It's nice to have a few names. I use a few names myself. I use a few different surnames. I call myself James sometimes. I actually use my mother's name as a professional name. But if someone calls me Mr. Murphy or Mr. Gillen, I don't like that. I don't like being called 'mister,' and I don't like being called 'sir.'
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Related I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX Believe me, I don't like being photographed. I don't like myself in pictures. Actually, I do... DARIUS KHONDJI Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON I don't know anybody who doesn't hate being called alt.country. It just sounds like a websit... NEKO CASE I don't want to name any names, but I've worked on television shows where there's a guy ... ZACHARY KNIGHTON It's like people call me a rock star or this or that. And I go, 'Don't call me that. I d... MEAT LOAF I don't have a bank account because I don't know my mother's maiden name. PAULA POUNDSTONE It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON On the Internet, on IMDB, they've got that my middle name as Archibald. I don't have a middl... BILL PAXTON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH I don't like the word 'urban' because I think it's a bit of a generalisation and the... TAIO CRUZ About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only... RICK RIORDAN I don't think I'm particularly shy. I just don't like being front and center as myself. BEN FOSTER Never say never. I always want to look like myself - that's key for me. I don't want to look... COURTNEY THORNE-SMITH I have turned off Google Alerts and don't Google my name or my pen names. I don't go on mess... J. A. KONRATH I would love to have the same rights as everybody else. I would love, I don't care if it's c... ELLEN DEGENERES I don't like people lying to me. I don't like people who don't return my calls. I don... DAN AYKROYD 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 Of course I was bullied and of course I was called names - my last name is Weir. That's very, ve... JOHNNY WEIR I ain't want my kids to grow up and call me Thug. I don't want anybody to kind of look at me... YOUNG THUG 'Worry' is a word that I don't allow myself to use. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER I didn't want to use my father's name. I don't think I will ever want to use his influen... DULQUER SALMAAN It's funny how I use social media because I don't use it to promote my restaurants that much... TOM COLICCHIO It's stupid to say that I don't like being in the public eye, but I don't like doing stu... ZARA PHILLIPS I don't want to feel like I've matured. That's a stupid word that I never want to use. MARILYN MANSON I don't normally make documentaries. I'm a drama director. I've made a few short docs, b... ASIF KAPADIA I don't like to use the word 'legacy' because it sounds a bit like I'm full of mysel... JASON DAY I'd like to be a queen in people's hearts but I don't see myself being queen of this cou... PRINCESS DIANA If I had to describe myself, I wouldn't use words like 'hero.' I wouldn't use 'p... EDWARD SNOWDEN I hate writing about personal stuff. I don't have a Facebook page. I don't use my Twitter ac... ELON MUSK You know, I don't watch television! Sorry! I actually don't even have a television. I don... BROOKE SMITH I lost my mother when I was 7 and they put her in a mental hospital. My brother and I watched her be... QUINCY JONES To me, writing and composing are much more like painting, about colors and brushes; I don't use ... JAMES HORNER For styling, I don't like a lot of mousse. I do use Sally Hershberger's Texture Blast, which... MARTHA STEWART I really can't describe what my stand-up is like - people see it and they say it's like that... DYLAN MORAN I don't use film cameras. I don't do visual effects the same way. We don't use miniature... JAMES CAMERON I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES For myself I don't like the geisha look. It's like a mask. ZIYI ZHANG When you're a guest star on a movie or a TV show, I always say it's like being invited to a ... ATO ESSANDOH I like Burt's Bees Tinted Lip Balm because I don't need a mirror to reapply. But I definitel... ALISON SWEENEY I purposefully did not want to watch anything I've done so far; I actually don't like lookin... SAM CLAFLIN I don't even like to use the word relationship. I don't know what it means. RON SILVER I don't want to be viewed as a womaniser or whatever. I don't like going crazy crazy, I like... HARRY STYLES I've seen pictures of myself with makeup on, and I look like those women who look like they'... CARRIE FISHER I don't like gratuitous violence. I don't like the 'Saw' movies. I don't like th... MICHAEL BIEHN Sometimes I make things that people have very strong responses to. Whether that's art, I don'... BEN KATCHOR I don't really like to call myself a brand, and I don't like to think of myself as a brand. ... BEYONCE KNOWLES I'd never say I'll never have a facelift, but I'm way too scared