David Geffen Quotes
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I struggle if I have chaos around me, but at the same time, if I don't have it, I'm uncomfortable. It's a strange thing: If I don't have chaos, I create it.
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I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
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Since I never get on a scale, I have no idea how much weight I've lost!
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My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
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It's a cliche, but there really is no handbook about the celebrity thing; you have to figure it out as you go along.
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The vampires in the 'VAMPS' series judge each other as harshly as they judge humans, and basically, vampires don't get along very well. So you've got a culture that's from cradle to grave like the worst high school you've ever been in.
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I ain't scared to do another dating show, but I ain't really trying to. I want to do a talk show or something. I've done enough dating on television. I'm ready to spread my wings, and go down other avenues.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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If you really want something, it's nerve-racking, but at the same time, I try not to stress myself out about it too much because there are also so many arbitrary things that go into being cast for something - you know, like the color of your eyes, all these things that are kind of out of my control.
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If my career path takes me elsewhere, that's great. But comedy is my forte.
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The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
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No one wants to see a person on TV who's super-ultra-cool. That's Superman, that's a thing of the past. Heroes are now flawed, and have terrible tempers, you know? They're real people.
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There's a difference between being posh and being rich.
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No, I worked a lot for European television, doing documentaries in Brazil.
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I didn't feel like I was meant to be a nurse or a secretary.
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I used to draw and make plastic figurines and watch 'Wallace and Gromit' films.
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Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.
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Today the financial market is no good, but the money is there.
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I have already done two Christmas films: 'Elf' and 'Four Christmases.' I guess I really am a sucker for Christmas. Both movies are really about the importance of family. I come from a brood of five kids, and it's the one time of year we can all get together. It's hands-down my favorite holiday.
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People have always painted me like a pessimist, like somebody who sees the glass half-empty. But I think the fact that I keep showing up and saying, 'No, there must be a way for me to live in this world,' that shows I'm an eternal optimist.
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It is better to remember our love as it was in the springtime.
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You must engage at the level of people's higher order values, and in doing so, you can engage them in a meaningful way on a large number of issues.
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When people say 'Black Lives Matter,' that doesn't mean blue lives don't matter; it just means all lives matter, but right now the big concern is the fact that the data shows black folks are more vulnerable to these kinds of incidents.
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I believe we're all in denial about the people we love.
