Sometimes you read pilots and, understandably, they're doing such a frantic tap dance for approval. I get why - it's such an incredibly competitive market.
I am the center of attention in my job every single day; the thought of a wedding to me is exhausting. Why would I put myself through that?
Of course I work hard. Why shouldn't I? Who am I to think I should get things the easy way?
Jokes are a lot about meaning. I think if we understand what jokes mean and why they work, we'd understand everything else. Genuinely I do.
I can see why there's a misconception that it's easier when your parents are actors, but it doesn't work out at all. In fact, it's the reverse.
I don't compromise my values and I don't compromise my work. That's why I've been kicked from one network to the next: I won't give in.
I'm really puzzled by why people in societies find it difficult to work collaboratively together with other people in societies.
I don't understand why, in my work, writing is always so dangerous. It's very destructive. People who write books are destroyers.
I swear I pick up little gems from every artist that I work with. That's why I'm so appreciative that I've been able to be a songwriter first.
Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.
The thing about Canadian women is that they seem less likely to bring up that they're Canadian. You here less about Canadian actresses than actors, I don't know why.
I am not the first person to give birth naturally. Billions of other women have come before me and have done this - so why can't I do it?
There are very few shows that show women talking like strong, sassy women. Do you know what I mean? 'Sex and the City' started doing that, and that was why that was such a huge hit.
The roots of Silicon Valley are full of stories of immigrants and minority groups who experienced bigotry and made it anyway. Why should women be any different?
It is now conventional wisdom that Americans do not care why we went to war in Iraq, that it is enough that the world is better off without Saddam Hussein.
We've been in a war and a recession. That's why acccent colors with yellow and purple are popular. They're optimistic and flirty and happy colors.
We can have a World War, I see absolutely no reason why we shouldn't have a World Party.
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