Stellas Diner Quotes & Sayings

I was working in Chicago, in theater and in commercials and anything that anybody would let me do. When I moved to L.A., I had made a choice to be a character actor, meaning that I wanted to become somebody else. That's what attracted me to becoming an actor in the first place. — Janina Gavankar

I'm a learning machine and this is the place to learn. — Carmine Gallo

There is a mass of people, we might as well admit, who if they weren't watching television, would be doing absolutely nothing else. — Bennett Cerf

When I was 8 years old, I knew what I was going to be - an actress. — Hattie McDaniel

God will answer you prayers better than you think. Of course, one will not always get exactly what he has asked for ... We all have sorrows and disappointments, but one must never forget that, if commended to God, they will issue in good ... His own solution is far better than any we could conceive. — Fanny J. Crosby

If I had a talent, it was for looking askew at everything, possibly more than my contemporaries. But I had to really push myself to be a writer. — David Bowie

I am afraid of her, afraid of what she says-and thrilled by it too, because it means I don't have to accept that I am smaller than I once believed. — Veronica Roth

THE AWARD CEREMONY is held at a high school in Hyannis. Though it's just a gymnasium (the scent of balls of both varieties is still palpable) and the ceremony hasn't started yet, everyone speaks in hushed tones, like it's church. Something important and literary is about to happen here. — Gabrielle Zevin