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Related I don't know how people do it these days - paparazzi and that kind of thing. That's somethin... EDDIE VEDDER I don't even take myself seriously, so how could I possibly take Hollywood seriously? BRITTANY MURPHY The way that people show me love on Twitter? I don't know man. It's amazing. T-PAIN I admire people's marriages, and I think it's a wonderful thing to have, but I don't thi... LINDA RONSTADT It could be that people just want to be connected to something that's bigger than they are that ... DWIGHT SCHULTZ I take my work seriously, but I don't necessarily take myself seriously. WARIS AHLUWALIA The only thing I can do is act, but it's not something I even feel comfortable doing. It costs m... JAVIER BARDEM I think impersonation is a great art. It's something that I enjoy doing, in a frivolous and ligh... ANDREA RISEBOROUGH Maybe I don't take myself so seriously any more. And I don't care how I'm judged. I'... EMMA THOMPSON Some people, I think, think that because I don't take it as seriously as a lot of the girls do, ... CHRISSY TEIGEN I don't think it's that I don't like Sondheim. It's that I find it really... I don... IMELDA STAUNTON I love doing sketches, but I don't relish being by myself. That's not something I'm used... JANE LYNCH I've found a woman I can relate to. That's something - and I don't even feel sappy sayin... MARILYN MANSON What cracks me up is people who think I don't take baseball seriously. It's the most importa... BRADY ANDERSON I think it would collapse my heart if I was super famous. I don't have the nerve for it, I'm... BO BURNHAM There's not enough time in each day to really focus enough attention on any one thing, but I'... ALEX GUARNASCHELLI I don't know if that's a year's bad luck, or if that's how it works. But stealing a ... ADRIAN MCKINTY The wonderful thing about maths is it's a totally logical subject, and a pathway has been marked... MARCUS DU SAUTOY I give myself homework when I have an audition. I give myself goals, and that's how I check how ... LUPITA NYONG'O Even if I don't always behave as I should, this still doesn't explain why so many people hav... MARIO BALOTELLI I take everything very seriously, but I also take it lighthearted to recognize that you can't co... GUY FIERI I love comedy because I can laugh at myself. I don't take myself too seriously. DAVID ALAN BASCHE I can't be perfect for you, but you are perfect for me. ANTHONY T. HINCKS Some people are really proud of me, and some don't like it. I don't really know what to tell... BRYSON TILLER A lot of people don't know that I'm really a silly guy. I don't take anything seriously.... EVAN PETERS I can't control the criticism. It's something you certainly don't appreciate, but by the... DON SHULA I like sparseness. There's something about that minimalist feel that can make something have an ... BRITT DANIEL We may claim to believe in God, but we don't want to believe so much that it makes us different. CRAIG GROESCHEL I always love to look at something that I couldn't make, because I feel it's enlightening. I... JONATHAN ANDERSON What's overwhelmingly clear is 'Havana' didn't work for people, but why it didn'... SYDNEY POLLACK I guess one that wouldn't be obvious is - well, maybe it's super obvious, I can't tell -... KATE MICUCCI I don't want to be an artist that gets stuck doing one thing. I don't want to be an artist w... RYAN MCGINLEY I don't want to make any judgments, and I don't want to preach, but I'm hoping that marr... JONATHAN SILVERMAN I really do feel like I know myself, and I'm so happy to be by myself and I'm so happy to be... DREE HEMINGWAY Often, if there's something that I want to do, but somehow can't get myself to do, it's ... GRETCHEN RUBIN I love to get to that place where I don't know what kind of music I'm doing; I don't kno... ARIEL PINK I can't imagine myself doing something like 'Narnia' again. I would love to do something... WILLIAM MOSELEY Even now, at 82 years old, if I don't learn something every day, you know what I think? It's... B. B. KING I read fashion magazines all the time. It's fun, but I don't take it very seriously. BECKI NEWTON When you're walking at the airport, you're expected to smile at people because they know you... KATRINA KAIF Getting recognized and doing shoots and signing on partnerships and signing on deals, that's all... CARLI LLOYD The deal is that I hold myself to an extremely high standard, and it's a standard that can never... BILL GOLDBERG I don't know if it's naivete or just narcissism, but I start out with this notion that I can... MICHELLE PFEIFFER The special thing about 'Lost Girl' is it can be campy at times, but the show doesn't ta... RACHEL SKARSTEN Life is weird and wonderful like that, is it not. SONYA.E.WILLIAMS And I don't have any specific steps to take because I don't start the same way every time. B... BRUCE NAUMAN I think it's the most responsible thing you can do, to have kids. It's not something to be t... GEORGE CLOONEY You can't be that or that or that... but you can try to behave as that... So, what next!?... DEYTH BANGER My friends and family have been so well trained that they know I really mean it when I say that I do... RICHARD GREENBERG There must be a thread in everything I choose to take on, and I can't say it's a calculated ... NAOMI WATTS I just decided that I would not put