Darren Criss Quotes
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I always shoot for the moon in my work, so that I'm happy when I land on the roof.
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I mean, come on, Beyonce's the queen of pop music. She's the queen. If you could run for queen... I would put her name in the suggestion box. She's incredible.
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I think people love to attach themselves to the idea of an overnight success. That may be true about me.
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I'm always just waiting for someone to cut me off; I'm a chatty guy.
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I'm like any other composer. If you give me five years to write a symphony, I'm still going to be asking for more time two days before it's due.
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I always make time for the things that are important to me.
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Fashion is about owning whatever you're wearing, regardless of if it's a high fashion statement or not.
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The cool thing about music is no one can take music away from you, writing wise.
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As a composer and as a musician I'm a true believer - and this is not to be overly diplomatic - I'm a believer that there's artistry in everything from a lawn gnome to a desk chair to a symphony to an Andy Warhol painting. There's art in absolutely everything.
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I remember seeing 'Aladdin' when I was five or six and loving it. I looked at the big screen and said to my mum, 'Whatever this Genie guy does, I want to do.' Mum said I couldn't be a genie, but that Robin Williams, who did the voice-over in the film, was an actor. So I said, 'OK, then, I want to be an actor.'
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I was inadvertently raised in the 'gay community.' I had straight parents, but I spent massive amounts of time at a very early age with gay, theater-hopeful thirty-somethings.
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As a musician, I hear the harmonic value of everything - I just enjoy music.
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When I'm in the U.K. I find myself using a lot of Britishisms.
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I've always enjoyed fashion and dressing up for things, whether it's high fashion or play fashion.
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I'm this goofball. I look at myself in the mirror, and the person that I know doesn't match up to what I think people love to perceive me as.
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When you're an artist, you have to hope for everything and expect nothing.
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I believe singing should be like being an actor. People shouldn't have any problem buying an actor being in a comedy or a drama or a horror film. That should be the same way with music.
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I mean, part of me would love to be a fat tenured professor of theater someday.
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I never let my politics supersede my manners.
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I play mostly guitar, and I played drums in my brother's band for a while growing up.
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It's always important to recognize your situation and not take it for granted.
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I don't shave when I'm not working.
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I'm very specific and ambitious in plotting out my goals and never take no for an answer - so it's not like things just fall in my lap.
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I have an unabashed adoration of cheesy pop music.