I was so naive I didn't even know about agents. I telephoned the William Morris agency and asked to speak to Mr. Morris. I expected Bill Morris to be waiting for my call.
Kirstie Alley

All we are asked to bear we can bear.
Elizabeth Goudge

My neighbour asked if he could use my lawnmower and I told him of course he could, so long as he didn't take it out of my garden.
Eric Morecambe

They asked if I was interested in a role as a large alien in a movie.
Peter Mayhew

The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.
Adolf Hitler

People think I'm a miserable sod but it's only because I get asked such bloody miserable questions.
Nick Cave

Being asked what animal you'd like to be is a trick question; you're already an animal.
Doug Coupland

Writers are frequently asked why they wrote their first book. A more interesting answer might come from asking them why they wrote their second one.
Len Deighton

I asked him, How could we have a press column if we can't write about other work done in the press?
Sydney Schanberg

If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's too soft or too hard, about 999 would say too hard.
Bob Woodward

You are probably right when you say that I could get a role in any producer's film if I just asked.
Kabir Bedi

The sacrifices of friendship were beautiful in her eyes as long as she was not asked to make them.
Hector Hugh Munro

I think if you get asked to do this, then that's called doing your homework, and I try and do it.
Mark Harmon

They've asked me to do this temporarily. I don't know what temporarily means. Life is temporary.
Bob Schieffer

One of the oddities about being Judy Garland's daughter was that everyone treated my mother with such awe that they would never have asked me the normal questions kids get about their moms.
Lorna Luft

When Attenborough asked me to do Gandhi it was almost like stepping off one boat and stepping on to another, even though both boats are going at 60 miles per hour.
Ben Kingsley

When I am working on a movie, all I want to talk about is the movie. All I want to be with are the movie people. It's like a clan. If I'm asked to people's houses for dinner, I hate to go, because they'll talk about other things.
Jacqueline Bisset

The British Red Cross asked me to help them spearhead a fundraising campaign for the victims of the war in Nicaragua. It was a turning point in my life. It began my commitment to justice and human rights issues.
Bianca Jagger

All you now do is pursue your private objectives within society. Instead of us being a community, everybody is asked to seek their own personal ends. It's called competition. And competition is antagonism.
Edward Bond

We feel really blessed to have been asked to come here, and to have the opportunity for our family to be able to look into the eyes of these people, and in some way help.
Connie Sellecca