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Brett Gelman Quotes

I've wanted to be a comedian since I was a kid, and my parents were very supportive of that.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actor
Nationality: american
Birth: October 6, 1976

Topics

Parents Kid Wanted Supportive Very

When someone dies instantly, then I think the well of grief and disbelief all mixed in with it is unfathomable. And when murder is involved, that just takes it into a whole new place. There is an extra dimension you just can't compute or deal with.

Grief Think Someone You Place New

I stuck around in Hollywood for too long. I was there a long time, and when I left, I was smart enough to realise that what I was leaving was not just the movie business. I wanted to get rid of the whole atmosphere.

Business Time Smart Enough Long

I have a strong accent; it limits the roles, of course it does. I guess if I had moved to America a long time ago maybe my accent would have got less.

Time Limits Strong America Long Got

Basically, I try to look at everything I do as a stretch.

Look Try Everything Stretch

There was definitely a point in my thirties when I thought, 'Oh, wow, I'm not the youngest person on the set anymore.' But I like it. Working with younger artists is totally exciting.

Thought Person Point Working Artists

As readers, we sense when the game is being played for real and when something else is afoot: pride, showmanship, the pursuit of power, self-aggrandizement, revenge, making money. Not that there's anything wrong with any of that, but I dislike closing a book with the sense that I've been had.

Stacey D'Erasmo

Power Money Book Game Revenge Pride

I've always idolized Jay-Z He's one of my favorite persons, even before I knew him personally.

Him Always Favorite Even Knew He

Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.

Miguel de Cervantes

Victory Be Prepared Half Prepared

When you begin to worry, go find something to do. Get busy being a blessing to someone; do something fruitful. Talking about your problem or sitting alone, thinking about it, does no good; it serves only to make you miserable. Above all else, remember that worrying is totally useless. Worrying will not solve your problem.

Good Alone Blessing Busy Thinking

I know runners who have suffered a tick bite and ended up with Lyme disease. I'll take an angry moose any day.

Day Angry Know Up Take Disease

Each project that you do is something you believe in for that moment in time.

Time Moment Believe You Project

I've heard all my life how I'm too short or not big enough to play this game. It's nothing new.

Life Game Short My Life Enough Play

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