Yara Shahidi quote: "For me, personally, I'm usually not on my phone that much. I prefer listening to old radio shows and watching foreign films than tweeting."

I turn on the radio. I'm a really big fan of old-fashioned dial radio. I love WNYC and NPR and a...
JULIA STILES

When I'm writing fiction, I read nonfiction or biographies. Now I'm watching very old movies...
WHIT STILLMAN

Given that I have to share my computer with my three children, it's not usually a site that I ge...
TODD MCFARLANE

Usually the films that I do are released theatrically in foreign markets. In the U.S., they're e...
BRIAN BOSWORTH

As an actress, I'm constantly watching different shows and films and am always gathering informa...
RACHEL G. FOX

I'm not usually attracted to big-budget American films.
IAN HART

Guilty pleasure implies that it's something that I feel guilty for watching... people tell me I ...
NE-YO

In the last ten years of watching films I have found that some of the foreign films I saw affected m...
IRVIN KERSHNER

Now we're e-mailing and tweeting and texting so much, a phone call comes as a fresh surprise. I ...
SUSAN ORLEAN

If I'm extremely bored and I don't have a book with me and I'm being an obnoxious teenag...
TAVI GEVINSON

I'm into heavy duty, psychedelic, foreign music. That's what I like listening to.
ACTION BRONSON

People keep asking me if I'm watching our rivals' games in the Premier League, but I'm u...
JAMIE VARDY

Let's be realistic - 90% of superheroes are male. Personally, I prefer Superman, Batman and Spid...
KAJOL

I'm listening to early Cash Money, I'm listening to Juvenile, I'm listening to Waka Floc...
THEOPHILUS LONDON

I feel disconnected, like I don't know where I am, if I'm on my phone too much. I'm also...
ZAC EFRON

If I see a movie on TV that I'm in, I usually will watch it for that reason: It's like I'...
DAKOTA FANNING

I'm not thinking about me that much anymore. Every time I look, I'm looking for my daughter,...
ALESSANDRA AMBROSIO

That's my fun time so, to me, doing my homework, studying on what I do, watching the movies, lis...
CHRISTINA MILIAN

I am always watching old films and trying to fill gaps in my knowledge.
EDGAR WRIGHT

I'm still batting away on my politics for the Labour Party. I'm much further to the left of ...
BILLY BRAGG

I'm old fashioned with my cell phone. I like that human contact and I think it's important.
GIOVANNI RIBISI

I have great fun with the Togs - Terry's Old Geezers and Gals. They're a group that formed a...
TERRY WOGAN

For me chilling out is when I can stay at home, order food from outside and watch a film with my fri...
BIPASHA BASU

I have a 6-year-old, and his thing is to turn on Radio Disney in the car, and I get such an allergic...
AIMEE MANN

'Veep' is definitely one of my favorite TV shows, and not because I'm in it. It's ju...
RANDALL PARK

Hell, I'm an old man. I'm 70 years old. I'm supposed to be sitting on a rocking chair wa...
M. EMMET WALSH

People have told me, 'My dad passed on, but I have great memories of watching your shows with hi...
BOB NEWHART

I grew up watching American films, listening to American music, and it's a big contribution to t...
WAGNER MOURA

It's not easy for Chinese actors to do foreign films, and it's not easy for foreign actors t...
ZHOU XUN

The DVR thing has rocked my world. Being on the road, I used to not keep up with any shows. Now I go...
JASON ALDEAN

For me personally, I'm mostly focused on writing and acting right now.
BEN SAVAGE

I don't charge for my album at my shows. It's much more important to me that I'm able to communicate...
BOB BURGER

I'm glad that I'm able to entertain and be a part of people watching shows and enjoying the ...
DAVID BOREANAZ

I've learned by watching films that inspired me and people who inspired me like Robert Redford a...
ALEX PETTYFER

I'm funny at home too, but not deliberately. My wife is usually laughing at me rather than with ...
DANIEL DAE KIM

At this point in my career, it doesn't bother me much that I'm probably hopelessly typecast....
DONALD PLEASENCE

I don't listen to the radio too much, but usually I listen to Stanley Brothers and Ralph Stanley...
RALPH STANLEY

I'm usually listening to Sirius Satellite in the morning. 'The Heat' usually plays good ...
LAMARR WOODLEY

I feel like I'm a much better person when I'm developing my imagination and my innocence and...
BRIT MARLING

It's not like my old self - I'm not in character anymore, I'm me. I'm not hiding beh...
DAMON ALBARN

I usually try to stay off my phone and enjoy the world, but when I am on my phone, it's always f...
ROSS LYNCH

I'm not exactly watching my back. Most people, there's a twinkle when they admonish me. And ...
DAVID BRADLEY

When you see me on TV against one of the other girls, they look 10 times better than me, and I'm...
AJ LEE

I'm not super comfortable in my skin. I have to make it work for me, and that usually amounts to...
AUBREY PLAZA

When I'm engaged in a story my health is not a big deal, but when I'm not doing anything, if...
KATHERINE BOO

Work is so much fun that it doesn't really seem like downtime when I'm not. But cooking, spe...
BAILEE MADISON

I'm in love with 'Bravo.' Me and my girlfriends love 'Bravo-ing,' which doesn...
ASHLEY TISDALE

I've kept my phone on silent for a year and a half. For me, it's too much noise. It's no...
CARLY POPE

