Laverne Cox Quotes

I wanted to be famous; I wanted to perform. Those things I really, really wanted more than anything else.

Laverne Cox

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• I always feel like rejection is my petrol. That's what keeps me going.

  

  Laura Kightlinger
  • Me
  • Always
  • Rejection

• I don't think I could think of a single thing that's more isolating than being famous.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Think
  • Single
  • Famous

• Many incredible artists die before they were famous.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Die
  • Famous
  • Before

• If you're famous, you're not free.

  

  Tadanobu Asano
  • Free
  • You
  • Famous

• The basic idea for what became 'Epic Mickey' began at the Disney Think Tank.

  

  Warren Spector
  • Think
  • Idea
  • Disney

• I've never been more famous than I was, suddenly, in 1986.

  

  Wendy Cope
  • Never
  • Famous
  • More

• I never set out to become 'famous.' I mean, when you're 14 you think 'I'm gonna become a writer and people will want my autograph and that'll be cool,' but you grow up and you learn that's just not how the world works. I resigned myself to the fact that I would probably never be published and if I did it probably wouldn't be a big deal.

  

  Patrick Rothfuss
  • People
  • Up
  • World

• You can't date if you're famous. That's how it seems to me.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Me
  • Famous
  • Seems

• I want to be in 'Glee', but I'm told I'm not famous enough to be a cameo yet.

  

  Carey Mulligan
  • Want
  • Enough
  • Famous

• No one teaches you how to be a famous person; no one teaches you how to be a role model. It's something you have to do on your own.

  

  Maisie Williams
  • You
  • Model
  • Famous

• There is something about my aura or essence, or whatever, that draws the ex-wife characters to me. I don't seek them out, but people tend to think of me for that particular archetype, or whatever you want to call it, and I don't mind it. I think there is a strength to it.

  

  Natalie Zea
  • People
  • Mind
  • Wife

• I had a very famous trainer tell me once, 'You can usually train a wild animal but never tame a wild animal, ever.' They are always going to be wild, no matter what anybody says.

  

  Jack Hanna
  • Animal
  • Famous
  • Train

• I'd definitely rather be rich than famous.

  

  Radha Mitchell
  • Famous
  • Rich
  • Rather

• The famous convention of 1787 met in Philadelphia to define the additional powers needed to enable Congress to do its job effectively. Instead, the convention proposed a brand new national government.

  

  Edmund Morgan
  • Job
  • Government
  • Famous

• I got the famous Oprah hug!

  

  Taylor Lautner
  • Famous
  • Got
  • Hug

• I was the big, bossy older sister, full of enthusiasms, mad fantasies, desperate urges to be famous, and anxious to be a saint - a settled sort of saint, not one who might have to suffer or die for her faith.

  

  Maeve Binchy
  • Faith
  • Die
  • Famous

• The first time I went to Johnny Depp's house in LA is when I realized what I was getting myself into. I knew he was famous, but I didn't really know what that entailed.

  

  Kate Moss
  • Time
  • House
  • Myself

• I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Like
  • Famous
  • Writer

• I'm sure there will come a time when I won't be able to, you know, walk around so easy sometimes, or it's just things that I don't necessarily want. I don't really necessarily want to be famous.

  

  Frank Dillane
  • Time
  • Famous

• In science, modesty and genius do not coexist well together. (In Washington, modesty and cleverness don’t.) Einstein is perhaps the most famous exception to the rule.

  

  Charles Krauthammer
  • Together
  • Science
  • Famous

• A strong sense of humor, a really awesome personality, and maturity is also really important in a boyfriend. I tend to only be attracted to older guys for that reason. I just love guys who have a really strong sense of who they are.

  

  Elizabeth Gillies
  • Important
  • Strong
  • Personality

• I had to do this very aggressive, big score in a very short time, and knowing that in the beginning, middle, and end would be this very, very famous theme, but I still had to weave a score around it and make it work as a score was really challenging.

  

  Danny Elfman
  • Time
  • Work
  • Beginning

• We do not take away the powers of surveillance. We do not take away the right and the power of the government to go after those who would do us wrong.

  

  Larry Craig
  • Power
  • Government
  • Take

• I wanted to be famous; I wanted to perform. Those things I really, really wanted more than anything else.

  

  Laverne Cox
  • Famous