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Not one role that I've played has been written specifically for me.


Taye Diggs

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All my friends from my past would know me as Scott Diggs. Taye Diggs comes from Scott-taye. When I w...
TAYE DIGGS Each role that I've played has had a piece of a dream role in it.
DAKOTA FANNING For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.
VICTORIA ABRIL Throughout my career I've played a lot of parts that might've been played by a man. They'...
EDIE FALCO Every single one of the guys that I've written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by m...
TAYLOR SWIFT I've been fired from a situational comedy with a script they wrote specifically for me because o...
PENN JILLETTE I don't understand labels. I don't need anybody to tell me I'm Latina or black or anythi...
ZOE SALDANA I've been through my fair share of highs and lows. Yes, I've been written off, and it amazes...
SHILPA SHETTY I've been very lucky. I've written for most of my idols and the contemporaries.
ALAN ZWEIBEL I've written songs about things that nobody else has ever written about.
DAVID ALLAN COE I've been writing a lot more, I believe, because of the Internet. I've been posting stuff th...
ERROL MORRIS I would love to tell you that it's been absolutely perfect, that I've been a man that's ...
A.J. STYLES I've been blessed because every single role I've done has been an educated person. I've ...
ROSELYN SANCHEZ To me, I've played full seasons and had success. Mentally, I've been through it before. I...
COLIN KAEPERNICK Well I'm not a novelist. I've only written one book and that is a memoir.
CARLY FIORINA I've written several deeply personal songs this year, which I really love. Some of them came out...
DAVID FRIEDMAN I don't write all my stuff. Everybody always thinks that. But in just about every album I've...
ALAN JACKSON It's a new role for me. In the past, I've played partners that were the less emotional leader. Now, ...
LISA RAYMOND I've never been specifically attached to westerns, but there are those I like - one of the best ...
MADS MIKKELSEN I've never played a gay character on screen, so that would be interesting. I've never played...
EDDIE MARSAN There has been nothing more impactful on my life and meaningful to me than the introduction of Chris...
STEVE HARVEY It might crush a lot of people, but I've never been in the room with an artist that I've wri...
BEBE REXHA There are elements of me in the roles I've played in the past. But people forget that Mary Poppi...
JULIE ANDREWS I obviously enjoy being wealthy. It's enabled me to have a career that I've chosen and not o...
JAMIE JOHNSON To have a songwriter that wrote so specifically what I felt to be true... I've never been much o...
BARRY MCGUIRE I've been very lucky; God has done amazing things for me.
GINA RODRIGUEZ I know that I've played a lot of comedic roles. It's a visual medium. When you get one role,...
FRAN KRANZ I've always had self-belief, though my sensitive side has never been fully appreciated. For ever...
PAUL WELLER I've always written about things that cause me to feel something.
IRIS DEMENT Versace has always been a brand that I've loved, a brand that has supported me. I've been we...
TREY SONGZ I appreciate everything that has been done for me. After a difficult start, I've just followed m...
VICTOR ORTIZ I've never had to fight for a role. Call it my ego or my self-respect, but I won't pick up t...
SONAKSHI SINHA Every book I've written has been a different attempt to understand something, and the success or...
YANN MARTEL I've written songs sober and I've written songs high.
BARRY MANN I'm a natural clown, I suppose, in writing, and one has to accept that; I can't do anything ...
ANTHONY BURGESS The decisions I've made have not always been the most popular, but when I look back, I want to k...
ALAN SMITH Cricket has become more popular, not me... When the game grows, those who've played it also '...
KAPIL DEV I remember all the way back in high school thinking about writing books. And, in fact, I've writ...
PATRICK CARMAN My dad has kind of been the standard for me, he played 16 years in the league, and since I've be...
STEPHEN CURRY I've never conformed to what my record label has said and, yes, that has meant that it's bee...
CHARLI XCX I've played many characters that have consumed me and owned me.
IRRFAN KHAN My first book, 'Running Loose', was censored back in 1983 or '84. Every book I've wr...
CHRIS CRUTCHER I've never gotten up in front of a Muslim congregation and played the role of a religious leader...
KEITH ELLISON I think, for me, I've realized the responsibility of being a role model for young kids everywher...
TOM HOLLAND I loved writing 'Two Brothers' more than anything else I have written. It's the first bo...
