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DAN BARTLETT People can tell when you're happy with being you and when you're not. It's only cheesy b... HAYDEN PANETTIERE My grandmother died from Alzheimer's, and it was a big shock. For the families left behind, it i... ROSECRANS BALDWIN Most small business owners are not particularly sophisticated business people. That's not a crit... ANDREW MASON Anytime you're playing a major, the last four or five holes, it's not going to be easy. It... DUSTIN JOHNSON I like comedy a lot, and dramatics show how I can really act. Because a lot of people can do comedy ... CAYDEN BOYD People make jokes about my bosoms, why don't they look underneath the breasts at the heart? It... DOLLY PARTON I don't like swearing on the air. As a matter of fact, I'm not a prude, but... I watch HBO a... BRIAN LAMB When I was younger, I did a TV show in the U.K. for a couple years, and I learned a lot from that. I... RICHARD MADDEN It's the worst when you're kissing someone who's not a good kisser, and you're tryin... DREW BARRYMORE Comedy is so subjective. You could be in a room with 400 people laughing at a joke and you could jus... TODD PHILLIPS One of the great things about being recognized is that you receive this feedback from people. It is ... JOHN ASTIN You'd never look at a Rembrandt and say, 'That's just wood and canvas and paint - how mu... DAMIEN HIRST I watch comedy on TV, and it's too cutty for me. I get a little jarred, and it succeeds. It'... DAVID DOBKIN I think being a guest star on an ongoing TV show can be a nightmare, and I've done it a lot. You... JANEL MOLONEY When you play a show or festival, people know what they're getting; they want it. Then you'r... TYLER JOSEPH I think that there's a fine line between comedy and drama. I think that ultimately, the less win... MICHAEL MOSLEY I don't think college athletes are given enough time to really take advantage of the free educat... RICHARD SHERMAN It's very hard to turn your back once you're aware of what's going on, and you're aw... LYNSEY ADDARIO Roses are red, Violettes are bllue, Valentines day is consumerous crap,now don't you have ironi... MOCK OF THE WEEK THE SHOW Sometimes, readers, when they're young, are given, say, a book like 'Moby Dick' to read.... GABRIELLE ZEVIN You're living your life the entire time in both worlds - it's not like they say, 'Action... LUCAS HEDGES I'm not a big, huge star, and so when people see me, it's usually to talk about something I&... JASON BATEMAN People know my lyrics; they know the stuff I've written, and it's all about life, love, happ... KASKADE It's not worth it, it's not about money, especially when you're dealing with a culture. ... ANTOINE FUQUA With 'The Vampire Diaries,' it's not just a tease, especially with the relationships. Yo... 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CLINT EASTWOOD I think it's particularly fun not being a full-time showbiz reporter because you still have the ... DARYN KAGAN Writers displace their anxiety on to the tools of the trade. It's better to say that you haven... HILARY MANTEL Look at the Chandra Levy case. It's become a Star Chamber. The major networks, the cable network... RAY BRADBURY Sometimes it's easy to see the negative side of things or question why people bully you. You cou... RAINI RODRIGUEZ I laugh a lot in horror films. If I'm scared in a horror film, I try to think about what's s... JASON REITMAN If it's Saturday night, and you're sitting on your couch watching 'Showtime at the Apoll... FRANK VINCENT When you're a kid, you see your parents reading the newspaper and you're like, 'God, why... FRED DURST It's human nature to not say everything that's on your mind at the time you think it. Becaus... TAYLOR SWIFT I like being from a city that is not entrenched in show business. When you're in New York City o... ED HELMS People think bigger movies are bad, and that's just not true - there's bad big films, and th... JON FAVREAU On the road, as a 'rock star,' there's superficial attention and adulation is thrown at ... MELISSA ETHERIDGE When you stand up there and do a press conference, it's a very preoccupied moment. You're st... CHRISTINE QUINN Sometimes when you are a great mom, you're not so great at your job. And then when you're go... GISELE BUNDCHEN Absoballylutely top hole, wot. A and B the C of D I'd say. . . Above and Beyond the Call of Duty. BRIAN JACQUES It's always better to shock people and change people's expectations than to give them exactl... JONAH HILL You don't put your head above the parapet and become a personality if you're an illustrator ... ROBERT INGPEN Sometimes you'll see people give performances in comedy with an ironic detachment where they'... ZACH WOODS I mean, comedy's hard. If you go back and look at the first season of 'Seinfeld,' it'... 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