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I'm on television, ticcing and twitching. I think that's kind of cool.
TIM HOWARD I like Sam Smith and Taylor Swift. I love pop music, but I also like Sam Smith's slow songs. Tha...
MADDIE ZIEGLER I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, ...
AARON LEVIE I can be really annoying, but I also feel like I'm a nice person.
MIKE WHITE I don't know why I keep saying this, and I don't know why I keep using their names... And I&...
SHARON JONES I'm an optimistic guy. I'm one of those big dreamers. I'm one of those kids with that an...
TYLER, THE CREATOR I'm quite annoying and can't imagine what it would be like living with me 24/7.
GABRIELLE APLIN I know that I'm definitely not a big big snob, and I know that at the times that I am a diva I k...
JACKIE EVANCHO I'm definitely a singer-songwriter. I'm somewhere in the vein between Elliott Smith and Jack...
BRYAN GREENBERG I think it's very important, because Sam has been around some very good quarterbacks,
MIKE MULARKEY I live a super-healthy lifestyle not because it's sensible or that I'm contrite, but because...
JOHNNY MARR I keep my weight low, although you need to be able to move your weight around the race car to change...
JENSON BUTTON Astrid and Taylor didn’t like each other much. But Taylor was an extremely valuable person to have...
MICHAEL GRANT I want people to see an honesty within me. I'm not trying to be the next Sam Cooke or Otis Reddi...
LEON BRIDGES I think there are probably a handful of real character actors in this business. The rest of us are r...
TED DANSON I think I'm going to be around awhile.
DAN MARINO Taylor was named after James Taylor and claims that she knows all the James Taylor songs, and I'...
CHARLIE PUTH What happened?” Albert asked.
Taylor looked at Sam. Sam said nothing. He stared. First at his...
MICHAEL GRANT I'm trying to keep my personal life personal. It's very hard for me because I'm a very h...
DAVID ARQUETTE Quentin Tarantino and Sam Jackson are the reasons I'm an actor.
ATO ESSANDOH After I started being able to grow a beard, I was obviously done at Disney - until I'm old enoug...
GARRETT CLAYTON I talked to my agent and said that, basically, I'm the Taylor Lautner of TV. We both have our sh...
CHORD OVERSTREET Why do you have to be so annoying sometimes?"
"Cant help it. It's the company I keep.
KAMILA SHAMSIE Why do we have to do this in the middle of the night?” Taylor asked.
“Because we don’t wa...
MICHAEL GRANT I tend to process stuff by making jokes about it. It's something that makes me annoying to be ar...
ALEXANDRA PETRI I'm not really worried about what Anthony Johnson does. I have to worry about what I do to prepa...
DANIEL CORMIER Elizabeth Taylor is gorgeous, beautiful, and she still is today, I'm crazy about her.
MICHAEL JACKSON I just want to keep doing a bunch of stuff that I don't really plan. I'm so fortunate and lu...
MEGAN AMRAM Just to go into a shop without getting stared at would be nice. I mean, I don't walk around like...
KATE MOSS I keep my eyes closed a lot when I'm singing because sometimes it's distracting to see peopl...
CONOR OBERST I'm a pretty low key person when it comes to style, I love to be comfortable all the time. I lov...
BIANCA LAWSON I'm listening to a lot of Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, and Rihanna. A lot of pop female artists. I ...
STEVE CARELL I'm not trying to emulate or imitate. But I do believe that I embody that spirit from Robert Joh...
CEELO GREEN I don't have too many bad days because I just don't let them happen. When I'm having one...
MATT DALLAS Why are we sneaking out in the night?” Jack repeated.
“I already explained,” Sam snapped....
MICHAEL GRANT I'm going to keep on finding out the kind of man I am through my music. That's the one place...
CHARLES MINGUS I'm a Republican and I'm gonna stay a Republican because they need somebody like me to stay ...
CHARLES EVERS I've been performing since 1955. I'm going to have to keep performing till I die because I...
DICK DALE I grew up in a lot of stage managers' booths, memorizing the lines. I'm sure I was the most ...
BETTY GILPIN I'd love to go back to school for philosophy. I love philosophy, so I'm always reading philo...
PARKER YOUNG Until Taylor gets his stripes, he'll have to be moved around.
