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“I never really thought comedy was a career option, just something I did for fun. Suddenly I realised I was getting paid which was a bonus. I studied for a diploma with the London College of Music, and teaching was something I thought I might do but comedy intervened.”

Might Fun Careers Comedy Teaching College Paid London Realised Bonus Diploma

Author:Bill Bailey

“I never really thought I wanted to become a movie star.”

Wanted Stars Movie Star

Author:Anna Faris

“I never really thought I was going to be a singer, honestly. I never listened to singers; I always listened to rap music.”

Rap Singers Honestly Rap Music

Author:Fetty Wap

“I never really thought I went away because I've written all of the movies and I'm produced them all and certainly provided services about and beyond the average producer on two and three. I was on set most of the films and called action and cut a lot of times and did all that good stuff.”

Two Action Film Three Stuff Cutting Written Average Producers

Author:Paul W. S. Anderson

“I never really thought I'd be successful. I never though I'd get books published, but this was something completely beyond me. The fact that it happened is wonderful, but it is not something that I was aiming for.”

Book Facts Successful Wonderful Happened Being Successful

Author:Walter Mosley

“I never really thought in terms of the concept of being a rock star - being around people like that just seemed like normal day-in-the-life stuff to me. Those were just the surroundings I grew up in.”

People Stars Stuff Term Rocks Grew Normal Grew Up Concepts Surroundings Rock Star

Author:Anthony Kiedis

“I never really thought of marriage as a trap. The person traps, not the institution. And you--I trust you." This was no trap, but freedom-- true and ordered freedom, leaning upon and being leaned upon, giving and receiving, speaking and listening.”

Marriage

Author:Sarah Sundin

Source: When Twilight Breaks

“I never really thought of myself as a beefcake kind of guy.”

Kind Guy Perspective

Author:Ben Affleck

“I never really thought of myself as a physical comedian. But when I was a kid, I used to, you know, pretend to trip over things to make girls laugh in school and stuff like that. So I kind of learned how to fall without hurting yourself.”

Knows Kind Kids School Used Fall Girl Stuff Hurt Laughing Comedian Hurting Yourself

Author:Matthew Perry

“I never really thought of myself as a sex goddess; I felt I was more a comedian who could dance.”

Sex Felt Comedian Goddess

Author:Rita Hayworth

“I never really thought of myself as being an action hero or a leading man, or any of that. I'm a character actor.”

Men Character Action Actors Hero Character Actors Action Heroes

Author:Aaron Paul

“I never really thought we'd fitted into the cross-over drawer. But I think the real Sugar Ray fans did like us because we always had variety and because we experimented a lot.”

Thinking Real Fans Crosses Variety Rays Sugar Drawers

Author:Mark McGrath

“I never really told anybody that I'm a rapper. I wasn't walking around being like, "Yo, check out my mixtape!" It was more of a secret grind.”

Secret Walking Rapper Grind

Author:J. Cole

“I never really took a proper art class in college. I just started reading art magazines and going to galleries.”

Art Reading Class College Magazines Gallery Art Class

Author:Larry Gagosian

“I never really took any acting classes. I'm just a natural ham, I guess.”

Natural Acting Class Ham Acting Classes School Plays

Author:Queen Latifah

“I never really took into account the number of homeless families. As a kid, we used to feed the hungry at my church every other Saturday, and one day this kid from my school was there. Somewhere between that moment of realization and appreciation for what my Dad sacrificed for us to have, and me becoming "Anthony Mackie" I lost it. This movie [Shelter] really made me realize that, and it was very humbling and very sickening to see that within myself.”

Made Moments Kids School Used Lost Realizing Church Numbers Becoming Dad One Day Accounts My Dad Appreciation Hungry Realization That Moment Shelter Homeless Saturday Humbling

Author:Paul Bettany

“I never really trained to be a musician, but I've been playing guitar since I was around, like, 13 years old. For me, the guitar has always been the instrument that I've played. I play a little piano. I taught myself everything by ear. I don't read music at all, which has not really been a hindrance.”

Years Littles Play Taught Musician Ears Instruments Guitar Piano Hindrance Playing Guitar

Author:Steve Kazee

“I never really understood all the hype, until I got one of my own.”

My Own Understood Hype

Author:Zach Braff

“I never really understood fashion as a career. For me, it was really a state of mind, more like something that I always had in my life.”

Mind Fashion State Of Mind

Author:Nadege Vanhee-Cybulski

“I never really understood how movies were made, because it was such a technical accomplishment.”

Made Understood Accomplishment

Author:Patrick Lussier

“I never really understood that massive collaboration involving hundreds of people is what makes movies possible, and it's also why I would agree that curiosity is not the most important human trait; the urge to collaborate is. Heck . . . only we have the ability to cooperate to make like online communities and space telescopes and imaginariums and movies. So the great thrill of this whole experience [my novel being made into a movie] for me was . .. .seeing humanity do what it's best at, which ultimately is not competing but cooperating.”

“I never really understood the idea that nonfiction ought to be this dispensary of data that we have at the moment. Also, roughly around the time we were doing this fact-checking. And I never really understood why people think what nonfiction's job is to give them information as opposed to something else.”

People Thinking Giving Moments

Author:John D'Agata

“I never really understood the word ‘loneliness’. As far as I was concerned, I was in an orgy with the sky and the ocean, and with nature.”

Sky Loneliness Ocean Understood Concerned

Author:Bjork

“I never really understood what was expected of me as a man, or how I was supposed to interact with women, but worse, with other guys. I did not relate to them.”

