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Related There's a certain level of realness in Philly. You know, just - people are people. You know, it ... JILL SCOTT People like music when they're in love, but they don't need it as much. You need music when ... TAYLOR SWIFT I don't like it when people who are young act like they're 40. That's taking too much on... TAYLOR SWIFT Honestly, when you're making a movie, you never say, 'Oh, this one's going to suck and g... JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE The urge to act became the overriding force in my life. It thrilled me. There's a moment with ac... RUPERT GRAVES There's always going to be someone out there... who doesn't believe in you or who thinks you... JIMMY FALLON Insanity is knowing that what you're doing is completely idiotic, but still, somehow, you just c... ELIZABETH WURTZEL When you're in a spacecraft, you need to know what things you can touch and what things you shou... BUZZ ALDRIN When you stand up there and do a press conference, it's a very preoccupied moment. You're st... CHRISTINE QUINN I would love to do much more singing; it's just one of those things where I can't quite desc... KEVIN SPACEY What has been happening more lately - of course, I also put in my bio, I say I do the voice of Golia... KEITH DAVID The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you. You're in a conversa... AL PACINO When you play a show or festival, people know what they're getting; they want it. Then you'r... TYLER JOSEPH If you feel comfortable in what you're wearing, you'll look your best, and I think that'... AERIN LAUDER In my normal way of doing things, there's a little bit of 'going native' that takes plac... LOUIS THEROUX There are things you do that just come natural, and sometimes those are amazingly in synch, and some... TOMMY LEE 'Station to Station' is a series of happenings that go across the landscape. What is a happe... DOUG AITKEN I think you're a better comedian when you're in the moment and you're kind of reacting t... SCOTT AUKERMAN I have friends who say, 'You just can't understand what it's like to be a mother until y... NATASHA LEGGERO I enjoy life when things are happening. I don't care if it's good things or bad things. That... JOAN RIVERS I mean one of the basic rules when you're acting is that you mustn't stand in judgement on a... JANET SUZMAN You listen to Bob Dylan and you can't help but think of the 60s, it's very relational and if... SERJ TANKIAN For me, being in a car or on an airplane is like being in limbo. It's this dead zone between two... REBECCA SOLNIT You can repeat things because it's on a set and there are actors. But if it's a great moment... LARRY CHARLES Sometimes when you have a song, you listen to it and say, 'It's OK. It's music to drive ... BETTY WRIGHT I bill myself as a naturalist because if you say you're a naturalist, it gives people a conversa... GREG GRAFFIN It's something that - jazz is one of the few things that you can go and listen to, I don't c... BILLY HIGGINS It used to be presumed that if you weren't at your desk working, you weren't working, But we... DAVID CHIPPERFIELD Are you as much of a criminal if you don't act when there's a crime taking place in front of... BRET EASTON ELLIS As I've often said, you can shop online and find whatever you're looking for, but bookstores... PAUL KRUGMAN If you ask any great player or great quarterback, there's a certain inner confidence that you... DAN MARINO When you're editing, you're putting it together in a way that makes sense metaphysically. Yo... D. A. PENNEBAKER There was a writer in the '20s called Christopher Morley, who I remember a little bit of, who ha... JACK VANCE You have to believe in God before you can say there are things that man was not meant to know. I don... DAVID CRONENBERG Producing a series is like being Lewis and Clark: You know where you're going, you just don'... 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TOM DELONGE Psychopaths are actually, really, really, really rare in our culture, are people who don't... Or... ANNIE PARISSE What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do - especially in other people... WILLIAM LEAST HEAT-MOON It's a repressive society where you can't be horrible, I'm not horrible, they made me ho... JOHN LYDON When you're on TV and in people's houses - it's great that anybody watches anything you&... NICHOLAS HOULT I guess they're tough jokes. But there's lots of things you either laugh or cry at. And you ... SAM KINISON When you are honest in your comedy, you have to acknowledge the world that you're in. Through a ... TREVOR NOAH The trick is not to become somebody else. You become somebody else when you're in front