John Krasinski Quotes

Ariel Pink never really existed because he was always Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, but then people started doing interviews with Ariel Pink as if Ariel Pink existed.

Candice is the original spelling of my name. I changed it to Kandyse when I was really young and first starting out in the business as kind of a joke. I didn't realize it would stick! I did consider changing it, but then it seemed too confusing, so then I asked them to change it back. Not too soon, however!

A lot of people don't know that: that Artist is my name.

People think that I changed my name. I could've been an actress, a superhero, or a stripper.

All actors have to change their name.

I was born Joseph Lane, but when I applied to the actors union, they said they already had a Joe Lane on the books and I'd have to change my last or first name. I had played the character of Nathan Detroit, whom I liked very much, in 'Guys and Dolls,' so I took the name Nathan.

Why do you think my name is Artist? I'm an artist.

My real, full name is Chelsea Chanel Dudley. In my opinion, Chelsea Dudley does not sound like a rapper. So I was like, 'You know what? Imma drop both of those names and just go by Chanel.'

I wanted to change my name to Romeo Florentino. Romeo Florentino - that's a good fighter's name.

My real name was Thomas Jones Woodward, so I dropped the Woodward.

I was always Missy, never Melissa. I went to college, and I thought it was so much more interesting to go by a different name, and then it just kind of stuck.

I didn't learn fire-eating to conquer my fears. I learned fire-eating because I desperately wanted to be in show business.

I never called my work an 'art'. It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment.

If people want to know who I am, it is all in the work.

My original name is Jae-Sang Park, so it's totally different.

If you're a musician and an artist, you don't just stop.

To be honest, I don't think I'm an actor. I'm a creator - or try to be.

I don't consider myself a musician. I'm an artist.

During my military service, I performed a sketch in which I played a flea called Max. So when critics kept misspelling my name, I decided to change it and thought, 'Ah! Max!'

My style is a part of my music. You can't be an artist and not put any thought or effort into the way you appear.

I think I stumbled upon a voice people associate with me with 'The Deal.'

I am not a person who just wants to be an actor. Do you know what I mean? I am an artist who wants to speak to people through his work: through his vessel.

I've always really liked the idea of an artist name, like a cover-up, even though in my music I'm being very personal in the stuff that I write about.

'Ragtime' was the most magical show that I've done. I had an incredible experience with that, with the show itself, with the cast, with the audience. The response to that show - my God, it really blew me away, the reactions to that show, the way it changed their lives and altered their thinking, their own self-discovery.

Writing is very much perceived as something distinct from performance. I don't see it like that.