“My family believe you should never be flashy about anything. Maybe that handicapped me a little bit, that extreme humility.” ShouldBelieveLittlesBitsHumilityLittle BitMy FamilyExtremesHandicappedFlashy Author:Kelly Reilly
“I dabbled a little bit in acting in high school and then I forgot about it completely. And then at about twenty-five I went to a class. I don't think anybody in my family thought it was an intelligent choice. I don't think anybody thought I'd succeed, which is understandable. I think they were just happy that I was doing something.” ThinkingLittlesSchoolChoicesBitsActingClassSucceedLittle BitHigh SchoolMy FamilyIntelligent Author:James Gandolfini
“Sometimes my family thinks I've made my childhood a bit more Dickensian than it was, and it probably wasn't all that bad. But I was uncomfortable as a kid.” ThinkingMadeSometimesKidsBitsChildhoodMy FamilyUncomfortable Author:Tracy Letts
“I think because I have quite a normal family and I'm bored with how normal my family is. I want to mess stuff up a bit. I chose the messed up characters because I find that that's acting. I want to explore emotions that you otherwise wouldn't be able to explore.” WantCharacterAbleStuffBitsActingEmotionNormalMy FamilyMessBoredMessed UpNormal Family Author:Chloe Grace Moretz
“That is one of the first things my family, my mother and my grandfather, had taught me about acting: Use your eyes! Not being able to do that physical aspect of it, and having to put it all into your voice? That was a little bit of a challenge.” FirstsLittlesUseEyeAbleMotherBitsVoiceChallengesActingTaughtLittle BitAspectMy FamilyGrandfatherMy Grandfather Author:Keith Coogan
“I am quite international. My background, born in Turkey. My family is a Jewish family from Iran, so I went from Turkey to Iran to Israel, and then grew up in Italy and ended up in U.S. for graduate school. So I tend to look at things from an international perspective, and I think that gives you a little bit of a broader view of what's going on.” ThinkingGivingLooksLittlesSchoolBitsBornViewsPerspectiveGrewLittle BitGrew UpMy FamilyInternationalIsraelBackgroundsIranGraduatesTurkeysGraduate SchoolJewish Family Author:Nouriel Roubini
“If you're on a date and somebody comes up and says, "Oh, I loved you in Harry Potter," it's a bit weird, because you suddenly start thinking, "Oh, God. Is this weird for the other person I'm here with, or is this weird for my family?" But generally speaking, I don't really think because I was thrown into it so young and kind of always had that, it's just something you get used to. And most of the time... It was interesting.” IfsThinkingKindPersonsYoungUsedBitsInterestingMy FamilyCome UpThrownHarry PotterPottersI Loved You Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“No, I like normal life but I will go crazy if I'm not working. I'll say to my mom, "I'm going crazy! I'm going stir crazy!" I love my house. I love my family. I love my animals. Sometimes, I just want to work whether its on location here in Michigan or back in LA. I just want to work, work, work. It's what I want to do with the rest of my life so, yes, I do go a little bit crazy when I'm not working.” IfsWantLittlesSometimesHouseBitsAnimalCrazyMomNormalLittle BitMy FamilyMy MomWorking ItLocationNormal LifeMichiganGoing CrazyLove My FamilyI Love My FamilyStir Crazy Author:Joey King
“I think I've got a responsibility to be home a little bit more, be available to my family a little bit more and do some things to help make our country better. I don't know what that is right now, but we'll see.” ThinkingKnowsLittlesCountryHelpingHomeBitsResponsibilityRight NowLittle BitMy FamilyAvailableOur Country Author:Tony Dungy
“My family thought if I spent time in the military, I'd become more reasonable, a bit calmer. But I've always been extreme in what I do - both as a believer and a nonbeliever.” IfsBitsMilitaryMy FamilyExtremesBelieverReasonableCalmer Author:Shahin Najafi
“My family do not think I'm special - not one, one bit.” ThinkingBitsSpecialMy Family Author:Sophie Monk