of looking like a diffe... ELLEN BARKIN I wouldn't compare myself to any past Idol contestant, because I don't feel like I am like a... NAIMA ADEDAPO There are certain people I am allergic to. I even intervene when I don't like a customer; I rush... AZZEDINE ALAIA I'm fascinated with myself and love hearing the sound of my own voice. I'd like to hear what... GENE SIMMONS I don't have Facebook; I don't have Twitter. I don't have anything because, believe it o... WISSAM AL MANA I've got a few ideas," (Amy) admitted. "But I don't know where we're going in the long term. I mean ... RICK RIORDAN I'm active, but I just don't like being hungry or feeling like I've deprived myself. I w... SUKI WATERHOUSE I don't want technology to take me so far that I don't have to use my brain anymore. It'... ANDREW BIRD As a viewer of television if there's something I don't like or find offensive, I just don... DAVE NAVARRO I don't like the name, U2, actually. BONO I don't watch TV. I don't use a computer, a fax or a cellphone. LOUISE BOURGEOIS Some people are really proud of me, and some don't like it. I don't really know what to tell... BRYSON TILLER I don't go anywhere without a book by James Joyce called 'Finnegan's Wake.' JOHNNY DEPP I don't really understand that process called reincarnation but if there is such a thing I'd... LEONARD COHEN I don't use any of the terminology like 'left wing' and 'right wing.' I use lang... PHIL ROBERTSON I don't like spoilers. I don't like things being spoiled. MELISSA MCBRIDE I like what I like, I don't like what I don't like, and I'm very bad at toning myself do... JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW I know who my dad is, I've met him a few times, but I don't even call him dad. I know it sou... SALLY PEARSON I don't know how to use appliances. I mean, I use the coffee maker. But that's it. PETER EISENMAN I can't stand being late. I try to be professional. I try not to let people down. But people let... SPIKE MILLIGAN Being a Jehovah's Witness, I don't celebrate birthdays or holidays. I don't vote. PRINCE There are a couple of things that I'm sure people don't think are important, but I do. I don... AARON SPELLING As a woman, I'm expected to want everything to be nice and to be nice myself. A very English thi... ZAHA HADID I don't like the word 'poetry,' and I don't like poetry readings, and I usually don&... TOM WAITS I don't even know why, but I've just always done it - I don't walk on handicapped parkin... CHANTAL SUTHERLAND Alas, I think I am becoming a god. TITUS Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name. LUCAN I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate. LUCAN And I can't think of a reason I'd ever use a pseudonym, as I wouldn't want to publish so... POPPY Z. BRITE Well, all I can say is, it's a day-by-day program, and so I'm very worried about relapsing, ... JACK OSBOURNE When David Fincher called me up a few years ago and said, 'Hey, I'd like you to score this f... TRENT REZNOR When I'm speaking of love, when I'm speaking of reversing hate, I'm speaking not only of... MICHELLE BACHELET I respect Chris Brown. I'd like to call myself a friend - I don't know if I'm allowed to... DRAKE If people don't like me for whatever I do, for being me, then that's too bad. I don't wa... VANESSA HUDGENS I sometimes get asked, 'What's it like, being spotted?', but the truth is I don't, e... ROMY MADLEY CROFT I don't mind being called 'Supernova.' If one nickname is going to stick, that's not... NATALIA VODIANOVA I don't like precious things; I don't spend thousands of dollars on jewellery for myself. I ... ERIN WASSON I wouldn't let a biopic be made on me. That's because I don't believe in them. I don'... LATA MANGESHKAR I think I'm always adopting a persona. That's how I look at pop music. I don't feel like... ROBYN When I was old enough to change my name, I changed it to Mr. T so that the first word out of someone... MR. T I've always loved doing covers. Some artists don't like covers. Some listeners don't lik... GREG LASWELL Usually, someone who's in a show gets me a ticket. I feel cornered. I can't walk out if I do... UTA HAGEN I don't like going to the gym because I don't like being with people I don't know in tha... UTADA HIKARU I don't know why they gave me a knighthood - though it's very nice of them - but I only ever... ANTHONY HOPKINS I wish my name was Brian because maybe sometimes people would misspell my name and call me Brain. Th... MITCH HEDBERG I don't like rock. Honestly, I like to listen to it, but it's not for me. There's a lot ... LUIS MIGUEL I don't think geometric art is... I don't like to call it that. I don't think it's a... DONALD JUDD I get very confused about being called a comedian, because when you say 'I'm a comedian,'... BASSEM YOUSSEF I don't say that I'm going to be like every other comic that's blue, or gratuitous use o... GALLAGHER I don't listen to the radio, cause I don't have a driver's license. But if I'm in L.... BENNY BLANCO
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