A lot of people know the name Gloria Vanderbilt, but they don't really know the whole story behind her, the real person that she is.
If you're playing a real person, then you want to do a certain amount of research, but that's only going to be so useful to you. Each role requires a different kind of approach to get ready.
I'm a real relationship person - contrary to public perception. I'm either in one or I'm not.
I would advise any gay person that being out in the real sense can never happen too soon.
Sometimes we fall in love with the idea of a person and have trouble seeing the real thing.
I'm a confident person in knowing my abilities, but also know, I'm kind of a realist, I know when I suck.
I realized it was happening, but most people didn't realize it was happening. I mean, because as a self-employed person, when there is a recession or a cutback in the economy, we feel it first. Because many self-employed people provide services that are nonessential.
I'm not a reckless person, in the sense that I wouldn't do something that's reckless or dangerous, because I'm a pretty careful person. For example, I don't snow ski. I did it once, and I promised God I'd never do it again if I lived through it.
I'm a quiet person. It's only when I am cued to talk that I talk. Otherwise, I'm reserved and a bit of a recluse.
I am just a quiet reclusive person who has managed to hang around for a while.
Today a record producer is even more involved and is often the production's sole musician, one person playing all the instruments one-by-one.
For me, motivation is a person who has the capability to recruit the resources he needs to achieve a goal.
I hated working red carpets, I hated the whole celebrity interview process. I just realized I'd rather be the person somebody wanted to ask questions to than the person asking the questions.
I went through a soul-searching period. I went to a place that was a little bit more reflective and dark. I began to look at who I am, who I was, where I come from, what my culture is, and who I am as an African-American person in America.
The tradition of putting candles on Christmas trees actually began in Germany. The person who came up with the idea is thought to have been Martin Luther, father of the Reformation.
If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.
The cycle of life is death, decomposition and regeneration, and a person who wants to stop killing animals is actually anti-life because it's only in death that life can be regenerated.
My ideal registration system would be an opt-out one, where every single person is registered once they turn 18. In Australia, I'm told, everyone is registered to vote and you pay a fine if you don't vote.
I'm a regular person with an extraordinary job.
I'm just a regular person, nothing more.