#tending

I knew that this was what I wanted to talk about on stage. There was no point being coy about it, or pretending that I wasn't gay. That was the substance of my whole act. If you took that away, there would be nothing left. ↗

— Julian Clary

#act #away #being #gay #i

I write from my soul. This is the reason that critics don't hurt me, because it is me. If it was not me, if I was pretending to be someone else, then this could unbalance my world, but I know who I am. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#because #could #critics #else #hurt

Macbeth is contending with the realities of this world, Hamlet with those of the next. ↗

— Jones Very

#hamlet #macbeth #next #realities #those

I wouldn't say I'm a feminist, but I don't like girls pretending to be stupid because it's easier. ↗

— Amy Winehouse

#easier #feminist #i #like #pretending

My songwriting is like extending a hand to the listener. ↗

— Dave Grohl

#hand #like #listener #songwriting

We thought it would be fun to try to design a show that would work well internationally and so that' s what we're intending to do with Fraggle Rock, and we are indeed now selling it around the world. ↗

— Jim Henson

#design #fun #indeed #intending #internationally

Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. ↗

— Oliver Herford

#aware #charm #enhancing #gentle #modesty

I hate crowds of people pretending to be happy on one night of the year, where they get drunk and obnoxious by the end of the night. ↗

— Kenny Hickey

#crowds #drunk #end #get #happy

With any role, you're extending yourself and acting out things that never happened to you. ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#any #extending #happened #never #out

My father and I used to tussle about me becoming an actor. He's from strong, Presbyterian Scottish working-class stock, and he used to sit me down and say, 'You know, 99 percent of actors are out of work. You've been educated, so why do you want to spend your life pretending to be someone else when you could be your own man?' ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#actor #becoming #been #could #down