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“Everyone hates you.” (My manager, a long time ago.)
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 July 2024 source ↗
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Belinda Carlisle
American singer
“You sing like a goat.” When I did my French album [Voila], this French woman – a supposed friend – said to my face: “It’s fantastic but, how come you sound like a chèvre?” It was like someone had hit me in the stomach.
I had a casting director once stop me in the middle of an audition and tell me to go wash my face in the bathroom because she felt my makeup was too distracting, but I wasn’t wearing any. It was mortifying. It felt like a power play and I was so young, I didn’t know what to do.
Someone said that I had a laugh like Jimmy Carr.
Ed Harris
American actor and director
'You're not free.'
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Having a few songs that outlive you is a nice way to be remembered.
I wish I could worry less.
Nothing. I sleep like a log.
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