I was shy. Bookish. The kind of 13-year-old girl who, instead of having a boyfriend, would have a cr...
NATALIE MERCHANT I've raised my daughter with no television.
NATALIE MERCHANT It's funny, I remember doing the Johnny Carson show, and, uh, I couldn't afford my rent.
NATALIE MERCHANT I wish I had appreciated my youth - I should have worn tighter clothing when I could have!
NATALIE MERCHANT I think of myself as a musician and not a celebrity. Celebrity status is something you have to delib...
NATALIE MERCHANT I can't remove the autobiographical slant from the things I write. You always bring yourself int...
NATALIE MERCHANT I'm on this search trying to figure out exactly who I am and what I have to say to people.
NATALIE MERCHANT I don't think women's prisons are environments for dance routines, and I don't think mas...
NATALIE MERCHANT Be true to yourself, and, um, don't worry about some large companies' quarterly profit index...
NATALIE MERCHANT It's really wonderful to be able to be nobody, and then have a moment when I can be somebody, an...
NATALIE MERCHANT I would say I'd rather dig a ditch, you know, do hard, manual labor than write lyrics.
NATALIE MERCHANT The research phase was really fascinating - I'm not a closeted nerd, I'm an out-of-the-close...
NATALIE MERCHANT I don't want to live in a culture of despair. I'd like to live in a culture of hope.
NATALIE MERCHANT My mother was a single working mother; she started having children very young. There was a tension i...
NATALIE MERCHANT I've found out how overwhelming the media is and the way it drills things into your head, it'...
NATALIE MERCHANT I'm going to be shaking my booty when I'm 55.
NATALIE MERCHANT Literature gives us a window into other people's experiences in other places, in other times, so...
NATALIE MERCHANT I just wanted to get all this stuff in one place, ... A lot of it was scattered around or out of pri...
NATALIE MERCHANT Be true to yourself, and, um, don't worry about some large companies' quarterly profit index.
NATALIE MERCHANT I'm on this search trying to figure out exactly who I am and what I have to say to people.
NATALIE MERCHANT It's funny, I remember doing the Johnny Carson show, and, uh, I couldn't afford my rent.
NATALIE MERCHANT I'm in the public eye. I've sold 14 million records -- so 14 million individuals have bought my reco...
NATALIE MERCHANT That kind of violence is dangerous to me, to be beamed out via satellite to the rest of the country....
NATALIE MERCHANT Retrospective 1990-2005 [Limited Edition]
NATALIE MERCHANT I'm looking for a woman with the body of Kelly Brook and the mind of Stephen Fry.
STEPHEN MERCHANT John Cleese was a big hero of mine. He grew up in Weston Super Mare near Bristol where I grew up; he...
STEPHEN MERCHANT Follow the wisdom of the great actor, James Cagney, you hit your mark, you look the other guy in the...
LARRY MERCHANT A lot of my comic influences are distinctly American: Woody Allen and Bob Hope, for example. They we...
STEPHEN MERCHANT I have experienced bad dating and ineptitude with women all across the globe, from Vietnam to Paris....
STEPHEN MERCHANT People think all fame is the same, but being on BBC Two from time to time does not make you Warren B...
STEPHEN MERCHANT The reason I keep talking about a wife and saying the word 'wife' on stage is because it see...
STEPHEN MERCHANT I'm always jealous of Johnny Depp's sense of style, but if I tried to get away with a floppy...
STEPHEN MERCHANT The most disturbing thing, I think, with people that do very morally devious things more and more of...
TAMZIN MERCHANT I suffered when I was in my late twenties and early thirties. I was awkward, I stuck out, I was nerd...
STEPHEN MERCHANT Once I began doing stand-up, I didn't get a kick out of the applause or being the centre of atte...
STEPHEN MERCHANT I know that this sounds grand, but I don't try to compete with other people. I like to think the...
STEPHEN MERCHANT [Her husband, violinist Sanford Allen, rehearses Bach on his Stradivarius next door, for a recital u...
