Ask Me Quotes - Page 26

• I don't know if it's a romantic comedy but I'm in the beginning of the first of the season of "The West Wing." We shot it last year. I don't know. If anyone asks me to be in one, I'll jump on it.

  Jason Isaacs

  Years, Wings, Lasts

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• If you ask me, the place that a story happens is as equal character. It's almost like an ecological viewpoint: These people are living in this piece of land, and in this piece of land in this time this is possible. For me, I almost think location first. It's time first - what year is it - then where are we, and then who is in it.

  Mike Mills

  Character, Thinking, Land

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• People ask me about my interests outside football, but I haven't really got any.

  Brian McDermott

  Football, People, Interest

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• If you ask me why I've succeeded it's because I was in the Royal Marines. You have this unbelievable sense of achievement and of overcoming adversity. That's the confidence it breeds.

  Brian McDermott

  Adversity, Marine, Achievement

  "Brian McDermott, the marine who became a world-beater with Leeds". Interview with Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. February 18, 2013.

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• It's too late to fall in love with Sharon Tate / But it's too soon to ask me for the words I want carved on my tomb.

  Jim Carroll

  Falling In Love, Too Late, Want

  Song: It's Too Late

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• I have no life! People always ask me, "What time do you check in and out?" But, the truth is, you never really check out. I have an office at my house, so when I go home I am always pulling inspiration and putting ideas together.

  Jeremiah Brent

  Inspiration, Home, Ideas

  The Inside Source Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 13, 2011.

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• I look for really great characters. I say great because as long as they're really good, there's something you can do. And really good storytelling. And when people ask me what the story is, I say it's really several stories really. They're intermeshed.

  Matt Dillon

  Character, Long, People

  "Matt Dillon and Thandie Newton talk Crash". MovieWeb Interview, movieweb.com. May 5, 2005.

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• My wife asks me, when I get home from auditions, if they asked how tall I am. And if I say "Yes," then she says, "Okay, you didn't get that job."

  Adam Baldwin

  Jobs, Home, Wife

  Interview with Steve Heisler, tv.avclub.com. February 2, 2009.

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• There's never been a blueprint, I just keep exploring doors as they open. But whenever people would ask me what's my favorite thing to do, it was sitting in for Larry King.

  Drew Pinsky

  Kings, Doors, People

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• When interviewers ask me who I'm sleeping with or if I don't like such-and-such or what is my sexuality, that's not beneficial to the world. They need to ask me about stuff that may help readers, like how my father abused my mother for many years. A lot of kids go through that and need to know what they should do.

  Missy Elliot

  Mother, Father, Sleep

  "New Again: Missy Elliott". Interview with Michael Musto, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 30, 2014.

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• My producers give me total freedom. No one asks me for anything; they just tell me to make a good film, and that's what I do.

  Michel Ocelot

  Giving, Film, Producers

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• When you meet someone, ask about what hobby they have, not what they do. People always ask me about cooking, but I prefer to talk about tennis or boxing.

  Wolfgang Puck

  People, Boxing, Tennis

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• I'm not a real musician. If you give me a bass guitar and you ask me to improvise something, or even be with some musicians and follow them, I wouldn't be able to do it. And I want to change that. I want to be able to be in a group and take my guitar and play with them, without someone showing me, "Okay, you're going to do this and that," because music has always been a big part of my life.

  Marion Cotillard

  Real, Guitar, Play

  Interview with John Cameron Mitchell, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 20, 2014.

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• If young actors ask me things, I always tell them to get on set and watch how it's done. If you can, watch the people that you like, how they work.

  David Duchovny

  People, Watches, Actors

  "David Duchovny: From Californication to the Summer of Love". Interview with Chris Tinkham, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 10, 2014.

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• Whenever people ask me if it's okay to stop watching "The Leftovers," I always say OF COURSE IT IS.

  Hank Stuever

  People, Leftovers, Okay

  "What to Watch: TV chat with Hank Stuever". Live Chat, live.washingtonpost.com. October 15, 2015.

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• People ask me about that all the time. They say, "Did you ever think of directing?" And I say, "It's completely out of the question."

  Mickey Rourke

  Thinking, People, Asks

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Writing the record for me - every record is almost a surprise. When people ask me, what are the themes you want to grapple with on this one? I have no idea until the record's finished.

  Alanis Morissette

  Writing, Ideas, People

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. May 25, 2013.

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• People always ask me when they see me working out, "What are you training for?" The answer is I'm training for life.

  Laird Hamilton

  People, Work Out, Training

  "Laird Hamilton and Gabby Reece for the winter cover of Inspirato Magazine". Interview with Grant Davis, www.lairdhamilton.com. December 08, 2014.

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• I have architects write to me and ask me: How do you - and what do you do to - design the magic thing? I answer that very carefully. It's not necessarily about what you do, but the clients you do it for. You should write to Target, not me.

  Michael Graves

  Writing, Design, Magic

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• Were you to ask what are the means of overcoming temptations, I would answer: The first means is prayer; the second is prayer; the third is prayer; and you should you ask me a thousand times, I would repeat the same.

  Alphonsus Liguori

  Prayer, Mean, Temptation

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• I'm fat and proud of it. If someone asks me how my diet is going, I say 'Fine - how was your lobotomy?'

  Roseanne Barr

  Proud, Lobotomy, Fine

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• For what is time? ... Who can even in thought comprehend it, so as to utter a word about it? ... If no one asks me, I know: If I wish to explain it to one that asketh, I know not.

  Saint Augustine

  Wish, Knows, Asks

  Saint Augustine (2014). “The Confessions of Saint Augustine”, p.150, Open Road Media

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• I never build myself us. I let the people do that. I'm the most laid-back person, and I let them build me up. If you ask me, I say, 'I''m just a guy playin' some blues.

  John Lee Hooker

  People, Guy, Laid Back

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• People ask me if I'm an artist or an architect. But I think they're the same.

  Frank Gehry

  Artist, Thinking, People

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• They ask me what I'm writing for - I'm writing to show you what we're fighting for.

  Talib Kweli

  Writing, Fighting, Shows

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