#were

People always ask me, 'Were you funny as a child?' Well, no, I was an accountant. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#accountant #always #ask #child #i

I could tell it was a popular move as a writer to walk down the bass lines while you were writing a song. ↗

— Gavin DeGraw

#could #down #i #lines #move

I collect old portraits. They're all just interesting pictures of people, and you just kind of wonder who they were and what they were. There's a guy - I don't know who he is, but he's wearing a suit. He's got his arms folded, and he looks like he sold insurance or something. I'm just wondering why someone painted him. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#collect #folded #got #guy #him

I do have ADD and in real life, I'm all over the place and can hardly focus. If we were talking for, for more than an hour or so, I'd start drifting off... I can't sit still too long. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#drifting #focus #hardly #hour #i

When we were growing up our parents somehow made it clear that being famous was good. And I mistakenly thought that if I was famous then everyone would love me. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#being famous #clear #everyone #famous #good

If I were a writer, how I would enjoy being told the novel is dead. How liberating to work in the margins, outside a central perception. You are the ghoul of literature. Lovely. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#central #dead #enjoy #how #i

I think, on a larger note, that filmmakers and studios should start to tuck it in a little bit, because films wouldn't have the pressure they have if the word wasn't out about how expensive they were. ↗

— Ted Demme

#because #bit #expensive #filmmakers #films

I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks. ↗

— Stevie Ray Vaughan

#few #get #i #play #saxophone

I was in Yorkshire. We were a family of five and I used to be sent sometimes to get the rations for the week and I was easily able to carry them back. It was like one egg and a tiny bit of tea. ↗

— Judi Dench

#back #bit #carry #easily #egg

You do need parental guidance and I was in a great position with both my mum and dad. They split when I was a baby but even though I stayed with my mom they were both very much involved in my upbringing. ↗

— Leonardo DiCaprio

#both #dad #even #great #guidance