I'm happy to sacrifice a big pay cheque for my happiness, if that's not too corny a thing to say. It's probably more naive than mature to say that, maybe, but that's how I feel.
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Related If you say, I'm for equal pay, that's a reform. But if you say. I'm a feminist, that'... GLORIA STEINEM I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON I'm not a natural writer like, let's say - I'm not talking about Arthur Miller; that'... GENE WILDER It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON I don't like it when people who are young act like they're 40. That's taking too much on... TAYLOR SWIFT I'm proud to say that I was that guy playing the character of Dr. Burke on 'Grey's Anato... ISAIAH WASHINGTON I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES At times I've got a really big ego. But I'll tell you the best thing about me. I'm some ... JOHN DENVER 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 If my son came to me years from now and told me, 'I'm gay,' I'd say, 'That's... VIVIENNE MING Grief is like a moving river, so that's what I mean by it's always changing. It's a stra... MICHELLE WILLIAMS I'm Muhammad Ali's daughter, but my father and I are very different in that area. I don'... LAILA ALI I don't feel any pressure from fans. But I'm always in some kind of state of emotional turmo... PAUL SIMON You know what, I'm happy to say that everything outside of 'Dexter' feels like a vacatio... JENNIFER CARPENTER I'm a spiritual person and a religious person. But for me, it's all a personal thing. I'... MANDY MOORE I feel like maybe I'm part of that generation that became more of a gamer than a video consumer.... FELICIA DAY It's such a private thing. It's a huge decision. It's not like you wake up one day and s... CANDIS CAYNE I listen to the people. That was a big reason for my life, maybe the main reason, I'm singing be... JULIO IGLESIAS I'm going to put a museum on my ranch and people keep saying, 'That's a huge idea.' ... VAL KILMER I used to feel that if I say something's wrong, I have to say how it could be made right. But wh... ETGAR KERET I'm not a big shopper. I'm a pretty simple dresser, and that's not my pleasure go-to thi... PAUL DANO I'll probably always be 'Timothy Spall's son' and it's something I'm proud o... RAFE SPALL I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX I feel like I'm held more accountable to stay healthy now because now I'm a role model to yo... DEMI LOVATO I feel my work is made for one being, one individual. You could say that's me, but that's no... JAMES TURRELL There's no trajectory to follow. Even if you were to say, 'OK, I'm going to model my asc... ALLISON WILLIAMS If I do a song where I'm angry, when it's time to perform it live I'm not mad, I'm h... ICE T I'm such a private person, and sexuality is such a private thing. A sex scene is much harder tha... CARRIE-ANNE MOSS I think it's okay to feel jealous, but it's how you deal with it that's the important th... CARRIE UNDERWOOD To say that a humorist exaggerates to get big laughs, I don't see how that's big news. DAVID SEDARIS I'll be a Quebecker-Canadian. I'm from Quebec, and every time I go to a country, I say that.... CELINE DION I'm constantly tortured, and that's why I say happiness is irrelevant. Happiness is for chil... JOHN ZORN Maybe it's whiner's fatigue, but I'm getting tired of hearing about how hard it is to st... DAVID ULEVITCH When people say 'that's risky,' or when the odds are not in my favor, I'm more motiv... NASH GRIER It's only recently that we've discovered that the artist's inner self is somehow more im... PETER ACKROYD I think somehow men understand other men's need for respect differently than they understand it ... CARLY FIORINA I never heard Jack Nicklaus say, 'I'm a great player,' or Tiger Woods, as a matter of fa... ARNOLD PALMER I'm a born-again Christian, but that's not the coat that I wear. It's just how my heart&... TONY VINCENT I'm that person who says, 'No matter what the problem is, there's a solution.' That&... MIRANDA KERR Certain aspects of my personality are always going to come out on-screen. I guess that's just me... ZOOEY DESCHANEL I'm not trying to say that it never hurt or that I never felt its sting, but I can honestly say ... ROBERT GUILLAUME People try to make a big deal, like I don't want to play my old songs. That's not it. I don&... BILLY CORGAN I love driving, but sometimes, I'm not too good at it because I spend too much time looking in t... ASHLEY OLSEN I'm very bad at ending sentences. A lot times I just want to say, 'That's the end of my ... NATHAN FIELDER People say that I'm a millionaire, but that's not true - I only spend millions. ROBERT PLANT In high school, I had a really difficult time just loving myself. It's weird; I feel like in the... ZOE KRAVITZ People always come up to me now and say, 'Watchmen' is the best superhero movie ever made.... ZACK SNYDER When I hear people say that Fox News is right wing, I know that's not true, because I'm the ... SHEPARD SMITH I always find Victoria's Secret models a bit weird. EDIE CAMPBELL I'm definitely bicoastal, but I have to say, it's easier to live in New York than in L.A. I ... MARY-KATE OLSEN There's not a thing that any of you guys can say bad about me that would hurt my feelings... I... VINCE CARTER It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for me. And also it's to me the greatest instrument. ... DAVE BRUBECK That's the thing I'm worst at: resting. I have to be forced to do it. Sometimes I think of l... RONDA ROUSEY It's true to say that I'm a budding young actor. But I'd rather get my name out there be... JOSH BOWMAN I think that you may find that Tamera's a little more vibrant and energetic, but I'm much mo... 