I listen to my old records and I think, 'How did I ever get on the radio?'
DOLLY PARTON

For me, competition is good; that is what keeps me on my toes and keeps me going. I am always trying...
DEEPIKA PADUKONE

I'm not thinking about what needs to be on the radio. I'm not thinking about anything other ...
BRIAN MCKNIGHT

I hope that Requiem is better than Pi. I hope that Pi is better than my student films, and I'm h...
DARREN ARONOFSKY

My brother's 21 years older than me, so I grew up doing more adult things. Like listening to old...
ZAC BROWN

I try and do films I know I'm going to enjoy watching as well as being in.
DOUGRAY SCOTT

I'm looking to produce more stuff: TV shows, commercials, music videos and short films. I'm ...
LARENZ TATE

I don't own a radio. I listen to everything through apps or on my iPhone. And then I download th...
IRA GLASS

Personally, I don't like watching violence. I'd much rather see more skin.
CAMERON DIAZ

I wouldn't do nudity in films. For me, personally... To act with my clothes on is a performance; to ...
JULIA ROBERTS

I think that someone is watching out for me, God, my guardian angel, I'm not sure who that is, b...
MATTIE STEPANEK

I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural s...
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

My father is my idol, and I have grown up watching his films. He is my biggest influence and inspira...
MAHESH BABU

They seem much rarer now, those auteur films that come out of a director's imagination and are e...
TOBY JONES

Well, I'm not sure, but of one thing I am certain: History judges one differently than contempor...
DAVID DINKINS

For me, if I'm going to do a play, I prefer to do something with language that I don't get t...
DAVID DENMAN

I'm used to watching old movies of myself.
JEFF BRIDGES

Things go wrong for me all the time with technology. I'm not familiar enough with it, and I'...
JOHNNY DEPP

My relationship with God has gotten so much stronger. He's always had his hand on me. He always ...
DMX

When I was on the radio, I used to be able to go a lot farther than I can now. You don't really ...
JIMMY KIMMEL

I'm up all night, and then next thing you know, it's the morning, and I'll sleep, like, ...
CHRISTINA MILIAN

If I'm going to see people, I won't wear heavy makeup. It's not attractive on me. When y...
KYLIE JENNER

I remember listening to the radio as a kid and finding that the songs always made me feel more peace...
CHRIS ISAAK

I started my Twitter account for selfish reasons: I wanted to have a place to post updates on my boo...
BILL SIMMONS

I'm very happy with the success of short films. In fact, for me, the short films make more money...
BILL PLYMPTON

My family has had to become quite understanding about me not returning phone calls when I'm film...
ANNA KENDRICK

I still try out for the bigger films, because they don't know me usually. But to the smaller films, ...
CAMPBELL SCOTT

I'm usually reading too many books - in fact, I'm usually reading enough books that if the s...
NICK HARKAWAY

You really think that on my films people tell me what to do? I don't think so. On my films I dec...
BAZ LUHRMANN

I listen to KCRW in the car and Pandora radio, which I stream through the stereo from my iPhone. I&#...
SAM TRAMMELL

I'm always inspired to write, and it's usually my own life experiences that inspire me.
KAT EDMONSON

I'm not the type of woman who shows off my body; I'm a vocalist and I'm a writer and I t...
JAZMINE SULLIVAN

If I'm not working on music, I'm usually with my friends playing FIFA. We just kick back - I...
STORMZY

When I think of character actors, I think of Spencer Tracy; I think of Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall. ...
EDDIE MARSAN

Personally, I've always known that I wanted to go back to work because I'm confident, and I&...
LISA LING

I don't need to be physically near them. Much of my work I've done over years has been on the radio ...
JOHN EDWARD

For me, my films are not like my children. They are like my ex-wife. They gave me so much; I gave th...
ALFONSO CUARON

As a parent with young children, I would always find little things that bothered me when I was readi...
ALLEN COVERT

I'm kind of old-school and love nothing more than sitting, opening a book, and reading it. But I...
NICK CAVE

They think my life is glamourous. It's not true. I obviously get to come in and do radio intervi...
ADAM GARCIA

I'm not as successful as Pixar or Dreamworks, and that is disappointing to me, because I think m...
BILL PLYMPTON

I usually go make-up free when I'm not working. Because I work so much, during the free days tha...
BAR REFAELI

I'm not complaining about my cell phone - all my friends are in there, and all my favorite songs...
RAINBOW ROWELL

For me, I would prefer to not have my face on the album cover. I don't mind being in the public,...
FLUME

I don't like to feel like I'm in a club when I'm in my car and I turn on the radio. Anyt...
TAYLOR SWIFT

For me, personally, I grew up watching American heroes and American movies and TV.
SEAN MAGUIRE

I think my entire career path was determined for me when I was 6 years old, watching reruns of '...
PAUL REUBENS

My detractors are only accusing me of blowing up cars. What they have not realised is that my films ...
ROHIT SHETTY

I don't have specific music for when I'm writing. I'm usually listening to the same play...
TAO LIN

It makes me feel so amazing to know there's people out here that support me and follow me on Twi...
AUSTIN MAHONE

I'm still Sean that me mates went to school with, not Sean the film star. And that's the way...
SEAN BEAN

My dad was in these pretty big films that were relevant to my age group. I remember him doing 'R...
GEORGIA KING

For me, personally, I'm usually not on my phone that much. I prefer listening to old radio shows and watching foreign films than tweeting.

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