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		Basically, I grew up watching Carter girls on stage, watching my grandmother, my mom and my aunts perform. They used to say, 'Okay, Carter girls, you're on!'
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Carlene Carter 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I grew up with Apocalypse Now and Badlands, so I had a real awe thing going. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gary Cole 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My mom helped me get started when I was younger. I started with singing. An agent saw me singing on stage at the Palm Springs Festival, and recommended I get into acting, so I was like, 'Oh, okay.' I just started from there, singing and acting. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vanessa Morgan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've always wanted to be an actress, ever since I was a little girl. I've always played the mom and I play my sister as the daughter. I wanted to be an actress on television and movies instead of just around the house. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dakota Fanning 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In my downtime, you'll mostly find me curled up with a book. I love reading biographies. My favourites are those of Dalai Lama, Osama Bin Laden, and Einstein. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Madhur Bhandarkar 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I gave up school. I gave up a really, really good job. I gave up a lot of stuff. I cut a lot of people out of my life so I could just focus on my fighting dreams. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Paige VanZant 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Writing an essay is like a school assignment: I have my topic, I organize my thoughts, and I write it. I have complete control over what I'm doing. Writing a novel is like setting out on a journey without knowing who or what I'll encounter, how long it's going to take, or where I'm going to end up. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tawni O'Dell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		My coaches were great. My mom and dad. My dad never missed a wrestling meet. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dan Gable 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have laughter dates with myself, where I find comics on YouTube and watch them. Louis C.K. was my first laughter date a couple years ago. I'll also watch those videos of people doing idiotic things. That cracks me up. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Inga Muscio 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My biggest bits of advice are, write as much as you can, finish what you start, get a thick skin, don't take crap from anyone, but also live your life and have fun. The stereotype of a writer holed up alone all day is really unhelpful. You can't write real people and real emotion if you don't let yourself experience them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Victoria Aveyard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I could not separate myself off stage from myself on stage, as so many actors can. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kate Smith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Envision what the end result is supposed to be... what do you want to be when you grow up? Where do you see yourself? Once we identify what the painting on the wall is, it is so much easier to bring in the right colors, canvas and brushes to paint that picture. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Fat Joe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People always think they're in the middle of a revolution while they tend not to realize the enormity of a change that has happened in the past. The telegraph was a revolution, but who looks at it that way these days? The telegraph sped up the transportation of messages over long distances by a huge factor. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ha-Joon Chang 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Stand-up, by far, is my favorite. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Wanda Sykes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Any kid who has two parents who are interested in him and has a houseful of books isn't poor. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Levenson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Let me, tonight look back across the span
Twixt dawn and dark, and to my conscience say-
Because of some good act to beast or human-
The world is better that I lived today. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ella Wheeler Wilcox 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The friends I have from childhood are definitely like family to me - extended sisters and brothers, aunts and uncles. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kimberly Guilfoyle 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's not rocket science to make a movie. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Katie Aselton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Basically, I grew up watching Carter girls on stage, watching my grandmother, my mom and my aunts perform. They used to say, 'Okay, Carter girls, you're on!' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Carlene Carter