Being Quotes · Page 228

Tom Cruise is just a machine. He really raises the bar as far as being a stud goes.

— Josh Holloway

Horror, for me, is not defined by the thing that provokes one's fear, but the human being who has contact with it.

— Andrew Pyper

I'm someone who just likes being in my cave and thinking up weird stuff.

— Colson Whitehead

I don't want to get into specifics of how I communicate with people, but I will say that people are concerned about…

— Maggie Haberman

It's very joyful to be in a productive, creative mood, but I find a lot of joy in learning and being told…

— Evelyne Brochu

Part of the job of being a producer is the Vulcan mind meld, where you listen not to what they're saying but…

— Steven Van Zandt

Being the mayor of the third largest city in the country, that's humbling, but it also gives me incredible hope.

— Lori Lightfoot

When I was growing up in the Isle of Man with ambitions of being a performer, I really wanted to go to…

— Samantha Barks

I was roundly criticized for being in and around rock & roll music at its inception. It was the devil's music: it…

— Dick Clark

It's like, you can know you want to live your life by being yourself, but how do you actually do that? That…

— Rachel Keller

I don't have any background in the industry, nobody in my family or friends. So entering into the industry and dealing with…

— Amit Trivedi

I decided to become an author when my grandmother taught me to write, when I was six. I can still recall the…

— Henning Mankell

Being a director, whether you're in rehearsal or you're in auditions or you're in a creative meeting, is so much to me…

— Diane Paulus

There's so much love, but there's also a bit of edge - the Pakistani community is like your girlfriend being a bit…

— Naughty Boy

There is always a gap between what candidates say in the heat of the campaign, when they are not constrained by the…

— Anand Giridharadas

Ken Lay, the disgraced former chairman of Enron, found a way to escape his legal problems: He died after being convicted of…

— Robert Kiyosaki

I really love doing what I do, being an actor. It's the greatest. You can do it until you die.

— Dennis Quaid

My first year being a rookie, we actually made it to the NFC Conference Championship Game.

— DeSean Jackson

Being an actor is well paid, but it's a bit like being a circus traveler.

— Ben Chaplin

Being an artist means being unapologetically yourself, and I get to be that now.

— Raye

I'm at Leicester and with Brendan Rodgers coming in we're all loving him being there and that's where my head's at.

— Ben Chilwell

It has its perks, being Mrs. Chancellor, and if I have to use it, by golly, I'll use it. I'm through standing…

— Jeanne Cooper

I'm not somebody who would be a starving artist. I don't enjoy being poor, I like to sleep, I like not to…

— Robby Hoffman

I think it's disingenuous to believe that being born into a privileged world means you feel like you are having an easy…

— Laura Wade

I remember I got an ALMA award for an actor being on three shows simultaneously.

— Ian Gomez

It was a great time, and I liked the guys. I liked getting up every morning and being a cop.

— Dennis Farina

Being that my name is attached to Disney, especially when it comes to social media, I always have to be careful with…

— Skai Jackson

One Moment in Time because I think it describes me as a person and how I felt about being on the show.

— Anwar Robinson

Peter Stoger is very, very inspirational, communicating a lot, being open and approachable for the players.

— Mario Gotze

I like being surprised. When some incredibly magical moment happens in crowd work that blows the crowd's mind, it blows my mind.

— Matt Rife

Despite all the achievements of civilisation, the human being is still one of the most vulnerable creatures on earth.

— Vladimir Putin

What's really funny about being National Youth Poet Laureate is that not everyone even knows it exists.

— Amanda Gorman

Being an actor doesn't mean that I can't react to what's happening around me.

— Mohanlal

I was constantly being approached to play the anti-hero on the screen and I continued with it.

— Ranjeet

I love being a face of the league. But I'll be even more a face of the league after I get a…

— Justin Jefferson

I believe you really do need to be 360 in this industry. And being just a Vine creator was not my goal.

— Logan Paul

It's nice being liked for playing the nice guy, but it's also fun to be the funny one.

— Matt McGorry

The world is being destroyed by psychopaths, so of all the things to be concerned about - acting, it's not really up…

— Reg E. Cathey

I am a humongous Mohanlal fan. I adore the actor. I am also a huge Mammootty fan, and that's not being diplomatic…

— Prithviraj Sukumaran

I never cry about getting attention but yes, at times it gets difficult but that is part and parcel of being a…

— Rahul Vaidya