- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
You Quotes
Quotes that speak straight to you.
This collection gathers quotes framed around 'you' - from candid reflections on body image pressures passed down in families to observations about how humor can mask real vulnerability. Many touch on how what you know about yourself differs from how others perceive you.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I should have only one cup of coffee a day. I try to do that most of the time, but sometimes on the road you need a little more.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
You just have to keep at it and budget yourself; be prudent. It's art, so you really don't go into it to make a zillion dollars, but there's definitely bills to pay, and I want everyone in the band to have a salary and whatever they need.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
Inside the family, you can go from hate to passivity to extreme love within the same hour.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a child I had a nightmare, and in the morning, I asked my mother and father, 'If I kill someone, would you still love me?' My parents were very preoccupied with this, but I think I'm not the only one to ask for that - not love, but absolute fidelity.
- Little Things
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're playing small clubs and doing it all in a van. I have management, and they've done a good job of getting our tour plan together, but we're still having to go and rent the vehicles and all the little things you need to do. You really have to watch your budget.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am always asked, 'You grew up in Africa?' Every time I introduce a film, or I'm interviewed, 'You grew up in Africa?'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know - music in film, for me, is not another part of a soundtrack; it is something that also helps to approach a character, to foresee the type of image - you see what I mean - it's like a part of the process.
- Nov 07, 2020
A film takes a lot of time, and yet not enough to share with the people you're making the movie with, I think.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think working as an assistant was a part of knowing people who like cinema, and to learn from a movie, you have to watch it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
A career for me is something like building a bridge. You know, where to put the lifts. You have a plan. I have a blueprint for each film, but not for my life.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up outside your own country makes you feel that you don't belong when you return, so you feel free to make friends with whomever you like.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was watching TV one day, and there was this open casting call for extras, and my brother says, 'You wanna try out for this movie?' and I said, 'No, I'm okay.' And then he said, 'Do you wanna be on a DVD?' And I said, 'I wanna be on a DVD!,' so I tried out.
- Green
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I learned about acting is that you become the character, like I became 'Timothy Green.'
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like 'I Am The Best' or 'Can't Nobody' are very much 2NE1's style, if that's how you want to put it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020