Nelsan Ellis Quotes

When I wanted to become a serious actor, this girl told me, 'You should go to Juilliard.' And I said, 'Okay.'

Nelsan Ellis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 30, 1977 - July 8, 2017

Topics

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I initially signed up for Twitter just to do jokes I wasn't going to do in my stand-up routine.

Jim Gaffigan

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I dreaded doing close-ups.

Jessie Matthews

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It's not that I'm a 'Let's hug and be joyful all the time' boss. Or that I don't, quote, 'own my own power.' I just never want to be that big, swingin', rule-by-fear person.

Megyn Kelly

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The whole new Democratic Party is the old Republican Party. We have a whole bunch of elephants running around in donkey's clothes.

Robert Novak

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With acting, there's a certain amount of independence you have within the framework of the storytelling. When it's done well, it's a collaborative medium.

Maura Tierney

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In 2010, I was ranked top 50 in the deadlift in three different weight classes, and I won my first natural bodybuilding competition.

Matt McGorry

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I'm never one to care too much if my work becomes adapted; I make comic books.

Jeff Lemire

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Whenever I read stories of people doing huge pranks on set, all I think is, 'These people have too much time on their hands.' Besides, I don't want to make some poor assistant clean up someone's trailer after I've filled it with, say, Cadbury eggs. See? I can't even think of a good prank.

Amy Poehler

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It's certainly sobering to think that British consumers waste roughly a quarter of the food we buy. Or to put it another way, we funnel £12 billion a year from the supermarket through to our rubbish tips, costing each household an average of £480.

Tristram Stuart

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My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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When I was younger, I used to look at movie stars with pencil-thin noses and think about a nose job. I've got a grown-up baby nose; it's not chiseled and structured. Then I saw how beautiful Audrey Tatou was in 'Amelie' and thought, 'She's got a nose like mine, and if she can have a baby nose, so can I.'

Martine McCutcheon

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Every crag and gnarled tree and lonely valley has its own strange and graceful legend attached to it.

Douglas Hyde

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