“I enjoy singing my songs in front of people. I enjoy being involved in making the artwork for albums and stupid stuff like that.” PeopleSongStuffEnjoyFrontsStupidInvolvedSingingAlbumsArtwork Author:Frank Ocean
“I started off dancing and playing sports, and I joined the drama stuff, the theatre stuff in middle school because my friends were involved, and it was kind of the cool thing to do.” KindSchoolStuffSportsMiddleInvolvedDramaMy FriendsDancingTheatreThings To DoMiddle SchoolCool ThingsPlaying Sports Author:Kara Lindsay
“I made a list of the happiest periods in my life, and I realized that none of them involved money. I realized that building stuff and being creative and inventive made me happy. Connecting with a friend and talking through the entire night until the sun rose made me happy. Trick-or-treating in middle school with a group of my closest friends made me happy. Eating a baked potato after a swim meet made me happy. Pickles made me happy.” MadeMotivationalSchoolNightStuffTalkingSunCreativeGroupsMiddleBuildingInvolvedPeriodsRoseListsI RealizedTricksClosestBe CreativeConnectingMiddle SchoolPicklesClosest Friends Author:Tony Hsieh
“I would always find a way to blow the deal and I'm not sure why. I think there was part of me that wasn't comfortable with monetizing the music and getting involved with royalties and all that kind of stuff.” ThinkingWayKindStuffDealsInvolvedComfortableBlowNot SureRoyalty Author:Oscar Isaac
“I love dancing, but I'm not that good of a singer. I sang in punk rock bands in high school and college and stuff, but that mostly involved lots of screaming.” SchoolStuffRocksCollegeInvolvedBandHigh SchoolDancingSingersPunkPunk RockRock Bands Author:Brian Dietzen
“I guess I was the most unbohemian of all bohemians. My bohemianism consisted of not wanting to get involved with the stupid stuff that I thought people wanted you to get involved with - ... namely America... Dwight Eisenhower, McCarthyism and all those great things.” PeopleWantedAmericaStuffStupidInvolvedGreat ThingsGet InvolvedMccarthyismDwightDwight Eisenhower Author:Amiri Baraka
“Even with college, the reason I wanted to go so badly is because I wanted to major in film. I want to take screenwriting classes and learn more about behind the scenes stuff, because I love people like Steve Carell and Kristen Wiig who are able to write a lot of their own material and be so involved in everything they do.” PeopleWantWritingReasonAbleWantedFilmStuffBehindsClassCollegeMaterialsInvolvedSceneMajorsBehind The ScenesScreenwriting Author:Miranda Cosgrove
“Executive producers don't have to do anything. Nor do any kind of producers. They just sit around on deck chairs watching stuff, and if it gets cold, they leave. Actually I suppose as a producer you've got to be involved in helping out with solving problems.” IfsKindHelpingProblemStuffColdInvolvedProducersChairsExecutivesProblem SolvingDeck Author:Russell Brand
“I collect puppet stuff. I have a puppet workshop in my garage. I was looking for any opportunity to be able to get very creatively involved in that world.” WorldAbleOpportunityStuffInvolvedPuppetsGarageWorkshops Author:Neil Patrick Harris
“I love being involved in all of the creative stuff; I love talking ideas with directors. Anyone with an imagination can create something fun.” IdeasFunStuffImaginationLove IsTalkingCreativeInvolvedDirectors Author:Brendon Urie
“The problem with prime beef is that there are so many people out there selling offal. So you don't know when you're going eat a shitty gangster movie. Because everybody knows there's good stuff to be involved in.” PeopleKnowsProblemStuffInvolvedSellingPrimeGangstersBeefGangster MovieOffal Author:Tom Hardy
“I think I'm good with actors. I like directing actors. I also like to show up and just do an acting gig. Where I'm just a hired gun, I don't have to have an opinion on anything.I never got involved in all this stuff because I wanted to control stuff; I got involved in writing and producing because I wasn't getting interesting acting gigs. In a way I'm grateful that I didn't get interesting roles, because it made me pull my finger out and do some work.” ThinkingWayWritingMadeShowsWantedActorsStuffInterestingActingOpinionRolesInvolvedGunGratefulFingersGigsDirecting Actors Author:Steve Coogan
“I like to get into a lot of things besides movies. I've been very involved with a few specific efforts. We built this park in New York and it's been a very successful project... I worked on a conservation project in East Africa... Too much of this type of stuff can get you wrapped up in your own work and I love it.” StuffEffortSuccessfulToo MuchNew YorkTypeInvolvedProjectsBuiltEastParksConservationEast Africa Author:Edward Norton
“I like to think that I differ from other interviewers in the sense that I hide my agenda more successfully, and I'm more open to hearing stuff that is surprising and unexpected. That I'm actually involved in an investigation, through monologue, at times.” ThinkingStuffInvolvedHearingUnexpectedAgendasSurprisingInvestigationMonologuesInterviewers Author:Errol Morris
