Bat for Lashes
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CAMERON MONAGHAN TWIGGY I didn't really play dress up when I was a kid, and I'm really T-shirt and jeans-y. ELLEN PAGE I need to push myself. I'm not saying that I just want to do anything that's shocking, but w... EMILY BROWNING CARRIE FISHER At home it's all Batman and Star Wars and they do gang up on me. Sometimes I don't want to d... SADIE FROST There's that side of me that wants to be the loving, caring father, and there's the other si... DAVE GAHAN It was never the fame or fortune that drove me to act. It was something I love and enjoy doing it. A... ADAM BALDWIN KATE MOSS I wanna make my imprint in the game as far as music - hip-hop, and just music, period. 'Cause I ... NAYVADIUS CASH I said, I'm on this TV show and I love doing it, but I don't want to be known always as the ... ZACH BRAFF TOM HANKS GRETCHEN RUBIN TAYLOR LAUTNER If someone gave me the chance to create something, I put myself into it. I just want to try to do so... BILLY WEST I like doing the editorial stuff because it's nice to do something that's more me. But model... DYLAN PENN I've got a friend who's a power lifter, and she's a vegetarian. I don't know how she... SETH ROLLINS I always say, 'Man, the Creator is preparing me for something. He's keeping the sun on me fo... DOUG E. FRESH SPIKE MILLIGAN I am really looking for a chance to direct. I feel like that's kind of the next frontier for me.... DANA FOX When I try to relax, it's more Swedish rock, softer music, and I go out and do fun stuff. I play... HENRIK LUNDQVIST TABATHA COFFEY REGGIE WATTS CARRIE FISHER DAVE GROHL KATHERINE JENKINS My intentions have been, and are always, to just really get behind what my ideas are musically and t... RYAN ADAMS JOHNNY WEIR ALICIA SILVERSTONE There's a lot out there for me to learn that isn't in college, so I think it's fine for ... TAYLOR PHINNEY It's true, I don't like the whole cutoff-shorts-and-T-shirt look, but I think you can look f... CATHERINE ZETA-JONES HILLARY CLINTON It's hard for me to be happy because I'm always worried about something going awry or what c... LISA MARIE PRESLEY PAIGE VANZANT MALIN AKERMAN I don't intentionally go: 'Ooh, what is provocative,' and try to do that. I just do stuf... M.I.A. MATISYAHU I think that maybe that's my weakness, in that I don't know how to do it, so I just do what ... AARON ECKHART BEN BARNES A lot of female comedians will go up there in a sweatshirt and Converses, trying to dress themselves... CARLY CRAIG I love what I do. And in the true sense, from my training, I try to create a character each time. It... WILLIAM FORSYTHE JENNIFER LOPEZ I love to just go to the movies, watch movies, listen to the scores and all that 'cause that'... AKON BJ THE CHICAGO KID I love singing. It's who I am. When I act, I take a small part of myself and just magnify it, bu... LAINIE KAZAN I don't actually go out and pursue a route that will fit me best, it's just that something c... CAM GIGANDET I'm really passionate about things I enjoy, and I like to be out there doing things, and learnin... STEVE NASH I can't imagine myself doing something like 'Narnia' again. I would love to do something... WILLIAM MOSELEY When I see 'Sunshine,' I see a film that part of me is kind of very proud of and another par... ALEX GARLAND
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