“I do have a stunt double because there are certain things that they won't let me do. Like they won't set fire to me. They won't like let me jump off a 20 story building. There are certain big stunts that it's just impossible to get insurance to let me do, but for the most part I'd say I do probably 75% of my stuff.” StoriesBigsCertainStuffFireImpossibleBuildingLet MeGet Insurance Author:Alex O'Loughlin
“My agent in London told me, after Never Let Me Go, because I loved doing that so much, "If you're on a lucky streak and you're doing well, you should only take a part, if you can't bear the idea of anyone else doing it." That's been the case since then, with Drive and Shame and the play (The Seagull), and the stuff that's going on, like Gatsby. I would have been devastated, if I hadn't gotten those jobs.” IfsShouldWellsHas BeensIdeasPlayJobsStuffCasesBearsLuckyLet MeShameLondonAgentsStreaksDevastatedLet Me GoSeagullNever Let Me Go Author:Carey Mulligan
“My dad's cool with that kind of stuff. He always wanted me to do my best. I'm quite dyslexic in school. My dad let me figure out what I wanted to do on my own. My parents never really lecture me.” KindWantedSchoolStuffParentMy OwnFiguresDadLet MeMy DadLecturesDyslexic Author:Georgia May Jagger
“I have this mistress: show business. I get a lot of love and adulation from outside, and [my wife] lets me have that, while she does all the real-life stuff that counts making sure the kids are going to school and all that. I married a saint well, a saint who curses.” WellsDoeRealShowsKidsSchoolStuffWifeMarriedLet MeSaintMy WifeReal LifeCurseShow BusinessMistressAdulation Author:Ray Romano
“I started acting when I was about nine. I always wanted to get into acting since I was really little but my parents would never let me because they'd heard all the bad stuff about being in the business as a young actor and stuff like that.” LittlesWantedYoungActorsStuffParentActingHeardLet MeNineYoung ActorsBad Stuff Author:Josh Hutcherson
“I came away from 'Saturday Night Live' feeling very well represented. I felt, and I still feel like, they let me do so much stuff that I wanted to do. Stuff that I almost didn't even know what it was.” KnowsFeelsWellsStillsFeelingsWantedNightFeltStuffLet MeSaturdaySaturday NightSaturday Night Live Author:Fred Armisen
“I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.” KnowsStuffTravelLet MeDeterminedAmbitious Author:Rachel Stevens
“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
“My wife, trying to be helpful, goes to the grocery store and buys this stuff called soy bacon. Let me tell you something: I know soy beans are good for a lot of things. Let's stay out of the bacon market! It says It looks and tastes like real bacon! No it doesn't! It tastes like somebody bacon-flavored a turd, that's what it tastes like!” KnowsTryingLooksRealStuffWifeTasteLet MeMy WifeStoresHelpfulGroceriesBeansGrocery StoresSoyTurds Author:Bill Engvall
“A good use for me is to let me go away with my sewing machine and come back with some really new stuff.” UseStuffMachinesLet MeGoing AwaySewingLet Me GoNew Stuff Author:Betsey Johnson
“When people get together that come from different musical backgrounds, a lot of times there's is a good ... it's very enjoyable to say somebody, let me turn you on to some things, and the other person does the same thing. And they play you stuff that maybe you weren't that familiar with and likewise.” PeoplePersonsDoeDifferentPlayTogetherTurnsStuffLet MeMusicalBackgroundsFamiliarEnjoyableGet Together Author:Robbie Robertson
“My wife keeps me sharp. You know, she ain't going to let me get comfortable with this "Ice Cube" stuff.” KnowsStuffWifeComfortableLet MeMy WifeIceCubes Author:Ice Cube
“In L.A., I called every scrap yard and surplus place that was listed, about 50 or 60 places, and only at one of them did the owner get intrigued and let me go around the yard to find stuff. Because the insurance regulations are such that you can't go into the places anymore.” StuffLet MeOwnersRegulationYardsScrapIntriguedSurplusLet Me Go Author:Z'EV
“There are always so many things happening [to us] at one time. We read Isherwood's A Single Man in class, and we had to ask: How is he talking about all this stuff: teaching, being lonely, all his memories, all at the same time? He's telling us: This is where my head is at, let me be straightforward. And of course, try be artful about it.” MenTryingCoursesAsksStuffMemoriesTalkingClassTeachingHappeningsLonelyLet MeThings HappenOne TimeStraightforwardBeing LonelySingle Man Author:Paul Beatty
“I always messed around with makeup. From a very early age, my mom would let me play with hers, and my grandma, and my aunts and stuff were always like, 'Let me put lipstick on her!' that they'd have in their purse. But I think just from a very young age I've had fun with makeup.” ThinkingPlayAgeYoungFunStuffMomLet MeMy MomMakeupAuntYoung AgeGrandmaPursesLipstickMy GrandmaHad Fun Author:Zoe Kravitz
“I have the mohawk,even though people still call it the mohawk I say "I don't wanna be disrespectful to the Mohican Indians but there is a tribe in Africa called the Mandinka warriors." They're in the west coast of Africa in the country of Mali.I was reading National Geographic Magazine back in 1977, and I saw the warrior standing there with his spear and his beads around his neck and whatnot and the stuff on his ankles. That was what gave me the idea, I said "Wow, let me bring respect to them," so basically what I wear is called a Mandinka cut.” PeopleSaidStillsIdeasCountryReadingStuffSawsCuttingStandingLet MeWestMagazinesWarriorNecksWowTribesCoastSpearsAnklesStanding ThereBeadsDisrespectfulWest CoastNational GeographicMaliMohawks Author:Mr. T
“I, myself, have killed six people. All random, all undetected, no way to trace them to me. And, let me tell you, there's nothin' like it. It's a great feeling. Yeah, I know, you're thinking. 'Aw, he's a comedian. He's just sayin' that stuff.' Good. That's exactly what I want you to think.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayWantFeelingsStuffSixLet MeYeahComedianI Want YouGreat FeelingsJust Sayin Book:3 x Carlin: An Orgy of George including Brain Droppings, Napalm and Silly Putty, and When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? Source: 3 x Carlin: An Orgy of George including Brain Droppings, Napalm and Silly Putty, and When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?
“Face it, you stupid little cookie maker,” Jenks said, almost sounding fond, “in the last couple of days you’ve seen what it’s like to be in a family, with all the touchy tempers and irritation that goes on. Now you get to see the other side, where we do stupid stuff for each other just because we like you. Rache is the little sister. Ivy’s the big sister. I’m the uncle from out of state, and you’re the rich nephew no one likes but we put up with you anyway because we feel sorry for you. Just let me help, huh? It won’t kill you.” FeelsLittlesSaidStatesHelpingBigsLastsFacesStuffSidesRichStupidLike YouGoes OnCoupleLet MeSorryLikesMakersTemperUnclesCookiesIvyIrritationNephewLittle SisterBig SisterTouchyFeel Sorry For You Author:Kim Harrison
“As a physician and as a pilot, I think it lets me be a pretty good translator having one foot in the medical world and one foot in the flying world. Sometimes when the medical guys come in and speak medical stuff to the pilots, the pilots really don't know what they're saying.” ThinkingKnowsWorldSometimesGuySpeakStuffFeetLet MeMedicalFlyingPilotsPhysiciansTranslators Author:David M. Brown