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Russell Peters Comedian, Actor
Funny

“On my best day, I cannot do Scottish people. I don't even believe that's a real accent, to be honest with you. I think they probably sound like us when they're in the house. It's how they keep people away from them.”

Russell Peters Comedian, Actor
Angry

“I don't think Indian actors are good. A couple of them are, like Anupam Kher, but not many are there like him in the industry. There are thousand of actors and actresses in the industry, but you can count on hand how many of them are really good; the rest of them are just pretty faces.”

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Ruth Marcus Journalist
Happy

“I think there is a core of Trump supporters who, as he said during the campaign, he could shoot somebody on Fifth Avenue. They are not rattled by anything they have seen. They're sticking with him, so they're happy to sort of see him back out there being Trump.”

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Ruth Marcus Journalist
Angry

“Other presidents behind the scenes mutter epithets about the media. Donald Trump calls us the lowest form of human life to our face. Other presidents tried their best to go around the media that they don't think are expressing their views. President Trump just is - is just very, very vocal about that and much more - spends much more time being vocal about that.”

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Ruth Wilson Actress
Hopeful

“I think the environment is possibly our most worrying thing at the moment, so I think mountaintops are the place to live.”

Ruth Wilson Actress
Creative

“With film acting, and often when the camera comes very close, you just have to think about something and the camera will pick it up.”

Ruth Wilson Actress
Calm

“I simply want to take a break and catch my breath. But I also think that, sometimes, the bravest thing you can do is to deliberately keep some time free and see what the world throws at you.”

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Ryan Adams Musician, Singer-songwriter
Creative

“It sounds like I'm channeling or something, and I don't really fully understand what it is. I'll get a piece of paper and write down what I think is coming to me. And I'll play it once. Whether it's being recorded or not, I can then usually remember it for a sometimes shocking amount of time.”

Ryan Adams Musician, Singer-songwriter
Rebellious

“I think that we live in a time where it's easier to be suspicious of dedicated men and women, people dedicated to their craft, because the world around them inspires them to be lazy. It inspires them to be negative. It inspires them to be snarky.”

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Ryan Adams Musician, Singer-songwriter
Vulnerable

“I think I've been incredibly raw my whole career. A lot of people spend a lot of time trying to look cool and spend time being guarded and putting up walls. I just never had the time. It seems more honest to say, 'Hey, this is who I am.'”

Ryan Adams Musician, Singer-songwriter
Confident

“I don't think I've ever gone on stage to be an asshole. I know one thing, from the past, and that's that my intentions always began in a pure way. I really want to just try and play the songs.”

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Ryan Adams Musician, Singer-songwriter
Melancholic

“I don't think, that all my stuff could've been records. Some, maybe. The ones that I really wanted to be records, those are the ones that are going into the box.”

Ryan Adams Musician, Singer-songwriter
Vulnerable

“There's all these musicians in the world, and anybody that takes enough time to create a record or even think about the fantasy of rock & roll, I mean, it's a really vulnerable place to be in. It's a huge thing to do.”

Ryan Adams Musician, Singer-songwriter
Creative

“Most of my songs are pretty sketchy. There's not a lot of bass sections. I don't write big bridges. Sometimes I'll try. But it's hard for me to focus that way, because I always think it's more interesting to just see what will happen next.”

Ryan Adams Musician, Singer-songwriter
Funny

“Being a rock musician is already like ego-tripping hardcore. You're self-consumed, and you're always thinking. It's really easy to say, "I'm going to write a song about this situation, and when I'm done, everyone will care." To everybody else, that's ego-tripping.”

Ryan Adams Musician, Singer-songwriter
Thoughtful

“I like things that reach a little further and are a little more abstract, but I don't think that's what I do naturally well. How I write naturally is probably what's furthest from me, and the most removed from what I understand.”

Ryan Adams Musician, Singer-songwriter
Angry

“Maybe I am a jerk sometimes. Maybe I'm not. I think most people are kind of a jerk once in a while.”

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Melancholic

“Anyone who gets divorced goes through a lot of pain ... I don't think I want to get married again.”

Wise

“I don't think you can help but personalize a role. You almost play to none of the preconceived notions of it. It's more or less a personal experience and journey.”

Philosophical

“I don't think it's necessarily 100-percent true. But comic books have infiltrated the mainstream Hollywood in ways that I don't think I ever would have seen or thought imaginable a while ago. But it's also cyclical. You saw it in the '80s when it became kind of huge again. And then it disappears for a while, then it comes back again, then it disappears for a while. So yeah, there's something about that.”