All Quotes

I was vested emotionally in 'Battlestar.' I really loved the thematic things. I don't feel it really got its shot, and I can't blame anyone else; I was at the center of that.
‐‐ Glen A. Larson

I was voted Biggest Ham and Likeliest to Become a Celebrity.
‐‐ Kristen Johnston

I was voted by my high school senior class as most likely to recede.
‐‐ Frank Welker

I was voted funniest person in my middle-school yearbook. So I guess I was funny in middle school?
‐‐ Cecily Strong

I was voted least likely to manage a business when I was at Dickinson College.
‐‐ Rick Smolan

I was voted the most beautiful girl in the world in 1958, and courted by every young, available man in Los Angeles, most of whom I didn't go out with, by the way.
‐‐ Joan Collins

I was voted valedictorian, and at my school it wasn't based on grades; that was the popular vote.
‐‐ Thomas Middleditch

I was walking along and this chair came flying past me, and another, and another, and I thought, man, is this gonna be a good night.
‐‐ Liam Gallagher

I was walking around bored one day, and I started filming stuff with my cellphone. There are all these shows where people are trying to do these outrageous stunts, and I thought it would be funny to do all these stunts that aren't outrageous but then act like they are.
‐‐ Harland Williams

I was walking around legally blind. Now I have 20-20 vision. I can't believe I spent so many years blurry, but I think that coincides with how I was feeling. Now I notice if people are watching me, but I also smile right back if someone waves, which helps.
‐‐ Nicole Kidman

I was walking around with the babies so much that when I got to the Sidney Lumet picture, I would be on set in between takes and I'd be rocking back and forth. Just standing like this rocking back and forth, and Sidney would say, Why are you walking like that in between takes?
‐‐ Vin Diesel

I was walking down a street and after his death and saw a billboard on the side of a brick wall for Van's shoes. It was a picture of Hopper's face, and all it said was, 'Hopper Lives.' So I think he's still part of youth culture. There are lessons to be learned from Hopper about being a young person who wants to live the art life in America.
‐‐ Tom Folsom

I was walking down fifth avenue today and I found a wallet, and I was gonna keep it, rather than return it, but I thought: well, if I lost a hundred and fifty dollars, how would I feel? And I realized I would want to be taught a lesson.
‐‐ Emo Philips

I was walking down the street wearing glasses when the prescription ran out.
‐‐ Steven Wright

I was walking in the park and this guy waved at me. Then he said, 'I'm sorry, I thought you were someone else.' I said, 'I am.'
‐‐ Demetri Martin

I was wanting to be a kid at 18 instead of being a young woman.
‐‐ Kristy McNichol

I was warmed by the sun, rocked by the winds and sheltered by the trees as other Indian babes. I was living peaceably when people began to speak bad of me. Now I can eat well, sleep well and be glad. I can go everywhere with a good feeling.
‐‐ Geronimo

I was warmly embraced by the Tea Party. They openly seek more minorities.
‐‐ Tim Scott

I was warned not to do it. Actors who play Jesus are supposed to have a hard time getting other roles to follow, but I felt this was a myth. After all, how can you be typecast as Christ?
‐‐ Jeffrey Hunter

I was warped early by Ray Bradbury and Edgar Allan Poe. I was very fond of Franz Kafka.
‐‐ Margaret Atwood

I was washing dishes at Del Frisco's Grille and busing tables at a Tex-Mex place and writing songs the whole time. I did a lot of my writing at those jobs, thinking up melodies in my head.
‐‐ Leon Bridges

I was watching a Storyville documentary called 'Blackfish' about killer whales in captivity. I was emotionally drained by the end. It revealed a real behind-the-scenes truth on what we do with animals.
‐‐ Rupert Evans

I was watching 'Deal or No Deal' on YouTube recently, and I bawled when the contestant won £250,000. I think I just like watching people achieve their dreams.
‐‐ Katarina Johnson-Thompson

I was watching Monster's Ball, which is a fabulous movie. It's just a little gem: beautifully shot, and shot in a way I never would have done. It made me feel very old, really, because it wasn't eccentric for its own sake, it was just very original.
‐‐ Adrian Lyne

I was watching 'Mr. Roger's Neighborhood', 'Sesame Street', 'Electric Company', 'Romper Room', and 'Villa Alegre!' when I said to my self, 'Hey, self! Wouldn't it be fun to be one of those kids on the TV?' My mom thought it was a pretty good idea, too... and she instantly moved us from the Bay Area to Malibu... nice.
‐‐ Keith Coogan