BEN ELTON I've written fiction for as long as I can remember; it's always been my preferred form of pl...
TAIYE SELASI Your plays are always personal. You can't help seeing yourself in the serial killer you've j...
LAURA WADE Making films has never just been a job to me; it is my life. I have some interests outside of acting...
CHRISTOPHER LEE I've done episodic television and some other things that have been written by other people.
LISA CHOLODENKO I'm very happy to sing whatever I'm singing. I've always enjoyed any role I've been ...
JOAN SUTHERLAND I don't think I'm allowed to talk about that. It is definitely not me. The role has been cast.
MARY TODD LINCOLN Whenever I read a script, I start recasting the role that I might play. I'm like, 'God, this...
AARON TAYLOR-JOHNSON I've written about superheroes. I've written about talking ferrets and math geniuses being c...
JULIE KENNER Through all the bad guys that I've played, they're justifiably bad - they have their reasons...
CAM GIGANDET I've often felt that the Indian tiger has not been unleashed.
RATAN TATA I don't think I've been in a supporting role in any of the plays I've done, ever.
PENELOPE WILTON I'm a hoarder. For me, documentation has always been key, and I've kept everything from my p...
DIANE KEATON I have been incredibly lucky all my life. I've had a family that has loved me and given me incre...
JUSTIN TRUDEAU I'm always singing and dancing and getting up in people's faces.
TAYE DIGGS I'm living my life and I found a woman who I love.
TAYE DIGGS The Wood was about young people and the other one is more of a grown up movie.
TAYE DIGGS But then all that died down and as far as casting was concerned it didn't really matter that I h...
TAYE DIGGS All my friends from my past would know me as Scott Diggs.
TAYE DIGGS I keep all my clothes on in House on Haunted Hill, Mary Jane's Last Dance, and The Way of the Gu...
TAYE DIGGS On the set I never know what day of the week it is.
TAYE DIGGS I'm always up for going back to the stage.
TAYE DIGGS I jump at any chance to go back into theater.
TAYE DIGGS I would love for film to go back to those days where you had to be able to do everything just to get...
TAYE DIGGS I'm awful with directions, and I'm not very handy around the house.
TAYE DIGGS The only tough thing is admitting to my wife how much a certain article of clothing costs.
TAYE DIGGS I complained to my mother about wanting to look less like myself and more like my friends. My mother...
TAYE DIGGS Growing up, I was a nerd. With actual taped eyeglasses.
TAYE DIGGS The whole issue is that everyone would love to do theater, but it doesn't pay enough, so to do m...
TAYE DIGGS Like I went out to a predominantly black club last night and nobody said anything and I was wishing ...
TAYE DIGGS You just don't see the same type of all-purpose entertainers nowadays.
TAYE DIGGS I failed chemistry. I almost failed algebra.
TAYE DIGGS I love apple juice.
TAYE DIGGS It's a trip but it hasn't crossed over to the point where women are throwing their panties a...
TAYE DIGGS One of my favorite films is 'Pretty Woman.'
TAYE DIGGS I think I am less of a prankster and more of a jokester.
TAYE DIGGS I've always been attracted to women who are assertive and have confidence - qualities older wome...
TAYE DIGGS The large ensemble cast and the fact that it was being shot in New York, combined with a lot of stro...
TAYE DIGGS It's aggravating that Hollywood has never gotten credit for the role it played in promoting mode...
CAMILLE PAGLIA One reason I've never been a fan of graphic novels is because a central aspect of literature for...
MARTIN FILLER What's been nice is that I've been able to direct from a very idealistic place. I've nev...
BILL PAXTON I've been pretty lucky. Every single thing I've done has meant so much to me and has been li...
ALEXANDRA DADDARIO I've played a ghost, cat, snake. I've been funny, sad. I've been filmed flying on screen...
MAGGIE CHEUNG Nobody can take what I love away from me. I would like to believe that love is the only energy I'...
ATHOL FUGARD I've gone through the village of my songwriting and my artistry, and I've gone through lots ...
CARLY SIMON I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, co...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT As an ambiguously non-white actor, I've been able to play light-skinned African American guys, L...
DANIEL SUNJATA I've been playing with this idea in my mind that the hero's journey that we're all taugh...
JILL SOLOWAY Not one bit. That St. Louis thing played absolutely not one shred of a role in this.