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I really, really like women. That's all I can really ... AARON RODGERS I love the fact that little kids think I'm a witch. A mum might come over and say 'I'm s... NATALIA TENA It's not a bad thing to be able to do many things onstage. If you're an entertainer, you sho... CAROL BURNETT It's an amazing luxury to say I'm 31 years old and I'm gonna take a year off. That's... SARAH MCLACHLAN I still make videos in my bedroom by choice because that's the feel of my comedy, but the opport... LILLY SINGH I don't think that a vote for Barack Obama is a symbolic thing. I think it's much more than ... AUNJANUE ELLIS I've given up looking for a boyfriend. That's not to say I won't be interested if the ri... EMILY VANCAMP If there's one thing I've learnt, it's that I don't think a man ever looks better th... TARON EGERTON My husband gave me a necklace. It's fake. I requested fake. Maybe I'm paranoid, but in this ... RITA RUDNER I don't pay attention to the number of birthdays. It's weird when I say I'm 53. It just ... ELLEN DEGENERES It's not a terribly original thing to say, but I love Raymond Carver. For one thing, he's fu... IRA GLASS I think it's so dope that I'm here in Chicago and contributing to the music scene that's... CHANCE THE RAPPER If my client calls me and says, 'I'm going to a friend's premiere,' I'll say, ... RACHEL ZOE I'm not trying to influence anyone else; I'm not saying, 'Do what I do.' I think it&... KIM KARDASHIAN It's one thing to live my own life and know that I'm O.K. But there's another thing I wa... SAMIRA WILEY I don't look at 'Vogue' to ask what I'm going to wear. Because it's something on... ISABELLA ROSSELLINI I'm often asked how I write books, but I don't think my approach is suitable for everyone. I... IAN RANKIN People say I look so happy - and I say, 'That's the Botox.' DOLLY PARTON If someone's got a fear of heights, they'd probably say, well, hanging off a helicopter at 3... JASON STATHAM I'm an actor. The fact that I'm involved in Jigsaw, I don't approach Jigsaw any differen... TOBIN BELL Tobey's a mellow, cool guy. He's just a good guy. I know that's not the answer you want,... NEIL PATRICK HARRIS If other people want to say that I'm the next person in boxing, then that's up to them. That... CANELO ALVAREZ I'm going to try to do music for the rest of my life, but that's just trying. Maybe it's... MAC DEMARCO I'm on the rise and whatnot, but I'm not the man to say, 'All right, world, here's g... STORMZY If death is in the room, it's pretty interesting. But I would also say that I'm interested i... GEORGE SAUNDERS I find myself being attracted to dudes all the time. I'm like, 'Wow, that's a beautiful ... BRENDON URIE When I'm in the studio, I don't finish the song and say, 'That's going to be a big r... T-PAIN They say I'm insane because I need to have so much creative control. They say I'm unmanageab... IGGY AZALEA I try to avoid describing one interpretation of my books. Of course I have an opinion. I have things... PATRICK NESS They got rid of bottled water. We got thermoses that say 'Grey's Anatomy Season 4' with ... BROOKE SMITH I'm not a guy that's going to brag or feel like I'm better than the group. KEVIN DURANT It's true that none of my characters are admirable. But maybe I'm primarily a satirist, and ... T. C. BOYLE The only reason to be in politics is public service. There's no other reason. Frankly, if that... MALCOLM TURNBULL I'm not the best at choosing what's good and what's bad. I wouldn't even know what... ASAP ROCKY
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JACK WAGNER Reality is the leading cause of stress for those in touch with it. JACK WAGNER Obviously sex and nudity sells, but that's what people go to cable for but that's not going ... JACK WAGNER My kids are at a point in their lives where I'm a moral compass for them. God help them both. JACK WAGNER I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to. JACK VANCE I haven't sold to the movies. In other words, I haven't gotten any enormous checks yet. JACK VANCE I just wrote what I felt like writing since they seemed to sell. JACK VANCE I never worked in an office in my life. JACK VANCE I thought that automobiles were going to have mufflers and go fast and airplanes were going to fly f... JACK VANCE I worked for half a cent a word. I'm not a fast writer to begin with, so for the first few years... JACK VANCE I'd never been published when I was young. JACK VANCE In fact, almost every job you get somebody watching you. JACK VANCE 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 So I'll write it, and then I'll find out that I actually wrote something that is utterly use... JACK VANCE Then there was Clark Ashton Smith, who wrote for Weird Tales and who had a wild imagination. He wasn... JACK VANCE There was a writer in the '20s called Christopher Morley, who I remember a little bit of, who ha... JACK VANCE Well, I think everything I've ever read contributes to the background from which I write. JACK VANCE But I'm so slow on it because I find it terribly hard writing blind on computers. The computer s... JACK VANCE I don't read other science fiction. I don't read any at all. JACK VANCE I never made lots of money at it, but I sold enough. JACK VANCE This flattery has been rather slow in coming. I think all of sudden late in life now I'm getting... JACK VANCE I was an omnivore at reading, so that everything I ever read contributed. JACK VANCE I was a carpenter for a time and everybody watches what you do. JACK VANCE A reader is not supposed to be aware that someone's written the story. He's supposed to be c... JACK VANCE But I've sure worked at jobs where I have been under inspection. JACK VANCE Sometimes some of these little side excursions are useful and I manage to fit them in the book somew... JACK VANCE It seems to limit you; when you're working in an office, you're a creature in a small cell u... JACK VANCE The story was such that I couldn't make a graceful ending and then make a graceful new beginning... JACK VANCE As I mentioned, I was a carpenter for a time. JACK VANCE If movies are causing moral decay, then crime ought to be going up, but crime is going down. JACK VALENTI Foreign capital to build new cinemas will help modernize China's aging cinema infrastructure, at... JACK VALENTI