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“I did 'Mad Men' and I still have people come up to me like, 'Are you actually a lesbian?' Really? Just because I play one on TV? People will think what they're gonna think.”

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Author:Zosia Mamet

“I did 'Narnia' because it was a good opportunity and all that, but really? I wanted to play Mr. Tumnus because he's my favourite children's character. That was awesome.”

Children Play Character Wanted Opportunity Favourite Narnia Good Opportunity

Author:James McAvoy

“I did 'Nobody Walks' right after 'Dredd.' Well, actually, I got off the plane from Capetown where we shot 'Dredd' and tested for 'Being Flynn' that same day. Then I came out to L.A. to make this film right after that so it was all very back to back.”

Wells Film Walks Shots Planes Tested

Author:Olivia Thirlby

“I did 'The Grey,' and it was very intense and emotional because we're in the wilderness, and it was always 30 degrees. You kind of lose your sense of reality in the fact that you're filming a movie.”

Kind Facts Reality Loses Emotional Degrees Intense Wilderness Grey

Author:Frank Grillo

“I did 'The Karate Kid,' then I just went back to college. I didn't know how much money it made and I didn't have a publicist. I didn't have any sense of the business part of it.”

Knows Made Kids Know How College Karate Publicists Back To College

Author:Elisabeth Shue

“I did 'Tumbleweeds' for fun. I did it because I loved it and I hardly even got paid.”

Fun Paid Tumbleweeds

Author:Janet McTeer

“I did ... learn an important distinction in graduate school: a speculation about who had syphilis when is gossip if it's about your friends, a plot element if it's about a character in a novel, and scholarship if it's about John Keats.”

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Author:Margaret Atwood

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“I did 10 years of comedies and 10 years of Westerns. I really like to stay away from car chases. I prefer the more intimate film. You have a much more direct association with the emotions.”

Years Film Emotion Comedy Car Direct Intimate Association

Author:Elmer Bernstein

“I did 12 years with nuns, you know. So I came out of it going, like, 'I think Jesus is all right.' The rest of it I think stinks to the high heavens.”

Thinking Knows Years Jesus Heaven Nun Stink

Author:Denis Leary

“I did 125 films, and over 100 television shows, and you've never seen the same character twice.”

Character Shows Film Television Television Shows

Author:Brion James

“I did 13-something years of talking to wrestlers and promoters about why they did certain things and why they booked matches a certain way and what they were thinking and whether they were satisfied with the draw. And I got a lot of insight in the business.”

Thinking Way Years Certain Business Talking Draws Insight Satisfied Wrestler Promoters

Author:Billy Corgan

“I did 14 movies in six years, I had a cartoon TV show, and I don't want to do that again. I just want to make unique pieces of art. That's why I quit everything when I was 14 and sat around for eight years before I did another movie.”

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Author:Macaulay Culkin

“I did 15 shows a week when I lived in New York. I did five shows on a Friday and seven shows on a Saturday. It was everything I did and it was my sole source of income.”

Shows Five Week New York Source Seven Income Sole Saturday Friday

Author:Ray Romano

“I did 30 Minute Meals for five years on local television, and I earned nothing the first two years. Then I earned $50 a segment. I spent more than that on gas and groceries, but I really enjoyed making the show and I loved going to a viewer's house each week. I knew I enjoyed it, so I stuck with it even though it cost me.”

Years Firsts Two Shows House Five Week Minutes Television Cost Stuck Locals Enjoyed Meals Five Years Gas Two Years Viewers Groceries

Author:Rachael Ray

“I did 40 voices for Chris Wedge, the director of the first film, before coming up with the version we used. He was hard to please, I don't know why. I gave him really slow talking voices. then I thought perhaps Sid could be an Indian sounding sloth. To find out more about my character, I watched footage of sloths. I discovered that the food they store in their pouches rots and ferments and half the time they're drunk.”

Knows Firsts Hard Character Film Used Voice Half Talking Please Directors Stores Versions Drunk Indian Sloth Wedges Sids

Author:John Leguizamo

“I did 50 takes on Robert Shaw assembling the Greener Gun on 'Jaws.' The shark wasn't working, so I just kept shooting to make the production report look like we were accomplishing something and to keep cast and crew from going crazy from boredom. It was a strategic indulgence.”