ISMAIL MERCHANT We may be able to have antibiotics that you take orally, potentially also antibiotics that you could...
MARK MERCHANT People don't mind insulting the tall. We're supposed to be fine with being awkward and skinn...
STEPHEN MERCHANT When I started to mention to people who know about such things, 'I'm doing this game, 'P...
STEPHEN MERCHANT The thorough bred against a clamor, or rather the Porsche vs. the pickup truck.
LARRY MERCHANT I don't think that boxing historians have been able to find a case in which a great fighter, or a fi...
LARRY MERCHANT We (the county executive staff) came up with an extensive list of potentially interested parties and...
JENNIFER MERCHANT The mixture of the Trinidadian people and the Indian people has caused a new culture to emerge.
ISMAIL MERCHANT Icons are our windows into the Kingdom of Heaven, transporting us beyond our brokenness and helping ...
CORNELIA MERCHANT I've jokingly said that everything I'm doing now is filling up the hours before I die, but I...
STEPHEN MERCHANT I think looking at restoration from a purely (environmental) standpoint may mean tearing people's ho...
JENNIFER MERCHANT We had some folks that thought it was too business oriented so we added two more seats.
JENNIFER MERCHANT I recommend the deletion of any numerical standards (goals) until further studies can be made.
JENNIFER MERCHANT I'm still unclear on how indicators and standards are not only going to be used, but how they are (b...
JENNIFER MERCHANT Urdu can not die out because it has very strong roots in Persia. The language itself is not only jus...
ISMAIL MERCHANT Remember that film 'Sliding Doors,' when John Hannah woos Gwyneth Paltrow by reciting Monty ...
STEPHEN MERCHANT Don't shop when you're hungry or in a grumpy mood. You need to feel happy and confident to m...
TAMZIN MERCHANT You will have an opportunity to appreciate the magnificence of Orthodox iconography.
CORNELIA MERCHANT We have gotten some terrible reviews at times but if we depended on the judgment of the studios or c...
ISMAIL MERCHANT Neither guy wanted to yield. It was the third fight of their trilogy, and it was that important.
LARRY MERCHANT It's like a commercial. It's flashy with it's 'Life is good. Life is happy. Life is perfect.' But in...
JOSIE MERCHANT I'm still a little perplexed at Carrie Moore and Casey Rost. If we see them again, certainly, we're ...
SUZY MERCHANT We may be able to have antibiotics that you take orally, potentially also antibiotics that you could...
MARK MERCHANT I've always been a fan of physical comedy. It kind of hits you in a different way; it bypasses t...
STEPHEN MERCHANT I was trying for years to woo people through humour, but it seems flash cars are much easier.
STEPHEN MERCHANT I haven't seen Johnson enough in the past to know, but he's a guy who's fought all these years, 16 y...
LARRY MERCHANT A few words of Hindi appear here or there, but it's all Urdu. I feel that if the popular culture...
ISMAIL MERCHANT Maybe there's a sort of veneer of optimism about U.S. comedy, whereas perhaps in England, we don...
STEPHEN MERCHANT There are too many governing bodies. They're all corrupt. I think they have replaced the old Mobster...
LARRY MERCHANT This is our first fund-raiser.
CORNELIA MERCHANT The parish is hoping to raise funds to have the icon of Christ painted at the apex of the dome above...
CORNELIA MERCHANT When we did 'The Office,' no one knew who we were, so it was easy to champion us; you could ...
STEPHEN MERCHANT I just always remember there being an ability to amuse schoolmates. Not in a kind of 'dance-arou...
STEPHEN MERCHANT There's this way pop culture has been rammed down our throats that people think that if they wer...
STEPHEN MERCHANT I believe that at the very root of our humanity is a passion to create value with heart, to work alo...
NILOFER MERCHANT It's hard to break through the clutter of fighters out there trying to get attention,
LARRY MERCHANT This team is gonna get murdered.
LARRY MERCHANT Too much youth, hunger, mission, and talent.
LARRY MERCHANT I think it all depends on how good this fight is. I don't know how to rank it. If this turns out to ...
