Me Quotes
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The English had hit upon a splendid joke. They intended to catch me or to bring me down.
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My father is quite conservative and religious, and he's been wanting me to get married since I was 15.
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I created 'The Guild' because nobody was offering me the roles I thought I could do best at in Hollywood.
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Too many companies think they want to do a video blog to sell merchandise, but if you turn your site into QVC, you lose. I have an audience that trusts me. It's about building a global brand - not selling four more bottles of Pinot Grigio.
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People used to think of me as a comedy actor.
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I had been working in colour for ten years or so and looked at digital and liked the possibilities it gave me.
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No one told me I had to make something that would sell, but I personally want everyone to like my music.
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I think inherently, a little bit, I'm a bit of a pleaser, and I want people to like me and be nice, and to not ruffle feathers and just make everybody happy and stuff. It's a personality flaw.
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Typically, a book takes me about a year to write.
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I'm going to be me, regardless of anything.
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Washing dishes as a 17-year-old in an Oxford college and seeing the privileged lifestyles of the undergraduates there convinced me that a system that allowed luxury for the few at the expense of the many needed to be challenged.
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You aren't going to leave me alone are you?
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'Moonlight' is a project that resonated with me more than anything else. I wouldn't have done 'Luke Cage' if they hadn't made time for 'Moonlight.'
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In high school, I was doing my magazine 'Rookie' and a lot of writing, and I became a little less interested in the fashion world. I was approached by an agent for writing, and I said I wanted to act as well. They sent me scripts, and then I got my first Broadway play, 'This Is Our Youth'.
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I wanted to have a body of work behind me before I wrote about racism.
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Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.
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After I'd hit a home run and took my position in the field, the fans in the bleachers began throwing packages of tobacco at me. I stuffed them in my pocket.
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Working with Mellencamp, I made new fans, people that may have never heard of me. They may have heard I was related to the Carter Family or Johnny Cash somehow, but what they got was pure Carlene.
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The Louvre for me is a wonderful experience. Because it continues; it didn't get cut off. It was actually a continuous involvement all the way, and a lot of people have come and gone, come and gone; but I'm still here.
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When I went to college, I discovered the Sega console, and 'Sonic the Hedgehog' became very dear to me.
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Once in a while, when I'm out on the lawn, I'll jump around and do a couple of things. Here's a secret: The older you get, the more difficult it gets. The smallest little injury stays with you for so long. But that's how it goes, and it doesn't stop me. I'm always ready to do something that hurts a little!
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'Blood Meridian' was without question the novel that made me want to become a writer.
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My dad passed on asthma to me. It's kind of ironic because he outgrew it at 13.
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Bahrain is very dear to me.
