Dan Jenkins Quotes

Anybody can make jokes. But unless they come from conviction, and there's truth in them, you haven't nailed it. They aren't as funny as they could be, and they don't make a point.

Dan Jenkins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Topics

FunnyTruthYouJokesConviction

I trained as a ballet dancer and fell in love with Rudolf Nureyev; I thought him the most beautiful creature. My mum had to break it to me that not only was he gay, but he was dead.

Jessica Brown Findlay

LoveBeautifulMeThoughtGayDead

I definitely think it exercises an interesting muscle, auditioning for bad parts and trying to figure out how to make it real. I don't know what I'm talking about now.

Anna Kendrick

ThinkInterestingTalkingTryingBad

At Leeds I've tried to concentrate on my club form, but you get caught up in all the World Cup fever once you come back to Ireland and see all the Irish boys again.

Robbie Keane

WorldYouBackIrishClubSee

Independent film is almost nonexistent right now, because all the distributers that used to love to put out these little art films are all out of business right now, because it costs so much to open a movie.

Ron Perlman

LoveBusinessArtNowIndependent

Decolonization actually boosted slavery. As foreign powers withdrew from the colonies, people were enslaved by their own countrymen. And we see it in Africa, we see it in Asia.

Loretta Napoleoni

PeopleSlaveryAfricaSeeOwnAsia

Before 'Moonrise,' I never thought I would be in a movie where I would be struck by lightning.

Jared Gilman

ThoughtNeverLightningWhereWould

In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen can vote. And why? Because he or she possesses that wonderful biological attribute - a white skin.

Desmond Tutu

WhitePersonSkinYoungVoteLand

Being famous is just like being in high school. But I'm not interested in being the cheerleader. I'm not interested in being Gwen Stefani. She's the cheerleader, and I'm out in the smoker shed.

Courtney Love

SchoolHigh SchoolFamousSheHigh

A wartime Minister of Information is compelled, in the national interest, to such continuous acts of duplicity that even his natural hair must grow to resemble a wig.

Claud Cockburn

HairGrowInformationWigNatural

I wouldn't get nearly as many books written if I lived in New York. The Columbia Gorge is fantastic. When the sun shines, I just want to be outdoors.

Chuck Palahniuk

New YorkSunOutdoorsNewWantGet

I didn't really have an agenda for my talent. I just wanted to be able to sing.

Brenda Lee

TalentSingJustAbleAgendaWanted

But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive.

William Shakespeare

SoulI AmAliveSinMostHonour

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Dan Jenkins