Aaron Sorkin
Related When I was six years old, my parents told me that we were moving back home to Armenia. I didn't ... HENRIKH MKHITARYAN LYNN JOHNSTON TAYLOR SWIFT KARIN SLAUGHTER CARA DELEVINGNE KARIN SLAUGHTER ALICIA VIKANDER INDIRA GANDHI 'Scarface,' I remember going to see that with my father. We didn't know what to expect; ... LARENZ TATE KRISTIN CAVALLARI A lot of times, when I go back to books I loved when I was young, I don't quite understand what ... ELLEN POTTER FAITH HILL HELMUT KOHL ROBERT ENGLUND The first time I ever heard the blues, my parents had a stack of records that they weren't using... ATO ESSANDOH I was late to the Internet. I didn't really understand what it was. I didn't know what an em... BILL CALLAHAN My parents were in 'Brigadoon' on Broadway when I was a couple of years old. LAURA BENANTI My earliest experience was reading Edward Albee's 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' ... LEE DANIELS I was attending the University of Alberta. I was going to be a high school teacher, like my parents.... NATHAN FILLION PAT CONROY CALVIN JOHNSON When I was younger, I didn't have the finer things in life. It was around me - the cars, the jew... LARENZ TATE JIM CARREY ROB GRONKOWSKI SALLY FIELD DAVID MAMET My parents didn't agree with what was going on, you know, with the communists coming in, Fidel C... RAFAEL PALMEIRO JAMES CORDEN ALEXANDRA ADORNETTO I remember meeting Roger Moore at my grandfather's house as a young boy and being impressed beca... ETHAN PECK CHANG-RAE LEE NATE ROBINSON RUSSELL WESTBROOK When I was little, I didn't know you got paid for acting. My parents put the money in the bank f... CHELAN SIMMONS WALTER DEAN MYERS BO BURNHAM What's funny is my mom took me to the theater for the first time when I was six years old, and I... DANA DAVIS When I was 4 years old, I woke up in the middle of the night and told my parents there was a witch c... LAURA AMY SCHLITZ I knew I was different when I was about six years of age but I just knew that I wasn't like ever... JAMES MCGREEVEY STELLA MCCARTNEY I walked out of... was it 'Stardust?' That thing with the witches? I was so looking forward ... SHARLTO COPLEY I don't like my parents; I never will. I didn't cry at either of their funerals. I haven'... DAVID SMALL KEVIN NEALON ROBERT WEBB BILL DE BLASIO I just always knew I wanted to be an actor. I gave my Emmy acceptance speech when I was 11. But, I w... AZITA GHANIZADA My dad was pretty strict. We didn't even get to watch any of his movies until I was, like, 17 ye... DAMON WAYANS, JR. MICHELLE DOCKERY GUY PEARCE My mother moved abroad when I was 11, my dad wasn't around from the time that I was a baby, so I... MARK STRONG SANDRA OH I was born 'Harmony,' and it was weird because when I was a little kid, I was picked on so m... HARMONY KORINE When I first started making music, I didn't really know what I was doing. I just wanted to write... JULIANA HATFIELD HUEY NEWTON DANICA PATRICK I got out of difficult situations when many of my classmates didn't because I was smart, and I w... KERRY GREENWOOD When I got my very first phone call that I'd hit the 'New York Times' list, I had a smal... LISA GARDNER DOLLY PARTON CHRISTOPHER WALKEN My parents found what I was interested in and encouraged me. They didn't put me in front of a te... NASTASSJA KINSKI TRACY LETTS ANA DE ARMAS Well, I've thought many times when my career was in the toilet, that I was going to have to seri... AARON ECKHART I don't understand anyone thinking I'm sexy at all. I don't get it because, growing up a... SOPHIE MONK NIKKI HALEY My mother used to tell me about vibrations. I didn't really understand too much of what that mea... BRIAN WILSON ALISTAIR BROWNLEE JUNIOR SEAU I always had a feeling when I was a kid that I didn't really know what was going on. Everybody e... S. J. ROZAN I think I was a bit naive when I was younger. I don't know what it was: I sort of felt tunnel vi... JENNA DEWAN 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 My mother had taught me about the importance of finding a 'good provider,' so when my boyfri... ELIZABETH WARREN CHARLES BUKOWSKI I started writing songs when I was real young, when I was 3 years old. The piano spoke to me - I don... IAN AXEL When I was four years old, some friends of my family took me to see 'Fantasia' and I was tot... DAVID BOLINSKY I guess one that wouldn't be obvious is - well, maybe it's super obvious, I can't tell -... KATE MICUCCI SUZI QUATRO ELLEN DEGENERES SHAWN JOHNSON My mum died of