Cynthia Erivo Quotes

I'm a geek when it comes to my voice. I know if it hurts, something's wrong. You shouldn't feel it! It's very important to look after your voice.

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• If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.

  

  Daniel Bryan
  • Road
  • Internet
  • Name

• It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt.

  

  Tacitus
  • Nature
  • Man
  • Hate

• The other actresses, who are called my contemporaries, they started with a megastar. They were superstars overnight and are the same even today.

  

  Kangana Ranaut
  • Today
  • Same
  • Started

• Medicine, anything academic, is a very Persian Iranian route to take in life, in one's career.

  

  Nazanin Boniadi
  • Life
  • Career
  • Medicine

• I did some theater as a kid for fun. But it was really by chance that I landed into acting.

  

  Gaspard Ulliel
  • Fun
  • Chance
  • Acting

• First time I sang, I was singing Alicia Keys in the bathroom of my mom's beauty shop. I was six.

  

  La'Porsha Renae
  • Time
  • Mom
  • Singing

• I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life.

  

  Rachel Cusk
  • Life
  • Country
  • Parents

• What hasn't Barbie been? I don't think I can create an occupation that she has not done yet.

  

  Zendaya
  • Done
  • She
  • Think

• I was born technically in D.C., and then my family moved to the Columbia area when I was in elementary school. It was right on the line between Clarksville and Columbia in Howard County. I remember it being just like a peaceful, safe atmosphere. I always felt connected to the woods and that whole suburban feel.

  

  Gallant
  • Family
  • School
  • Remember

• Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement. Most productions don't manage that - but when an opera does do it, you never forget it.

  

  Baz Luhrmann
  • Time
  • Popular
  • Forget

• In England I am not English, in India I am not Indian. I am chained to the 1,000 square miles that is Trinidad; but I will evade that fate yet.

  

  V. S. Naipaul
  • Fate
  • England
  • India

• Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Girl
  • You
  • Waiting

• That's what the sari is about. Everything is covered, yet a peep of an ankle can be a turn on for men.

  

  Kajol
  • Men
  • Everything
  • Turn

• We play a hip-hop song and suddenly 25 people on the left jump up and put their hands in the air; then you play Lost Cause and they're like, I don't know about this one.

  

  Beck
  • People
  • Up
  • Song

• History rarely repeats itself, but its echoes never go away.

  

  Tariq Ali
  • History
  • Never
  • Go

• Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and I firmly believe it requires but a little philosophy to make a man happy in whatever state he is.

  

  Daniel Boone
  • Believe
  • Happy
  • Man

• It's quite nice to have a bit more color on the lips during wintertime. And it's festive, isn't it?

  

  Lara Stone
  • Nice
  • Color
  • Lips

• The stage is a place where I can be wholly myself. Even though you're in front of people almost to be judged, it is a place without judgement.

  

  Florence Welch Florence and the Machine
  • People
  • Myself
  • Stage

• I go in full with my heart.

  

  Christine Flores
  • Heart

• We'd all survive if Twitter shut down for a short while during major riots. Social media isn't any more important than a train station, a road or a bus service. We don't worry about police temporarily closing those. Common sense. If riot info and fear is spreading by Facebook and Twitter, shut them off for an hour or two, then restore.

  

  Louise Mensch
  • Important
  • Fear
  • Road

• Always, for me, when I am dealing with subjects related to my country that are very emotional, I have to find the right tone and distance because, obviously, I start with anger, asking 'why that happened' and 'why it is still happening.' I work to rise above my personal anger but still stay connected to my emotions. That's a big challenge.

  

  Jasmila Zbanic
  • Work
  • Country
  • Why

• Seize the moment – don’t wait for anyone to give you permission.

  

  Josette Sheeran
  • Moment
  • Wait
  • Permission

• I'm a geek when it comes to my voice. I know if it hurts, something's wrong. You shouldn't feel it! It's very important to look after your voice.

  

  Cynthia Erivo
  • Important