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“I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.”
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.”
“I started doing comedy because that was the only stage that I could find. It was the pure idea of being on stage. That was the only thing that interested me, along with learning the craft and worki...”
“I wanted to translate from one flat surface to another. In fact, my learning disabilities controlled a lot of things. I don't recognize faces, so I'm sure it's what drove me to portraits in the fir...”
“I don't like books that seem to want to teach me things. Which is not to say that one doesn't learn from books - but you do your own learning in your own way.”
“Not being given everything encourages you to create... That was one of the first steps for me learning to invent things.”
“Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are.”
“The agony of my feelings allowed me no respite no incident occurred from which my rage and misery could not extract its food.”
“Food simply isn't important to me.”
“Give your kids a bloody knife and fork and let me put some fresh food in front of them they can eat.”
“If I could only have one type of food with me, I would bring soy sauce. The reason being that if I have soy sauce, I can flavor a lot of things.”
“On my first date, my boyfriend asked me if I wanted to eat a la carte, and I said that I would prefer to stay inside!”
“Working in front of the camera keeps me alive. I couldn't care less about actors' trailers and food on sets and stuff like that - I just want to act.”
“I know the Bible is inspired because it inspires me.”
“I never felt I had anything to hide. I never felt being gay was anything to be ashamed of, so I never felt apologetic. I didn't have issues with it, didn't grow up with any religion, so I didn't ha...”
“Someone once told me that religion is like a knife: You can stab someone with it, or you can slice bread with it.”
“In Australia, they really want to turn me into a religion. A religion! Can you imagine? The Church of Edna? Oh. I don't want to be over-revered.”
“My religion teaches me that whenever there is distress which one cannot remove, one must fast and pray.”
“I'm a modern Muslim. I pray, and if I have a question, I ask someone who is more educated in the religion than me.”
“For me sport was a religion... with religious sentiment.”
