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Related A lot of things encouraged me to start my label. I think it's very important for an artist to kn... BURNING SPEAR I've gotten to wear such beautiful clothes and had such a variety and it's just been so nice... LEIGHTON MEESTER I kind of feel like I've been eating professionally for a long time. I've tasted everything.... DUFF GOLDMAN I am a huge Prince fan. It's a very rare thing for him to have people open for him. It's bee... JILL SCOTT I've heard people tell me there's never been a gay character like Agron on TV before, and so... DAN FEUERRIEGEL It's weird, when I go back to San Francisco, the few times that I've done shows there since ... KASKADE I've danced my whole life. Martial arts is just fun for me, it's all choreographed a bit lik... CAITY LOTZ See, for some reason, I feel like it's a victory if I wake up one minute before the alarm. It... RONDA ROUSEY I never feel like I've been pushed towards a certain thing, but now, at 26, I do feel like I hav... CASSIE VENTURA It's definitely weird, because pretty much everybody owns the Tony Hawk videogame. Just going ov... BAM MARGERA It's just a blessing from above. I can't stress that enough, because I don't feel like i... D'BRICKASHAW FERGUSON I just filmed a movie with my boyfriend, an indie film called 'Conception.' And it's kin... SARAH HYLAND People call me for the ballads. Apparently that's where I've been pigeonholed. But it's ... SIA I am really looking for a chance to direct. I feel like that's kind of the next frontier for me.... DANA FOX I feel like there is this weird thing where celebrity involvement in political campaigns kind of goe... RASHIDA JONES I can't stop biting my nails. It's a bad habit of mine. I like anything to do with math and ... KHLEO Some people are really proud of me, and some don't like it. I don't really know what to tell... BRYSON TILLER I've just had a wonderful time doing Chinese music, and it's been so rewarding for me. I fee... WANG LEEHOM A woman can laugh and cry in three seconds and it's not weird. But if a man does it, it's ve... ROB SCHNEIDER I feel like 'Work' was a really good song for people to get to know me, as it's obviousl... IGGY AZALEA To me, skin is alien and kind of weird; it weirds me out. It's strange, but it's also really... FLUME In my life, looking at other women who have been pregnant while writing, I always feel like it's... KELIS I'm very comfortable with an R-rating. I feel like it sounds like what people talk like in real ... DAVID DOBKIN I go to Florida sometimes for vacation. I actually really like Florida. It's a weird place, it... JEMIMA KIRKE There have been multitudes of times in my career where I could have taken an easier road or a more c... CHRIS ROBINSON Sarcasm is weird. Even not in acting, in life I feel like 'sarcastic' is a word that people ... AUBREY PLAZA When I read a script and have my first interaction with this character, do I feel like there's s... BILL SKARSGARD It's okay to take yourself too seriously if you're a serious actor and you've got the sc... T. J. MILLER I guess Surrealism has a draw for me because it's an unknown world. It's a world of subconsc... GOTYE In high school, I had a really difficult time just loving myself. It's weird; I feel like in the... ZOE KRAVITZ When I grew up in America, I didn't see anyone who looked like me on TV. I feel overwhelmed with... PRIYANKA CHOPRA Some readers tell me, 'We always treated our maid like she was a member of the family.' You ... KATHRYN STOCKETT I feel like I have a kind of mirror blindness where it's hard for me to characterize or analyze ... KELLY SUE DECONNICK To me, acting is like a party. It's like a fun thing to do. You don't have to worry. You don... ROB REINER In 'George Lopez', I played Veronica who's a bratty 18-year-old, and so I feel like it... AIMEE GARCIA I have a little bit of a belly, a tiny bit of pooch. It's the one thing I don't want to lose... NICOLE KIDMAN For me, I like to have explosive moments, whether it is a particular movement itself in the whole se... DONNIE YEN The more downtime we have, the more time you have to play games like 'Ghost Recon Future Soldier... KEVIN LOVE Sometimes people are like, 'Do you want to play strong women?' I don't have to play stro... BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD If you have to tell a story without speaking, it's sort of like - I come from a dance background... SAMI GAYLE And in the future, you know, maybe there's kids in the future for me, I don't really know. T... TRISH STRATUS I write to please me, and I've been very lucky. It's like playing baseball. You just keep sw... KAREN ROBARDS Considering the 'Tomorrow People' are supposed to be the next step in human evolution, I thi... LUKE MITCHELL I think there's a, you know, certain kind of freedom for me when I get on stage. Maybe it's ... LIV WARFIELD I'll admit a little something: If I go to one of those hotels where there's, like, a $50 ome... TIMOTHY OLYPHANT My mom and I have always been very close since she did raise me as, like, a single mom. My friends a... TIFFANY TRUMP I've never really felt like a veteran. I've never felt like the guy who's like, 'OK,... A.J. STYLES Hearing a whole entire room sing back to me, 'I guess it's true I'm not good at a one-ni... SAM SMITH Everyone talks about new love all the time, but there's so much to draw from when you've bee... DIERKS BENTLEY I feel like I'm a boy, but I don't feel like I should've been born with different parts ... RUBY ROSE