Charlie Kaufman
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SEAN SPICER If you're going to exude naivete, you can't really... walk out there like it's a Sting s... FRANK BLACK TYLER PERRY It's not easy to come somewhere new and have to find your place. You might feel someone doesn... FERNANDO TORRES About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS RICK RIORDAN PAUL WALKER DIERKS BENTLEY LOUIS C. K. You have to remind casting directors out here that you don't just do one thing. There's a lo... STEPHEN ROOT CARRIE ANN INABA Here's the thing, men have to also mature in how they see women, too. Because they need to under... JADA PINKETT SMITH MIKE YACONELLI To me, acting is like a party. It's like a fun thing to do. You don't have to worry. You don... ROB REINER When it came to 'Binge,' it wasn't my intention to get on a little soapbox and have a te... TYLER OAKLEY I always tell people there's some kind of wall that you have to break through to see the beauty ... KING TUFF I expect to always do well. It's the kind of competitiveness in me. I'm not here to try to j... BILLY BUTLER MILLIE BOBBY BROWN MALCOLM X JACQUE FRESCO Here's the thing: I was charming. Well read and well spoken. Observant and even kind. In other w... VICTOR LAVALLE I always find Victoria's Secret models a bit weird. EDIE CAMPBELL Now here's what I'm saying: I've always believed that every other month we hear about co... DICK GREGORY KEVIN BACON MITCH HEDBERG There's a lot of stress out there, and to handle it, you just need to believe in yourself; alway... MCKAYLA MARONEY MIRANDA KERR BRUCE BABBITT If you don't believe there's some organising principle, or somebody up in the sky pulling th... MICHAEL SHANNON But I think it's also hard to get into soccer here. I think purely on a time level on television... PARMINDER NAGRA You don't have to hit perfect shots all the time here. The variety of shots you get to play, the... DAVID DUVAL GORDON BETHUNE You're allowed to make things for women on television, and there's not like... you don't... CALLIE KHOURI When you're dead, you're dead. No one is going to remember me when I'm dead. Oh, maybe a... SUSAN HAYWARD ANNE WOJCICKI REEM ACRA PAUL AUSTER I think that connection with humans is so important. Sometimes I'll do this monologue and talk t... CHET FAKER SELENA GOMEZ It's just a blessing from above. I can't stress that enough, because I don't feel like i... D'BRICKASHAW FERGUSON It's fun to do voiceover work, although you still have to act. But it doesn't involve memori... STEPHEN ROOT After you do this for a while, you get used to things not working the way you want them to. There... D. B. WEISS LAKE BELL Conservatives, they're like the Republicans to me. They don't do much. They have this whole ... ESTELLE Conservatives, they're like the Republicans to me. They don't do much. They have this whole ... 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It seems to me like the Internet allows you to break that structure a little bit. You know, here'... 
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There's been a lot of simple vilification of right-wing people. It's really easy to say, ... 
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Interviewer: So. Tell me about your mother.
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