I was watching Orson Welles and Jean Vigo films at a ridiculously young age.
‐‐ Brady Corbet

I was watching 'Pulp Fiction' when we were making 'Now and Then'. I didn't care about 'Now and Then,' you know?
‐‐ Gaby Hoffmann

I was watching something the other day which started out with five guys walking towards you and one woman, and there you go-it's still being dominated by the male society.
‐‐ Joan Severance

I was watching the Danish version of 'The Killing' when I got the audition for 'The Fall,' and I loved it; it was so original. I approached 'The Fall' with that in mind. I'd no problem with the violence - it was very clear from the script how horrifying the crimes were and that had to be shown, without going to extremes.
‐‐ Laura Donnelly

I was watching the last season of 'Mad Men,' and they're now so in their characters and they're so comfortable in their characters, and they're doing such good work. That can only happen from doing it over and over, and developing a character over seven years.
‐‐ James Frain

I was watching 'The September Issue' in the back of a theater in New York, and I thought, 'I know I really can do this with actors.'
‐‐ R. J. Cutler

I was watching the show last year and it didn't even cross my mind that this could even happen.
‐‐ Scotty McCreery

I was watching TV and saw people with masks, weapons, and grenades. I thought, Is that really possible? Could we be here yet again? And go into civil war one more time?
‐‐ Nadine Labaki

I was watching TV at age 9 or 10, and my mom said that I came from the front room and I told her that I want to act. And she said if you want to do this at 18, then you can. It was a very simple story, yet, I do not even remember the conversation that I had with my mother. Until she reminded me of the story many years later.
‐‐ Derek Luke

I was watching TV one day, and I'm like, 'How did those people get on TV? I'm gonna try that. Hey, mom, I want to be on TV!' And she's like, 'OK, let's get you an agent.'
‐‐ Benjamin Stockham

I was watching TV one day, and there was this open casting call for extras, and my brother says, 'You wanna try out for this movie?' and I said, 'No, I'm okay.' And then he said, 'Do you wanna be on a DVD?' And I said, 'I wanna be on a DVD!,' so I tried out.
‐‐ CJ Adams

I was watching 'Up In The Air' and I thought, 'Jesus, who's the old gray-haired guy?' And it was me. I never wear makeup for movies and now it's starting to show.
‐‐ George Clooney

I was way into Primus in high school so hanging out with him was a thrill.
‐‐ Mike Lowry

I was way too hyperactive to study for long. I would freak out, then crash, then be too tired to read or write. I really should have had less sugar.
‐‐ Mo Rocca

I was weaned not on television or Wild West sagas but on stories of nationalism and patriotism. I would sit at my mother's feet by the hour and drink in these exciting tales of the freedom fighters in our family.
‐‐ Sukarno

I was weaned on chicken-fried steak and hominy grits with goopy gravy all over. I loved meat and wore fur.
‐‐ Kathy Freston

I was wearing black clothes almost from the beginning. I feel comfortable in black. I felt like black looked good onstage, that it was attractive, so I started wearing it all the time.
‐‐ Johnny Cash

I was wearing corn plasters above and below my toes and taping my ankles twice.
‐‐ Cesar Romero

I was weird right from the start. It's just that you can't ever expect people to get you. And I do think that really did mess with my head, being well-known young, when you really don't know who you are.
‐‐ Helena Bonham Carter

I was weirdly obsessed with music until I was 11, and then I turned into a nerd.
‐‐ Sia Furler

I was well acquainted with the Calcutta literary circle since I was 17, when I lived in Bangladesh and published and edited a little magazine called 'Sejuti,' for which young poets from both Bengals wrote. If you look at my life, there is no question of using anyone for anything. I have only got banned, blacklisted and banished.
‐‐ Taslima Nasrin

I was well aware of the fact that once you appeared in Doctor Who as something else, you were ruled out for the part of the Doctor: that was a kind of well known thing in the business.
‐‐ Colin Baker

I was well beaten myself, and I am better for it.
‐‐ Bernard Law Montgomery

I was well brought up, my parents are still together. I lived in a council estate, but I don't anymore; I saw my parents buy a nice house and move me to a nice area.
‐‐ Tinie Tempah