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“I was a bartender in New York and I overheard this girl saying she made $3000 doing a commercial. A kid at work told me, 'Hey, I know this director and he'd really like you!'. So I walked into this guy's office and was like 'I was thinking maybe I could make $3000' and he hired me for commercials, short films, like 15 jobs in a row.”

Thinking Knows Made Kids Jobs Film Guy Girl New York Like You Directors Office Hey This Guy This Girl Bartender Short Films Really Like You

Author:Pauley Perrette

“I was a baseball fan myself, I wanted to play baseball.”

Play Wanted Fans Baseball Baseball Fans

Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

“I was a baseball fan, at any rate.”

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Author:Hillary Clinton

“I was a baseball player at North Central High School in Spokane, Washington even though I was all-city in basketball, even when I signed a letter of intent to play quarterback at Washington State.”

States Play School Cities Player Basketball High School Letters Baseball Quarterback Baseball Player Washington State

Author:Ryne Sandberg

“I was a baseball player, I taught baseball, and all of a sudden I was in the business world. Now I used the baseball world to talk about their product. Not too much, just enough to keep going. Just be yourself and you'll never have a problem. That's what I did.”

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Author:Willie Mays

“I was a baseball player. I played in high school and a little bit in college. I was a catcher. I don't know if I could have played any other position. As a catcher, you're always on the ball.”

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Author:Tim DeKay

“I was a basketball player. I'm a gym rat. I'm always in the gym playing.”

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Author:Jim Caviezel

“I was a beach boy, and I believe I learned my songs from the birds of the Brazilian forest.”

Believe Song I Believe Boys Bird Forests Beach Beach Boys

Author:Antonio Carlos Jobim

“I was a beast in college. I worked hard and I played hard. I was relentless learning about business. I actually snuck into MBA classes my freshman and sophomore years. I wanted to challenge myself to see how I compared to the smartest kids at Indiana University so I was 18 and pretended I was an MBA student.”

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Author:Mark Cuban

“I was a beautiful vampire princess loved, worshiped and admired by all. I lived in a luxurious gothic castle and I have no idea how I ended up at this fiberglass table with you losers.”

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Author:Alyson Noel

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“I was a bed wetter till very late. My mom used to hang my sheets out the window to dry, and I'd have to run home from school in order to beat the other kids to my house so they wouldn't see them.”

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Author:Vince Vaughn

“I was a bedwetter until I was about 15, and it was humiliating.”

Humiliating

Author:Sarah Silverman

“I was a better basketball player growing up in high school than I was a swimmer. Basketball to this day is my favorite sport.”

School Sports Growing Up Growing Player Basketball High School My Favorite This Day Basketball Player Swimmer Favorite Sports

Author:Ryan Lochte

“I was a better builder than a manager. I'd rather focus on maximizing the opportunities swinging for the fences than minimizing the risk with bunts and singles.”

Opportunity Focus Risk Managers Fence Builder Singles Maximizing Minimizing Swinging For The Fences

Author:Steve Case

“I was a better player at 50 than I was at 30.”

Player Golf

Author:Sam Snead

“I was a better writer when I was teaching. I was constantly going over the basics and constantly reminding myself, as I reminded my students, what made a good story, a good poem.”

Made Stories Teaching Students Good Story Reminding Basics

Author:Gil Scott-Heron

“I was a bicycle messenger when Alkaline Trio was formed as a way to make ends meet and I've just always been a cyclist and then I got really into - through messengering - I got really into road bikes and fixed gears.”

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Author:Matt Skiba

“I was a big "Blue Valentine" fan. I really loved that movie. And I thought the performances were just unbelievably real, which is certainly what I always strive for in my work.”

Real Bigs Fans Performances Blue Strive Valentine

Author:Dane DeHaan

“I was a big 'X-Files' fan. I always lamented that I never got to be on 'The X-Files'.”

Bigs Fans Files X Files

Author:Michael Cerveris

“I was a big and un-ironic fan of Dear Abby when I was a kid in Chicago. I think I sort of internalized her. So I have this inner Abby: cranky, proper, folksy yet scathing, with a beehive hairdo. But that's my issue.”

Thinking Bigs Kids Issues Fans Dear Chicago Ironic Abby Cranky Hairdos Beehives

Author:George Saunders

“I was a big comic book fan from 13 on.”

Book Bigs Fans Comic Comic Book

Author:Stephen Root

“I was a big Dave Winfield guy growing up.”

Bigs Guy Growing Up Growing Dave

Author:Willie Geist

“I was a big fan of 'Six Feet Under.' So, I got a bootleg copy of the first four episodes on videotape, watched them and was instantly into it. During the first episode, I was like, 'Eh.' By the time I got to the second one, I couldn't watch them fast enough. I got on the phone that night, called Time Warner cable and ordered HBO right then.”

Firsts Enough Bigs Night Watches Four Feet Fans Six Phones Copies Episodes Cables Hbo Six Feet Under

Author:Denis O'Hare

“I was a big fan of 'The Smurfs' growing up, even though by default - my mom used to force me to watch because she was a 'Smurfs' fan.”

Bigs Used Force Watches Growing Up Growing Fans Mom My Mom Default Smurf

Author:Jayma Mays

“I was a big fan of a writer named Jack Vance, a science fiction writer. He always wrote about these guys who were either going down a river in a strange world or would be in this one land where people acted really strange, and he'd have these interactions with them that were strange - he'd usually get run out of town or something. Then he'd end up in the next town over where the rules were totally different. And I love this stuff.”