leukemia when I was in high school - she lost her life at 40. It was very hard, and I... CORY HARDRICT I was very disruptive. I was horrible. I didn't learn like all the other kids. I had to sometime... ELIZA COUPE When I came out of service, the first couple of releases didn't really hit so I just took a litt... WILLIAM BELL I did swimming, gymnastics, dance, and the acting was just a small part. I didn't have pushy par... AARON TAYLOR-JOHNSON I started making music for fun, but I had two parents who were very much in the business. I didn'... CAITLIN ROSE The dove act? I'm still working on it. I don't think it's perfect yet. I got my first pa... LANCE BURTON HARBHAJAN SINGH Not to sound too pessimistic, but I just don't see me having the film career that I maybe hoped ... NATHAN LANE All I care is that my family, and my loved ones, understand me. Or that they understand me to a degr... ANDREA CORR TOM WATSON When I was 19, I celebrated my first Valentine's Day while being in a relationship. I was so exc... CARLY CRAIG Cricket makes no sense to me. I find it beautiful to watch and I like that they break for tea. That ... JIM JARMUSCH DIMEBAG DARRELL LAILA ALI My parents didn't have a lot of money when I was growing up. We were comfortable, but I didn'... KIT HARINGTON MAURICE SENDAK TIGER WOODS ARI GRAYNOR MICHAEL PHELPS BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Before I was 12 years old, I had no interest in music; I was just into football. Then I heard Don Mc... JAKE BUGG
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IRA SORKIN Sometimes juries think the judge is part of the government. IRA SORKIN As I understand the law, all the jury has to do is find is that somebody at Andersen engaged in ille... IRA SORKIN The longer the jury is out the worse it is for the defense. If the government doesn't have the evide... IRA SORKIN We're not yet at that point [for a dynamite charge]. They are still talking and not killing each oth... IRA SORKIN I'm not sure this is a linchpin. He will have to point a finger at a much larger control group at An... IRA SORKIN Judge Harmon can then give Duncan whatever she likes. IRA SORKIN Hard paywalls will never work because, just like at a newsstand, the reader likes to browse the cove... ANDREW ROSS SORKIN The euphoria around economic booms often obscures the possibility for a bust, which explains why lea... ANDREW ROSS SORKIN Perhaps the biggest economic shift during Obama's presidency came from a piece of legislation th... 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QUINTON AARON If I have to degrade myself or do something that I'm not willing to do as a Christian to get som... QUINTON AARON I feel like if I live the Christian life, then the people should be able to see it in my everyday ac... QUINTON AARON I do believe in sending positive messages. I am a Christian, so I do believe in a lot of positive me... QUINTON AARON My workday begins around 11 A.M., with a cup of black coffee in each hand. If I had more hands, ther... AARON LEVIE HANK AARON AARON NEVILLE I think I watched a movie about it. AARON EDWARDS He came prepared to play. He fulfilled the author's intention. It's his movie. He's the man in it. AARON ECKHART I think people could come out of this movie thinking, although all of these are very serious subject... AARON ECKHART Audiences like both savory and unsavory characters, and [even] unsavory elements can be attractive. ... AARON ECKHART All these people are so firm on their positions. That's where the humor in the movie comes from, ...... AARON ECKHART For Nick, the game, basically, is convincing people. It's getting people to look at things your way.... AARON ECKHART Nick is a tobacco lobbyist who loves his job and doesn't apologize for it, which [as a role] is exci... AARON ECKHART I think Jason's going to have a huge career, AARON ECKHART Thank You for Smoking. AARON ECKHART the highest regard you can receive. That photo can describe an entire life, just an honor, as well a... AARON ECKHART I'm going to have to stick with the 300 hurdles. There's not a lot of people who can do it and do it... AARON DOBSON The indoor season is definitely going to give me a good jump for outdoor because I'm starting my tra... AARON DOBSON I thought about how disappointed I was. I would admit that after that race I was broken in half. It ... AARON DOBSON Medical amnesty is a good thing. They should always be thinking how to make the code better. 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