Nick Cannon (Nicholas Scott Cannon) Quotes
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When I'm in the studio, I don't finish the song and say, 'That's going to be a big ringtone.'
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It's true; once you are a father, there's no turning back. Your heart strings as well as your purse strings are never again the same.
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When I recorded my solo album, 'Keep It Hid,' in 2008, I'd gotten more interested in songwriting, inspired by reading Charles Bukowski and connecting with unfancy, interesting language.
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I feel privileged that I've been able to get anywhere, with my quote-unquote limited mainstream appeal, given my race and subject matter. Of course, I always have my masters to fall back on.
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Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
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That was the first major social sciences conference at which social scientists from all cultures wanted to reach a consensus on whether we can continue to pursue a national course in the social sciences or whether we need a cosmopolitan path that also connects us in a new way.
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When you're rich you don't write checks.
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We want to be two-way players; that's the best thing.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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I don't have a process; I just feel it. My book on acting would be very short.
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Take your mind off the problems for a moment, and focus on the positive possibilities. Consider how very much you are able to do.
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One of the real worries I had before the first season of 'Treme' aired was that, man, people in New Orleans really hold movie and television shows up to a high standard in how they depict the city.
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A politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man.
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Hollywood panders to the 18-to-34 crowd. That demographic doesn't care about race and the package it comes in. They care about the hottest chick. They just like hot chicks.
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Australia, to the rest of the world, is just far away, and Australia in the Thirties was the faraway of the faraway.
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I love anything to do with ventriloquism and magic.
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My desire has always been to be the leader in an industry.
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There are things about our world that almost by their nature defy our ability to comprehend them. Some people use a religious register to deal with that - they call it God and that's a way of domesticating it.
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A film's success does not depend on box office collection and the number of days it was screened but on the amount of satisfaction an actor can draw from it.
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Obsession with the market seem to prevent ministers looking at the huge problem and all its ramifications in health, education and employment that come from the housing insecurity that too many face.
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I remember when I did my Enron film, my executive producers at the time felt very strongly that I should mock the Enron executives more viciously because everybody wanted that moment.
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I loved Luke Skywalker and I loved Darth Vader and I loved watching them work it out.
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I have a real issue with radio these days. I just am not into the current music.
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You can't love music without loving the Beatles.
