Whoopi Goldberg (Caryn Elaine Johnson) Quotes

[On lightweight movies:] Fun movies. They were never meant to cure cancer, only to take away the mind.

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• I just keep it simple. Watch the ball and play it on merit.

  

  Sachin Tendulkar
  • Simple
  • Play
  • Watch

• I just feel like I'm such a normal person in an industry that is so chaotic and crazy. I am what I am, and I can't change it. And I don't want to change it.

  

  Vicky McClure
  • Change
  • Crazy
  • Person

• I do have a sister - I have two sisters.

  

  Tayari Jones
  • Sister
  • Two
  • Sisters

• Tony Blair is not a villain, but he's played the part very well.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Very
  • Well
  • Villain

• My mother had early-onset Alzheimer's, and it took her four years to die. She was only 44; I was 14.

  

  Karolyn Grimes
  • Mother
  • Die
  • Alzheimer

• Most actors hate watching their own films because all you can see is the glaring mistakes, your own tricks and ticks.

  

  Eddie Redmayne
  • Hate
  • See
  • Mistakes

• It turns out that American Express honors recurring payments even if the vendor is unable to supply an accurate card number and expiration date. An Amex phone representative said this is a feature, not a bug, which makes sure my bills are paid.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • American
  • Said
  • Phone

• Being effective at social media, whether for business or personal use, means capturing people who have short attention spans. They're only a click away from a picture of a funny cat, so you have to make your thing more compelling than that cat. And that can be a high bar.

  

  Alexis Ohanian
  • People
  • Business
  • High

• I think I had a more European outlook about the body and sex. The body is in no way dirty, and sex is something beautiful to give to and share with a lover. It has nothing to do with promiscuity, because I only believe in being in love with one man at a time.

  

  Dorothy Stratten
  • Time
  • Believe
  • Beautiful

• I think it's an impulse for human beings to want to suffer less, and we're kind of addicted to comfort at all costs - at least, I am.

  

  Jeff Bridges

• With 'Durable Goods,' I meant only to write about being an army brat. What emerged was a story about compassion - the need for it, the expression of it.

  

  Elizabeth Berg
  • Compassion
  • Army

• I lived a dual life, and when my dual life exploded, I began to feel much happier.

  

  James Nesbitt
  • Life

• 'Secret' is about intimacy between two people and the connection you have with someone that goes beyond words.

  

  Chelsea Lankes
  • People
  • Words
  • Connection

• When you say 'Monster Trucks,' people don't think monsters inside of trucks.

  

  Lucas Till
  • People
  • Monster

• I'm an investor in a lot of things that have to do with human-computer interaction.

  

  David Cohen

• The opportunity to be able to tell long-form character stories is something that TV affords and is therefore a terrain that a lot of filmmakers are interested in exploring.

  

  James Watkins
  • Long
  • Character
  • Opportunity

• Music is subjective to everyone's unique experience.

  

  Jared Leto Thirty Seconds to Mars
  • Music
  • Experience
  • Unique

• I like to look casual yet chic. I love high fashion, vintage, and places like Zara, of course.

  

  Martha Hunt
  • High
  • Fashion

• I've been doing voices as long as I can remember. When I was little I could pick up on sounds, and then I discovered you could distort what you hear and make people laugh or disrupt a class.

  

  Frank Welker
  • People
  • Up
  • Long

• We were very pleased to have the opportunity to come to Israel and visit the holy sites in the Old City.

  

  Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
  • Opportunity
  • Cities
  • Israel

• I've never done a big series like 'Game of Thrones' before. All I knew was that it was HBO, and I'd seen what they had done with 'The Sopranos' and 'The Wire.' But when I started reading the script, it was a no-brainer. Yes, yes, yes. Gold. Every time I turned the page.

  

  Liam Cunningham
  • Time
  • Done
  • Game

• I always wanted to play a mental patient. I was fascinated with playing crazy people in college, and I don't know if I ever quite perfected it.

  

  Alison Brie
  • People
  • College
  • Crazy

• Fashion has always had the ability to affect lives, to touch people. But for the longest period of time, we've said, 'Oh, we're just pages of a magazine; that's what we all look at.' It's more than that.

  

  Prabal Gurung
  • People
  • Time
  • Fashion

• [On lightweight movies:] Fun movies. They were never meant to cure cancer, only to take away the mind.

  

  Whoopi Goldberg