Being Quotes · Page 340

Directors are denied a great pleasure, which is that of being on stage.

— Toni Servillo

I obviously enjoy being wealthy. It's enabled me to have a career that I've chosen and not one that I've been forced…

— Jamie Johnson

At school I was a disaster academically but being involved in drama helped me to find another pathway into things.

— Roger Allam

I believe artists deserve all the help they can get, so they can focus on being great artists.

— Janina Gavankar

I like writing flawed women, and being one, it's something I feel I can write with some veracity and authority.

— Callie Khouri

After you take time off, it can be really scary to do the harder things you used to do, and I personally…

— Sunisa Lee

I don't know what's so disappointing about being alive, but I will say that the longer I'm alive, the more I appreciate…

— Scarface

You never know what the future holds, so I am just enjoying being happy, healthy, and having my wonderful husband by my…

— Olivia Newton-John

On the movie side of things, the difficulties come with so few movies being made, and when they are, it seems that…

— Jim Rash

I think there is a lot of activism and energy from people all over America, and some of them are being represented…

— Ted Lieu

Being an independent artist showed me that I don't need a label. Obviously, it helps. But I took my time choosing one…

— Chappell Roan

The song 'What Goes Up' was inspired as I was playing the piano and reminiscing about the Spaceship One launches I witnessed…

— Vanna Bonta

If Senator Shelby calls his Financial Regulatory Improvement Act anything other than a hand out for the big banks, then he is…

— Ron Crumpton

I just try to be the same guy I've always been. Calm, collected, and being a good decision-maker and delivering the ball…

— Scott Tolzien

The experience of being a host is fantastic for visualizing ideas, I tend to see it from the host's perspective, but then…

— Richard Bacon

Being an artist, being an actor, it's about telling stories that could heal, that could open up discussion that could make the…

— Richard Cabral

I love being a comic but I love acting as well. They're both very necessary avenues for me.

— Deon Cole

I believe the 'Jeopardy!' test is more difficult than being a contestant on the program.

— Alex Trebek

Attempts are being made to turn Pakistan into a security state. If they succeed they should better rename it 'ISIstan.'

— Asma Jahangir

My family didn't like me going on the stage, and they didn't much like my being a writer, either.

— P. L. Travers

If you don't have imagination, you stop being human; animals don't have imagination; Alzheimer's is the death of imagination.

— Devdutt Pattanaik

I've obviously witnessed the world of TV production, and I'm just a bit fascinated by people being a bit awful.

— Ruth Jones

The beauty of collabs is being able to genre-blend and try different things that you never would get to do.

— Lights

I was just obsessed with Rik Mayall and I copied being him at school for years.

— Richard Herring

I think the genetics of being Irish are that you sort of prefer when it's rainy and cloudy. It's just genetic.

— Kate Flannery

When I was a kid, the avant-garde to me was boring because it was just the flip side of being really successful.

— Twyla Tharp

I want to get more and more sophisticated. I'm ready to go from being a kid to being a king.

— King Krule

The art from the East is influenced by nature and touch. That comes from being more attuned to the environment.

— Billy Al Bengston

I grew up being a dancer, so I was always doing some sort of dance number, like the Tornado in 'The Wiz.'

— Yvonne Strahovski

Being morally honest means sitting down and actually listening to a person and understanding where they're coming from.

— Charlamagne tha God

I love being able to sign autographs when I get that extra free time after a round just to be able to…

— Rickie Fowler

The feeling of actually being with someone you love at that moment is completely different than a video afterwards.

— Rithvik Dhanjani

I have always fought against being gender specific. I just don't like being identified as female: I'm a person.

— Toyah Willcox

I love creating and being able to see an idea come to fruition. I love making beautiful things.

— Stacey Bendet

Umrika' was one of the most wonderful collaborations I had the privilege of being a part of.

— Prateik Babbar

Comedy is important, and I do not want to end up being recognised for just one genre.

— Pankaj Tripathi

I'm on the path to being someone I'm equally terrified by and obsessed with. My true self.

— Troye Sivan

The best thing about being nominated in a category like best new play is realizing there were enough new plays to make…

— Stephen Karam

Usually, the news out of Florida makes me feel like being black in Florida can be a terminal condition.

— W. Kamau Bell

The moment you start being in love with what you're doing, and thinking it's beautiful or rich, then you're in danger.

— Miuccia Prada