Billy Joel Quotes
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I think when I first started acting there were different people who I thought, 'I want that person's career or that person's career.' And as time has gone on, it's become really clear to me what is important to me; getting the best roles, the roles that I feel are challenging and scary and that I haven't done yet.
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I get offers all the time from film makers, but they are unknown quantities. I don't go there and do experiments.
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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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Many of the songs on Undertow were written at the time Opiate came out.
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I really don't want to portray the Islamists as simply evil, the way it's often done in the west.
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There have been periods of my career that I haven't worked for a really long time, like seven or eight months.
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My parents would always say, 'It doesnt' matter if it's a guy picking up the garbage or the President of the United States, treat everybody as you would want to be treated.
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If you want to accomplish twice as much, you have to work twice as hard.
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I want to make 'Smackdown' the brand to watch, but beyond that main-eventing, 'WrestleMania' is the next step.
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I just worry a lot. I'm a worrier. Michelle and Barack are really dear to me. I mean, I love them. And I don't want to see them get hurt. Just the nature of politics is hurtful. So every time they are hurt, I get hurt. It's a lot to ask of people, and it's a lot to see your friends go through. It's hard not to get emotional.
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I don't think you really have chemistry in the way that you want between two actors unless frustration is there as well.
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One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.
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When I was sixteen I started acting, and I also started to embrace my tradition and culture. I had a young medicine man interpret for me what it is to be an Indian. He really caught me at a good time because I was really vulnerable after the loss of my parents with all of the feelings of abandonment.
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You never know how much time you got.
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My favorite book in life is 'A Wrinkle In Time,' which I read before high school. It was my first introduction into the meeting of science and spirit and the universe and big thoughts and all of those interesting New Age-y concepts. It made everything make sense to me and opened up my mind.
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If people are talking about your movie and they're like, 'Yeah, it was ok' - that's the last reaction I would want! I would rather people would say, 'Oh, I hated it!' or 'I loved it!' rather than 'Oh, it's ok.'
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I've always been obsessed with style and glamor and if I want anyone to get anything out of my book, it's how we can all have them in our lives.
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The Champions League is a big ambition, and all the footballers want to play in it; it is a very important competition.
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Ironically, I don't like having cameras in my face.
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Being a songwriter, singer, and a great part of a unit is more important than being Joe Guitar Hero.
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It never occurred to me to be an actor.
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I don't have any politics. I feel that as soon as politics arises, things are already in a hopeless state of deterioration.
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Slow down you're doing fine You can't be everything you want to be before your time.
