Marilyn Monroe Quotes
The studio people want me to do 'Good-bye Charlie' for the movies, but I'm not going to do it. I don't like the idea of playing a man in a woman's body - you know? It just doesn't seem feminine.
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When I was travelling in Rajasthan people were waving hands, and it felt like I was visiting my own constituency.
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I haven't got a waist. I've just got a sort of place, a bit like an unmarked level crossing.
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I love making movies, but a movie becomes your entire life for, like, two to two and a half years. There's no way around it; if you're really going to be serious about a movie, it has to be your life.
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Well I love preppy style; I like J. Crew for guys.
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I grew up in different parts of Africa. I grew up in Mozambique and places like that. I've been in South Africa many times.
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I don't like getting out when I could be painting. And when I'm painting, I don't want anybody else around.
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But I guess I like playing flawed guys 'cause it gives a place for the characters to go.
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I like a sort of androgynous look, but I also love feminine shapes.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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I tried being anorexic for four hours, and then I was like, I need some bagels.
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At some point, you decide to take something you really like and turn it into a business you love.
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I'm an actor, of course, so I like to show off.
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I love Katy Perry and Lady GaGa. I think GaGa's pushing the envelope every day and I really like that.
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I like to think of myself as a storyteller.
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I love proving people wrong.
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People know my lyrics; they know the stuff I've written, and it's all about life, love, happiness, and these big euphoric moments. It would always bug me when I'd go to a club, and they're playing some chick on a stripper pole on the monitor behind me. I'm like, 'So that's not what I do - that's the other guy.'
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There's a plaque on our wall that says we've sold over 65 million albums, and I don't feel I've accomplished anything. I feel like I'm just getting started.
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The world wants to like America.
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If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.
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When I had my first camera - I was a child of the '80s. I remember what it was like reusing the same tapes over and over again, and having really bad quality and images kind of bubbling up from under the surface.
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I'm a producer first, and I know music, so I can jump on any song, whether it's pop or urban, without changing me. Whatever I do, I'm gonna make it classic.
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At one time I smoked, but in 1959 I couldn't think of anything else to give up for Lent so I stopped - and I haven't had a cigarette since.
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The studio people want me to do 'Good-bye Charlie' for the movies, but I'm not going to do it. I don't like the idea of playing a man in a woman's body - you know? It just doesn't seem feminine.