LARRY MERCHANT He's so good, you wonder what's wrong with him.
LARRY MERCHANT For me, it's not necessarily interesting to play a strong, fearless woman. It's interesting ...
NATALIE DORMER Stardom is only a by-product of acting. I don't think being a movie star is a good enough reason...
NATALIE WOOD Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. Stress is an ignoran...
NATALIE GOLDBERG There are movies where we are interested in seeing people's lives without agreeing with what the...
NATALIE PORTMAN Never forget that you only have one opportunity to make a first impression - with investors, with cu...
NATALIE MASSENET I was a theater geek, and I was a surly cheerleader, and that's really kind of a contradiction.
NATALIE ZEA I just feel like the days of a handful of executives making the decisions for the entirety of the hu...
NATALIE ZEA I'm drawn to the romantic aspect of a character. It's human emotion. It's much more fun ...
NATALIE ZEA As I age, I become more and more happy with what I see in the mirror. At some point, that's goin...
NATALIE ZEA I won't name any names, but I've done a couple of shows where once the pilot got picked up, ...
NATALIE ZEA I've been trying to get into comedy for years. I had a meeting with one of the networks a couple...
NATALIE ZEA I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds suc...
NATALIE ZEA I really enjoy laughing at work, and I find that it's easier to do that when you're shooting...
NATALIE ZEA I know it might seem a little superficial, but every actor has their thing. Some people focus on the...
NATALIE ZEA I'm like a packrat with work. I hoard my jobs.
NATALIE ZEA I'm at my best when I'm working. I just recently learned how to find balance and deal with d...
NATALIE ZEA I think every major character I've played was originally for an older woman. I have no idea what...
NATALIE ZEA I don't know that I could play a complete and total mess. After awhile, I think I would be like,...
NATALIE ZEA When I started, I had a really hard time getting work. It was the mid- to late-nineties. There was t...
NATALIE ZEA I think television scripts have become really intriguing and well-done. And writers have stopped dra...
NATALIE ZEA I've actually done a lot of comedy.
NATALIE ZEA I think, especially when you're on TV, once you become associated with one genre or the other, i...
NATALIE ZEA The fact is that viewers are fickle and it's rare that such a large group of people can be categ...
NATALIE ZEA There's something sort of intrinsic in being a Southerner that doesn't go away. You can'...
NATALIE ZEA Outside of 'Justified,' I do like to keep it to comedy. When I'm not there, I try to see...
NATALIE ZEA My parents divorced when I was very, very young, but they maintained an incredibly amicable relation...
NATALIE ZEA I'm not a big lingerie girl. I see it, and I love it, and I appreciate it, and sometimes I even ...
NATALIE ZEA I am telling you, if you ever wanted an ego boost, leave your job and then, six months later, come b...
NATALIE ZEA There is something about my aura or essence, or whatever, that draws the ex-wife characters to me. I...
NATALIE ZEA When I get married it will be for keeps.
NATALIE WOOD A lot changed when I had Natasha. I'm a survivor.
NATALIE WOOD I saw my parents as gods whose every wish must be obeyed or I would suffer the penalty of anguish an...
NATALIE WOOD I'm just going to have to grow old, because I'm too terrified to have anything done.
NATALIE WOOD Sometimes when I visit my sister and her two children, I wonder if she missed a lot by getting marri...
NATALIE WOOD I couldn't even go to the bathroom alone. My mother or a social worker always went with me.
NATALIE WOOD There are certain stars who are not actors. I don't want to be that type.
NATALIE WOOD Today's films are so technological that an actor becomes starved for roles that deal with human ...
NATALIE WOOD For the first time I feel an inner emotional security. There is reality and dependability. My life r...
NATALIE WOOD I'm not very bright about money. I'm not domestic either. If I don't learn how to cook, ...
NATALIE WOOD I was so young, and making movies, going to the studio every morning at dawn was magic.
NATALIE WOOD I didn't know who the hell I was. I was whoever they wanted me to be.