KEVIN MCCLATCHY I've always had the same values. Family for me has always been important. When I shoot, everybod...
TOM CRUISE I don't know what people who I've never met think about me. Some have written horrible thing...
BEN ELTON The book was written at the time and as such I think gives a fair and balanced account of the role t...
LANCE PRICE I've been very lucky because Perth has been very good to me. I've enjoyed my journey and met...
KERRY STOKES Over the past several years, I've been more in a managerial role.
DENNIS RITCHIE I believe I've always been a big believer in equality. No one has ever been able to tell me I co...
ANNE HATHAWAY I suppose I have played a lot of put-upon women, but it's never bothered me. They've never b...
OLIVIA COLMAN

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I'm always singing and dancing and getting up in people's faces.
TAYE DIGGS I'm living my life and I found a woman who I love.
TAYE DIGGS The Wood was about young people and the other one is more of a grown up movie.
TAYE DIGGS But then all that died down and as far as casting was concerned it didn't really matter that I h...
TAYE DIGGS All my friends from my past would know me as Scott Diggs.
TAYE DIGGS I keep all my clothes on in House on Haunted Hill, Mary Jane's Last Dance, and The Way of the Gu...
TAYE DIGGS On the set I never know what day of the week it is.
TAYE DIGGS I'm always up for going back to the stage.
TAYE DIGGS I jump at any chance to go back into theater.
TAYE DIGGS I would love for film to go back to those days where you had to be able to do everything just to get...
TAYE DIGGS I'm awful with directions, and I'm not very handy around the house.
TAYE DIGGS The only tough thing is admitting to my wife how much a certain article of clothing costs.
TAYE DIGGS I complained to my mother about wanting to look less like myself and more like my friends. My mother...
TAYE DIGGS Growing up, I was a nerd. With actual taped eyeglasses.
TAYE DIGGS The whole issue is that everyone would love to do theater, but it doesn't pay enough, so to do m...
TAYE DIGGS All my friends from my past would know me as Scott Diggs. Taye Diggs comes from Scott-taye. When I w...
TAYE DIGGS Like I went out to a predominantly black club last night and nobody said anything and I was wishing ...
TAYE DIGGS You just don't see the same type of all-purpose entertainers nowadays.
TAYE DIGGS I failed chemistry. I almost failed algebra.
TAYE DIGGS I love apple juice.
TAYE DIGGS It's a trip but it hasn't crossed over to the point where women are throwing their panties a...
TAYE DIGGS One of my favorite films is 'Pretty Woman.'
TAYE DIGGS I think I am less of a prankster and more of a jokester.
TAYE DIGGS I've always been attracted to women who are assertive and have confidence - qualities older wome...
TAYE DIGGS The large ensemble cast and the fact that it was being shot in New York, combined with a lot of stro...
TAYE DIGGS Being away from the game you love so much, it will mess with your mind.
STEFON DIGGS As a young man, I feel as if it's all about progressing. I may have had to mature a little faste...
STEFON DIGGS My dad was real hard on me. He wasn't really big on congratulating and stuff like that.
STEFON DIGGS That's what great players do: continue to prove themselves.
STEFON DIGGS I know I'm not the biggest guy or the fastest guy, but you've got to bring something to the ...
STEFON DIGGS The time you do get edgy and the time you do want to slack off is the time, boom, there goes your op...
STEFON DIGGS Whether I'm playing right now or not, I still have an opportunity to get better in practice. It&...
STEFON DIGGS Not having a father is big. You need guidance. I know, personally, when my father died, I needed gui...
STEFON DIGGS My little brothers can ask me any question in the world, and if I've got the answer, I'm goi...
STEFON DIGGS It's not like I can't play football with some injuries.
STEFON DIGGS That's what you want... you work hard, you want your guys to, you know, work the same way you wo...
STEFON DIGGS I don't just study my opponent; I study myself. It's something you have to do to get better.
STEFON DIGGS I consider myself a leader. I am not a follower.
STEFON DIGGS To me, it really doesn't matter where they line me up.
STEFON DIGGS If you don't have any confidence, you're not going to do anything.
STEFON DIGGS Just scratching the surface. It's just the beginning. I'm still young. I've got a lot of...
STEFON DIGGS I'm just happy to have my legs back, cause at one point in time, I wasn't even walking.
