Me Quotes
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I hear a lot of 'Top Model' girls say they are dismissed by clients because they recognize them, but it never happened to me.
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Fame didn't happen to me in my 20s, it has been a gradual thing which probably makes it easier to deal with.
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As a comedian, I don't know if they're laughing because it's funny or if they're laughing at me because I'm not funny. And I'm thinking, 'Who cares? They're laughing.' If you go on stage, and they're laughing at you full-on for 60 minutes? You know, whatever puts them in the seats.
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If somebody gives me his hand, I will not look at him with suspicion.
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It's up to God to do the judging. You haven't walked in my boots, so how are you going to judge me?
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You know when you're 14 and terrified to talk to a girl? I didn't suffer much from that. It seemed very natural to me to talk to girls.
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'Power' is a very special film for me and is one of the finest films of my career. I have played a character that I have never done before. My role has a lot of comedy.
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This is my life... I mean, maybe I have Rs 100 crore in the bank, sitting comfortably. If that increases to Rs 10,000 crore, what difference does it make to me.
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My grandmother is the person who inspires me the most.
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Being outside is a loose theme on 'Paracosm.' Acoustic-sounding instruments have that warmth to them that is really important to communicate. It was really important for me to tell a story – my favorite records have a narrative feel.
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If I'm not going to get a part, tell me why.
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The high-grossing films are not all that interesting to me, I have to say. It's not stuff I would want to be in. Yes, you would want the big paycheck, but that's never really been my concern.
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I wouldn't want to cover a Hank Williams song in a country-western way. It doesn't occur to me instinctually to re-create productions. I'm interested in re-creating songs. Putting different clothes on them.
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Charlie Sheen gave me a signed headshot. I think it said, 'Keep it real.' But 'real' was spelled 'reel,' like a film reel.
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I like to be quiet, and let people find me rather than having to shout at them.
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For me, I'm focused on what I want to do. I know what I need to do to be a champion, so I'm working on it.
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When I write a movie, I write it for me.
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There was a sadness over me, a melancholy. That's always been a part of me – those are some of the things that lead you to the arts.
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Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.
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I think talent makes me really attracted to someone more than anything.
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I'm left-brain dominant, so anxiety and nervousness don't affect me; most emotions don't.
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I don't get offered leading parts. I suppose I've become a kind of character actor or sideman. I think it had to do with probably in the '90s, I refused so many leading roles that they gave up on me, or I just became unpopular, or I became old. All those reasons.
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No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.
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People tried to make me something that I wasn't at the beginning of my career.