my professional life on hold to raise children. I know that soun... EMMANUELLE BEART What I think is so amazing about having everything, and feeling like I have everything, is that I do... KYLIE JENNER He wasn't a great father. He was a great musician. That's always been a touchy one, and it w... JULIAN LENNON I'm always very uncomfortable with people. It's something that I get upset with myself for, ... NANCY MARCHAND I don't sense that I am someone's hero, though I'm happy when people like my work. I'... ALAN ARKIN A lot of people relate me to the blues but I don't think it's a hindrance at this point. I... PAUL BUTTERFIELD I am at my core a singer/songwriter a la James Taylor or a la Billy Joel. It's not that I don... BRIAN MCKNIGHT I can't help other people's frustrations. I don't owe people anything. If people would l... DAVID GILMOUR My foundations support people in the country who care about an open society. It's their work tha... GEORGE SOROS I really don't like to take the easy way out, if I can help it, on anything I do, I like to real... JACK WHITE I don't even know why, but I've just always done it - I don't walk on handicapped parkin... CHANTAL SUTHERLAND I think you can appreciate different interpretations. Art is not a contest. I can even appreciate he... JOSHUA BELL But I can please God CRAIG GROESCHEL I don't know how racists live with their racism. We need to take the road of love. I don't t... KENNY LEON I really - I don't take my work that seriously, and I think that's what keeps me loose. If I... ELMORE LEONARD I can't complain that I've had a public all through my writing life, but people don't qu... ALAN BENNETT I can say unequivocally that the boycott does not work. It's never complete enough to have impac... HELEN SUZMAN Well, all I can say is, it's a day-by-day program, and so I'm very worried about relapsing, ... JACK OSBOURNE I didn't know box office was a thing you could possess but I don't have it. I go up for love... OLIVIA WILLIAMS I really can't describe what my stand-up is like - people see it and they say it's like that... DYLAN MORAN I think that maybe that's my weakness, in that I don't know how to do it, so I just do what ... AARON ECKHART But here's the deal: If I were smart, I could figure out curling. If I were even smarter, I coul... BOB SCHIEFFER I don't know what leadership is. You can't touch it. You can't feel it. It's not tan... BOB EHRLICH I don't love the way I look. Nobody does, and if they do, I don't want to be that person'... TYLER JOSEPH I'd watch my parents work and think, 'Yeah, I'm going to do that.' It wasn't eve... DAKOTA JOHNSON To grieve is something extremely difficult, we don't even know how to begin to grieve, and I don... CHARLOTTE RAMPLING There are people that really live by doing the right thing, but I don't know what that is, I'... LOUIS C. K. I love comedy. That's what got me into the arts. I don't even know how to categorize myself ... STEVE MARTIN As far commercial success, I don't think that's a focus but it's not that we don't e... DAVEY HAVOK When I attack a role, be it TV, film or stage, the first thing I say is, I don't want to know an... CICELY TYSON I know what I want, I want things for myself, but I think the key to life is somebody to love, somet... RACHAEL TAYLOR Comedy is so fun. I don't know how these people can make movies and work on them for four months... COLLEEN HASKELL People have always found me challenging - I don't know why, when I am only being myself. I don... IAN HAMILTON FINLAY I don't think my competition is with the heroes. I don't think I'm competing with anyone... VIDYA BALAN I don't have a great imagination to share something with you that you don't know, so it'... NATE LOWMAN I think I don't take myself too seriously. You know as far as, it's a fun life. I take my mu... BRUNO MARS I love singing. It's who I am. When I act, I take a small part of myself and just magnify it, bu... LAINIE KAZAN I have my work and my faith... If that's boring to some people, I can't tell you how much I ... MADONNA CICCONE I don't feel like I'm getting older. I think it's the way I've looked after myself. ... JERMAIN DEFOE One of the great things about young entrepreneurs is that they don't know that something can'... FRED WILSON I'm so embarrassed by that album. I don't even own it myself. EDWARD FURLONG I kind of found a niche for myself after 'Firefly'. I found something that I enjoyed doing a... NATHAN FILLION I don't set out to win awards. I don't think any musician does, but when you receive an awar... WADADA LEO SMITH I'm always amazed that people take what I say seriously. I don't even take what I am serious... DAVID BOWIE I don't know how to put it, but yet you know we have so many people who the way they look at lif... MIKE DITKA I'm just not into trying to convince people like me. I always say to myself, 'It is what it ... NENE LEAKES The cool thing about Snapchat is you can get a lot of news on there now. There's CNN, ESPN, and ... KLAY THOMPSON It's not leftovers that are wasteful, but those who either don't know what to do with them o... JULIAN BAGGINI Some of my fans don't really like it when I respond to people who say things that are trying to ... RICKIE FOWLER I just think that you have to believe in yourself and you have to work very hard. You can't ever... OCTAVIA SPENCER
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