Being Quotes · Page 99

I relate to Michael Keaton's character in 'Birdman' so much, how he has that voice being so mean and then another boosting…

— Alex Wolff

Certainly part of being from a big family is that you have to shout to make yourself heard.

— Rose Leslie

I wasn't entitled to dream so big. The idea of me being a writer wasn't even possible in my mind. Even when…

— Rupi Kaur

It makes me really anxious. Being seen. Which sounds nuts, because I'm an actor.

— Greta Lee

People who have a reputation for being evil are usually good.

— Sebastian Horsley

A lot of things I have turned down ended up being a big embarrassment. Like that script, 'The Beaver.' I thought that…

— Terry Zwigoff

Winning isn't just about the material things you attain, it's about being your best in all you do.

— Tom Herman

When I made my debut, I remember bridalwear being the only thing you ever showed at a runway presentation.

— Masaba Gupta

It implies a slight failure as a writer that you are reduced to being a ghostwriter for the money.

— Robert Harris

The make-up and the costumes were me being scared. I needed to create a boundary between me and the audience. To project…

— Maggie Rogers

It's about me doing me, about me being organic. I can't wear things and put on a front and say I like…

— P. J. Tucker

In the NBA you are pretty confident but you are one phone call away from being somewhere else; you've just got to…

— Jose Calderon

Some women can't stand being pregnant, getting big and bloated, and hauling around a giant stomach, and some women, for reasons probably…

— Rich Cohen

When I'm finished doing music or whatever, I want people to remember me as just being great.

— Young Dolph

Being a star is not a job, and that's really important for me say.

— Stromae

Trans talent is not even making it into the audition room, and we're not even being afforded the opportunity to tell our…

— Trace Lysette

My whole M.O. in my 20s was being in as many different types of films as you can. Working with as many…

— Anne Hathaway

I don't want to put up this act of being a voracious reader, which I am not.

— Ajith Kumar

It's important that people realize that, with what we do, we aren't necessarily the ones saying what's being said. It's a character…

— Ron Mael

The reason we have the stars twinkle at night is because the light is being kind of blurred by the atmosphere around…

— Michael J. Massimino

Do I mind being called a chick-lit writer? Well, it's not the worst thing that could happen.

— Marian Keyes

I've never really thought of my real life - you know, the one I wake up to and fall asleep to at…

— Neneh Cherry

I don't like the idea of being connected to the world all the time. One should have space and time for oneself.

— Nithya Menen

I have a theory about Ireland, being at the edge of Europe. For 1,000 years, people didnt know what was beyond. But…

— Conor McPherson

Not everybody is comfortable with my ethnicity. When I first came along in the business, they didnt really like the idea of…

— Raquel Welch

These are stories you hear... of people sitting in a mall and being spotted, and you think it will happen to you.…

— Nimrat Kaur

I have been subjected to unwarranted and invasive scrutiny of the most intimate and private details of my being.

— Caster Semenya

The feeling of being an outsider was a big part of my childhood. I think that helps comedians. That feeling of being…

— Kurt Braunohler

I want to do entertaining films, where a woman gets the respect of being an actor.

— Bipasha Basu

I live on the edge of Bath. It's really lovely, but its very loveliness freaks me out a bit. It's peaceful, a…

— Alison Goldfrapp

I can be a little bit guilty of being too nice.

— Rob Cross

I liked being the monster that was bigger than everybody around me.

— Big Show

I keep getting compared to Marina and the Diamonds because she's kind of in the same place as me at the moment.…

— Ellie Goulding

Children should always be brave and do something about bullying. It's not okay to stand by and let it happen. Bullies thrive…

— Imelda Staunton

We, being the Western world, wouldn't let Russia off the hook on debt. So there were demands on debt servicing in the…

— Jeffrey Sachs

I actually think it's better I started by being close to customers. That foundation early on helped me later when I went…

— Mike Duke

There are the movies that should never be made and resist being made until, through sheer brute force, somebody finally makes it.…

— Craig Mazin

Being a Brady comes with it's pleasures and its baggage. I'm not one given to a lack of privacy and invasion.

— Christopher Knight

Much of Sheeran's appeal is that his music skewers the mood of being youthful.

— Grace Dent

There is nothing worse than being mediocre at a whole bunch of different things.

— Stephen A. Smith