#zed

Being an actor, you are recognized for being somebody else, whereas these books are distilled from me. ↗

— Jamie Lee Curtis

#being #books #distilled #else #me

I remember once acting really cool on a bus with this girl named Stephanie. When I got home, I realized that I had a really big zit on my forehead. If you have acne problems, you really shouldn't be acting like Don Juan. ↗

— John Cusack

#acting #big #bus #cool #forehead

I guess I kind of realized that my whole life isn't one giant press junket. I don't have to be smiling all the time and always have the perfect answer. ↗

— Miley Cyrus

#answer #giant #guess #i #junket

Herman Melville was as separated from a civilized literature as the lost Atlantis was said to have been from the great peoples of the earth. ↗

— Edward Dahlberg

#civilized #earth #great #herman #literature

When I was nine, we'd take a bus to the seaside. Coming back, we'd take turns entertaining, singing songs and the like. I tried some stand-up comedy. I had a captive audience in that bus. Then I realized I wanted to do more than that. ↗

— Jim Dale

#back #bus #captive #comedy #coming

They have vilified me, they have crucified me; yes, they have even criticized me. ↗

— Richard J. Daley

#crucified #even #me #vilified #yes

The pressure isn't on my brain, but on my mouth. I realized Sam Malone said very little, he spoke in little sentences. Which is much more comfortable for me for some reason. ↗

— Ted Danson

#comfortable #i #little #me #more

I realized that I needed to be anonymous on the street and somebody else on the stage. I had tried to put my street self on the stage, but what they want is an actor on stage. ↗

— Bobby Darin

#anonymous #else #had #i #needed

We get criticized for showing no personality, then we get penalized when we do. ↗

— Lindsay Davenport

#get #penalized #personality #showing #then

I think that for the most part, when I started doing comedy, it had become very commercialized. ↗

— Larry David

#comedy #commercialized #doing #had #i