Matt Lanter Quotes

I prepare for auditions differently depending on what it is - what the material is, what the project is, who I'm reading for.

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• I always wanted to do creative things, but I was really interested in entrepreneurship. My family comes from a very entrepreneurial culture, so business was always something I was interested in.

  

  Imran Amed
  • Family
  • Business
  • Culture

• I adored my mom. I thought she was the best. I loved her very much.

  

  Dan Fogelman
  • She
  • Mom
  • Best

• Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.

  

  Baha'u'llah
  • Him
  • Near
  • Unto

• We artists have the dignity to tell the truth to the people, unlike politicians.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • People
  • Truth
  • Dignity

• I want to drink champagne from ladies' shoes.

  

  Mal Peet
  • Want
  • Shoes
  • Champagne

• I started wearing all black around the time I got into Nirvana. I first heard 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' when I was about 12, and I remember jumping on my bed, so excited about it.

  

  Natasha Lyonne
  • Time
  • Remember
  • Black

• I think film writing, you're thinking in pictures, and stage writing, you're thinking in dialogue. In film writing, it's also, you only get so many words, so everything has to earn its place in a really economical way. I think for stage writing, you have more leeway.

  

  Zoe Kazan
  • Thinking
  • Writing
  • Words

• The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.

  

  Oriana Fallaci
  • Up
  • Culture
  • Period

• The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business.

  

  Larry King
  • Life
  • Business
  • Royal

• They used to tease me at the 'Oprah' show, 'Are you really going to do another white Shaker kitchen, with white subway tile and stainless steel appliances?' And my answer is, 'I can vary it a bit, but I'm never going to err from classic materials.'

  

  Nate Berkus
  • Show
  • Materials
  • Tease

• I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.

  

  Pablo Picasso
  • Think
  • Imagination
  • Paint

• I never said most of the things I said.

  

  Yogi Berra
  • Funny
  • Never
  • Said

• I have never thought of a full-fledged career in Bollywood because boxing has never left my mind. But you never know.

  

  Vijender Singh
  • Mind
  • Career
  • Thought

• Mark Ruffalo is just an amazing guy and an amazing director.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Guy
  • Amazing
  • Just

• I wouldn't say I was bullied, but I was definitely a bit of an outcast. It was more the kids thinking I thought I was cool. I started homeschooling in fifth grade, and I was much happier.

  

  Kaley Cuoco
  • Thinking
  • Kids
  • Cool

• Sometimes I'm more stubborn than I am smart.

  

  Pat Summitt
  • Smart
  • Stubborn

• All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • Great
  • Together
  • Inspire

• The easiest way around the bases is with one swing of the bat.

  

  Earl Weaver
  • Way
  • Swing
  • Bat

• When you wear something different, you have to be confident that not everyone may get it at first.

  

  Coco Rocha
  • Different
  • May

• The celebrity aspect is nothing short of ridiculous, and auditioning is brutal and dehumanizing. Every time I see a pretty young girl on the subway reading sides for an audition, my only thought is, 'Man, am I glad I'm not doing that anymore.' I never feel nostalgia, just relief.

  

  Mara Wilson
  • Time
  • Pretty
  • Man

• I'm reading the way a lot of technology executives have decried 'gatekeepers' and 'traditional media,' and that one of the promises of 'new media' was that it would break the chokehold that old media companies had on public opinion.

  

  Franklin Foer
  • Reading
  • Technology
  • Opinion

• Reading has always been the great love of my life.

  

  Darren Shan
  • Life
  • Great
  • Reading

• On the flip side, I enjoy covering the Arab world, I've spent my entire career here in the Middle East, but I would never call myself a war correspondent.

  

  Anthony Shadid
  • World
  • War
  • Career

• I prepare for auditions differently depending on what it is - what the material is, what the project is, who I'm reading for.

  

  Matt Lanter
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