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Callie Khouri

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CALLIE KHOURI I don't want to work on a musical if I'm not the lyricist.
DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE Yeah, I've always considered myself a musical person.
CHARLIE DAY I'm a gigantic musical film fan.
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BRIAN WILSON I'm a musical theater aficionado, a.k.a. loser.
PAULO COSTANZO I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear.
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JOAN COLLINS I'm not crazy. But I am different. I'm still learning about myself.
EL DEBARGE When I think of myself, I'm definitely... I'm not like a comedian.
DAVE FRANCO Look, I'm 40, I'm single, and I work in musical theater - you do the math!
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JOHN HOWARD I'm an optimist about other people. I'm not an optimist about myself.
K'NAAN I'm sick of all these labels and these manufactured subdivisions of music that don't even ex...
JEFF BUCKLEY Well. I'm probably not loving myself like I should, but I'm really trying.
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YASMINE AL MASRI I'm doing a play, a musical. The musical follows the Mamma Mia concept. It's my first LA the...
TATYANA ALI I would say, 'I'm alone, but I'm not lonely.' But I was just kidding myself.
BRUCE WILLIS I'm just trying to be myself. I'm not trying to be anyone else.
CONOR MCGREGOR I'm not playing a role. I'm being myself, whatever the hell that is.
BEA ARTHUR I'm not great at talking about myself.
KATHLEEN KENNEDY Musical theatre is something I'm familiar with, I've been doing that.
DAVID NAUGHTON When I'm doing a photo shoot, I'm not playing a part. I'm just trying to be myself.
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EARTHA KITT I'm accepting I'm not living that younger, dreamed version of myself in the big city.
PAULA COLE I'm trying to show I'm a trained actress - I can transform myself into different characters....
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EDDIE VAN HALEN Normally I don't watch myself, because I'm not very objective.
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SHY GLIZZY I allow myself to fail. I allow myself to break. I'm not afraid of my flaws.
LADY GAGA Do I have a small movie in me? Yeah, probably, when I'm 60. But I'm not Hal Ashby, I'm n...
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RILEY KEOUGH I'm not as thrilled with myself as I used to be.
OLIVER REED I'm not really a flirt; I just try to be myself.
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BEN FELDMAN I'm not painting myself as a down-home, modest guy.
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