- People
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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
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
Conrad Hilton was very generous to me in the divorce settlement. He gave me 5000 Gideon Bibles.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love rap because it talks about pain that comes authentically from the ghetto. It moves me.
- Medical
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents had chosen the medical profession for me. I even studied a few semesters at St Xavier's College, but at the back of my mind, I always wanted to be a musician like my father.
- Leave
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was an opinion expressed in the newspapers that, after 20 years, maybe the Israel Philharmonic should consider asking me to leave. I thought they might have a point, so I asked my orchestra. They told me overwhelmingly that they wanted me to stay.
- Doctor
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew at university that medicine was just not for me. I saved many lives by not being a doctor!
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I got the role in 'Homeland,' it really opened something up. Other people respected me more as an actor, doors were opened, and I understood for the first time that it wasn't personal. All that rejection wasn't personal.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only time a friend has ever helped me in the industry was how I got my first job - that was through Mike Figgis.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best piece of advice that my mother gave me is to never have a plan B. She told me to stick to plan A because if you have a plan B you will inevitably fall back on it.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father's death from prostate cancer in 1993 was tragic. He never complained about pain. He was a fighter. By the time he was ready to die he wasn't able to die in the way that he wanted to, which seemed an outrage to me.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Shakespeare's taught me that there are more words in the English language than I have got in my head.
- Humor
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- Nov 07, 2020
One thing my family has shown me is that having a sense of humor is everything.
- Pain
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- Nov 07, 2020
In high school, I tried very hard to make everybody like me, which resulted in me being extremely unhappy and in a lot of pain. Therefore, the lesson I got from that was that I can't make everybody happy.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents were reluctant to let me start auditioning until I was at least a little bit emotionally stable - I'm still working on that! And so I started when I was fifteen, and it was the best thing that could have happened to me in terms of being able to focus my crazy teenage energy into something good.
- Nov 07, 2020
I was told I shouldn't transition, and if I did, I'd never work again. That really bothered me.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whether you are a genius or an idiot, a thief or, like me, a Zen priest who has cultivated the mind for 30 years - the mind anyway is subject to conditions.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020