Lena Waithe Quotes

I had a lot of great bosses - I worked for Gina Prince-Bythewood for two years, I worked for Ava Duvernay as a PA on her first narrative film, and I worked with Mara Brock Akil, so a lot of wonderful role models.

Lena Waithe

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GreatFirstTwoYearsWonderfulHer

I would have happily done 'Bourne Legacy,' but a lot of decisions are made for you.

Joel Edgerton

LegacyDecisionsYouDoneMadeLot

I do love to perform. And I'm ever so grateful that this has turned into a job with a future.

Melissa Manchester

LoveFutureGratefulJobEver

I only surround myself with people who are intellectually stimulating.

Anna Chlumsky

MyselfPeopleOnlyWhoSurround

I think being authentic online and living my life so openly allows people to actually relate to me.

Jeffree Star

LifePeopleMeThinkMy LifeLiving

A solitary child growing up in Africa, you're really quite dependent on books.

John Rhys-Davies

ChildGrowing UpYouGrowingAfrica

I'm very influenced by jazz drummers. I always liked drummers like Roger Taylor, Keith Moon, Ian Paice, John Densmore. I just learned from playing to those drummers.

Steven Adler

MoonJazzAlwaysPlayingJustLike

Basically that was the moment when I thought I'd like to do this forever. I never changed my mind.

Treat Williams

MomentMindThoughtNeverForever

Usually, my rhymes are just in my head. I start off with a theme, and once I start rapping and writing and singing, the chorus and all that, it just starts flowing. Then it's done in about an hour! I write a lot of songs.

Roshon Fegan

WritingSingingStartDoneWrite

You go into any doughnut shop and look at three cops having coffee, I guarantee I look like one of them.

Dean Norris

CoffeeYouLookGoThreeGuarantee

Celebrity is a word that I find offensive. That's the c-word. I hate it. It means no discernible talent. It means all you want is to be famous. It doesn't mean you're a writer, an actor, a mime. I think I wanna not be a celebrity.

Bob Saget

HateTalentThinkFamousYouFind

I'm not even sure that I want to go back... The Zimbabwe that I really loved, the Zimbabwe that I grew up in, just isn't there anymore, and I'm not sure about the country that has replaced it.

Petina Gappah

LovedBackCountryGoWantUp

Sometimes I think about, 'What if I'm not the person everyone idealizes me to be? Maybe I'm just a regular old Joe. What if I can't live up to all these expectations? Maybe I'm just not who they think I am or who they want me to be.

Selah Louise Marley

LiveI AmMeExpectationsThinkOld

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