Jean Paul Gaultier Quotes
I am very lucky because I am realizing my childhood dreams, and after presenting my shows it's like a party.
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Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it?
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My dad is a comedian, entertainer, you know. He always likes to make people laugh. With me, it just depends on what mood I'm in. You get what you get.
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You must respect people, and you must respect money. My father said to me: 'When you respect money, money will respect you.'
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You can't reverse fame. You can lose all the money, but you'll never lose people knowing you.
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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
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If we just allowed women and men more leeway in our culture and more acceptance, I think they would be able to make better compromises.
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Falling in love, romance, matters of the heart - when you fall in love, on some biochemical level you know there is a chance it won't work out. It's ingrained in us that if you take such an enormous risk on someone with your heart that it might not pay off. I gamble all my chips and I might actually lose everything.
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I'm just the opposite of a lot of photographers who want everything to be really, really sharp. And they're always, you know, stopping it down to F64.
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I tell people marriage is a compromise, and so are renovations.
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No one's ever happy with their position in Hollywood. You hear that from people you'd never dream would complain.
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I just went to an acting agency one day and just said, 'I would like to act. Would you take me?' And they took me.
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I love being a part of something so many people can relate to and enjoy.
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I have loved movies as the number one thing in my life so long that I can't ever remember a time when I didn't.
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The most important, what I believe myself to do, is what is the interest of Lebanon, what is the interest of my country and my nation? And I'm going to do it fully.
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I am not trying to make an image; I am an actor trying to sell movies.
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Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.
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When Ted Williams was here, inducted into the Hall of Fame 37 years ago, he said he must have earned it, because he didn't win it because of his friendship with the writers. I guess in that way, I'm proud to be in this company that way.
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I know that God has had my back, even when I was screwing up.
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I think, sometimes, you can just get really burnt out on something you enjoy doing and feel like the sponge is completely wrung dry.
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I have always felt a comedy's story is undercut if you have a villain who is not really menacing.
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My lesson from history is that if there is a strong moderate centrist party which can lead the country, there is no room for extremists from the right or left.
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I've always reverted to a sense of childhood, just in everyday life.
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I had a growing career as a model and an actress in London - I had starred opposite Michael Caine and Sidney Poitier in 'The Wilby Conspiracy' - but everyone told me to stay in Hollywood. This was the place, they said, and I could have a big career. What they failed to mention was that no one would quite know what to do with me.
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I am very lucky because I am realizing my childhood dreams, and after presenting my shows it's like a party.