“Well, I think that's been my career. I always choose stuff that's the same, yet different. These projects just happened. I didn't plan it out that way. I just happened to be free, and the director, Dan Pritzker, decided to do his film again. I say again because we did it seven years ago. A lot of the actors were not available, so he just couldn't wait anymore and he recast everything. Me and two other characters are the only people involved with the new one, who were involved with the previous one.” PeopleThinkingWayYearsWellsTwoDifferentCharacterFilmActorsStuffWaitingCareersPlansHappenedInvolvedDirectorsProjectsYears AgoDecidedSevenAvailableSeven Years Author:Michael Rooker
“I love all of the government conspiracy stuff. I love all of the shady backroom White House dealings that are going on, and all of the politics involved. That kind of stuff is just fascinating to me.” KindGovernmentHouseStuffWhiteInvolvedFascinatingWhite HouseConspiracyDealingsShady Author:Michael Graziadei
“I happened to write a book about the stuff I've been involved in over the years. It just so happened that my profession is that I was a cop in the New York City Police Department. I guess people thought it was pretty interesting to have these two things meshed together. My life is pretty boring, I don't know why they're doing this. It's fun.” PeopleKnowsWritingYearsTwoBookTogetherLife IsFunStuffInterestingCitiesHappenedNew YorkInvolvedPoliceBoringProfessionTwo ThingsDepartmentNew York CityCopPolice Department Author:Ralph Sarchie
“The NYPD never really had anything to do with it. This is stuff I did on my own time. It just so happened to be that I was a cop for my career. It was my religious belief. The NYPD very wisely stayed away from that. I was grateful that they let me do what I needed to do without getting involved because when you're a cop the NYPD controls you 24/7.” BeliefStuffReligiousMy OwnCareersHappenedNeededInvolvedLet MeGratefulCopReligious BeliefVery WiseNypd Author:Ralph Sarchie
“Ang [Lee] gave us a lot of books about cowboys who had been gay or stories about it and all that stuff. And I just talked to a lot of my friends - who [was] their first, particularly same-sex, first situation. That was fascinating to me - trying to learn what that was in a certain period of time. Certain age. The secrecy involved in it. All those things.” TryingFirstsBookStoriesAgeCertainSexStuffSituationInvolvedPeriodsGayMy FriendsFascinatingCowboySecrecy Author:Jake Gyllenhaal
“The critics try to intellectualize my material. There's no satire involved. Satire is a concept that can only be understood by adults. My stuff is straight, for people of all ages.” PeopleTryingAgeStuffMaterialsInvolvedUnderstoodConceptsAdultsCriticsSatire Author:Andy Kaufman
“I've done animated TV stuff, but I'd never done animated film work, which is much more involved and much more labor intensive. The animators are much more meticulous and detailed. It's just been really fun and really satisfyingly creative.” DoneFilmFunStuffCreativeTvsInvolvedLaborAnimatedAnimatorMeticulousAnimated Films Author:Ty Burrell
“Whoever calls and asks me to do stuff and obviously, with having your own TV show, people want you to get involved. They know you're a stand-up comedian so they're always looking for somebody funny to host an event.” PeopleKnowsWantShowsAsksStuffEventsTvsInvolvedComedianAsk MeHostTv ShowsGet InvolvedStand Up Comedian Author:Chelsea Handler
“Of course it's possible for political essays to be artful. I just want to call into question the dominance of content over form in the history of the essay. I want us to recognize that there's art involved in making this stuff, because we still don't approach the constructed nature of the essay with the same appreciation that we do poetry or fiction.” WantArtStillsFormPoliticalCoursesStuffFictionInvolvedApproachAppreciationEssaysWant UDominance Author:John D'Agata
“I just love all the details about movies, and it's fun to be involved in everything. I just love it. It's just a little added fun thing to be consulted about stuff.” LittlesFunStuffInvolvedDetailsFun Things Author:Geena Davis
“I just trust the people involved. Marvel and DC for the last 16 years - is that 90 percent of the time it's incredible top talent. Like, this is what makes it different from the pre-2000 superhero movies. I would say, except Tim Burton and Richard Donner, it was generally, comic book movies were done by guys who weren't that into the material and people who didn't really respect the stuff. But as everything, whether it's Wolverine, X-Men, Avengers, Batman, all these things, it's just been done by top-tier people. I have total confidence that they'll continue that tradition of being great.” PeopleMenYearsBookDifferentDoneLastsGuyStuffTalentMaterialsInvolvedPercentTraditionIncrediblesComicComic BookSuperheroX MenAvengers Author:Mark Millar
