Technically, my first paying job was I was an extra in my dad's movie 'Dan in Real Life.' — Lucas Hedges Copy Share Image
In real life, I'm far more lighthearted than I come across on the records. — Mark Lanegan Copy Share Image
In real life as in grand opera, arias only make hopeless situations worse. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
People come up to me and say, 'You look so much better in real life.' — Gwendoline Christie Copy Share Image
That's kind of the artist I like to be, transparent, honest. I think that's what I'm like in real life. — Raye Copy Share Image
I can get caught in many things but there is one thing I will never get caught in, and that is acting… — Salman Khan Copy Share Image
I really became convinced I wanted to tell the story of the real-life model for the Degas sculpture 'Little Dancer Aged 14,'… — Cathy Marie Buchanan Copy Share Image
“In fiction: we find the predictable boring. In real life: we find the unpredictable terrifying.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Don't get me wrong: school is good and all, but school is way too slow for me. Like, super slow. So I… — Lil Uzi Vert Copy Share Image
Models, even male models - how small they've gotten! It looks great for clothes, but it's not what you want in real… — Demi Moore Copy Share Image
“Although he doesn't know it yet, she isn't his real life. But he is hers. This is painful.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
The statement I wanted to make was that it makes no sense to put these real-life women into one limited template, so… — David Trumble Copy Share Image
Let me back up a little and tell you why I prefer writing to real life: You can rewrite. A novel, for… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
I would like to continue acting. I tell people I can't go back to real life. I have to see how far… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
After kids, the desire to improve as an actor remains, but time becomes hugely important. I want to do good work and… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
I haven't personally in my real life had many people close to me die, but my characters have, and I've had to… — Nina Dobrev Copy Share Image
I read mostly historical fiction - lots of stuff set in ancient Rome and ancient Greece. I also liked sci-fi and fantasy:… — Henry Cavill Copy Share Image
“All of it just confirmed his belief that his real life, the life he should be living, had been mislaid through some… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“She read modern fiction too. Always fiction. She hated to hear the word 'escape' used about fiction. She might have argued, not… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
There is always this thing of will you get too old for your part? But people are playing a lot younger than… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
I know what it's like to be so distracted by your surroundings and in the moment that it's seemingly impossible to not… — T.I Copy Share Image
“I haven’t had any adventures. Things have happened to me, events, incidents, anything you like. But not adventures. It isn’t a matter… — Jean-Paul Sarte Copy Share Image
“Oh, of course, there is another meaning, another interesting interpretation of the word 'father,' which insists that my father, though a monster,… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Because it begins to seem to me at such times that I am incapable of beginning a life in real life, because… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
I’ve tried that. I’ve tried aspirin, too. Rusty thinks I should smoke marijuana, and I did for a while, but it only… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
“My general feeling is that date make-up should be an honest advertisement for a potential relationship. Frankly, it’s easier for you that… — Sali Hughes Copy Share Image
“So let’s review: Choosing to be unoffendable means choosing to be humble. Not only that, the practice teaches humility. Once you’ve decided… — Brant Hansen Copy Share Image
“[…] a given text may seem fictional or actual depending on the context in which we encounter it. The same is true… — Pierre Bayard Copy Share Image
In 'real life' everything is diluted; in the novel everything is condensed. — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
It's no good saying, 'hold it' to a moment in real life. — Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon Copy Share Image
“Claire happy to no longer expect...but embrace the sweet lovely mess that is real life.” — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
I wish I just LOOKED like one of those athletic girls. They're all real life barbies. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm quite chameleon in my work - not normally looking much like I do in real life. — Lesley Manville Copy Share Image
There is so much goodness in real life- do let us keep it out of our books. — Norman Douglas Copy Share Image
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