- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
At 17, the first time I saw a dead body, I froze. By 31 it was a natural occurrence for me, and no group of people should live like that.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Actually, for me, I really love to do action movie. You know, most people, they know, they thought that I am a martial artist. I don't know why, but I love to do kung fu movie, you know?
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I often hear actors say during their interviews: 'I want to play a crazy person, a murderer, or someone who's on edge.' But that question scares me. I mean, of course there are characters I'd like to play, but I can't really say specifically who they are. It's much too hard to play a convincing normal person as it is.
- Cares
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm married. Who cares about me?
- Fat
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I got into the sport I was so fat that my manager said he should send me to boot camp to lose the weight!
- Dinner Parties
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can be super reclusive and hermetic, and then I can be in California and host dinner parties and drink wine. It's all me.
- Right
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fact that I could sing in a way that might not be right for RADA but is right for me was a brand-new concept.
- Figuring
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- Nov 07, 2020
Touring is a whole other animal for me and a whole other skill. But I'm having a lot of fun figuring all that out and switching it from internal to external and putting on a show.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of all the creatures in the world that really frighten me - the hyena in Africa, the great white shark - leopard seals are near the top of the list. They're killers. If my team spots one, they'll pull me out of the water.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
On my second swim at Deception Island, the water was very clear and I was looking at hundreds of whale bones beneath me. It was a graveyard from the whaling some time in the 1920s-30s.
- Dog
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- Nov 07, 2020
You call to a dog and a dog will break its neck to get to you. Dogs just want to please. Call to a cat and its attitude is, 'What's in it for me?'
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I gave 738 Rotary Club speeches, and it was just driving me crazy, so someone said, 'Why don't you charge money?'
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, managing my energy means slowing myself down before the big event. I slow down the racing thoughts in my mind. I concentrate on and slow down my breathing. I listen to and steady my heart rate.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was a doctor, and I admired him and got along well with him. He took me with him on house calls. We were living in Flushing, which was then a sleepy village of 25,000 - before the subway got there. I've been sure I wanted to be a doctor since I was about 12.
- Plant
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- Nov 07, 2020