How do we escape who we are? I think going to college, I felt freer. I loved the clean slate. I wasn`t known as the sort of nerdy, studious girl. I met gay people for the first time in my life. I needed that expansion from a very conservative little town.
- Joan AllenI went back to my high school in Texas about a month ago. I ended up spending five, six hours at the school meeting different kids. It was really fun because it made me think, "Wow, people are actually seeing these movies that I make!" When you`re in Los Angeles, nobody bats an eye, they`re so used to seeing actors, they just act really cool. But these kids were crazy. They had lots of questions, from "What was it like kissing Cameron Diaz?" to the little studious kids who said, "I really enjoyed The Royal Tenenbaums (2001).
- Luke WilsonI`d like to think that the boring lady who`s talking to me now is a lot sexier and more interesting than the one who`s doing NPR. You know, studious and reserved, and - I bet you`re a lot of fun at a party.
- Gene SimmonsHow do we escape who we are? I think going to college, I felt freer. I loved the clean slate. I wasn`t known as the sort of nerdy, studious girl. I met gay people for the first time in my life. I needed that expansion from a very conservative little town.
- Joan AllenI should like you to consider this letter as a resignation; I want to resign as one of your most studious and faithful admirers.
- Alan SternLearning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.
- Ambrose Bierce