Ellen DeGeneres Quotes

I just like observing people - it's something I've done ever since I was a kid, and I got really good at it. That's a big part of why I became a comedian. My audience is filled with every kind of person you can imagine, and I love that.

Ellen DeGeneres

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LoveGoodPeopleYouPersonDone

I'm a creature of startups. For example, I don't want government interference in the startup ecosystem.

Michael Arrington

GovernmentWantExampleEcosystem

The stage is such an investment, and it's so emotional that it's really hard to tell how that will go.

Stephen Dillane

GoInvestmentWillHardStageTell

The prism through which you experience life is so unique. There is no objective experience.

Sterling K. Brown

LifeExperienceYouUniquePrism

I think of childhood as an explosion of creativity. For most people, growing up and earning a living means leaving all that behind. But an artist never leaves that behind. Edwin Mullhouse was my way of exploring the child as artist and, under the guise of childhood, something larger.

Steven Millhauser

CreativityChildhoodChildPeople

My worst and best qualities are rashness: the good part of it is due to youth, which is, of course, why I'm not a great conductor.

Simon Rattle

GoodGreatBestYouthWhyWorst

I thought my character definitely was very much in love with him and wanted to be with him, but I think at some point they were going to have to draw the line.

Rosario Dawson

LoveCharacterThinkThoughtLine

I am a Hitchcockian - I still believe that 'Psycho' sets the standard for mother/son relations.

Luca Guadagnino

I AmBelievePsychoStillStandard

There was a stage in my career when I started to have problems with the vanity aspect of the subject. I got frustrated and bored with it. Then I thought, actually, how does it feel to be photographed? That's when I started to photograph myself. That was an incredibly important moment, and it opened up my work tremendously.

Juergen Teller

WorkMyselfMomentProblemsThought

So, as one sees, I by no means deprive my world of stubborn reality, if I merely call it a world of ideas.

Josiah Royce

IdeasWorldRealityStubbornCall

I would be lying if I said I did not feel bad when 'Shamitabh' failed, but I was proud to be associated with a film like this. If it were easy to know the pulse of the audience, then all movies would be blockbusters.

Dhanush

ProudFeelEasyBadKnowMovies

I guess my interest in performance has evolved and changed many times over the years.

Allison Tolman

PerformanceOverYearsInterestMany

Now 'Boondock II,' people are gonna see it because they liked the first one. There won't be very many people who go see it who aren't familiar with the first one.

Sean Patrick Flanery

PeopleGoNowFirstSeeBecause

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