If you're a novelist, as I am in real life, you're usually so desperate for any kind of feedback.


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I was in high school. A couple of my friends and I decided we had to be in a class together where we...
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Movies have been my way to get out of my backyard. I'm trying to let people know that movies cha...
ADAM BEACH
Acting has made me embrace my childhood. It's become some weird form of therapy. It's like I...
ADAM BEACH
I've learned that for Indian people, the opportunity for us to succeed is very slim. So acting w...
ADAM BEACH
When I was sixteen I started acting, and I also started to embrace my tradition and culture. I had a...
ADAM BEACH
Some people look for a certain structure in their lives that they're comfortable with. People wh...
ADAM BEACH
With 'Smoke Signals,' the character was so much like me growing up. I lost my parents, and I...
ADAM BEACH
You can't propel a nation to move forward if all you are doing is taking something from them.
ADAM BEACH
I do a lot of inspirational talks for kids, to motivate them to change their lives and give them hop...
ADAM BEACH
I remember, as a kid, I'd follow the rooster and the chickens and watch what type of grass they&...
ADAM BEACH
I always did think that when I turned 40, I'd start coming into my own.
ADAM BALDWIN
I'm no Leonardo DiCaprio.
ADAM BALDWIN
The guys I grew up with, my cinematic heroes, have always been men of few words, but of action. Clin...
ADAM BALDWIN
I'm not much of a jokester.
ADAM BALDWIN
You get a sense of how the show works and then let your personality take over.
ADAM BALDWIN
My heroes are the camera crew and the electricians. They work such long hours.
ADAM BALDWIN
I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall.
ADAM BALDWIN
I think work begets work.
ADAM BALDWIN
What I try to do is to appreciate every job I have while I'm working on it.
ADAM BALDWIN
The only people who have control over their careers are the ones you see on the covers of magazines....
ADAM BALDWIN
I was involved with drama departments since the 5th grade. I played at it. It was an escape.
ADAM BALDWIN
A lot of the television industry is so cookie-cutter. In general, there are so many shows that are e...
ADAM BALDWIN
I'm always looking, as an actor, for activities. I think it's far more interesting to watch ...
ADAM BALDWIN
I'm like a fungus; you can't get rid of me.
ADAM BALDWIN
It was never the fame or fortune that drove me to act. It was something I love and enjoy doing it. A...
ADAM BALDWIN
I just consider myself a piece of the puzzle and I'm lucky enough to be asked or invited to the ...
ADAM BALDWIN
Stillness as a technique is still really captivating to me.
ADAM BALDWIN
Bad things happen sometimes.
ADAM ANT
I feel very grateful to be alive and well enough to make music.
ADAM ANT
Creative people are more prone to depression.
ADAM ANT
Antidepressants are very good, but it's a clinical cosh, really. Sometimes you have to be knocke...
ADAM ANT
I have suffered from depression for most of my life. It is an illness.
ADAM ANT
My daughter, Lily Caitlin, means the most to me in the world.
ADAM ANT
I'm a punk rocker. I don't do Christian.
ADAM ANT
I like being infamous. I think it is safe being a cult.
ADAM ANT
I have loved eight women in my life. I remember every woman's face.
ADAM ANT
Men look like pandas when they try and put make-up on.
ADAM ANT
I think what's going on with gorillas is pretty bad. The fact is that you can buy gorilla meat i...
ADAM ANT
It may be a coincidence, but from the minute I took anti-depressants, I didn't pick up a guitar ...
ADAM ANT
The brain isn't like the heart. They learned how to transplant a heart. The brain is more comple...
ADAM ANT
My daughter's the greatest thing that's happened to me in my life and she turned me into a m...
ADAM ANT
I wanted to make good records. But my problem is I've got a low boredom threshold, so I wanted i...
ADAM ANT
If you make a mistake, you should enjoy it.
ADAM ANT