- 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
- Nov 07, 2020
Some people stay in the academic world just to avoid becoming self-aware. You can quote me on that.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was working with Bryan Cranston in 'All the Way.' We were about to make an entrance together - I was Hoover, he was LBJ - and he says to me, 'You should play the brother in 'Better Call Saul.' I was like 'What?' and it was time to go on. I'm doing the scene, and I can't think of what Hoover's supposed to say.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Clue' was a big flop when it came out, but it became a... It's a movie that almost everyone references with me, now, when I run into people.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can have a real long day; I can have a 14-hour day of intense work and then get home, and it's just me and TCM on into the night.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have never had a plan. Things happen to me, and, of course, I make friends who later say, 'Hey, you know who would be good for this? McKean would be good for this.' And they hire me, and if they like me, they hire me again, or the word gets out.
- Grandmother
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a girl, my grandmother would take me during the holidays to see the windows at Saks and Rockefeller Center.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
From an early age my mother told me that there were so many of us that if I was to get anything in life I would have to get it myself. So I did.
- Confidence
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wouldn't be where I am, if not for Jamaica. My formative years were here. I wouldn't have the confidence that I have if I wasn't born here, because growing up here I knew I could become anybody I wanted to become. There was no ceiling on top of me.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wouldn't have become an engineer, I wouldn't have done what I did, had a hand not been held out to me. I have to remember who helped me when I needed help. The people of Jamaica helped me. I can't forget that. I would be ungrateful if I forgot.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we first put 'Let It Be' out, I had to cut out a lot of stuff that I really like and wanted to stay in there. The stuff in the new DVD has a lot of the stuff that had to be cut out. So for me, it's like the egg is now complete.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm sure there are people who think I only do music, people who think I only do theater, and people who think I only do dramatic stuff. I do things that interest me.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
Westerns were always my favorite things when I was little. And it always bothered me when cowboys were too clean in movies, or when they wore their guns like they had an outfit on. It always worked better when a guy looked sweaty and smelly; I hadda believe, I hadda believe that.
- Nov 07, 2020