“It's no secret that my family was very, very poor, and I don't want that for my life or my children's life certainly. But some might say I could relax a bit more and know that that's not going to happen to me. I'm not going to end up in a car.” KnowsWantChildrenEndsMightHappensBitsPoorSecretCarMy FamilyMy ChildrenRelax Author:Anne Heche
“I'm not a kid. You don't get in this business for anonymity. It's not like I have posters of myself on the wall, but at the same time, I'm kind of ready for a little bit of it, but I worry for my little one, and my family - their privacy. That's what I'm more protective of.” KindLittlesKidsBitsBusinessWorryReadyWallLittle BitMy FamilyPrivacyProtectivePostersAnonymity Author:Hugh Jackman
“I just try to have a good time, enjoy my family, enjoy my life. I was having a blast when I was poor, and I'm having maybe a little bit more now that I've got something in the bank.” TryingLittlesBitsEnjoyPoorLittle BitMy FamilyGood TimesHaving A Good TimeBlast Author:Mark Cuban
“I don't want to die for a few pictures. I want to live for every sunrise I can clap my eyes on; I want to see my family get older; I want to see the world try and get a bit more peaceful and understanding, which unfortunately I don't think I'll ever see.” ThinkingWorldWantTryingI CanEyeDiesBitsUnderstandingMy FamilyPeacefulSunriseWanting To Die Author:Don McCullin
“I just want to move forward with what I love to do. I also love to travel and I love my family. If I have a gig and I'm going to do that, great. If not, I'll go visit my family or do a bit of traveling. I try to keep life full, in every way.” IfsWayWantTryingMovingBitsMy FamilyMoving ForwardGigsLove My FamilyI Love My Family Author:Tracy Spiridakos
“I was born in St. Louis and lived in Pittsburgh for a bit, before my family moved to Nigeria, where they're from. We lived there for three or four years and came back to the States when I was about ten. I realised that I'd gone from place to place not fitting in. The thing that helped me fit in when moving around and not having a ton of friends was that I could make art. That was the through-line.” YearsArtStatesMovingThreeBitsBornLinesGoneFourFitTenMy FamilyMovedFour YearsRealisedFittingNigeriaPittsburghNot Fitting Author:Babatunde Adebimpe
“I'm very blessed, mainly because even though my family is mostly in show business, it's really centered around music. My parents were very successful in many ways, but they weren't necessarily top of the charts. We were never wealthy because of music. We always had to work and we always had to struggle a little bit, and I think at the end of the day that's been very good for me, because I have a sense of it being very ephemeral.” ThinkingWayLittlesEndsShowsBitsParentStruggleSuccessfulLittle BitMy FamilyBlessedVery GoodThe End Of The DayWealthyShow BusinessEphemeral Author:Rufus Wainwright
“My family isn't really all that different from anyone else's. Well, maybe they're a bit more entertaining.” WellsDifferentBitsFamilyMy FamilyEntertaining Book:David Sedaris Diaries: A Visual Compendium Source: David Sedaris Diaries: A Visual Compendium
“Each time I told my story, I lost a bit, the smallest drop of pain. It was that day that I knew I wanted to tell the story of my family. Because horror on Earth is real and it is every day. It is like a flower or like the sun; it cannot be contained.” RealStoriesWantedEarthPainLostBitsSunFlowerHorrorMy FamilySmallestLovely Bones Book:The Lovely Bones Source: The Lovely Bones
“I was hoping they would put up flyers like they do for lost cats." He said. "Missing, one stunningly attractive teenage boy. Answers to 'Jace' or 'hotstuff'." "You did not just say that." "You don't like 'hotstuff'? You think 'sweet cheeks' might be better? "Love crumpet'? Really? That last one's stretching it a bit. Though, technically my family is British-” ThinkingSaidMightLastsLostBitsAnswersBoysMissingSweetCatMy FamilyBritishAttractiveCheeksTeenageJaceStretchingFlyersCrumpets Author:Cassandra Clare
“There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit.” ProblemOrderThreeBitsMy FamilyBaseballSeasonsGod LoveThree ThingsFunny BaseballGreat BaseballInspirational BaseballMotivational BaseballBaseball LifeBaseball And LifeBest BaseballBaseball LoveBaseball Opening DayBaseball Season Author:Al Gallagher