Ellen Barkin Quotes

My nickname was Skinabo - 'skin and bones.'

Ellen Barkin

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• I look back on some of my outfits, and I'm like: 'Why did I wear that? Where are my friends and why didn't they tell me not to leave the house?' If they had, I probably would've said, 'You don't know what you're talking about. This looks amazing.'

  

  Zoe Kravitz
  • Friends
  • House
  • Me

• I think that everyone should be able to dribble. Everyone should be able to pass. Otherwise, why are you out there?

  

  Oscar Robertson
  • Why
  • Think
  • Everyone

• With the death of bin Laden, it's finally time for Congress to bring back the pre-9-11 legal norm, before we decided it was okay to toss out our civil liberties if the 'bad guys' were scary enough.

  

  Aaron Swartz
  • Time
  • Bad
  • Death

• I would love to do a period movie. I've always wanted to wear the corset, you know. It's a girl thing!

  

  Kat Dennings
  • Love
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• I'm a big soccer fan, so any soccer player that I meet, I always get star struck. I've met a lot of big stars - Justin Timberlake, Michael Buble - and I don't ever get starstruck, but when I met famous ex-football players, I just got completely starstruck.

  

  Olly Murs
  • Football
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  • Star

• After Halle Berry does her films and Queen Latifah does her films, it's left to all the black, Latino and Asian actresses to fight over a couple of roles. I opted for some TV. There's just not a ton of work in film.

  

  Gabrielle Union
  • Work
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  • Couple

• After 20 years, a million written words, and nine rejected novels, I finally landed a book contract.

  

  J. A. Konrath
  • Book
  • Words
  • Years

• I'm a religious man. I pray for Milky Way.

  

  Forrest Mars, Jr.
  • Man
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• New York is rich in culture, cuisine, and commerce.

  

  Patricia Marx
  • Culture
  • New
  • New York

• I used to think the press was a necessary evil and now I don't think it is. I think it's something you choose.

  

  Daniel Craig
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• Just when did I get to the point when staying at a hotel wasn't fun?

  

  Ira Glass
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  • Hotel

• Every film you're commissioned to write is all about an arc; usually, the arc is that the world creates a change in the character, usually for the better. To not have an arc, the messages and ideas in the film became more prominent.

  

  Dan Gilroy Breakfast Club
  • World
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• Scotland is undoubtedly the star of 'Outlander.' I'm so proud of the country and all it has to offer.

  

  Sam Heughan
  • Country
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  • Star

• Art is the way people see things, and I think it's great when individuals can find in fashion something they truly believe is artistic.

  

  Olivier Theyskens
  • People
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• The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • Life
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• I've always done drama, but I suppose 'Tyrannosaur' was a bit of a watershed moment for me. It was like when Kathy Burke did 'Nil By Mouth' - suddenly, people were saying, 'Oh, she can do that, too.'

  

  Olivia Colman
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• With Pakistan being in my blood, I would certainly look at opportunities to travel there.

  

  Nargis Fakhri
  • Travel
  • Blood
  • Opportunities

• Everything about the music industry takes away from you as an artist. They're always wondering what the next thing is: 'What do you have?' It's a very introverted process.

  

  Gary Allan
  • Music
  • Artist
  • Process

• No book of mine is complete without a dog.

  

  Peter Temple
  • Book
  • Dog

• One of the things that turns me on the most is imagining new worlds, just as I did as a kid, when I listened to fairy stories and imagined what they looked like and what those worlds were like.

  Nick Willing
  • World
  • Kids
  • Stories

• Are we lost, or are we found at last? On earth we strive for our various needs, because so goes the fundamental law of man. Aloft, at least for a little while, the needs disappear. Likewise the striving. In the thoughts of man aloft, food and evil become mixed and sometimes reversed. This is the open door to wisdom. Aloft, the earth is ancient and man is young, regardless of his numbers, for there, aloft he may reaffirm his suspicions that he may not be so very much. This is the gateway to humility.

  

  Ernest K. Gann
  • Law
  • Evil
  • Humility

• A little misgiving in the beginning of things, means much regret in the end of them.

  

  Amelia Barr
  • Regret
  • Misgiving

• Myth is, after all, the neverending story.

  

  Joan D. Vinge

• My nickname was Skinabo - 'skin and bones.'

  

  Ellen Barkin