I love producing shows. And so when you’re on a show where other people are making decisions you don’t necessarily agree with it, after a while you start to feel like a passenger.
SIMON COWELLYou don’t hate the mosquito; you just want it out of your face.
More Simon Cowell Quotes
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Every time I sat in a chemistry lesson I thought, what am I doing this for? I don’t ever want to be in a job that involves a Bunsen burner.’
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You don’t hate the mosquito; you just want it out of your face.
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I’ve had Botox, but then again pretty much everyone I know has. To me, Botox is no more unusual than toothpaste. It works. You do it once a year – who cares?
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I didn’t have any qualifications when I left school – I had three O-levels.
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What I would argue in my defence is that shows like Britain’s Got Talent and The X Factor have actually got people more interested in music again and are sending more people into record stores.
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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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I’ve learned to deal with stress much better now, things don’t bother me in the way that they once used to.
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As an actor, I really like Philip Seymour Hoffman. I think he’s a genius.
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I didn’t realise how important stupid people are in your life, because you ask yourself, what made stupid people so stupid? What made them the way they are?
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Sincerity is romantic. I don’t think you need gestures.
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They understand what their market is and who they should be selling records to, and most importantly, they know the kind of artist that they want to be, but they have to do it themselves. You don’t want a 13-year-old singing some awful song from a musical.
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It’s personalities, it’s conflict, it’s all of these things that actually make performers interesting.
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The object of this competition is not to be mean to the losers but to find a winner. The process makes you mean because you get frustrated.
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Good is not enough. You’ve got to be great.
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It’s not our intention to be mean. That’s just within us.
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