“When I was a little kid, I wanted to be, like, you know, a movie star, you know? Or, I always have interest in movie, you know? Because I like the visual aspect of the movies, et cetera.” KnowsLittlesKidsWantedStarsInterestLike YouAspectVisualsLittle KidMovie Star Author:Tommy Wiseau
“I identify myself as an actor, because I feel like you don't go to the doctress, you go to the doctor; it doesn't matter what the gender is. I think actresses worry about eyelashes and cellulite, and women who are actors worry about the characters we are playing. A separate category is another way of making us a special-interest group.” ThinkingWayFeelsMatterCharacterActorsInterestWorryGroupsSpecialLike YouDoctorsGenderActressesCategoriesAnother WaySpecial InterestsEyelashesInterest GroupsCelluliteSpecial Interest Groups Author:Alfre Woodard
“Girls didn't really take much interest in me until I was about 14. But I knew how to talk to them very quickly. What I figured out - that my friends didn't - was you have to talk to women like you're not constantly trying to have sex with them. That seemed to work.” TryingGirlSexInterestLike YouMy Friends Author:James McAvoy
“When you are truly interested in other people, you will learn what they are interested in and if they have a need for your product. If they like you, and most people like folks who take an interest in them, they'll help you find people who do need what you have to sell, even if they don't.” PeopleIfsNeedsHelpingInterestProductsLike YouSellsFolks Author:Zig Ziglar
“I certainly do believe that a lot of comedy comes from awkwardness and embarrassment - pointing out the ways things are uncomfortable. Definitely the stuff that interests me. I don't necessarily think that comedy comes from a dark place, like you have to be a strung-out heroin addict. But I don't think it comes from happiness, that's for sure. It comes from frustration and suppressed rage, and wishing the world were different.” ThinkingWorldWayBelieveDifferentHappinessWishStuffInterestDarkComedyLike YouRageUncomfortableFrustrationAddictPointingEmbarrassmentHeroinDark PlacesAwkwardness Author:Christian Finnegan
“What interests me in [Lincoln in the Bardo] is a slight perverse balance between the sublime and the grotesque. Like you could have landed only on the sublime. But my argument is that the sublime couldn't exist without this other half.” InterestHalfLike YouBalanceArgumentSublimeOther HalfGrotesque Author:Zadie Smith