Walter O'Brien Quotes
I'm left-brain dominant, so anxiety and nervousness don't affect me; most emotions don't.
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When I was a model, everybody was scrutinising me and I felt I had to go to the gym because my figure had to be fantastic. Now that I'm a singer, I've got a different kind of body – it's more athletic.
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To me, it's impolite to go out shopping with no money.
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I've made up little mantras for myself, catchphrases from a screenwriting book that doesn't exist. One is 'Write the movie you'd pay to go see.' Another is 'Never let a character tell me something that the camera can show me.'
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Some reporter called me 'the angriest gay man in the world' or some such. Well, it stuck, but I realized it was very useful.
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That's what every young kid thinks about when they first put on a uniform - is to play in the Major League and then, ultimately, play in a World Series. To me, that was the ultimate, winning in '86.
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There's nothing more fun to me than new characters and a new world.
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I call myself a feminist, not a feminist filmmaker. If somebody asked me if I had a feminist sensibility it would be pretty hard to deny, but is it the theme of my work? Not necessarily. I'm interested in a lot of things.
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You have to have a bag of Yorkshire Tea bags. It is the best tea that England has to offer, and that comes with me everywhere I go.
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The Kiss scene was attempted three times. The first was in a peculiar spot of the fort on the ground level. It felt forced to me, and I knew right away that, in spite of what others were saying, it was dead wrong.
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I get motivated by the fact people are following me, that they want a photo or say 'vamos' or 'Canelo.'
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I think shortly after I got signed, it just started to dawn on me that I had something to say and that Yahweh put something in my heart to share with the world.
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Will Smith said if I ever need some help, he was there for me.
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Charlie Sheen gave me a signed headshot. I think it said, 'Keep it real.' But 'real' was spelled 'reel,' like a film reel.
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Emotions come first, and in the most direct sense: you first have an emotion and then have a feeling. But also first in the history of the human race, for the ability to have emotions long preceded the ability to have feelings.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating!
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My first trip to Mexico was with my dad because of his Spanish records. That was back in 1958. I found a picture of me when I was eight dressed as a little senorita.
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I am a fashion designer, so I guess that makes me an overpacker.
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For me, the whole process involves envisioning this book in my head as I'm working.
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So many people counted on me to be the party, I had to move far enough away that they wouldn't want to drive there.
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I was always an independent, even when I had partners.
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I like to wear things that are daring but also not seem too avant-garde.
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The kind of roles which you get, people identify with your roles, and it then leads to the kind of brands you get.
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I'm left-brain dominant, so anxiety and nervousness don't affect me; most emotions don't.