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Author:Steven Spielberg

“I did [Henrik] Ibsen and [Anton] Chekhov for years. Obviously I didn't get the kind of recognition I have now. Somebody once told me, "You ride the horse the direction it's going."”

Years Kind Horse Recognition Chekhov Ibsen

Author:Joe Manganiello

“I did [heroin] maybe when I was 18 but I got over that pretty quickly.”

Heroin

Author:Nan Goldin

“I did [Michael Cimino] first movie, "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot," and I remember I was still in my twenties and very nervous, we're shooting up in Montana, and I'm thinking, "What the hell am I doing here? I don't feel anything like this part.”

Thinking Feels Firsts Stills Remember Hell Twenties Nervous Shooting Montana Thunderbolts Shooting Up

Author:Jeff Bridges

“I did [picking cotton] from - until I was 18 years old, that is. Then I picked the guitar, and I've been picking it since.”

Years Guitar Cotton

Author:Johnny Cash

“I did a 'Children of the Corn' remake for Sci Fi Channel. I play the Peter Horton role from the original, and Candace McClure from 'Battlestar Galactica' is my Linda Hamilton.”

Children Play Roles Originals Sci Fi Peter Corn Remakes Hamilton Battlestar Galactica

Author:David Anders

“I did a 'Golden Girls' once, which shot in front of an audience, and that went well. I had a good time. But I need an audience, for comedy at least.”

Needs Wells Girl Audience Comedy Fronts Shots Golden Good Times Had A Good Time Golden Girls

Author:Dick Van Dyke

“I did a 'Love Boat!' And based on my trip on the 'Love Boat,' I said, 'I'd just as soon not do 'Fantasy Island.''”

Said Fantasy Boat Islands Love Boat

Author:Tom Hanks

“I did a 2 hour drive in a rental car to buy my new car from a larger city where it was significantly cheaper. After a house, the car is generally the next biggest purchase. The drive can save you thousands!”

House Car New Cheaper Drive Save Purchase Rental Thousands Larger

Author:Steven Magee

“I did a 22 Days Nutrition program. That's something I know works. Also, do at least an hour of cardio. Eat six meals a day. Meal, snack, meal, snack, meal, snack, meal. Small portions. No carbs, no dairy. You lose it fast and you'll be feeling amazing. It's something that we have to do and discipline ourselves.”

Knows Feelings Hours Loses Discipline Six Program Meals Portions Nutrition Dairy Snacks Cardio Carbs

Author:DJ Khaled

“I did a bit of modeling before I took up acting, and I was up for this big campaign - I can't remember which designer - and all these execs were looking at my portfolio. Then one said: 'We'd like to use you, but can you come back next year when you've lost this.' And he tapped the underside of his chin.”

Years Said I Can Use Bigs Remember Next Lost Bits Acting Campaigns Designer Modeling Next Year Chins Portfolios

Author:Rupert Penry-Jones

“I did a book in 1996, an overview of black history. In that process I became more aware of a lot of the black inventors of the 19th century.”

Book Process Black Century Black History Inventor 19th Century Overview

Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

“I did a Broadway show with Alan Alda and how much money can Alan Alda have.”

Shows Broadway Broadway Shows

Author:Alice Barrett

“I did a butterfly show in Berlin, and we had a guy who's an expert on butterflies; who bred them all and who looks after them all in the space.”

Looks Shows Guy Space Experts Butterfly Berlin

Author:Damien Hirst

“I did a cake for the 60th birthday of Elton John, for Britney Spears' 27th birthday and for the 'Circus' album she put out - the cake had circus themes. I prepared a cake for a surprise 82nd birthday event for the architect Frank Gehry; the cake was comprised of mini-replicas of his buildings.”

Events Building Prepared Surprise Albums Theme Birthday Cake Architect Frank Circus Spears 60th Birthday Replica

Author:Ron Ben-Israel

“I did a Clean & Clear commercial. I did a series of them. I used to be the Clean & Clear girl!”

Used Girl Clear Clean Series Used To Be

Author:Shantel VanSanten

“I did a club one night - the speakers were old as hell. My jokes were coming out in black and white.”

Night Black White Hell Jokes Clubs Coming Out Speakers Black And White One Night

Author:J. B. Smoove

“I did a commercial when I was, like, 5 or 6 years old for... what was it called?... Cabbage Patch Kids! That was the first thing I ever did. Little bit embarrassing.”

