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Related I always think it's really hard if you are Asian or Chinese to be really in Hollywood. There are... ZIYI ZHANG Not all my work features black actors. I mean, it's funny: someone was reading back to me all th... BARRY JENKINS I actually used to make these little plays. I would stand there, and I would act out where I was dyi... MADISON DAVENPORT DYLAN MORAN For years I've thought more people should be studying languages like Arabic or Chinese. It seems eve... GERALD LAMPE JEAN-LUC GODARD AMY TAN In our generation, everybody told us that it's really important and it's nice to be able to ... ADELE EXARCHOPOULOS I'm really close to my family, and we talk through things. My parents are so amazing, they'r... NAOMI SCOTT My parents were so old-fashioned in their attitude to sex that I would rather get in trouble with th... CLIVE WORTH It would be much more useful for parents to learn what their kids are doing on the Internet because ... 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MARTINEZ My parents were concerned that I would not get good schooling, so they put me up in my uncle's h... NANDAN NILEKANI I think some parents now look at a youngster failing as the final thing. It's a process, and fai... MIKE KRZYZEWSKI If you are close to your parents or a grandparent, you watch as they get old and you learn so much f... SHOOTER JENNINGS I'm close with my parents. I have a lot of acquaintances, but my very good close friends are few... CALISTA FLOCKHART I learned English at school, or at least that's how it started. Also, in Holland - as opposed to... MICHIEL HUISMAN I used to be really insecure about my self-education. I'm definitely always learning. But there&... MAGGIE GRACE I really think, at this point in time, it does have to be all of us who deal with that as culture. I... KOREN ZAILCKAS I think all kids think their parents are strict. My parents aren't superstrict, but they seem to... CODY LINLEY TAVI GEVINSON I really like to try my hand at everything, and I think it's probably dangerous to let oneself b... JOHN BURNSIDE The kids are great, and they really want to learn about this stuff. There are so many misconceptions... CHERYL PHILLIPS MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Cantonese, which has up to nine tones as opposed to the five in Mandarin, is much more versatile and... DAVID TANG Now, it's my belief that Python is a lot easier than to teach to students programming and teach ... GUIDO VAN ROSSUM I've just had a wonderful time doing Chinese music, and it's been so rewarding for me. I fee... WANG LEEHOM SARAH DESSEN I would encourage anyone who is older to write down as much as they can remember. They may think tha... EULANE MELLON It would make me so sad because I couldn't fix her, because mom's are supposed to fix things and I c... DANA HAROLD MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY DAVID SUZUKI NILE RODGERS HILLARY SCOTT It was really an initiative that [Cherokee Principal Chief] Chad Smith had, ... to keep the language... KAY HENDERSON EZEKIEL EMANUEL I don't like staying in hotels. I like to be in my own bed. San Diego as a city is really awesom... KRISTEN BELL AARON SPELLING WHIT STILLMAN I think that open tunings are a trap really because it's really hard not to sound like an open t... LEO KOTTKE ALEXANDRA ADORNETTO FERGIE DWAYNE JOHNSON JET LI DREW BARRYMORE I think the biggest difficulty is that when I'm here in America, there's a necessity of usin... CHIAKI KURIYAMA VANESSA CARLTON All in all, I'd like to venture into film. Films are my staple diet, so I would love to be part ... TOM WESTON-JONES JENNY SLATE I think anybody would be hard pressed not to relate to at least one of the characters, because there... MICHAEL C. HALL There was really nobody in house that wanted to take it. And instead of advertising outside I decide... JEFF TALBOTT When we hear of people not surviving in this world it should make us more glad that we are alive .We... GARY F EVANS... 'Hallelujah' is going to be a standard that our grandkids, our great-great grandkids will le... BRANDI CARLILE There's certain things as a songwriter that I don't really care to write about, and there ar... RANDY HOUSER ED SHEERAN I have God, Jesus Christ: I'm Christian. I try to stay as grounded as I possibly can. And I have... CHRISTINA GRIMMIE AMY CHUA I'm an only child, and I think one of the sweet things about that is that my parents are really ... KAREN THOMPSON WALKER PHILIPPE PETIT Both my parents are professors, and I never really saw people do any other jobs, so I didn't rea... ALEXANDRA KLEEMAN JOE PERRY HUNTER S. THOMPSON BROOKE SHIELDS ALEXA CHUNG TED DEKKER You might be saying, 'I love you' to your girlfriend in Cantonese, but it will still sound like you'... HOWARD LEE There are so many great actors, but I really have a lot of respect for Johnny Depp. I've seen a ... ED SPELEERS That's one of my problems is that there are so many songs to sing that I sort of get indecisive ... ALISON ELLIOTT When I was in Taiwan, we were there for about 8 months, and I was 11 at the time, so it was definite... DAVID LAMBERT I always love the soapy conflicts between somebody's family of origin and their new family - ... JILL SOLOWAY COLIN FIRTH Who would know but ten years ago that kids would be texting each other all the time, that that would... AMY KLOBUCHAR My parents would always say, 'It doesnt' matter if it's a guy picking up the garbage or ... DAN MARINO As intense as our work is, I try my hardest to live my life so that people in my office feel they ca... RANEY ARONSON-RATH CHERIE BLAIR AARON NEVILLE Nick is 11 and a half years younger than I am, so his mom is only, like, 11 or 12 years older than m... MEGAN MULLALLY I didn't feel like it was right for me to go to school, because my parents are immigrants. JOSE SANTANA KEN LIU ANTHONY JOSHUA My parents are so amazing; they're brilliant. We try to take one step at a time and be wise abou... NAOMI SCOTT When Ron Howard does 'Rush,' he has to learn and steep himself in F1 culture and European ra... JON FAVREAU Beating my brother's place would be great. It feels good to place. I want to get in the top four at ... BRIAN SCHMIDT I really wanted to go abroad to South Korea, the country of my heritage, in order to increase my flu... GLORIA LEE HUGH JACKMAN JULIANNE MOORE BETTY SMITH SASHA PIETERSE I think 'SNL' is so well-known for its musical performances, as well, and people really brea... KIMBRA
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