Action Bronson Quotes
I have to be able to rap. I don't have the look. I don't have the typical slim-dude, fancy-clothes look. That's not me. I have to be able to rap - there is no other choice, or else I get eaten alive.
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My coach is pushing me harder than ever to make sure I stay at a good level.
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I've made up little mantras for myself, catchphrases from a screenwriting book that doesn't exist. One is 'Write the movie you'd pay to go see.' Another is 'Never let a character tell me something that the camera can show me.'
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There's nothing more fun to me than new characters and a new world.
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Military brats have this toughness: they're almost like orphans or foster children; they develop little mechanisms. It sets you up to look at things a little differently.
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Romeo Must Die came at the right time. It was the right vehicle for me.
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No one expected me to become a champion.
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I think shortly after I got signed, it just started to dawn on me that I had something to say and that Yahweh put something in my heart to share with the world.
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My background playing soccer gave me a natural advantage over many of the American-born players.
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Since my father was a superstar, without me knowing it, I became a child star, as my father's entire fan base liked me, and I can't thank my father enough for this, as it was so effortless.
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It's not complicated to embrace life. You just have to make the choice.
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It feels a little bit odd to me that you have some guys that have never lived in the United States that play for the United States because they were able to secure a passport. To me, that just feels like they weren't able to make it for their country and earn a living, so they're coming here.
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Most vegetarians look so much like the food they eat that they can be classified as cannibals.
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I'm trying to work in studio movies, but they won't hire me.
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One minute, it seemed I had more movie offers than I could handle; the next – no one wanted me.
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For me, the whole process involves envisioning this book in my head as I'm working.
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If my own current husband was suddenly a stay-at-home dad, it would be emasculating. That would be hard for me.
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When public officials turn to financial gain for official acts, we have no choice but to prosecute.
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If everything gets too serious for me on the album, I get kinda bored. I've got to have some kind of jovial things in there.
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Teamwork requires some sacrifice up front; people who work as a team have to put the collective needs of the group ahead of their individual interests.
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I have considered rap music stars, and there is one in my new book, Lovers and Players, and there is also a hip-hop music mogul who I think you will like a lot.
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I was born in a very poor family. I used to sell tea in a railway coach as a child. My mother used to wash utensils and do lowly household work in the houses of others to earn a livelihood. I have seen poverty very closely. I have lived in poverty. As a child, my entire childhood was steeped in poverty.
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I want to abolish tags like 'comeback' and 'retirement' that are used to define every married female actor. What is the big deal? In Hollywood, every top actor takes a break, has children, and gets back to work.
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Traditionally with debut albums, labels insist on a face, so people know who you are.
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I have to be able to rap. I don't have the look. I don't have the typical slim-dude, fancy-clothes look. That's not me. I have to be able to rap - there is no other choice, or else I get eaten alive.
