It’s good to know you’re working for someone you’re familiar with, who’s a friend and he has your back and you have his back also. – Chili Davis
A friend of mine from New York asked me what I want to do, and I responded with, ‘I want to make movies.’ He responded with, ‘Guess what? They’re not making movies on Martha’s Vineyard.’ Literally ten minutes later, I was packing my bags. – Austin Stowell
A very close friend of mine keeps reminding me that since about the age of 50, I’ve been saying, ‘I’m finished. I haven’t got another one in me.’ But somehow you do. – Athol Fugard
I was 16 when I started playing. I borrowed a friend’s acoustic guitar, and I had a Beatles chord book. I just taught myself that way. – Britt Daniel
My friend Harry Nilsson used to say the definition of an artist was someone who rode way ahead of the herd and was sort of the lookout. Now you don’t have to be that, to be an artist. You can be right smack-dab in the middle of the herd. If you are, you’ll be the richest. – Albert Brooks
For years, my dad’s friend Joe was just my dad’s friend. And it was only when I was 12 or 13 I learned that he was the lead singer of a band called The Clash. – Alfie Allen
Karl Malden was a good friend of mine, and he said, ‘You draw the people to you,’ and I guess that’s what I do. – Bill Cosby
I learned a lot about 3D animation from and with my dear friend Michael Hemschoot of Workerstudio. Taught me that I want to play more with animation and image manipulation. Fun stuff! – Angela Bettis
Every so often, if I’m in a melancholy mood, I’ll sing ‘Desperado’ in my shows. I’ll sit alone at the piano and play it as a solo. The song feels like an old friend – except now it’s saying, ‘You were a desperado once, but you worked your way out of it.’ – Bill Medley
In the countryside, litter doesn’t have a friend. It doesn’t have anybody who’s saying, ‘Wait a minute, this is really starting to get out of control.’ – Bill Bryson
When I was a boy, I used to stay with a school friend in Bexhill, in Sussex, which was then well-known for being the town with more oldies than any other. Aged ten, I felt slightly embarrassed by this, though I’m not sure why. – Craig Brown
I had a lot of survival jobs. One was for the Witty Ditty singing-telegram company. I was in the red-and-white stripes with the straw boater hat and kazoo. Balloons. Even when you’re sleeping on a friend’s couch, you have to pay some kind of rent. – Aaron Sorkin
Home can be the friend you have been searching for all your life or the person you met once very briefly. – Ben Okri
Finding the one is not just a feeling, it’s an educated guess. I feel like I chose someone to share my life with who is my friend. – America Ferrera
A friend of mine told me a bunch of stuff on Buddhism and about Avicii being the lowest level of Buddhist hell, and it just sort of got stuck in my head. Later on when I went to setup a MySpace, I tried a bunch of names and they were all taken so I just kind of ended up with Avicii and then I got really attached to it. – Avicii
I’m reading more than ever. I used to find it tedious, but now it’s like my little friend – it takes my mind off things. – Billie Piper
I usually try on at least 20 pairs of jeans before I find something that looks good on me. And even then, I have a trustworthy friend tell me if my butt looks big! – Amanda Peet
With Clinton, there’s no question that I would have made fun of his out-and-out lying. But he’s also a good friend. – Chevy Chase
To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune. – Charlie Chaplin
Everything has to be organised for kids in London – you can’t just walk three roads to see a friend. – Carol Vorderman
Animals keep you company when you’re really lonely. It helps because when you have a friend around who always likes you no matter what – it’s harder to feel bad or down. – Aaron Carter