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I'm a little bit like a turducken: I'm sort of like an Indian person, wrapped in a British person, wrapped in an American kind of thing.


Aasif Mandvi

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AASIF MANDVI I'm a very nurturing kind of person and a sort of a homemaker. I'm just interested in things...
JACQUELINE BISSET I'm very good in math, and I'm a logical thinker. I don't get wrapped up in things or ev...
ALAN C. GREENBERG I'm not an angry kind of person. What I am is a principled person.
DAN WEBSTER I'm kind of an antsy person.
LAURA SCHLESSINGER I go to Buzzfeed and 'Huff Po,' IMDB, 'Deadline.' And then I just Google myself, lik...
AASIF MANDVI Yellow's more like, I'm not trying to be this sexy vixen or anything, obviously. I'm a v...
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MANDY PATINKIN Because I'm shy and a bit quiet, I think people assume I'm an elegant person.
IRWIN THOMAS Because I'm shy and a bit quiet, I think people assume I'm an elegant person.
JACK JONES I'm not even Indian-American: I'm Indian-Indian. Everybody expected me to have henna and a n...
PRIYANKA CHOPRA I love fashion, so I'm always into new things. I'm not necessarily a trend-driven person. I ...
ELSA HOSK I'm a strong person. I'm also very sassy and a little bit angsty sometimes.
ASHLEY TISDALE I'm not a religious person; I'm not even, like, a spiritual person.
TIG NOTARO I realized I'm not the kind of person who wants to go with the flow and fit in. I'm an agita...
ALEXIS ARQUETTE I'm a person of whim, and easily distracted. I don't like multitasking. When I'm doing o...
MARGARET ATWOOD When people say the words 'singer-songwriter,' I think they have an image in their heads of ...
GEORGE EZRA I'm free to see things objectively because I don't consider myself American, and I don't...
AASIF MANDVI As an individual, and I have to say as a person of color, the thing about being an 'other' i...
JOHN RIDLEY I'm an optimistic person, so I like to leave my readers with a sense of hopefulness.
JUDY BLUME I'm a bubbling brew of emotions, but mostly, I'm an optimistic person.
CARLENE CARTER It is much more valuable to look for the strength in others. You can gain nothing by criticizing the...
DAISAKU IKEDA I'm not a religious person, and I'm not too interested in being a part of a religion, but I ...
IAN MACKAYE I mean, I'm pretty good in real life, but sometimes people seem surprised that I'm like a no...
BRITTANY SNOW I'm not the 'look at me' kind of a person. I do not like showing off in public or writte...
IMTIAZ ALI I like being independent; I like doing things myself. I'm an instinctual person.
CATHY MORIARTY A person of value have skill, a vision & a deep desire to achieve what they dream for. Happiness com...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA I'm going to sound like an egomaniac, but I'm proud of so many things. I feel proud of my bo...
TIG NOTARO I like to think of myself as the people's pop star a little bit. I respect Lady Gaga so much, an...
BONNIE MCKEE You won’t burn in hell. But be nice anyway.
RICKY GERVAIS I'm a bit of an M&M nut. I like the blue ones. I pick them out.
RYAN REYNOLDS Living in New York after 14 years, I'm such an outdoors kind of person. I love gardening and bui...
PAIGE BUTCHER When I'm not in front of the camera, I'm just like any other normal person. I'm a studen...
PARK BO-GUM I am the kind of person who really will drive hours for a bowl of chili. I'm not a three-star re...
NORA EPHRON I'm just like any person who is coaching in this league, I'm just looking for an opportunity...
PATRICK EWING I'm totally an East Coast person, energetic and sarcastic. I'm not a nice L.A. person.
DIANE WARREN I'm not the kind of person who tries to be cool or trendy, I'm definitely an individual.
LEONARDO DICAPRIO I love my last-minute lifestyle because I just sort of don't have plans, and things kind of happ...
MAXWELL By nature, I'm an awkward person; I'm a gangly introvert.
HOZIER I don't like to get involved in things that I am not familiar with. I'm kind of a hands-on t...
DOLLY PARTON I think that, ah, I'm a very goofy sort of person in many ways.
JEFF BEZOS I'm an introspective person. I'm not an extrovert.
JOHN THAW I'm definitely interested in taking on roles where I don't look like myself. But I'm not...
DOUGLAS BOOTH I'm a human being, I'm a friend, I'm a mom, I'm a writer, and I'm an artist. I d...
PATTI SMITH I take it a little bit hard on myself because I'm comparing myself a lot, and that's the kin...
NASTIA LIUKIN I'm an emotional person. I may not seem that way, but I'm an emotional person.
MAKSIM CHMERKOVSKIY I'm kind of a morbid person. I'm very optimistic, but I also feel like I'm going to die ...
BRIE LARSON I'm kind of an old theater guy, so I'm sort of attuned to it. Like, when I go to New York, I...
