Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alicia Silverstone

I knew that I wanted to be a film actress and I never watched TV. I was always too busy.

Michelle Trachtenberg

I was always wanting to learn and be one of those actresses who can actually hold a conversation as opposed to standing there looking pretty.

Nicholas Ray

As a human being, Joan Crawford is a great actress.

Charles Bukowski

The Artist," an ancient sage had once said, "is always sitting on the doorsteps of the rich.

Angelina Jolie

I didn't die young. So I am very lucky. There are other artists and people that didn't survive certain things... people can imagine that I did the most dangerous, and I did the worst... for many reasons, I shouldn't be here.

Amos Lee

I'm not a mass-appeal artist.

Amy Adams

I'm lucky enough to get really interesting and diverse roles offered to me, and I just hope that that continues. I just want to keep expanding as an artist and really try new things.

Anna Katharine Green

There are two kinds of artists in this world; those that work because the spirit is in them, and they cannot be silent if they would, and those that speak from a conscientious desire to make apparent to others the beauty that has awakened their own admiration.

Anne Roiphe

However, there probably is a slight connection between the high-wire, super sensitivity, open to everything and too much, and slightly fragile soul of the artist and the need to self-medicate, which can lead to bad trouble either in drugs, or alcohol. So it's not that there's no connection, it's just that we can't make too much of it because it isn't the addiction that's the issue, it's the fragility of some people who do artistic work, who end up in rehab somewhere or other.

Anne Sexton

I wonder if the artist ever lives his life--he is so busy recreating it.

Anna Deavere Smith

That artists are called to be more responsible and 'true' is a tip of hat to their power.

Anna Deavere Smith

Do you want to be an artist so that the whole world will look at you, or do you want to be an artist because you would like to use your ability to attract attention, to have the world see itself through you differently?

Maya Angelou

The music was my friend, my lover, my family.

Herb Alpert

I wake up in the morning, I do a little stretching exercises, pick up the horn and play.

Isaac Hanson

But anyone who knows anything about the music industry knows it's not only about the music.

Richard Parsons

If there is such thing as a perfect fit, Warner EMI Music is it.

Drake Bell

I think my music speaks for itself - it backs me up.

Aleksey Igudesman

Classical music is something that we're very passionate about, but we always thought it was presented in a stuffy way.

Stephen Marley

I am a musician, ya know; music is my world.

Orlando Bloom

He would often play a piece of music just before a take to set the mood.

Katie Johnson

I'm used to working with him. I know what to expect. It all transitions together so well, and the music is beautiful.