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

  

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

  

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

  

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

  

  Patricia Marx
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• 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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• 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
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• Just because you're from a city ten miles outside of St. Paul. It doesn't mean you don't read magazines, or the incredible Internet, and what's going on in the world. I never, ever take a client, or women, for granted.

  

  Vera Wang
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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
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• 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
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• The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
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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
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• 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
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• Luck is a goddess not to be coerced and forcibly wooed by those who seek her favours. From such masterful spirits she turns away. But it happens sometimes that, if we put our hand in hers with the humble trust of a little child, she will have pity on us, and not fail us in our hour of need.

  

  P. G. Wodehouse
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• I don't know what directing actors is all about apart from just casting well and then shaping their performances a bit, you know.

  

  Pawel Pawlikowski

• This is an era of specialists, each of whom sees his own problem and is unaware of or intolerant of the larger frame into which it fits.

  

  Rachel Carson

• The police stopped me when I was out in my car. They told me it was a spot check. I admitted to two pimples and a boil.

  

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

  

  Ellen Barkin