- Given
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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
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was darkly convinced that at age 52 I would kill myself because my mother committed suicide at that age. I was fantasizing that she was waiting for me on the other side of the grave.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
I only had a high school education and believe me, I had to cheat to get that.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The great thing about baseball is when you're done, you'll only tell your grandchildren the good things. If they ask me about 1989, I'll tell them I had amnesia.
- Nov 07, 2020
Just give me 25 guys on the last year of their contracts; I'll win a pennant every year.
- Cool
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone has those times when you feel like you don't fit in. Everyone struggles to a certain extent with being cool and popular, but I never really let it affect me. I played sports and did theater, and school was really important to me. I had fun in high school.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are a lot of girls I've found attractive, but we could never date. If a girl can make me laugh, that's really attractive to me. I have a soft spot for southern girls who are sweet, like Taylor Swift!
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I did '21 Jump Street,' I felt like I was a part of something great, but on a very large scale. Working with people that genuinely want to make good art or good work or a good film, that's what keeps me going.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my mid-twenties, I said to myself: 'I can't perform anymore!' I didn't know what I wanted to do. I didn't perform for a while, then ended up doing a one-woman show about Gilda Radner having cancer. It was called 'Gilda Defying Gravity,' and I did it on the Lower East Side. It was great; people really came out and supported me.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
Beverly Hills didn't save me from anything. It exposed me to a whole new world of problems I didn't know existed.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
Miami gave me an opportunity to grow. I wanted to see if I was really a one-team guy, or if I picked up my suitcases and set up shop somewhere else, would I be able to make the team?
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I always wanted to be an actor - sounds a bit boring, doesn't it? And I pretended once that I wanted to be a vet because one of the teachers asked me and saying you want to be an actor sounds a little bit silly. And I do still feel a bit silly saying it. You feel a bit fraudulent.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
People say there's a book in everyone but I'm not sure there is. There might be a pamphlet in me.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020