PHIL GARNER I'm not going to change; I'm going to keep grinding. I'm going to do all I can to win.
EZEKIEL ELLIOTT I just want to keep at it. I can't wait to see, after years of being around, the roles I can pla...
TANYA FISCHER I'm trying to read more dead people because I keep having to read stuff for juries and so forth.
RICK MOODY Whenever I go to England, I'm on pilgrimage. I walk the countryside around Eastbourne because th...
LAURIE R. KING It's hard for me to be happy because I'm always worried about something going awry or what c...
LISA MARIE PRESLEY Certainly I'm not going to sit on the Internet all day and read what Sam from Iowa is saying abo...
EMINEM It's really annoying for me. That's not what I'm playing for, to be the face of the NBA ...
STEPHEN CURRY My friends are very rich. Elizabeth Taylor sends flowers the size of the bathtub. I'm not kiddin...
CHARLES NELSON REILLY Sam reminds me of Glen Johnson. His record is deceptive but this is his opportunity.
DAN GOOSSEN At readings, audience members sometimes ask if I keep writing past the two hours if I'm on a rol...
AIMEE BENDER I'm uncomfortable with the limelight. I'm not the type to go to the places where I know I...
RACHEL HURD-WOOD I'm waiting for the day when my children cease to find my domestic propriety reassuring and actu...
RACHEL CUSK I will deny I ever said this, of course, but the gods need heroes. They always have. Otherwise we wo...
RICK RIORDAN I know that I'm going to have to work hard, keep working hard, and not because of this victory t...
KIM CLIJSTERS For me, I need to be able to show up on set and fart around and goof around. If I can have that, whe...
BETSY BRANDT When I talk to the camera, mate, it's not like I'm talking to the camera, I'm talking to...
STEVE IRWIN Young people can be annoying, let's face it. But they can also be really refreshing to be around...
JOHN C. REILLY I'm kind of shy, to be honest. If I go to the pool or something, I keep my shirt on unless I'...
LARRY FITZGERALD I'm good at keeping secrets. My friends always tell me their secrets because I keep them well.
ERIN RICHARDS I have to have some kind of creative outlet; otherwise, I'm hell to be around.
WITHERED HAND I can't say I'm a Bond girl because I'm too mature to be a Bond girl. I say Bond lady; B...
MONICA BELLUCCI I'm very punctual. I wish I could change this about myself because most people around me are not...
HANSIKA MOTWANI I'm human, I'm not perfect. I make mistakes all the time, but I guess my job is to keep thos...
SELENA GOMEZ I'm flying all around the world, and it's hard to be settled.
YUAN YUAN TAN Win or lose, I always like to get back to my friends and family. They keep me grounded. When I'm...
GABRIEL MEDINA When I'm on the set, I'll come up with ideas if I'm sort of just between responsibilitie...
BRUCE ERIC KAPLAN I've always said I've wanted to be around forever. I never wanted to be the latest, greatest...
GARY ALLAN I keep telling people I'll make movies until I'm fifty and then I'll go and do something...
EDDIE MURPHY I know I'm not a selfish player. People around me know I'm not a selfish player. I do everyt...
CARMELO ANTHONY I have amazing people around me. I couldn't be in a better place. I'm grateful for my life a...
ASHLEE SIMPSON iTunes kind of feels like Sam Goody to me. I don't feel cool when I go there. I'm tired of s...
TRENT REZNOR I'm interested in women's health because I'm a woman. I'd be a darn fool not to be o...
MAYA ANGELOU I'm really happy to be me, and I'd like to think people like me more because I'm happy w...
ADELE I have to keep working because, although I have land, I'm not cash rich and don't have the w...
MIRIAM MARGOLYES I really love all types of music. I'm really open to that. I really love Bruno Mars, Justin Timb...
HAILEE STEINFELD I'm a good putter. Like good shooters, just keep shooting. I'm just going to keep putting, a...
JIMMY WALKER I'd be a terrible secret agent. I can't keep a secret and I'm not sneaky.
KATHERINE HEIGL I'm addicted to a really tough workout. I like to be drenched in sweat when I'm done because...
ALISON SWEENEY We took a gamble on Johnson and he dogged it. We risked a lot of money to do it, and he didn't come ...