People World Different Ends Bigs Would Be Running Guy Next Stuff Fiction Fans Land Strange Rivers Towns Science Fiction Interaction Fiction Writers Strange World

Author:Bela Fleck

“I was a big fan of Gary Moore, he was my buddy and I miss him a lot. I loved his playing because you've got that passion; it was sort of a Celtic thing. The Irish and Scots they just go for it and not too worried about looking good. When I was in the states touring, I landed in Seattle to do a gig and one of the fans came to me and told me about Gary's death. It was very hard for me to carry on, it was awful.”

Hard States Bigs Passion Fans Missing Awful Worried Looking Good Touring Gigs Buddy Seattle Gary Celtic Scots

Author:Jack Bruce

“I was a big fan of how Johnny Carson hosted awards shows. Dick Cavett, as well, I think did a really great job of providing a nice blend of comedy, wit and class.”

Thinking Wells Shows Bigs Jobs Class Comedy Nice Fans Wit Awards Providing Really Great Great Job Award Shows

Author:Neil Patrick Harris

“I was a big fan of Indiana Jones; then I realized he was kind of a fake hero. The real heroes are the people who work hard and do their stuff right, like firefighters and policemen.”

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Author:Nathan Gamble

“I was a big fan of Jean-Claude Van-Damme growing up, and I always wanted to be a martial artist 'cause of him.”

Bigs Wanted Artist Causes Growing Up Growing Fans Martial Arts Vans Martial Artist Van Damme

Author:Georges St-Pierre

“I was a big fan of Jim Hall as well. I liked his comping style, his accompanying. And that he played, generally, four note chords, the top four strings of the guitar.”

Wells Bigs Four Fans Style Notes Guitar Strings Halls Chords

Author:Gary Burton

“I was a big fan of Joe's film, Narc, so when you hear there's a script coming over from Joe Carnahan, you know it's going to be interesting because he has such a fresh voice.”

Knows Bigs Film Voice Interesting Fans Scripts

Author:Andy Garcia

“I was a big fan of Kurt Russell growing up and I always wanted to be the modern day Kurt Russell.”

Bigs Wanted Growing Up Growing Fans Modern Modern Day

Author:Adam Sandler

“I was a big fan of Maradona growing up and of the current crop Ronaldo is good but Messi is the best I’ve ever seen. I don’t dish out praise lightly but Messi deserves it. I look for weaknesses in his game and I can’t find them.”

Looks I Can Bigs Games Growing Up Growing Fans Weakness Deserve Praise Currents Dishes Crops Messi Maradona

Author:Roy Keane

“I was a big fan of Middle Eastern elements of music and experimental electronic and tribal sounds.”

Bigs Sound Fans Middle Elements Eastern

Author:Adam Lambert

“I was a big fan of Rodney Dangerfield. He had this HBO Young Comedians Special and he'd always bring up new talent, and I loved that!”

Bigs Young Fans Special Talent Comedian Hbo New Talent

Author:Gabriel Iglesias

“I was a big fan of Ron Howard of course, so it was fantastic to meet him.”

Bigs Courses Fans Fantastic

Author:Josephine de La Baume

“I was a big fan of Ronald Reagan. He was the first president I got to vote for.”

Firsts Bigs President Fans Vote

Author:Steve Daines

“I was a big fan of Super Troopers, so working with the Broken Lizard guys was so much fun.”

Bigs Guy Fun Fans Broken Lizards

Author:Olivia

“I was a big fan of vegetables, but I'd never understand why anyone ate raw cauliflower, let alone enjoyed it.”

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Author:Kate Canterbary

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“I was a big fighter when I was younger. In bars I was ready to explode and fight.”

Bigs Fighting Ready Bars Fighter

Author:Emir Kusturica

“I was a big Fred Flintstone fan.”

Bigs Fans Flintstones

Author:Seth MacFarlane

“I was a big Guns N' Roses fan when I was seven. My friend who lived across the street had long dark curly hair and I had long blonde hair, so I'd dress up as Axl and she'd be Slash, and we'd rock out in front of the mirror singing 'Patience.'”

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Author:Kirsten Dunst

“I was a big J. Geils fan, a Steppenwolf fan and a Savoy Brown fan.”

Bigs Fans Brown Steppenwolf

Author:George Thorogood

“I was a big light heavyweight but I feel perfect at heavyweight. When I look back at some of my old fights, I was really just a shell of myself. Now I'm healthy and strong and ready to get to the top.”

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Author:Antonio Tarver

“I was a big Magic Johnson fan. And I guess people who knew that gave a name that... In that vein. I tried to play like him.”

People Play Bigs Magic Fans Veins Johnson Nicknames

Author:Tim Duncan

“I was a big Michael Jordan fan growing up. I don't feel my game resembles his though.”

Feels Bigs Games Growing Up Growing Fans Jordan

Author:Jeremy Lin

“I was a big Mickey Rourke fan in his first incarnation. I thought that at the time he was America's greatest screen actor.”

Firsts Bigs America Actors Fans Screens Incarnation Mickey

Author:Jamie Sives

“I was a big pothead for a short period. That was what ticked me off that I shouldn't go near hard drugs, actually, because I would consume the stuff as if it was going out of style and it rapidly occurred to me that if I ever tried a hard drug, the same thing would happen, so I never did.”

Ifs Hard Bigs Happens Stuff Style Periods Drug Going Out Potheads

Author:Clive James

“I was a big reader as a child. My father is a great book lover and a librarian, but he forbid me to read bad literature. I was not allowed to read Nancy Drew or books like that. I often say to him that me becoming a crime author is both a way of pleasing him and annoying him.”

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Author:Asa Larsson

“I was a big rugby player and into my motocross, so I lost loads of weight and a rumor went around the town that I had picked up a drug addiction!”

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Author:John Newman

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