NATALIE WOOD The constant attention is what is so difficult.
NATALIE WOOD If I didn't believe in what I'm doing, I'd rather go to work in a dime store.
NATALIE WOOD My mother used to tell me, No matter what they ask you, always say yes. You can learn later.
NATALIE WOOD I've been terrified of the water, and yet it seems I'm forced to go into in on every movie t...
NATALIE WOOD I never saw film stars at home. We had no maid, no cook, no swimming pool.
NATALIE WOOD I never knew motherhood could be so truly gratifying until I had Natasha.
NATALIE WOOD My friends seem much more excited about my doing Anastasia than Brainstorm... and to tell you the tr...
NATALIE WOOD Almost every girl falls in love with the wrong man, I suppose it's part of growing up.
NATALIE WOOD Not even analysis, by itself, can transform you. You must still do the changing yourself.
NATALIE WOOD The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby.
NATALIE WOOD I was so overprotected, I used to think I was as delicate as people said I was.
NATALIE WOOD We were descended from royalty.
NATALIE WOOD Breast implants gross me out. I don't think they're attractive at all.
NATALIE PORTMAN Obviously it's much easier to say that you're going to follow your passions when you're ...
NATALIE PORTMAN I think all girls in the world wish they were a Parisian girl - that sort of effortless chic confide...
NATALIE PORTMAN I'm afraid of everything. But maybe when you're afraid of everything, it sort of seems like ...
NATALIE PORTMAN I don't think I've ever been in love, I'm sure I will be some day. I've had enormous...
NATALIE PORTMAN Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work ...
NATALIE PORTMAN Everyone dreams of living in Paris.
NATALIE PORTMAN When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want ...
NATALIE PORTMAN My dad's a doctor, and when I was 8, I went to one of his medical conferences where they were de...
NATALIE PORTMAN I don't mean to criticize anyone in any way that I wouldn't criticize myself. I think people...
NATALIE PORTMAN I'm a Gemini, so I change my mind every day.
NATALIE PORTMAN Jasmine is just the most delicate and beautiful scent.
NATALIE PORTMAN I remember how to be a person by being around them.
NATALIE PORTMAN I am not someone who sacrifice all for the cinema, my life will be always more important.
NATALIE PORTMAN I tend to lean toward strong female stories. I want to make things that don't already exist out ...
NATALIE PORTMAN It's always strange being a kid on the set, because you're treated like an equal when you...
NATALIE PORTMAN I'm going to college. I don't care if it ruins my career. I'd rather be smart than a mov...
NATALIE PORTMAN I loved school so much that most of my classmates considered me a dork.
NATALIE PORTMAN One hazard of our job on TV is people are always checking us out and noting every pound we've ga...
NATALIE MORALES I learned what looked good on my petite frame, and to this day, I'm a great bargain shopper.
NATALIE MORALES Audrey Hepburn, for me, was the end-all, be-all style icon.
NATALIE MORALES You could pack for a trip to Europe with the bags under my eyes!
NATALIE MORALES My dad was a big runner. Growing up, I watched him do half marathons, and he was always running six ...
NATALIE MORALES I would have loved to have met Buster Keaton.
NATALIE MORALES The first thing I do after work is take off my TV makeup with a gentle cleanser. I also try to exfol...
NATALIE MORALES Some of the best writing I've done, whether I'm shooting a story or thinking of a script, I ...
NATALIE MORALES To me, running is therapy. It's mood-altering and gets my endorphins going. It's also a grea...
NATALIE MORALES At restaurants, I try to tell them not to bring the bread basket, but what's the point of going ...
NATALIE MORALES I have crazy eyebrows, so it's crucial to tame them. Just like your hair, they set off your feat...
NATALIE MORALES In high school, I did a little track and field and ran on my own. In college, I would run every now ...
NATALIE MORALES If someone is not treating you in a way that you like, remember that there are so many nice people o...
NATALIE MORALES I feel better all day if I start off by eating healthy. Breakfast is simple: multigrain toast with n...
NATALIE MORALES Furniture is meant to be used and enjoyed.