DINO DUVA What I'm really looking to do is retire undefeated; I'm not sure when the right time to reti...
RONDA ROUSEY I’m sorry.” Once again, those were the words. And now, anytime someone says I’m sorry, I’m g...
JAY ASHER I'm friends with Taylor Swift, and I am tired of people asking me questions about our friendship...
SARAH HYLAND Truthfully, I'm incredibly shy, and I'm very awkward around boys.
DOVE CAMERON I'm not out there just to be dancing around. I expect to win every time I tee up.
LEE TREVINO I'm gonna keep going.
LEON SPINKS I'm more androgynous, because men are supposed to be more spatial, women more literal - I'm ...
PORTIA DOUBLEDAY I couldn't talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started screaming and squealing an...
DAVID BYRNE I don't like people being cautious and tentative and choosing their words carefully around me be...
PETER DINKLAGE I don't like to be me. I'm not so comfortable being me on screen because then I'd be a p...
AARON JOHNSON I've got quite a good poker face. I'm known for being able to keep my emotions very much in ...
RAJIV OUSEPH Pain seems to be easier, or melancholy seems to be easier to portray in a character. I don't kno...
COLIN FARRELL I like to call everyone that I find slightly annoying a 'sociopath.'
BO BURNHAM I'm always around my mother and sisters. I always wanted to be a father, a husband.
TOM CRUISE I'm very into Taylor Swift. From her music to her wardrobe, she is absolutely killing it. Also, ...
CONNOR FRANTA I'm the elected sheriff, and I'm going to keep doing what the Constitution says I can do.
JOE ARPAIO I'm not trying to be sexy. It's just my way of expressing myself when I move around.
ELVIS PRESLEY I lose film roles because I'm a person who doesn't keep quiet about certain things. But if m...
Q'ORIANKA KILCHER Because people don't see me around a lot, I'm the source of all sorts of rumour.
MICHAEL CIMINO I say 'as it were' or 'so to speak' too often because puns and double entendres keep...
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SAM NEILL When I left university I was working for a documentary film company for six or seven years to the gr...
SAM NEILL I understand acting and I understand actors. I don't really understand the world of celebrity. T...
SAM NEILL If you want to learn about America, watch 'The Wire.' It's a profound piece of entertain...
SAM NEILL I think you need brains to do any Shakespeare with any authority. I could do Shakespeare, but not wi...
SAM NEILL When I started in films, it never really occurred to me that I could make a career out of acting.
SAM NEILL Try and fit in in a New Zealand playground with an Armagh accent - it doesn't work.
SAM NEILL People turn into fools when they see a movie star and do weird things.
SAM NEILL I enjoy some physical stuff. But if I had a choice between playing a scene where it's raining, i...
SAM NEILL I hate to say it, but there seems to have been some sort of dumbing down as far as movies go.
SAM NEILL I've worked all my life to shed myself of any character.
SAM NEILL I can tell you where I was when Kennedy was shot - which was in the common room at school. I heard a...
SAM NEILL No intelligent man wears a moustache voluntarily - you can write that down.
SAM NEILL Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to ...
SAM MENDES It's a risk casting anyone against type or what they're known to do. But there's one thi...
SAM MENDES For me, certain shots or scenes are keys in the movie.
SAM MENDES One of the reasons I loved working with Tom is people feel they know who he is... I think working wi...
SAM MENDES I've made movies that cost less than one car chase.
SAM MENDES Now I'm back home, living in London, running my theater. I just want to enjoy all that.
SAM MENDES Thank God I don't live in Los Angeles. I think if you're there the whole time it just gets o...
SAM MENDES I think with Blair Witch and The Sixth Sense, people are much more open to something that is differe...
SAM MENDES You think about taking audiences on a journey.
SAM MENDES If you lived through the shooting of Jaws, you can live through anything.
SAM MENDES I deliberately, in a way, went for something that was a huge challenge and was a big period film. I ...
SAM MENDES One movie is only one movie. I want to have a lifetime of making films.
SAM MENDES All I know is that I operate by going out to each of them and trying to learn the territory in which...
SAM MENDES Shooting action is very, very meticulous, it's increments, tiny little pieces.
SAM MENDES The movies that influenced me were movies that told their stories through pictures more than words.
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