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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
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, I'm from Indiana. So to me when I was a little kid growing up, Cincinnati was the glamorous New York of it all.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had been accepted to film school, but my parents couldn't afford it, and yet they made too much money for me to get a scholarship.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've gotten death threats, yes. I have. I think anytime you shine a spotlight on homosexuality or minorities and you try and say they are as normal or as worthy as acceptance as others, the people who are on the fringe don't like that and they will come after you. And they have come after me.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been sort of, 'I love it,' or, 'I hate it,' and I think, as a result, I've always been a polarizing person. You either love me or you hate me. There's not a lot of 'Hmmm.'
- Nobody
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started off in this business in 1998, and I didn't fit in. There was no place for me, and I always felt like an oddball. Nobody really understood my work or what I wanted to do in my references.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People think I'm just sort of this P. T. Barnum, razzle-dazzle guy. They think I go out of my way to be outlandish and theatrical at the expense of having emotions. They don't get that there's another side to me, and I keep trying to show that other side.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I loved musicals, and I loved Barbra Streisand, and I loved Louis Malle. My tastes were very bizarre, but the thing they all had in common is that they took me out of my life and made me feel something.
- Gay
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always felt I've related to women deeply because of being gay and feeling like there was always somebody trying to oppress me, to keep me down, to put me in my place.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love when fans recognize me. Most of the time they don't have the guts to come up, so I'm like, 'Come here, say hi! I don't bite!'
- Nov 07, 2020
The idea of doing something that you've seen a thousand times before doesn't appeal to me.
- Involved
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be more involved and more aware is appealing to me.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, White Boy Shuffle is sort of like Catcher in the Rye, the story is so universal.
- Parenting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up with no money. My kids will grow up with a lot of money and so it's really important to me, and it will always be a part of my parenting, to keep them conscientious and connected socially to other people.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020