John Corey Whaley Quotes
I'm completely obsessed with Andrew Smith's 'Winger.' A great, hilarious, and moving story.
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But as a young kid, I never did, really have an ambition to be a farmer. I never thought, gee, I would like to farm, and I want to raise these crops. I didn't quite know what I wanted to do.
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Elvis and I were very good friends. We were such good friends that, on the day that he passed, I was the first one his father called, to let me know what had happened.
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A lot of actors know they want to be actors a little bit earlier on. I didn't even really start studying until I was about 22.
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A good amount of the guys wanted to date me. Even older guys looking at me. It took some getting used to.
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I do want to finish my education. I just don't think that Boston has a big enough market for what I want to do.
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I love my career right now, and I won't be with anybody until they make my life as satisfying and as happy as my work makes me.
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It is a pleasure to play under Jose Mourinho, and everything is OK. I learn every day. He is a normal coach. He speaks a lot with the players. I like it when the manager speaks a lot with you because it gives you confidence.
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I think, people look at me, and they say, 'You were very aggressive,' I say, 'Yeah,' you know, and I've made a better life for myself, for my son, so I should reflect that with my music now. I shouldn't still be rhyming like that; that would be me lying.
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The Americans are more honest about it and just call it college rock.
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I never considered myself a movie star, and I didn't want to become a movie star, because as soon as you do, you throw away that possibility of playing character. You really do. All of a sudden you're just an entity, you know?
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I don't know why I'm suddenly playing nasty people. It is very fun, though, and it isn't real, at the end of the day.
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I first met Jimbo Wales, the face of Wikipedia, when he came to speak at Stanford.
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You earn the respect of your peers that you play against, and they don't trash talk you.
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I like the timeframe involved in being an actor.
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The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
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If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.
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While waiting for a Moses to lead us into the promised land, we have forgotten how to walk.
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Why did mainstream America come to accept marriage equality? Gay leaders had made a convincing case that gay families were like straight families and should have the same rights. The American spirit of fair play had been invoked.
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I do try to speak of positive things. I still try to, like, present two sides of the story, and I do try to relate to life in a 360 degree and not be one-dimensional. But by all means, manage expectations.
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'Jurassic Park' has a lot of science in it - and a lot of it is wrong - but if it was all accurate, it would be a documentary.
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My phone blows up all the time. I had to change my number.
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Don't give up at the first hurdle you encounter.
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I'm completely obsessed with Andrew Smith's 'Winger.' A great, hilarious, and moving story.
