Colin Firth They’re not bombarding me with offers, although the ones that have come along have been too preposterous to contemplate, so it’s not as if I spend every day resisting $20 million pay cheques. – Colin Firth Bombarding Quotes Cheques Quotes Contemplate Quotes Day Quotes Offers Quotes Pay Quotes Preposterous Quotes Resisting Quotes Spend Quotes I work with the options I have in front of me and my reasons for choosing a job can vary enormously depending on the circumstances. Sometimes I take a job because it’s a group of people I’m dying to work with, and sometimes it can be a desire to shake things up a bit and not to take myself too seriously. My primary instinct as an actor is not the big transformation. It’s thrilling if a performer can do that well, but that’s not me. Often with actors, it’s a case of witnessing a big party piece but wondering afterwards, where’s the substance?
James Acaster I’d decided to write about stuff that I would like to hear standup about. – James Acaster
Jon Landau Elton John himself never seems pretentious but Bernie Taupin’s lyrics often do – sometimes pretentious in a clever sort of way, but pretentious nonetheless. There is a conflict between Elton’s and Bernie’s personal styles, no doubt about it. – Jon Landau
ArchitectureJohn Lautner Inherent in architecture, it involves everything in life so that there is absolutely no end to it. By the time you’re seventy or eighty, you’re still beginning. So, that’s the kind of life I’ve preferred to being the expert at forty and dead, you know. – John Lautner
Rebecca Lobo My goals have gone from being an all-star to just being able to play basketball. I always took for granted that I could play. Now I know what a gift it is. – Rebecca Lobo
Dolores O'Riordan People often ask me why I sing with a strong Irish accent. I suppose when I was five years old, I spoke with a strong Irish accent, so I sang with one, too. – Dolores O’Riordan
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