As an actor, I really like Philip Seymour Hoffman. I think he’s a genius.
SIMON COWELLHarshness to me is giving somebody false hopes and not following through. That’s harsh. Telling some guy or some girl who’ve got zero talent that they have zero talent actually is a kindness.
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Most things in music go full circle eventually.
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You are a saucy little thing aren’t you?
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Money brings you security and choice. You can make decisions in a different way if you have a lot of money. But when you have nothing, you have a naivety, and a more fearless attitude because you have nothing to lose.
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At 20, you’re cocky and you think you can rule the world, and you get it all wrong.
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The young people working for me are ambitious and hard-working. That work ethic has always been a trait of the British.
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If I tape an 11-hour day, guess which parts end up on air. Not the bits when I’m pleasant, but the parts when I’m obnoxious.
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I’ve always been petrified of working for a boss who I didn’t like but who I was in fear of, because I wanted my salary.
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Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator.
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It’s not our intention to be mean. That’s just within us.
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Harshness to me is giving somebody false hopes and not following through. That’s harsh. Telling some guy or some girl who’ve got zero talent that they have zero talent actually is a kindness.
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I don’t want to tell a 15 or 14 year old what they should be doing. I want them to tell me. And that’s what I got when I met Justin Bieber for the first time.
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I’d say the most dangerous thing I’ve ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand…
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The only magazines I read are car magazines.
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I like to know why a video has suddenly gone viral, why a song has broken, why a TV show is suddenly rating out of pattern… I’m pretty good at understanding why things are becoming popular.
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Praise a stranger with a few nice words and he becomes a stranger that calls you a friend.
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