Men Guy Understood Expected Relate Other Guys

Author:Michael Ian Black

“I never really understood who was actually buying them or how, but on the Fourth, the amount of explosions was absurd—and safety was not a priority. I’d find myself in the middle of it all, sh- exploding all around me, begging friends to break me off a couple firecrackers.”

Friends Safety Confusion Explosions Begging Fourth Of July Firecrackers

Author:Aesop Rock

“I never really want to repeat myself, obviously, but even if I do, it's because it is a choice.”

Ifs Want Choices Repeats

Author:Michael Angarano

“I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me.”

Want Kids Wanted Motherhood

Author:Edie Falco

“I never really wanted to be a daily critic who goes out every night and writes 300 word reviews, I wanted to write essays. And that gave me the luxury to be able to go out and if it was lousy, I could just say, well the hell with that, I'll go to hear something else, or, I'll go tomorrow night; I as writing for a weekly.”

Writing Night Hell Tomorrow Critics Essays

Author:Gary Giddins

“I never really wanted to be a model. But when the opportunity came, I grabbed it.”

Wanted Opportunity Models

Author:Maud Adams

“I never really wanted to be a professional; all I knew was that I wanted whatever I did to matter. I believe writing matters, of course, but nothing has ever felt more real to me than the work of caring. That energy and effort to maintain—ourselves, our loved ones, our community—has always felt substantial, true, visceral, and, yes, real to me. I don’t believe care work has to wreck us. This labor can be shared, social, collective—and transformative.”

Purpose Sacrifice Ambition Motherhood Profession Caregiving

Author:Angela Garbes

Source: Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change

“I never really wanted to be a singer - not with any longevity. But I always wanted to be a writer.”

Wanted Singers Longevity

Author:Patti Smith

“I never really wanted to be a star. I didn't like entering a room with all eyes on me. I still don't really like the attention of a birthday party.”

Stills Eye Wanted Stars Rooms Party Attention Entering Birthday Party

Author:Joni Mitchell

“I never really wanted to be an actor. And that was the beginning of it, I began to write things down and eventually became a writer on a television show.”

Writing Shows Wanted Actors Television Down And Comeback Television Shows

Author:Barry Levinson

“I never really wanted to have a Guru, I was more interested in Buddhist philosophy and meditation, and had a psychological background in college, but he had so much love. To be with him, there was nowhere else to be and nothing else to do. Nothing he taught, philosophy or meditation, are the things I went to India to look for, or was interested in, but he sort of jumped into my heart and then pulled, he pried it open.”

Looks Heart Philosophy Wanted Meditation Taught College My Heart India Backgrounds Psychological Buddhist Guru Much Love Buddhist Philosophy

Author:Surya Das

“I never really wanted to write and wanted to focus on acting.”

Writing Wanted Acting Focus

Author:Abby Elliott

“I never really was a grime artist. I'm just an artist.”

Artist Grime

Author:Lady Sovereign

“I never really was good at being a family general man, really. I hardly ever spent any time with my mum and dad whatever, really, or brothers or sisters. We just really didn't get along. I was pretty much like the black sheep of the family, to be honest.”

Men Black Honest Brother Dad Being Honest Sheep Mum Mum And Dad Black Sheep Black Sheep Of The Family

Author:Andrew Chan

“I never really was much of a practical jokester or anything.”

Practicals Practical Joke

Author:Kristanna Loken

“I never really was that passionate about playing sports. But when I was at this Mt. Herman school, I did have the ability to throw the frisbee. So when this sport evolved, it was fun because I was good at it.”

School Fun Sports Ability Passionate Playing Sports Frisbee

Author:Joel Silver

“I never really watched the TV series.”

Tvs Series Tv Series

Author:Zoe Saldana

“I never really went to any concerts that I wasn't in.”

Concerts Live Concerts

Author:Slick Rick

“I never really wondered about getting from London to Lahaul. It all seemed such a natural progression. In London I felt I was in the wrong place and wanted to leave. I'd thought about going to Australia or New Zealand. It's nothing against England, but I knew I wasn't meant to be there.”

Wanted Felt Natural England London Australia Meant To Be Progression New Zealand

Author:Tenzin Palmo

“I never really wore Gucci. I never did.”

Gucci

Author:Jared Leto

“I never really worked in Hollywood. Some American producers came to Europe to shoot films with me, so it's a different situation... It was not my aim.”

Different Film Situation Europe Hollywood Aim Producers

Author:Juliette Binoche

“I never really worked with Chris Farley, I hung out with him, but I had plans, I had big plans, movies, and I was in no hurry.”

Bigs Plans Hung

Author:Andy Dick

“I never really worried about stats in the minor leagues. I was more concerned with getting better and bringing a positive attitude every day.”

Attitude Concerned Worried League Get Better Positive Attitude Minors

Author:Matt Holliday

“I never really worried about those hurdles. They were just standing there, and I was always zooming past them just to get back on the ground again.”

Motivational Past Standing Track Worried Get Back Hurdle Standing There Track And Field

Author:Rod Milburn

“I never really write the jokes. I just sit down over a week or two and try to figure out what I want to talk about. Once I narrow that down, then I start working on the material, like "How do I make this stuff funny?"”

Want Writing Trying Two Stuff Week Figures Materials Jokes

Author:Chris Rock

“I never rebel so much against France as not to regard Paris with a friendly eye; she has had my heart since my childhood... I love her tenderly, even to her warts and her spots. I am French only by this great city: the glory of France, and one of the noblest ornaments of the world.”

World Heart Eye Cities Childhood My Heart Glory Regard Spots France Paris Friendly Rebel Ornaments Great Cities Warts

Author:Michel de Montaigne

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