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

• Be gentle with him, Mercy. He's got a heart as big as Texas— he'll die for you without blinking. But he doesn't expect anyone to do the same for him.

  

  Nalini Singh
  • Heart
  • Die
  • Texas

• I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • Love
  • Soul
  • Young

• In a lot of action films, a lot of guys are driving muscle cars or vintage cars, whereas in reality, a lot of getaway drivers would actually choose, like, commuter cars and find a way to blend into freeway traffic as quickly as possible.

  

  Edgar Wright
  • Reality
  • Action
  • Driving

• I wish I got a little bit more time at home. I am away a lot and being around my loved ones and friends is good for me. It grounds me. It's something I need to make more time for. I think I need a little more balance.

  

  Katherine Jenkins
  • Time
  • Good
  • Home

• All the kids made their own git-tars. Made mine out of a box and bit of stick for a neck. Couldn't do much with it, but that's how you learn.

  

  Muddy Waters
  • Kids
  • Made
  • Boxes

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

  

  Laverne Cox
  • Famous