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Sometimes, wearing a scarf and a polo coat and no makeup and with a certain attitude of walking, I go shopping or just look at people living. But then, you know, there will be a few teenagers who are kind of sharp, and they'll say, 'Hey, just a minute. You know who I think that is?' And they'll start tailing me. And I don't mind.
— Marilyn Monroe
Being politically correct means saying what's polite rather than what's accurate. I like to be accurate.
— Robert Kiyosaki
So I sat down with him and portrayed more the side of the character he needed to see. Which is what I do when I go in for an interview for a part I like. As much as you think you're dealing with creative people, they see you for what your image is out there.
— Jennifer Lopez
I think you can't be really posh and be an interesting actor. I'm a bit of a posh rough.
— Damian Lewis
There was a massive poster of me down my road, right outside the chip shop. I was about to go in, but then I saw it and changed my mind. Me coming out with a bag of chips, while I'm up there doing crunches on the poster... well, it would not look good.
— Jessica Ennis-Hill
To contemplate is to look at shadows.
— Victor Hugo
The conventional wisdom is that if you are gay, you cannot play the romantic straight lead in a movie.
— Ian Mckellen
At the end of the day, even if you are cooler than Obama, the media will never let you be cooler.
— Meghan McCain
I think you can tell a lot by someone's footwear - cowboy boots would put me off, as would a man in Ugg boots or Crocs.
— Maxine Peake
I just look at Miley Cyrus, and I'm like, 'Great, you've doubled your audience. But you've also doubled the number of people that hate you, and doesn't that hurt?' It takes a crazy person not to be affected by that.
— Bo Burnham
I get a lot of credit for comb-overs. But it's not really a comb-over. It's sort of a little bit forward and back. I've combed it the same way for years. Same thing, every time.
— Donald Trump
My curves are not crazy.
— Henri Matisse