To be 'squeezed' is to be bound by a very American psychological and socio-economic predicament. Being squeezed involves one's finances, one's social status, and one's self-image.
I have a strong preference for being alive.
I couldn't care less about being a presenter at the Oscars.
I had an early taste of fame. I was 20, going out with TV presenter Dani Behr and we'd have paparazzi chasing us. I'm not comfortable being photographed, though I accept it is part of the job. I had to ask myself, 'What comes first, being a celebrity or footballer?'
I don't like to be me. I'm not so comfortable being me on screen because then I'd be a presenter. I'm not Jimmy Fallon.
Presenting football is something that I love to do. I'm very fortunate being able to do one of the BBC's flagship shows.
I didn't have a dream of being a press secretary, I had a dream of being a playwright; I had a dream of being a novelist and a poet.
I'll take a carb any day of the week, but if I'm being pressed, then I'm sort of into the standard bagel.
All writing is presumption, of course, since no one knows what it is like to be another human being.
Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character.
Where 'Paranormal Activity' really comes into its own is its rhetoric of legitimacy - how it uses itself to authenticate itself, and thus furthers the pretence of being real.
Any image I have, it's just what I do, but it comes off as being very pretentious. When you're a bit in the public astigmatism, anything you do seems like you did it so somebody would see you do it, like showing up at the right parties.
Regency romances end in marriage; zombie stories end in the zombies being vanquished. 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' delivers both.
In retrospect, I'm really shocked at how far I put my heart out there on the line with 'Prima Donna'. I seem to have this knack for being able to accomplish that.
Nah, I'm not a prima donna, but I just don't like being cold and wet.
When I was at primary school, around seven years old, I was underweight, so I'd be back and forth to the doctors to get weighed. It was a lot to do with being a twin. Jo was healthy, but I just couldn't put on weight.
When I was younger and in primary school, I'd do maybe a film a year, and I had to adapt to being away from everyone for a couple of months.
Like most girls, I fantasized about being some sort of a princess.
Since the printing press came into being, poetry has ceased to be the delight of the whole community of man; it has become the amusement and delight of the few.
If we are to attract private investment, if we are to be able to make the legislature feel the moneys from taxpayers are being used properly, we must be ever vigilant of the duty to efficiently use all funds we receive.