Years Firsts Littles Kids Bits Little Bit Embarrassing Patches Cabbage

Author:Logan Lerman

“I did a comparison of a school of architects known as the New York Five. I compared their articulation of wall surfaces, which I enjoyed very much”

School Known Five New York Wall Surface Enjoyed Comparison Architect Articulation

Author:Parker Stevenson

“I did a complete rewrite of 650 pages in two weeks.”

Two Week Pages Two Weeks

Author:Anne Perry

“I did a concert at five years old in the garden of one of the church members, and we raised some money to buy a new piano in our little church.”

Years Littles Church Five Members Garden Raised Piano Five Years Concerts Five Year Olds Church Members

Author:Al Jarreau

“I did a concert... in September with the Berlin Philharmonic... They're great musicians, and there's always something to learn from them.”

Musician Concerts September Berlin Great Music Great Musician

Author:Cecilia Bartoli

“I did a couple comedies to balance myself as an actor and balance how audiences see Donnie Yen as an actor, and I would even say as a celebrity or icon, to some fans. I want to show that I'm not Terminator.”

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Author:Donnie Yen

“I did a couple of American Express commercials.”

Couple American Express

Author:Jason Dohring

“I did a couple of little Off-Broadway things, but my first Broadway show was A History Of The American Film, written by Chris Durang. Swoosie Kurtz was one of the stars. It was a wonderful show. It closed in 40 performances. I think it was kind of ahead of its time.”

Thinking Firsts Kind Littles Shows Film Stars Wonderful Written Couple Performances Broadway American Film Broadway Shows

Author:Brent Spiner

“I did a couple of plays in junior high school, maybe high school, and then I did a play in college.”

Play School College Couple High School Juniors Junior High High School Junior

Author:Jodie Foster

“I did a couple of writing seminars in Canada with high school kids. These were the bright kids; they all have computers, but they can't spell. Because spell-check won't [help] you if you don't know through from threw. I told them, "If you can read in the 21st century, you own the world." Because you learn to write from reading.”

Ifs Knows World Writing Helping Kids School Reading Century Couple Computer High School Checks Canada Spells 21st Century Seminars Spell Check

Author:Stephen King

“I did a couple songs with this hip-hop guy named Tim Dark. He was working in the same studio I've been working in, he heard my music and he said, aw man, I've got to do something with you.”

Men Said Guy Song Dark Heard Couple Hip Hop Studios Hips Hops

Author:Alan Vega

“I did a cover for Rolling Stone the other day and it was a kind of crazy lack of outfit. I thought, "Oh, Lord. I'm never going to be Jane Austen in a film now!" 'Cause that's what I'd really like to do.”

Kind Film Causes Lord Crazy Stones Rolling Jane Rolling Stones Austen

Author:Rose McGowan

“I did a cover of the James Bond theme, and I felt like such a fraud, because the original is so good.”

Felt Originals Theme Fraud

Author:Moby

“I did a dance sequence in my second short film, which was my best short film, called 'Hairway to the Stars,' and I think Chris Wink, the founder of Blue Man Group, was in that. It's a black-and-white dance sequence. We were Glorious Food waiters together.”

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Author:David O. Russell

“I did a different production with a different director and Bill Pullman. Oleanna - the one you saw - we were doing right after Bourne Identity or right after it came out.”

Different Saws Identity Directors Bills Productions Doing Right Bourne Bourne Identity

Author:Julia Stiles

“I did a different size of photograph at the FIAT gallery - this time the images are 30" by 40," so they're maybe like four times the size of images I've shown before in a gallery. I just saw them now, and once they're in the mat and the frame, they're just beautiful. It's funny because even though it's closer to life-sized, to me anyway, they become not necessarily anymore about the person, but they almost become a little more heroic.”

Different Beautiful Photograph Heroic

Author:Scott Schuman

“I did a dozen superhero pinups. I signed them "Kirby/Royer" because it was Kirby's drawing. I didn't think I was committing some sort of sin.”

Thinking Sin Drawing Dozen Superhero Pinup

Author:Mike Royer

“I did a few more plays, and then I went to L.A., because I knew I could get a coaching job there.”

Play Jobs Majors Coaching

Author:Lee Majors

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