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People call me and ask me for advice all the time. On an elevator they tell me their problems. I think it's in part because I'm Italian so I'm emotionally available and I have a friendly persona.

Do not ask me to be kind; just ask me to act as though I were.

Reporters used to ask me the same inane questions year-in and year-out, city-to-city, and it would drive me crazy.

Are we, like, having a conversation?" "Did you just, like, ask me for advice and listen with an open mind? If so, then yes, I would call this a conversation

Everybody asks me this, whether I'm slightly annoyed that I didn't get to kiss Johnny Depp. We would have laughed.

Don't ask me something if the answer doesn't truly matter to you.

When you bring an idea that has no merit to me, and you ask me to comment on it, I'm going to tell you it has no merit.

People ask me about all sorts of sounds. There's a sound of a screeching toy or a rubber duck and everybody asks me about that, but it was an absolutely random thing, just a cool sound.

Most people ask me questions based on a previous interview. That's not an interview. It's like they're just saying my quotes back to me.

How did this or that change my music? The only time I have to think about it is when an interviewer asks me that.

Taxi drivers used to ask me what kind of music I did, and I'd say, 'Well, it's kind of jazz, soul, classical' - but that makes no sense to anyone.

Condemn me if you choose - I do that myself, - but condemn me, and not the path which I am following, and which I point out to those who ask me where, in my opinion, the path is.

People would ask me, "what do you want to be when you're older?" and I'd be like, "a singer," and they'd be like, "what do you really want to be?" and I'd be like, "oh, I really want to be a singer."

If you want a lover I'll do anything you ask me to. And if you want another kind of love I'll wear a mask for you.

Some people meet me sometimes and they sit down and talk to me for a while and ask me my name and say, 'Oh, you're the guy'.

When somebody asks me what I do, I don't think I'd say critic. I say writer.

When people ask me that, I say I don't want to be remembered. It means I'm no longer around.

His shoulder bumped mine again. "Can I ask you something?" I didn't answer. He was going to ask me anyway. People don't say that if they don't want to pry something out of you.

Haven, don't ask me to define the boundaries of normal. You know how I was raised. My father once struck strands of his own pubic hair onto a painting and sold it for a million dollars.

When critics or art historians or curators ask me why I still paint, the answer is that I am not naive.

When people ask me what on earth I want to keep two cats for I tell them I keep them to do my resting for me.

People always ask me if Im nervous about the intense sci-fi fans. To me that doesnt seem weird or scary. I get really intense about my favorite sci-fi shows, my favorite shows in general.

When I'm on the road with concerts, people ask me to autograph my CDs, but more and more they come up with the cookbooks.

I have a very good memory for scripts. I can watch a show I like once, then remember about 90% of the script. But ask me who was in it, and I wouldn't have a clue.

You can't say you want things to be simple and then in the next breath ask me to be honest.

People always ask me if I believe diamonds are a girl's best friend. Frankly, I don't.

If you were to ask me to speak Swedish or Dutch or German, I have no idea if I could pull that off!

People always ask me, 'Why did your wife take that extra job?' What they don't know is that four out of five days a week she's going to be home having dinner with us by five o'clock.

Science and literature give me answers. And they ask me questions I will never be able to answer.

You know, people always ask me how I describe my music. First of all I tell them that's their job and then that also one day I hope to have things referred to as Martha Wainwright -esque.

Whenever young writers ask me for advice, I always say you have to be able to take a lot of rejection because, unless you're very lucky, that's what's going to happen.

Occasionally people ask me how it is I write different types of things, and my answer to that is it's very natural. You get bored writing one kind of thing all the time.

If somebody asks me to recommend a young, good singer, I always do.

I get accused all the time of having a big mouth. But if you ask me, guys gossip way more than girls do.

If someone asks me where I bought something I’m wearing, I will usually say I don’t remember.

I don't know what people mean when they ask me whether I'm embracing my whiteness. Whiteness is ubiquitous.

It's funny, people ask me, 'What would you consider the most romantic track on your record Mr Caine?' And I say 'Swollen' by Bent, and they say 'I think he's off his rocker!'

People ask me a lot, 'what can one person do,' and I say 'I'm not really sure what one person can due except come together with other people.'

When people ask me if I have a boyfriend, I tell them it’s my guitar because, really, it’s what I love and it’s what takes up all my time.

Everywhere I go, people come up to me on the street and ask me if there’s going to be another one!

I'll be out with my friends and be recognized, and little girls will ask me for my autograph. It is so much fun living out your dream. It, like, totally reflects me 100%.

I've always dreamed that George Lucas would call me one day and ask me to be in one of the 'Star Wars' films.

Any good parody takes a grain of truth and exaggerates it for the big screen. People ask me if I'm offended at all and I say not in the least.

If you ask me why I left China, it's just that I went for a stroll and strolled too far away.

When people ask me to define science fiction and fantasy I say they are the literatures that explore the fact that we are toolmakers and users, and are always changing our environment.

I am a practicing Catholic, but my lineage is Jewish, so if someone asks me if I'm Jewish, I say yes.

I actually find it pretty tedious when magazines ask me to write articles based on my real life, because I've already lived it and there's nothing new to discover. So, I'm unlikely to write a memoir.

I sort of have various sort of theories when people ask me about songwriting because it is a mystery. You don't really know. Sometimes you can do it and sometimes you can't. It's really peculiar.

No one will ever ask me to sing because it's beautiful. My secret is hiding my musicianship behind humor.

People ask me if my shoes were too small when I was a kid and I say it wouldnt matter how fight my shoes were, I just liked that feeling of them being in there. Thats how I started tapping my toes.