- Good
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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
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gay Liberation? I ain't against it, it's just that there's nothing in it for me.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
Psychoanalysis. Almost went three times - almost. Then I decided what was peculiar about me was probably what made me successful. I've seen some very talented actors go into analysis and really lose it.
- Nov 07, 2020
I made a pact with myself a long time ago: Never watch anything stupider than you. It's helped me a lot.
- Group
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- Nov 07, 2020
Group conformity scares the pants off me because it's so often a prelude to cruelty towards anyone who doesn't want to - or can't - join the Big Parade.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I sometimes think I should go back to school to learn French and music, but who would have me?
- Image
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- Nov 07, 2020
My husband calls it winging it - the way I just took what the studios gave me, didn't do my homework and avoided roles that would risk my image.
- Fans
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got so far away from what they told you in acting class: Do something different. Producers kept offering me the 'Sister Act' movie, but I said, 'My fans don't want to see me in a wimple.' I literally said, 'My fans don't want to see me in a wimple.'
- Happiness
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- Nov 07, 2020
I learned to accept the audience's happiness for me, which is one of the hardest things for me to learn.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a hard-scrabble childhood with my parents. I have a lot of baggage. To come down to the footlights and accept the audience's affection inside a Broadway theater - that didn't come easily to me.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never kept up with the fashions. I believed in wearing what I thought looked good on me.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
It makes me feel wonderful that people still care for me... that I have so many fans among young people, who write to me and tell me I have been an inspiration.
- Grateful
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- Nov 07, 2020