of a cam... ERNEST BORGNINE My co-stars call me selfish. They say, 'You are only interested in yourself and what you are onl... KAREENA KAPOOR KHAN Sometimes there's a sense of closing yourself off on a shoot, and I try not to do that. Sometime... BRUCE WEBER I've been trying to eat healthier, but sometimes it doesn't work out when you're sitting... AJA NAOMI KING I'm the type of person who can get a feel for what you need and what I need to do to push you to... CARA CASTRONUOVA It's so hard when you're young to look at older people and understand that they have been wh... HELEN MIRREN People look at the same passage, and one person will say this is the best thing he's ever read, ... PAUL AUSTER I think it's very important to live in the present. One of the great things that improvising tea... CHARLIE HADEN I have advice for people - period - who are in unhealthy relationships: Follow your heart. It will g... ERYKAH BADU When no one knows you, and you're just trying to break into stuff, it's so good because you ... CHRIS LILLEY I would say it's not as hard as writing, because when you're a writer, you walk right into t... DAVID SELTZER You love the game, but it's hard to do the things you do when you're feeling like you're... CALVIN JOHNSON Touring is tough. You're almost in a haze because you don't really know where you are half t... VANESSA HUDGENS There's a couple of movie parts that I can't remember. There was always something kind of lu... CRAIG ROBINSON Taking dishes straight off the restaurant's menu and putting them into a cookbook doesn't wo... MARCUS SAMUELSSON Your father tells you a story when you're a kid, or your mother or your uncle or whoever it is. ... DAVID CHASE I watch reality TV, but unless you have been part of that crew, unless you've sort of been immer... DHANI JONES I didn't really understand what you did when you went in front of the camera. And then suddenly ... LARS MIKKELSEN I've been on stage since I was 7. That's where I'd rather be than anywhere else. Just be... BEBE NEUWIRTH When you act, you're always playing a version of yourself. You can't bring more to the role ... 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NICOLAS CAGE Auditioning is a horrible experience because you know you are being absolutely scrutinized and judge... KELLY REILLY There has always been tension between reporters and the administration, particularly when it comes t... LOWELL BERGMAN Instagram is just a way of showing the world a little piece of what you're like. You're not ... SOFIA RICHIE Sometimes I want to just pull the off switch, but you can't because if you go outside, you have ... NICKI MINAJ I think it's very insulting to say, 'White people don't understand.' What are you ta... KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE The two things that can hurt you are if you need money or if you need fame. Those are the things tha... DANA CARVEY Sometimes when you're in different countries, everything has become so homogenised and there'... WILL YUN LEE If it's just screaming - and I know this sounds so ridiculous - that gets old. But sometimes whe... ROBERT PATTINSON There can be a progression to the dream; there can be steps to it. When you dissect any successful p... AVA DUVERNAY If you're a lead actor, people are just waiting to say 'you're too old' or 'you&... GILBERT GOTTFRIED If you're gay and you can't hold hands, or you're black and you can't catch a taxi, ... TONY KUSHNER There's a side of fashion that's very analytical and data-oriented and methodical, but there... IMRAN AMED There's a point you get to on the stage where you're not remembering lines but living them, ... BILL PULLMAN Camera lies all the time. It's all it does is lie, because when you choose this moment instead o... RICHARD AVEDON There's no greatest moment in the arts. It's a life, it's a continuity thing. You can... LEROY NEIMAN I think in politics, in Congress, you often do things that are Republican, or you do things because ... J. C. WATTS It's something that I love about this business and that scares me about this business, but in a ... CANDICE ACCOLA I would say 95% of the time, because you just can't remember your lines if you're drinking a... THOMAS HADEN CHURCH This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped.... DORIS LESSING No matter what people say, about what I did, about what I am like... They say you are not dedicated ... YUVRAJ SINGH When you're acting, you're escaping and hiding behind something. It's cliched to say, bu... TAMSIN EGERTON There are a whole bunch of roles where people say, 'Oh, you're playing yourself.' I gues... MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY
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