RICHARD LINKLATER I really like the idea of being a bit unpredictable. I'm known for being a nice, easy-going pers...
MARK HADDON I do like being busy. I'm not the kind of person who just sits around and goes to a spa when I&#...
KATE WINSLET I'm not a really religious person, but those moments onstage feel like some sort of religious ex...
SAM SMITH I'm a laid-back guy, but my brain is always wrapped up in music.
DUSTIN LYNCH I'm not the easiest person to live with. I'm kind of a slob.
KATIE HOLMES I'd say I'm a pretty intense person. I'm definitely not my Denise character on 'Scru...
ELIZA COUPE I'm fine with being a little bit of an instigator.
TED LIGETY I'm not a left-wing person. I'm just a person interested in the sustainability of my country...
ROBERT REDFORD Basically, I'm a really bad interviewer. I love meeting celebrities, but then I get a bit bored....
GRAHAM NORTON I'm a complete globalist. I think like a global CEO. But I'm an American. I run an American ...
JEFFREY R. IMMELT I guess I'm still sort of feisty and a little bit of a tomboy.
KELLY HU I'm not a very creative person, you know? I'm not really an art person. I'm not a great ...
TOM BRADY I'm not handled. I'm not crafted by slick, high-priced consultants. I'm a real person, a...
LEE WHITNUM I sang 'American Pie' a lot in my stage set. It had a knack of uniting an audience in a sing...
JOHNNY VEGAS I'm a little unusual: I'm a six-person-or-less extrovert.
REID HOFFMAN I'm the sort of person who keeps a lot to myself.
PATRICK RAFTER I'm the sort of person who needs a big mountain in front of me to climb.
KATARINA WITT I'm an all-things-in-moderation kind of person. I do eat a warm donut occasionally. I especially...
RACHAEL RAY Oh, I wish I organized my books. But I don't. I'm not an organized person. The best I can do...
ELIZABETH STROUT I'm not a religious person. I'm Catholic, so I consider myself more of a spiritual person. I...
TRACEY GOLD I guess I'm more of a direct person than an indirect one.
HOLLY HUNTER I'm not really a tropical paradise kind of person.
MATTHEW FOX I'm a heart-on-the-sleeves kind of person.
DREAMA WALKER I'm an all-or-nothing kind of person, and when I become interested in something, I give it my al...
TOM CRUISE I was born in Puerto Rico - I used to sit in the sun until I looked like a piece of bacon. It's ...
RITA MORENO I'm a spiritual person and a religious person. But for me, it's all a personal thing. I'...
MANDY MOORE I don't think I'm an intentional liar, but I'm a little bit of an exaggerator sometimes....
AUTRE NE VEUT I'm a happy person but an angry citizen.
LEWIS BLACK I'm a regular person with an extraordinary job.
JULIA ROBERTS I'm not really a cutter-off sort of person. I'll chat to anybody.
FRANK BRUNO I'm not an American actor. I'm a French actor. I'll continue in France. If I could make ...
JEAN DUJARDIN I'm actually half Brit and half American. I have a British father and an American mother, but as...
ADAM RAYNER I'm a curious person. I like to ask questions.
KATHY IRELAND I'm an affectionate person.
ZARA PHILLIPS I'm an optimistic person.
CLAYTON CHRISTENSEN I'm not like a legend that - so I'm sort of in the middle in this sort of gray area where, y...
BRIAN MCKNIGHT I'm not a short person; I'm 5'10 and I was wearing heels, and I felt like a tiny little ...
ERINN HAYES I'm a woman, a mother, a daughter, a sister. I'm a real person operating in the world. For m...
NICOLE KIDMAN Everyone thinks I'm ethereal. But I'm not like that, you know. I'm not ethereal. Well, I...
SAOIRSE RONAN I'm a tell-it-like-it-is kind of person; I don't like being misled or someone not telling th...
JOHN MCENROE I'm a bit hyperactive as an actor, I like to keep moving.
ABBIE CORNISH I'm an impatient person in many respects. I like to put myself in uncomfortable situations. It f...
MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV I am an open book, and I'm fine being me: I'm not a perfect person.
TOVE LO I'm not the coolest person in the world. I'm not the sexiest Diva or the strongest Diva. I k...
AJ LEE I'm an artist, and I'm a bit weird, and I'm probably a bit eccentric.
FKA TWIGS I'm kind of a nervous person in general. I'm socially awkward. I'm not tall and sensuous...
CARRIE UNDERWOOD I'm kind of a nervous guy. I know on television I look like I'm half asleep, but inside I...
BILL MEDLEY I had given thought to acting, but I never really had a good enough opportunity or a character who m...
GUCCI MANE Any time I'm in a moving thing, like an airplane, I'm usually asleep before we even get on o...
GARTH BROOKS I find British men very gentlemanly... like opening doors. There is a certain chivalry about British...
RACHEL MCADAMS I don't have to be an imitation of a white woman that Hollywood sort of hoped I'd become. I&...
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