Nazanin Boniadi Quotes
As an Iranian woman and activist, Sotoudeh's plight resonated with me on a deeply personal level.
Quotes to Explore
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There's nothing more fun to me than new characters and a new world.
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I'm never nervous about being vulnerable with my songwriting because my favorite artists are ones that are vulnerable. I want people to feel like they know me.
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I think a woman should be wholesome, voluptuous and sizzling!
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I was influenced when I was younger by the cartoon movies that Disney put out, like Cinderella and what not. I watched those movies over and over when I was younger and the music is ingrained into my head. Nowadays, I'm still humming the tunes. It taught me the fundamentals.
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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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I'm against abortion. On the other hand, I believe in a woman's choice.
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Everything that ever happened to me fell in my lap.
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I think I'm developing a kind of subconscious loathing of the word 'franchise.' I just think of something that's packaged, something you can buy on a shelf and is immediately disposable. I don't know. It's a really weird word for me.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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The most memorable engagement for me, I suppose, was an away-day to Leicester. I went without William, so I was rather apprehensive about that.
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To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me ambitious.
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All I try to do is create an atmosphere that seems comfortable enough, that it removes tension and everyone feels free. If they feel free then behaviour happens, small moments happen and that's what ultimately works the best for me.
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I used to sit in front of McDonald's and ask people for dollars to get me a cheeseburger. It was bad.
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Don't see the point in reading ghost-written autobiographies, even though some of these published lives may fascinate me. The 'ghost' is always present, manipulating an interview into first-person singular text, and it feels like I'm reading a lie.
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I think I have already signed some scrap of paper for every man, woman, and child in the United States. What do they do with all those scraps of paper with my signature on it?
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If you meet me, you might not get to know me. If you hear my music? You'll get to know me.
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I have nothing maternal in me, and men want to be mothered a lot of the time.
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For me, peace is a fundamental human right of every child; it is inevitable and divine.
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Knots Landing is the best thing that ever happened to me.
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The only thing worse than an unlovable woman was an unlovable woman who whined about not being loved.
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Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve. [...] You only need a heart full of grace.
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When the Lebanese Civil War started in 1975, I was 15. I was shipped to boarding school in England and, after that, to UCLA.
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I am not a celebrity. I work with celebrities, and it is very difficult. When a celebrity wears a dress, it's good for business, so brands fight for the red carpet. Me? I don't like it, because fashion becomes a job about dressing celebrities. And it's a bit boring.
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As an Iranian woman and activist, Sotoudeh's plight resonated with me on a deeply personal level.