STEFON DIGGS I just want to get better all around and contribute more.
STEFON DIGGS You haven't been on tape, nobody sees what you can do, nobody sees how you play, so they don'...
STEFON DIGGS I understood it's a business as far as when you're drafting someone, and you want a guy you ...
STEFON DIGGS Everybody's got haters, but your city's always behind you. It's only right to give back.
STEFON DIGGS My time off is usually spent working out and getting better at football. When I come home and spend ...
STEFON DIGGS All the way on the West Coast, never having seen a Broadway show, it was like, 'They don't w...
DAVEED DIGGS Each day, I come in with a positive attitude, trying to get better.
STEFON DIGGS I believe in my ability and my mental toughness.
STEFON DIGGS That's the great thing about being a teenager. You think you're a genius.
DAVEED DIGGS What writing a poem really does - and what figuring how to perform effectively really does - is forc...
DAVEED DIGGS I liked being on stage because it gave me a reason to be around people. The other great thing about ...
DAVEED DIGGS I was really aware, even while it was happening, that the discovery of arts education in my life sor...
DAVEED DIGGS You don't want to have any negativity in your life. Continue to push. Continue to be patient. An...
STEFON DIGGS I went to Hebrew school but opted out of a bar mitzvah.
DAVEED DIGGS I want to win championships, I want to win ball games, and where else is a better place to do it the...
STEFON DIGGS Not saying I was a bad kid, but I had a lot to learn. You've just got to not be impulsive.
STEFON DIGGS I think this idea of a big break is a lie.
DAVEED DIGGS I kind of really study different angles of the film. You see how people's bodies are, how they r...
STEFON DIGGS To walk into a casting room full of people who look like you is a crazy thing. What is the thing tha...
DAVEED DIGGS Being an emcee onstage is mostly about crowd control, about monitoring energy levels.
DAVEED DIGGS The act of being nice to somebody at Starbucks is actually a huge thing. It's a real change you ...
DAVEED DIGGS The fact that rap has a strict meter and stays to a click means that you have to make your thoughts ...
DAVEED DIGGS Oftentimes, it feels like we spend so much of our life waiting to make art, waiting for somebody to ...
DAVEED DIGGS I wanted to go to the underdog team - I wanted to build something somewhere like a lot of the other ...
STEFON DIGGS I told (Sherman) this morning, 'I feel great. I'm ready to go. Give me the word,' ... The feeling I ...
NA'IL DIGGS I have a recognizable silhouette.
DAVEED DIGGS It wasn't until I got out in the world and started worked professionally when I realized that th...
DAVEED DIGGS The tricky thing about fast raps is not really the delivery of them; it's the writing of them, w...
DAVEED DIGGS Writing rap songs is about flow, about one word blending seamlessly into the next and creating a thi...
DAVEED DIGGS I feel like, anytime I'm onstage, I tend to feel very connected with people in the audience or w...
DAVEED DIGGS If you do enough rap shows, you get a pretty good sense of an audience. You start to develop this se...
DAVEED DIGGS I get excited to create things that don't exist in the same world as 'Hamilton' because ...
DAVEED DIGGS I think people understand I'm not actually the real Thomas Jefferson.
DAVEED DIGGS Acting is about finding truth and finding the way to convey the truth.
DAVEED DIGGS As a kid, you don't have a ton of spaces where you are honored, where what you think is honored ...
DAVEED DIGGS That's the great thing about how 'SVU' works. They work with so many Broadway actors, th...
DAVEED DIGGS At some point, I'll do more McDonald's commercials if I have to.
DAVEED DIGGS Everybody from the Bay has a superiority complex because we're dope.
DAVEED DIGGS There's this thing about authenticity when you rap, right? Whether or not it's real, it has ...
DAVEED DIGGS I was so stressed, man. When I was 17, I was so worried about what the hell was going to happen.
DAVEED DIGGS If a project feels good to you, say yes. And do it with everything that you have and hope that the o...
DAVEED DIGGS Typically, my advice to young artists is not to wait for someone to allow you to do the thing. Just ...
DAVEED DIGGS Some of those vehicles, depending on where they are hit, the cost for repair is going to be substant...
KIP DIGGS If building material is in short supply or there isn't an abundance of skilled labor, that's going t...
KIP DIGGS It seems like when they play away from home they slow down their game. But slow or fast, we're going...
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