“There was a time when I could walk down the street, Hollywood Boulevard or Beverly Drive, and somebody would come up to you and they would say, "Excuse me," and you'd barely hear them, and you'd turn around and you'd say, "Yeah, how you doing?" and they'd say, "I'm really sorry to bother you, but my aunt is a big fan of yours, and would you mind terribly if you'd just sign this paper," or whatever it is, and you're happy to do that, and the people are pretty nice about it.” PeopleIfsMindBigsTurnsWalksNiceFansStreetsPaperHollywoodYeahSorryCome UpExcuseBotherAuntUp To YouExcuse MeBoulevard Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“People sometimes say, "Isn't it boring, isn't it always the same? It's the same lines." I go, "Well, do you play tennis? Because that's the best analogy I can give." If you go out eight times and play tennis eight times this week, yeah it's the same rules but it's a different game every time you're out on that court.And that's the best analogy I can come up with the theater.” PeopleIfsGivingWellsI CanDifferentSometimesPlayGamesLinesWeekTheaterYeahCourtCome UpBoringEightTennisAnalogies Author:Kevin Spacey
“There is something, yeah, I mean traditionally it's more fun to play bad guys than it is good guys and when you're playing a bad guy, yeah, the fun in it is to see how scary you can be, how horrible you can be. And it's surprising what you come up with.” MeanPlayGuyFunYeahCome UpScaryHorribleSurprisingBad GuysGood Guy Author:Bill Nighy
“All kids draw and write poetry and everything, and some of us last until we're about eighteen, but most drop off at about twelve when some guy comes up and says, "You're no good." That's all we get told all our lives. "You haven't got the ability. You're a cobbler." It happened to all of us, but if somebody had told me all my life, "Yeah, you're a great artist," I would have been a more secure person.” IfsWritingPersonsHas BeensDifferentKidsLastsArtistGuyAbilityOur LivesHappenedHavensDrawsYeahCome UpSecureTwelveGreat ArtEighteenBeing DifferentGreat ArtistCobblers Author:John Lennon
“The arresting officer, who I had literally known, all my life. You know what I mean? This guy lived four doors down the street me, in a town of less than four hundred people. *We've met.* Now, he takes me to jail, and he asks me if I have any aliases. And I was just being a smartass, and I said, "Yeah. They call me, "Tater Salad!" Seventeen years later, I'm handcuffed on a bench in New York with blood coming out of my nose, and this cop goes, "Are you Ron 'Tater Salad' White?"” PeopleIfsKnowsYearsMeanSaidFunnyGuyAsksWhiteKnownComedyFourDoorsBloodMetsTownsYeahCome UpAsk MeNosesStationsCall MeOfficersComing OutCopJust BeingThis GuySaladBenchesSeventeenArrestingSmartassAliases Author:Ron White
“The love of writing comes at a very early age. For me, for instance, comic books so affected me. And a lot of people who come up to me and start talking about writing, when I start talking to them about the "Fantastic Four," they look at me aghast. They say, "'The Fantastic Four?' That's not literature." I say, "Yeah, but it was when I was 11 years old." This was literature.” PeopleWritingYearsLooksBookAgeLiteratureTalkingFourYeahCome UpInstanceComicFantasticAffectedComic BookLook At MeAghastFantastic Four Author:Walter Mosley
“Yeah. My singing and my songs were very influenced by all of that. People would come up to me and ask, Is that a Billie Holiday song? I'd say, No, it's my song. The lyrics would be in my style, but the songs would be very jazzy.” PeopleWould BeSongAsksStyleSingingYeahCome UpHoliday Author:Regina Spektor
“The three auto companies in the United States, they're all scrambling to come up with a plan, some way to reinvent themselves. Well this week Ford did its part. Ford unveiled a new hybrid, the Ford Fusion, which will get almost 40 miles to the gallon. Isn't that amazing? Yeah, and when asked how much it would cost, a spokesman for Ford said, '$25 billion.' They just want that money; they don't care. That's without mud flaps.” WayWantWellsSaidStatesCareThreeUnitedCompanyUnited StatesPlansWeekCostYeahCome UpDon't CareBillionsMilesMudHybridFusionGallons Author:Conan O'Brien
“I just feel like I'm an artist that still has set a standard for artists that come up to follow and be like...So, yeah, I guess I'm a legend somewhat, I guess in my own right, but I still got a long ways to go.” WayFeelsLongStillsArtistMy OwnStandardsYeahCome UpLegendsLong WayLong Way To Go Author:Ginuwine
“I'm trying to steal from everybody. So yeah, there's cats that I'm personally affiliated with - Carl Franklin, Paul Thomas Anderson - and others that I don't know personally but their work I'm a big admirer of, like Martin Scorsese. But I'm hoping to come up with a language that is mine, that's specific to my take on this material.” KnowsTryingBigsLanguageMinesMaterialsCatYeahCome UpStealingFranklinAdmirerScorsese Author:Don Cheadle
“I don't know about immortal, but I must say that to me to touch more women and to have them understand friendships is important. I've had girls come up to me who said, "Yeah, after I saw 'Beaches' I called up my friend Denise who I was really mad at. She got me so aggravated and I called her and we made up." So if I could do that with this new release, yes, that would be very pleasing to me because, hey, it's a tough world. You need friends out there.” IfsKnowsWorldNeedsMadeSaidImportantWould BeGirlSawsMy FriendsToughYeahMadCome UpReleaseHeyBeachIf I CouldImmortalFriend In NeedAggravatedTough World Author:Garry Marshall
“If somebody comes up and they're African American as Mike is, and they're extremely talented as Mike is, they say, "Oh, yeah, he's the next ..." I think that it points to disparity.” IfsThinkingNextYeahCome UpAfrican AmericanMikeDisparity Author:Michael B. Jordan
“I'm not that complicated as an actor. I have a formula in which I work, yeah. But not like Sean Penn does. Sean is one of the few actors I know who can work like that, actually becoming the character he is playing, and get consistent results. I don't believe you can ever be someone else. You manifest different levels of your own personality to come up with a character.” KnowsBelieveDoeDifferentCharacterActorsLevelsResultsPersonalityBecomingYeahDon't BelieveCome UpComplicatedConsistentManifestFormulasBelieve You CanSeanDifferent LevelsI Don't Believe You Author:Kiefer Sutherland
“I never got along with my dad. Kids used to come up to me and say, 'My dad can beat up your dad.' I'd say 'Yeah? When?'” HumorMotivationalKidsFunnyUsedComedyDadBeatsYeahMy DadCome UpYour DadFunny Fathers DayRevolutionary IdeasFunny FatherFunny Happy Fathers DayFunny Dad Author:Bill Hicks
“Taking a deep breath that smelled of rain, she was poised to move when a hand clasped her elbow. Memories of another hand grabbing her sent panic shooting through her veins. She swung around. "Whoa. You okay?" Lucas lightened his clasp around her arm. Kylie caught her breath and stared up at the werewolf's blue eyes. "Yeah. You just...surprised me. You need to whistle when you come up on me.” NeedsHandsEyeMovingMemoriesArmsRainOkayBreathsBlueYeahCaughtCome UpShootingPanicVeinsWerewolfBlue EyesElbowsDeep BreathGrabbing Author:C.C. Hunter