“I'm a project guy, but when my list of things to do gets too long or involved, it can stress me out to the point of catatonia. So I focus on the small stuff first and keep the larger picture as motivation - but not so close that it overwhelms.” FirstsLongMotivationGuyStuffFocusInvolvedProjectsStressListsThings To DoSmall Stuff Author:Michael Lomenda
“I guess as I get older, I'm kind of getting drawn to the things that I really love the most, which is trying to figure out ways of blending politics with humor, and making it interesting. So I don't know if anybody's interested in this stuff, but I like it, so I get involved with it.” IfsKnowsWayTryingKindStuffInterestingFiguresInvolvedGet Involved Author:Rob Reiner
“I don't know. I don't go around looking at my pictures. I sometimes think I'm a mechanic. I just take pictures. When the time comes, for whatever reason, I get involved in editing and getting some prints made and stuff. There are things that interest me. But I don't really mull over them a lot.” ThinkingKnowsMadeSometimesReasonStuffInterestInvolvedPrintEditingMechanicGet Involved Author:Garry Winogrand
“Gord [Downie] does so much Waterkeeper stuff. They were involved in [protesting clearcuts at] Clayoquot Sound [in the early '90s]. It's hard sometimes to use the capital you have as a beloved rock band and put it to various causes, especially when they're a bit more controversial, like energy issues.” DoeSometimesHardUseEnergyCausesStuffBitsSoundIssuesRocksInvolvedBandVariousBelovedControversialRock Bands Author:Sarah Harmer
“When you start searching for your name, you might be thrilled with what a lot of people say and it just takes one person. And it can hurt your feelings, but I have been aware of the fan bases and stuff like that and realize how deeply involved they are.” PeoplePersonsHas BeensFeelingsMightNamesStuffRealizingHurtFansInvolvedBases Author:Kevin Costner
“We only work the most I ever work is three days a week. Very rare that I will work four. If I'm involved in a scenario where they need me to be in it, I don't mind. They always work around my childrens schedule, their sports, and stuff like that. Thats been very important to me.” IfsNeedsMindChildrenImportantThreeStuffSportsFourWeekInvolvedMy ChildrenSchedulesScenarios Author:Ric Flair
“We [with Neal Dodson and Corey Moosa] were constantly looking for features and looking for ways to get involved with people who were making stuff.” PeopleWayStuffInvolvedFeaturesGet Involved Author:Zachary Quinto
“There's so much kind of bureaucracy involved with the whole concept of net neutrality and like technical stuff.” KindWholeStuffInvolvedConceptsBureaucracyNeutralityNet Neutrality Author:Terry Gross
“I've been involved in lots of comic book stuff; I've done numerous films based on comic books and TV shows.” BookDoneShowsFilmStuffTvsInvolvedComicComic BookTv Shows Author:Jeffrey Dean Morgan
“I don't get into politics. I know [Donald] Trump, but I don't follow that. That's just an aside for him when he has nothing else to say. He never involved me in any of that stuff.” KnowsStuffTrumpInvolved Author:Don Rickles
“I went to my first show [of the Grateful Dead], got right up front and never left. The incredible excitement, the family, the spirit, the hope, the happiness, all the different things I love and live for in life are there. The joy, the optimism, the teamwork, the experimentation, the exploration, the curiosity. No band has inspired more artwork, no band has inspired more books. No band has ever inspired a more loyal following and I'm involved in all of that stuff.” FirstsBookDifferentShowsJoySpiritLeftStuffFrontsInvolvedBandOptimismGratefulInspiredCuriosityIncrediblesFollowingExcitementDifferent ThingsExplorationTeamworkLoyalExperimentationArtworkThings I Love Author:Bill Walton
“At 15 [my father] revolted against his father like any teenager, and said, "I'm out of here! What are you doing to me?" He thought he wouldn't be involved in that kind of stuff for the rest of his life. He just wanted to make money. He was one of those people who took over the family responsibility. His own father was pretty irresponsible with money and borrowed from people all the time.” PeopleKindSaidWantedFatherStuffResponsibilityInvolvedMaking MoneyTeenagerIrresponsibleBorrowedFamily Responsibility Author:Paul Laffoley
“At one time in the mid-'70s I became the president of the Boston-Cambridge chapter of the World Future Society. Because I'd been in my studio by myself since 1968 on up. And the thing is that my social life consisted of being involved in organizations like that. I would get people to come and speak, and speak myself and that kind of stuff.” PeopleWorldKindSpeakSocialStuffPresidentInvolvedOrganizationStudiosOne TimeChaptersBostonSocial LifeCambridgeFuture Society Author:Paul Laffoley