the fastest way to bring the world ... SUZY KASSEM There should no be teams to divide a nation. There should be no such thing as "Them' vs. Us' - only ... SUZY KASSEM I call for all religions, cultures, countries, crews, parties and peacemakers to unite for the sake ... SUZY KASSEM Through love, tribes have been intermixing colors to reveal a new rainbow world. And as more time pa... SUZY KASSEM O Heavenly Children, the stories you have concocted in God's name have angered Him; for he would nev... SUZY KASSEM Build bridges, not walls. SUZY KASSEM A relationship that is truly genuine does not keep changing its colors. Real gold never rusts. If a ... SUZY KASSEM Just like freedom, Truth is not cheap. Yet both are worth more than all the gold in the world. But w... SUZY KASSEM Did you know that wherever you find fool's gold, real gold exists somewhere nearby? This also goes f... SUZY KASSEM Beware of those who criticize you when you deserve some praise for an achievement, for it is they wh... SUZY KASSEM The number of ways to live in one lifetime is limitless. So why limit yourself? SUZY KASSEM Sometimes we have to soak ourselves in the tears and fears of the past to water our future gardens. SUZY KASSEM REMEMBER YOUR GREATNESS Before you were born, And were still too tiny for The h... 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