- Me
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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
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's fun when you're confusing people.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think you need to do that.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes you have to see the thing to know that it exists. Maybe there's a queer person in a town, but they don't feel comfortable or safe coming out, frankly, and the only representation they feel that they have or connection they have is on television or in a movie, and that's really powerful.
- Hot
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- Nov 07, 2020
Modeling is the best because you have to look hot, which comes easy to me, you know. I'm blessed with that.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm continually trying to make choices that put me against my own comfort zone. As long as you're uncomfortable, it means you're growing.
- Luck
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you don't meet luck halfway with really hard work, luck won't get you all the way there.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting can be so much fun that it's easy to forget that what you're doing is a job. But if I've got my tie on, I'm going to work.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Steve Jobs had something like a 90% approval rating from his employees. You hear stories about him being this short-tempered, aggressive person, which he was. But he was in the pursuit of making people around him better, so the product they created would be better.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
What 'Billions' does so brilliantly is they just make it a non-issue. Damien Lewis' character says, 'Those are the pronouns you use? Great, let's get down to business. How can you make me money?'
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't have to act for work anymore; I can act for passion. That's freeing, but it's also a prison of its own. When you can do anything you want, you're really responsible to do something great. And that's scary.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
This character I play on 'OITNB' is an antagonist in a Black Lives Matter storyline, but you need antagonists in order to tell those stories.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
We never learnt the right lessons. We never went to the root of the problem. Once you start politicising religion, you play with fire and get burnt as well. Another lesson we did not learn is that Muslims are not homogenous.
- Religion
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- Nov 07, 2020