J. K. Simmons Quotes

When we were shooting 'Oz,' my wife was doing 'Beauty and the Beast' on Broadway, singing and dancing. It was an interesting dichotomy in our house.

J. K. Simmons

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 9, 1955

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I really enjoy the football season.

Jimmie Johnson

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I have a job that requires me to be in the public eye in the way that makes me extra careful about sharing information.

Jesse Eisenberg

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Scotty heard that I was thinking about quitting Apple because of his actions, so he called me into his office and asked what it would take for me to stay? I said, maybe if I could work on the Mac project, which Steve had just taken over from Jef Raskin.

Andy Hertzfeld

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We lived in a suburb of Birmingham where I attended the local state school from the age of five. I then went on to King Edward VI High School in Edgbaston, Birmingham.

John Vane

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I would write ads for deodorants or labels for catsup bottles if I had to.

John Updike

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I know I'm an opera singer, but we're actors, too.

Sondra Radvanovsky

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As an actor, I enjoy variety. That's a big thing for me. So, if I'm going to put my name to something and commit to something that's going to take up a lot of my time, it has to be something that I know is going to be enjoyable and worth my while. Otherwise, what's the point?

Tom Ellis

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But as an adult working in the fashion industry, I struggle with materialism. And I'm one of the least materialistic people that exist, because material possessions don't mean much to me. They're beautiful, I enjoy them, they can enhance your life to a certain degree, but they're ultimately not important.

Tom Ford

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If millions of Americans choose to weigh in on the outcome of 'American Idol' through text messages and the Web, then why not harness similar technological tools to encourage discourse on the political landscape?

Ruzwana Bashir

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We never see the fancy schools with the blazers and ties in films about Africa! But, in fact, we too have class and elitism.

Mira Nair

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You may be the best team in the world, but you can't win all the tournaments. That's what the media does not understand.

Mohammad Azharuddin

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Certainly we disagree with the Communist Party, as we disagree with other political parties who are trying to maintain the American way of life.

Dorothy Day

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