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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When I was a kid trying to communicate with family in the Soviet Union, it was very difficult. You had to go through the long-distance phone companies like MCI, which were difficult to navigate and expensive to make calls through.
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I have a great relationship with everyone in my family, but I'm closer to my brothers than anyone else because they give me a lot of guidance.
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I'm not out to preach. I just live my own life. I'm very happy if I can help somebody - that's wonderful. But it's up to them what they want to think about it or what they want to take away; it's their business, not mine.
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It's much worse to read criticism about your son than yourself.
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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.
