Up Quotes
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I never give up. Doesn't matter what the score is.
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From there, I tried out for a community theatre play, joined an improv group... it all started opening up.
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I have a fierce will to live. Others fight a little, then lose hope. Still others - and I am one of those - never give up. We fight and fight and fight. We fight no matter the cost of battle, the losses we take, the improbability of success. We fight to the very end.
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If I look at my make-up, Canada is a huge part of what I am.
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Well, I was obsessed with Judy Garland growing up. Like, obsessed.
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If a great opportunity opens itself up, I would love to be involved... or star in a movie.
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London seems to be a town with a lot of comedy fans and people that really enjoy stand-up.
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You get people coming up to you and asking about movies, especially in Chennai, which is nice.
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I grew up eating anything at any time and going straight on court. So I'm not really that picky.
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I have admired Taufik Hidayat for being exceptionally talented and Hendrawan for being a great player only because of his hard work and dedication. I have always looked up to them as players.
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In daily life, I'm not a heavy user anyway, but I'm extra careful online because of the kids who look up to me. That's the fun part of being an actor - that kids like you - because they are very pure and transparent in their likes and dislikes. There's no filter like the ones on Instagram.
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I write at home. I like to be able to take a nap, watch TV, make a sandwich, and if I wake up and don't feel like working, I'm not going to bang my head on my desk all day: I'll go out and do something else.
Colson Whitehead -
My departure from Hollywood was described as a walk-out. No one understood that I was cracking up.
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Years ago, I was asked to come up to do a store signing in Vermont. The short version is the two younger guys who own the store pick me up at the airport and start driving me around Vermont, showing me the sights and the textile mills and the restaurants, and the punchline is there's no store. There is no store!
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If we would have good ministers, we must remember our Lord’s example, and pray for them. Their work is heavy. Their responsibility is enormous. Their strength is small. Let us see that we support them, and hold up their hands by our prayers.
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I grew up in D.C.
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No, I grew up admiring people who played ice hockey.
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The Top 40 is geared toward 20 and under, not 20 and up. That's the audience I'm geared to.
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I have to get up the fitness level, sing a lot, practice, get in the mood, and generally do lots of rehearsal. Get your body and mind ready.
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I'm a stand-up. And no one on the circuit's terribly impressed if you're on TV. I suppose I've stolen my ethos from Jay Leno. You can do all the TV in the world, but that's a team game, and anyone can be dropped from the squad. And if you haven't gigged in a while, you're not firing, you're not match fit. So I try and do it whenever I can.
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Ever since I read 'Kitchen Confidential,' I saw a little light bulb go off. Being a chef is like being on a pirate ship; it's not like 'Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?' or whatever my impression was as I was growing up.
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Growing up in a family of actors, what's great about it is that they're very supportive and they understand what it's like to be an actor - the rejections, the highs and lows... and having a common language with them is great because you have shorthand speech.
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I love to be comfortable, but I also love to play up the glamour.
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It's so scary to go on stage. I used to throw up before I went on stage, every time.
