Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
In order to be wildly popular you had to make people believe that you were fun and interesting I just wasn't that much of a con artist.
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I was raised to believe that New England is the best place on the planet.
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I'm the artist when I'm doing music that I am when I'm acting. I'm everything.
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When I did 'Boyz N The Hood', I never thought how we grew up in South Central was interesting enough for a movie.
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In all my characters, I try to find an iota of myself, and in Castle, I found a lot. He gets away with a lot, so that's fun.
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Fairy tales are stories of triumph and transformation and true love, all things I fervently believe in.
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The democratic system is premised on trust in the masses' wisdom. We believe that the collective is wiser than its parts and that, at the end of the day, it shall make the right choices and take the right decisions.
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Christians believe that God is everywhere and is involved in our lives at every moment, whether we publicly acknowledge God or not.
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Hollywood's like a warehouse. It's just a place that you go. What's interesting in the warehouse has to do with the creative people.
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It's interesting to see what people are saying about me. I like keep up with the latest rumors! A while back there was a rumor that I was going to do a film with Demi Moore about the takeover of Commodore computers!
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I knew I wanted to be an artist, but I didn't really know what it was I wanted to say.
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I believe that eyes are very important motifs. That's something that can discern the peace and love.
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I will continue to believe that Israel's security is paramount.
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I don't believe in regime change, certainly not in the Middle East.
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I'm always dissing Ray and making fun of him, talking about his money.
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I am just at that stage of wondering where I go from here. I came into this business almost by accident, but now it has become serious. What started as a bit of fun, something to do other than be a model, has taken on a different career curve. I have been forced to ask where that curve is going to end up.
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From an early age I didn't buy into the value systems of working hard in a nine-to-five job. I thought creativity, friendship and loyalty and pushing the boundaries of what was acceptable was much more interesting.
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I'm not a selfish actor. I believe that it's a team effort. You're not in a scene by yourself.
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I believe it is in the world's interest to develop environments that fully engage women and leverage their natural talents.
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I believe that you should put the right people around you, people that will not let anything go wrong.
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It's great hearing stories of my mum growing up in Brooklyn, then moving to Florida, having me and growing up with this eccentric, fun family. Although I don't eat a lot of Italian things, because I'm vegan. I was raised on meat and cheese, so I've had enough for anyone's normal life span.
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Over the course of your life, you realize more and more who you are and how you want to spend your time. And it became clearer and clearer that I was very unhappy as an actress and didn't feel comfortable in my own skin. When I was younger, I thought it was because I wasn't successful enough.
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Everyone has to run their own race and make their own decisions.
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I had expected that at some point during the first draft a light would go on, and I would understand, finally, how to write a book. This never happened. The process was akin to blindly walking in the dark, feeling my way only by touch, and only recognising dead ends when I smacked into them.
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In order to be wildly popular you had to make people believe that you were fun and interesting I just wasn't that much of a con artist.
