At least when the race starts he knows where they’re all at, ’cause they’re in front of him. Better to do it today than tomorrow.
I’ve always wanted to play Maria in West Side Story. My idol is Natalie Wood, and I love the movie, so I think a modern-day twist on it would be really neat.
For some reason, I like seeing people feel emotional.
I have no enabler bone in my body – not one. I’m sort of like, Oh, are you going crazy? I’ll be back in an hour.’
I don’t like a tremendous amount of conflict. I don’t think that fighting and passion are the same thing.
The girly movie I secretly love is Pippy Longstockings.
Netflix is like sitting at the cool kids’ table. Netflix is amazing. We’re the biggest fans of not only working there but of the company in general.
So I’m you, I’m us, it’s us. It went from Kanye, which means the only one, to just Ye – just being a reflection of our good, our bad, our confused, everything. The album is more of a reflection of who we are.
Working with people, the musical part is one thing but the personal part is totally different and just as critical. If the friendship is there and it’s a lasting friendship, then it will take care of itself.
Finding a good bus driver can be as important as finding a good musician.
I come from a very small island which is packed with people. I mean, jam-packed with people. I’ve lived a life which has been pretty much full up with ambition, ideas, stimulus, creativity, some negativity which I try and avoid.
[on her mom] She always knows what to do to cheer me up. Whenever I feel down, my mom will take me shopping or out to lunch. she’s 100% there for me, and always has been. My family keeps me going no metter what.
What was the competition? Well, I remember this Puerto Rican who came out in a short skirt and a gun.
Welcome to The Daily Show, I am John Oliver. And let’s just acknowledge for a moment that this is weird. This looks weird. It feels weird. It even sounds weird. It sounds weird to me and this is my actual voice.
When you’re on your fifth album, you are going to be judged against all your previous work and expectations.
Celebrity culture has gone crazy, and I think the reason is that real news is just not bearable, and it also seems impossible to change anything.
Just tried watching Modern Family – written by a moron, really boring. Writer has the mind of a very dumb and backward child. Sorry Danny!
The stuff I find attractive in women I always regret finding attractive. I always like a kind of madness in a woman… I like it when they hate me right from the beginning.
I try to keep a low profile in general. Not with my art, but just as a person.
It’s a lot harder to do an ensemble because your energy is going in so many different places, and you have to cover everybody. You have to sort of split your attention.
There aren’t any hard women, only soft men.