I guess people feel like they kind of know me. The game developer me, or the Twitter persona, that... MARKUS PERSSON It's just impossible to believe I've become good friends with some stars like Justin Bieber.... NIALL HORAN I'm originally from San Francisco. I might move there some day. But, I like L.A., I have fun in ... SAM ROCKWELL The tough thing about radio is I've met a lot of people in it who like my music. But it's ha... CHRIS ISAAK I've worked with actors before where I was like, this is not working, and then I've seen the... VINCENT KARTHEISER I guess I think like deep inside, I know that it's like, it's a different kind of performing... AVICII I love lamb shank. It's my favorite thing. You don't have it in America. It's a younger ... NATASHA BEDINGFIELD Whatever I do, I do for the universal. It's not like an individual thing; it's not like some... BURNING SPEAR I love Spain. It's my favorite country that I've been to and I've traveled quite a bit. ... BITSIE TULLOCH I feel like God gave me the ability to play a game. I try to take it very seriously. I realize it... ZACH JOHNSON I know what it's like to feel snobby; I know what it's like to feel anxiety; I know what it&... MARIA SEMPLE I'm the weirdo. There have been multitudes of times in my career where I could have taken an eas... CHRIS ROBINSON I struggled with the pressure of having the successful record after the first record. Second album s... FLUME My experience with music, I'm not going to say extremely negative, but it's definitely been ... KAT GRAHAM I've done some things that have been quite interesting, but as grateful as I am for having been ... BILLY CAMPBELL Bowling, I like bowling. I've been getting into this bowling thing. It's kinda fun. QUEEN LATIFAH I know in my soul when something feels like a sell out and I think for me, I knew that if I did the ... ERIC AVERY I have an airplane hangar with 17 cars in it. That's no joke. I have a 'half pipe' in th... PAUL WALKER I feel like, you know, some people like to wear colorful stuff. Some people like to be blacked down,... FRENCH MONTANA For me, I've learned if I want a very stable, normal relationship, where I'll be like, '... CAMILA CABELLO Auditioning is a horrible experience because you know you are being absolutely scrutinized and judge... KELLY REILLY I just feel like people like a little break. Especially at 12:37 at night, you go, like, 'I'... JIMMY FALLON It's just that I've always been a tomboy, so being thrown into the hot nerd category and the... YVONNE STRAHOVSKI I think people have a misconception of me, period. My life has been a whirlwind sometimes, but it... LIL' KIM I sometimes feel like I'm caught in a vise. Some people feel like I'm some kind of hero. Oth... RODNEY KING In the streets, they're very nice. On Twitter, there are people who love to hate me. Sometimes p... CARICE VAN HOUTEN When I did 'The Tonight Show' and Jay Leno was still there, he was very nice but it was surr... RODNEY ATKINS I feel a real need to observe a level of propriety in what I'm handing out. Instead of me just v... ERIC CLAPTON I feel like I've never had a home, you know? I feel related to the country, to this country, and... SAM SHEPARD It's been a fascinating thing because we didn't really know how to write when we started Sou... TREY PARKER People have always said, are you gay? I've had a lot of that. But it's just not in me. I rea... RUSSELL BRAND I wanted to play a mother again. I thought it would be interesting to play the mother of an older ch... SIGOURNEY WEAVER For so long, I've been a little misunderstood as a person. You know, I do have this strut about ... CARLI LLOYD I really just like characters who you don't know where they stand for a long while. It's lik... OSCAR ISAAC I don't like the NFL, where I think it's a problem: some guy scores a touchdown, now he'... D. B. SWEENEY For me, I sort of felt like it was kind of a fairytale... but an interesting one. I don't know o... RYAN GOSLING I have dogs, and it's no secret that I find reptiles interesting, but the thing about reptiles i... NICOLAS CAGE I like the characters that have some redeeming quality or if it's interesting to me in any way. FRED WILLARD I've gotten to know a lot of great people here in all the different sports. It's fun. It'... AARON RODGERS I want people to know me for my singing. I've never been searching for a label of being a fashio... JOYCE DIDONATO Yes, during the pilot, they gave me a little toy from the shop. It's like three little moose in ... CAROLINE DHAVERNAS I always felt like Tahliah's a very grown-up name to have. It's a pretty name when you'r... FKA TWIGS I like to go dancing, have a few beers. I like being alone, too. I have days where it's 'God... JUSTINE BATEMAN It's a funny relationship that makeup artists have. I always feel kind of like a dentist. People... RICK BAKER I've never been pushy. People have said I should have been, more, but I'm not sure. I've... JOHN HURT There's no regret. You can't regret. I mean, I've felt regret but I've also refused ... JUDE LAW I have no problems with remakes, and I think it's interesting. I mean, coming from the theater, ... BALTASAR KORMAKUR When 'Iron Man' came out, I said, 'Oh - they are trying to have some fun.' It was a ... BALTASAR KORMAKUR Acting has made me embrace my childhood. It's become some weird form of therapy. It's like I... ADAM BEACH You want to play another kind of character in another genre, and it's been something I've be... KEANU REEVES
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