All Quotes

I was never a big fashion person, and so I'm sure I wore whatever. I was growing, and so I just wore whatever clothes that weren't that expensive and made sense at the time. But I'm sure that I look back and say, 'What was I thinking?' My adolescence was more in the '80s, and that's more my cross to bear.
‐‐ Vince Vaughn

I was never a big networker, but I was a spin doctor, all those shock shows, that's how I got my first backers. But fashion's a scary industry to be in, especially if you've not grown up with it.
‐‐ Alexander McQueen

I was never a boy magnet at school. There was always the girl all the guys liked and wanted to date, but it was never me.
‐‐ Taylor Swift

I was never a Boy Scout, but oh, I wanted to be one when I was a kid about ten or eleven years old. But there wasn't anyplace where I could ever join the Boy Scouts.
‐‐ Carl Barks

I was never a bright student, potentially never good at dramatics; I was sometimes given one-line roles that I was happy to do so that I could bunk classes. My mother used to cry three times a year, and that is when my report card used to come.
‐‐ Ranbir Kapoor

I was never a celebrity - just a working actor.
‐‐ Martin Milner

I was never a Certified Public Accountant... I just had a degree in accounting. The reason I was never a Certified Public Accountant was because it would require passing a test, which I would not have been able to do.
‐‐ Bob Newhart

I was never a child actor. I was a child performer.
‐‐ Christopher Walken

I was never a dancer before 'Shake It Up'.
‐‐ Bella Thorne

I was never a dangerous woman. I'm not the prissy blonde woman that could take your husband away.
‐‐ Catherine Deneuve

I was never a Democrat. I went from Republican to Maoist and then back again.
‐‐ P. J. O'Rourke

I was never a fan of Barack Obama's bipartisanship routine.
‐‐ Thomas Frank

I was never a fan of Chanel. I liked it on other people. Some other people. All the ladies who were too plump and busty looked like little sausages.
‐‐ Iris Apfel

I was never a fan of cozy mysteries of anything set in the countryside, you know.
‐‐ Mark Billingham

I was never a fanatical movie person.
‐‐ John Malkovich

I was never a games night guy, but at some point, social interaction starts to freak me out. So when there's a point, it's easier for me to see the people I love and hang out and try to have fun.
‐‐ Joss Whedon

I was never a girl who dreamed about what her wedding day would be like, but I've always dreamed about decorating my baby's nursery.
‐‐ Rebecca Romijn

I was never a girl who thought about getting married. Being in a relationship wasn't my priority.
‐‐ Susan Downey

I was never a glamour puss whose career was really based on a look or an attitude. I've been basically playing the same parts I am at 55 that I was at 35. I get cast as strong women, and that can be a mother or a judge or anything.
‐‐ Jane Kaczmarek

I was never a good journalist, because I would make things up. A lot of people frowned on that, which is why I ended up in fiction.
‐‐ Marcia Muller

I was never a good-looking bloke. Not by a long chalk.
‐‐ Rod Stewart

I was never a good student. I had to be dragged into kindergarten. It was hard to sit and listen to somebody talk. I wanted to be out, educated by experience and adventure, and I didn't know how to express that.
‐‐ Robert Redford

I was never a great reader, but there were two stories I loved best: Kipling's 'The Elephant's Child' and 'The Jungle Book.' Deep down, I've always wanted to write a book about a wild child and an elephant.
‐‐ Michael Morpurgo

I was never a gym person before 'Game Of Thrones.' The idea of it was a bore to me - and it kind of still is - but I had a problem with my knee, so I can't play sport as much as I'd like to.
‐‐ Alfie Allen

I was never a hippy, per se.
‐‐ Bill Nighy

I was never a huge 007 fan, but I sure liked Sean Connery. I'm sure Pierce Brosnan is good and has his moments, but I've not seen him; I've only seen bits and pieces on TV, so I can't really judge. Pierce looks very natural in the role.
‐‐ Michael Keaton

I was never a hugely successful theatre designer. I painted a lot of scenery and did the lighting, and my lighting business grew out of that.
‐‐ Kevin McCloud

I was never a joiner. I tried - I had people I admired and liked and wanted to hang with, but I ended up starting a theatre company and that took me back to Chicago... I guess I wasn't a scenester in the end. Something must have worked out right, as I'm still here - but I'm only a binge socialite.
‐‐ John Cusack

I was never a juvenile lead or a romantic hero, and I didn't come into my own as an actor until I was 40.
‐‐ Roger Lloyd-Pack

I was never a leading man. I've always been in the outer concentric circles in the company, being a character actor, which is a good place to be. It gives you that diversity.
‐‐ Geoffrey Rush

I was never a left-winger, actually. I was a pretend left-winger because it was more interesting than being a right-winger.
‐‐ Helen Mirren

I was never a liberal. I was radical. I was cynical. I was negative. But, I was never a liberal. I always saw that as too lukewarm for me.
‐‐ Clarence Thomas

I was never a Lime Wire guy because it's too much hassle to find the song.
‐‐ Trent Reznor

I was never a lonely child who sat looking at the rain sliding down the window.
‐‐ Deborah Moggach

I was never a model-y model. I was doing it as a job, but people didn't even know I was a model.
‐‐ Olga Kurylenko

I was never a monist - always a diversitarian.
‐‐ M. H. Abrams

I was never a natural. I got there in the end because I did believe that if you work hard enough, then you can achieve a lot.
‐‐ Victoria Beckham

I was never a part of the Actor's Studio, because two friends of mine started it in 1947 and by that time I'd gone to California.
‐‐ Richard Widmark

I was never a person who dated in high school, because at 17, everything just felt like it had to be so rushed. Relationships just bounced around like crazy in high school! And now, I never want to rush anything. I just want to enjoy all of the steps.
‐‐ Landon Liboiron

I was never a person who was introduced to junk food.
‐‐ Ellen Pompeo

I was never a practicing Muslim. But I do consider myself a Muslim.
‐‐ Iman

I was never a pretty girl, so I wasn't the one to get the boy. I used to cast myself as a good sport. Sometimes I wonder if I do that too much with roles I play, because if I'm absolutely truthful, I quite like being the best friend, or the supporting role, and actually I ought to gear-change and make myself the leading role.
‐‐ Celia Imrie

I was never a prisoner to my footballing status.
‐‐ Michel Patini

I was never a prodigy.
‐‐ Lindsay Davenport

I was never a quick writer, but composed with great care and efforts.
‐‐ Joseph Haydn

I was never a rah-rah person. I never sold drugs or did anything crazy.
‐‐ Slick Rick

I was never a rail-thin person.
‐‐ Jessica Capshaw

I was never a singer; I can't play any instruments; I had no training. Plus, I was brought up in a time when all the great rock stars were male. I didn't have any template for what I was doing. I did what I did out of frustration and concern.
‐‐ Patti Smith

I was never a 'sit down with a notepad and write lyrics' kind of person.
‐‐ James Vincent McMorrow