I’m Mickey Mouse. They don’t know who’s inside the suit.

Music was an experience, intimately married to your life. You could pay to hear music, but after you did, it was over, gone – a memory.

Who shall measure the hat and violence of the poet’s heart when caught and tangled in a woman’s body?

Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes.

Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one.

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

One’s past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.

Storytelling is about two things; it’s about character and plot.

Call me Jonah. My parents did, or nearly did. They called me John.

In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must above all be a sheep oneself.

Nobody enjoys the ‚little show about nothing‘ humor more than me, but that is never the way I look at it.

I sell escapism.

We want to answer this classical question, who am I? So I think that most of our works are for art, or whatever we do, including science or religion, tried to answer that question.

I made a decision when my father passed away that I was going to be who God made me to be and not try to preach like my father.

I know I will never be happy, but I know I can be gay!

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

I am what I am. A fighter.

I’m really trying to dredge up what one might call intellectual and moral material. For example, when do you realize that you are an American? What age does that happen to you? When do you realize what religion your parents practice? When does it all become conscious? I was interested in exploring all of that.

I saw ‚Magic Mike,‘ and I thought it was great.

Getting recognized is insane. It just blows my mind. Like, someone who you don’t know at all can just be like, ‚Oh my God – are you Billie?‘

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.

I love Notting Hill and Westbourne Grove – there is so much life and vitality around Portobello and Ladbroke Grove. It has come up a lot since I started Virgin more than 40 years ago, but there is so much character.

TV’s a big deal in prison. A big deal. People watch it nonstop.

I don’t really like to call myself a brand, and I don’t like to think of myself as a brand. I’m a singer, a songwriter, a musician and a performer. And an actress, and all the other things that I do. When you add it all together, some might call it a brand, but that’s not my focus.

You entertain people who are satisfied. Hungry people can’t be entertained – or people who are afraid. You can’t entertain a man who has no food.

I think who you are in school really sticks with you.

I know that if I had a television in my flat I would convince myself that everything on it was really interesting. I would say, ‚I’m a Celebrity – Get Me Out of Here!‘ is so sociologically fascinating that I think I’d better watch.

I enjoy acting when you really hit it right.

There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

My affection for Taiwan… is witnessed by everyone. My wife is Taiwanese and I am a son-in-law of Taiwan. I am half Taiwanese.

The greatest thing about being a comedian is knowing other comedians. And you get to talk to them. Its the most fun.

The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.

I love WWE, and I love that platform. There is no other platform in the world that gives me that instant gratification. There is just no other platform.

Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.

The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.

A man’s own manner and character is what most becomes him.

I love music, and after my first experience with movies, I can’t wait to do more.

I guess if I’m a product, either you’re chocolate, you’re vanilla or you’re butterscotch. You can’t be all three.

We participate in a tragedy; at a comedy we only look.

I’m German in my mind, but from a Germany that doesn’t exist any more.

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

I’m almost like three people. There’s me the, Dolly, the person. There’s me, the star. And then there’s me, the manager.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

I don’t look at myself as a commodity, but I’m sure a lot of people have.

Because I’m small, I’ve been called things from ‚Happy Feet‘ to ‚Little Face.‘

There’s only one thing that can kill the movies, and that’s education.

I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all.

I started being really proud of the fact that I was gay even though I wasn’t.

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that, if you bore people, they think it’s their fault.

Your life will be a blessed and balanced experience if you first honor your identity and priority.

Most of the stuff I do on the show comes out of me just trying to make my friends laugh.

Hold those things that tell your history and protect them. During slavery, who was able to read or write or keep anything? The ability to have somebody to tell your story to is so important. It says: ‚I was here. I may be sold tomorrow. But you know I was here.‘

I don’t want people at my shows to come out and say, ‚I just saw a cool show.‘ I want them to say, ‚I had fun at the show.‘ I want it to be a collaborative thing and be part of the audience and have them be part of me. I try to interact with everyone there and have them be equal to me because they are.

I liked watching Rossi, his style, his colours and everything. He was someone I looked up to and until now he is still my only hero. He is the king of motorbikes and most people like Rossi mainly because he comes across as a pretty fun and good character. He is cool and has a good style and look.

We are braver and wiser because they existed, those strong women and strong men… We are who we are because they were who they were. It’s wise to know where you come from, who called your name.

Woman’s at best a contradiction still.

If you check your ego at the door when it comes to comedy, you’ve got a pretty good shot at making a great movie that you can commit yourself to, you can jump off the proverbial cliff with, and have a great time, and the audiences respond to that.

I feel like everything we do comes down to how it looks. Even no branding is branding. For example, you had no face or image to put to my music at first. That was branding.

What good is it being Marilyn Monroe? Why can’t I just be an ordinary woman?

For Africa to me… is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.