NATALIE MORALES Once you start a business, you have to grow it and grow with it - starting a business is not just fo...
NATALIE MASSENET People always say to me, 'You've really strived to redefine retail.' But the reality is,...
NATALIE MASSENET As an entrepreneur, what drives you has to be the good news; otherwise, you just don't get out o...
NATALIE MASSENET If you want success, be unique.
NATALIE MASSENET I envision a day when a businesswoman will be having lunch, and then her phone will ring. When she o...
NATALIE MASSENET Even if I am predisposed to shop online, I see bricks and mortar as part of marketing.
NATALIE MASSENET Brands will increasingly handle their own e-commerce and rely less and less on local distribution pa...
NATALIE MASSENET My dad taught me never to be afraid of what's on the other side of the mountain.
NATALIE MASSENET Success begins at that magical moment when you declare to yourself, your friends, and the universe t...
NATALIE MASSENET What seems like a crazy idea today eventually grows. It's a 'with hindsight' thing. One ...
NATALIE MASSENET One of my goals is that, at a dinner party some time in the future, someone will say, 'Oh, my ne...
NATALIE MASSENET Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels.
NATALIE MASSENET To be a designer today is to be an entrepreneur. Whether you're a two-man operation in Shoreditc...
NATALIE MASSENET Britain has the most creative, dynamic and nimble fashion industry in the world.
NATALIE MASSENET I believe that all brands will become storytellers, editors and publishers, all stores will become m...
NATALIE MASSENET I don't have a mentor in the strict definition. I take as much advice and inspiration as I can f...
NATALIE MASSENET I believe all positive things and negative things are valuable because they shape you.
NATALIE MASSENET Positivity is like a muscle: keep exercising it, and it becomes a habit.
NATALIE MASSENET I usually get all my stress and anger out at the gym. But when I get out, I'm kind of a pleasant...
NATALIE MARTINEZ Cubanas are very strong women. So don't mess with us - don't take us for granted!
NATALIE MARTINEZ I think the last game console I had was Super Nintendo. I remember once I played the Sega Genesis. B...
NATALIE MARTINEZ I like to play 'Battleship,' and I also like 'Wordle' on iPhone. These are good thin...
NATALIE MARTINEZ My favorite car is a '69 Barracuda.
NATALIE MARTINEZ I was a huge 'Street Fighter' fan, and I actually still am. The only game I really was good ...
NATALIE MARTINEZ My family lives in Miami, and I always envision myself, if something happens, it'd be like '...
NATALIE MARTINEZ I make a bomb vaca frita. It's like a flank steak like with the ropa vieja, but it's fried w...
NATALIE MARTINEZ The thing with Stephen King is that everyone dies, and everyone comes back to life. So you never kno...
NATALIE MARTINEZ I love meat - I'm Cuban; I grew up eating meat, platanos, and arroz con pollo. I don't belie...
NATALIE MARTINEZ You're going to a bunch of auditions, and most of the time you're just getting denied, but j...
NATALIE MARTINEZ I like cars. I know some things. I can change my own car and battery and change my own oil.
NATALIE MARTINEZ I do eat what I want. I love meat - I'm Cuban: I grew up eating meat, platanos, and arroz con po...
NATALIE MARTINEZ I love boxing, MMA, and hiking with my dog. I work out 3 times a week, and on my off days, I do yoga...
NATALIE MARTINEZ Being Latina for me is also being a strong woman.
NATALIE MARTINEZ I have to represent. I feel proud to have a culture that's different... and proud to be a Latina...
NATALIE MARTINEZ 'Dance Dance Revolution.' That's a lot of fun when you're having a dinner party and ...
NATALIE MARTINEZ When I appear onstage, that's my departure from Momhood - and I transform into Natalie MacMaster...
NATALIE MACMASTER 'In My Hands,' the title track, is my very first vocal attempt, and I'm not a singer as ...
NATALIE MACMASTER Living in Cape Breton, it's really all about fiddle music, so it's not like there were other...
NATALIE MACMASTER