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The play I was doing [on a Broadway ], I was playing an obnoxious, outspoken kid, so [the director James Lapine ] saw me do the play, and he was like, "That's what I'm looking for." I tested for the part [in Life With Mikey]. Back then, I used to do screen tests. I mean, they still do every once in awhile, but it was a big deal.

Don't let anybody tell you that it's corporations and businesses that create jobs.

I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.

One unwritten rule is for guys doing power (weight) lifting who are grunting, yelling and screaming. Try not to make obnoxious sounds. Everybody knows you're here.

I would often get called in to play a very loud, obnoxious - which, truth be told, I can be loud and obnoxious. My issue was when it was like a ghetto girl; I didn't think I was good at it; I didn't feel authentic. And so I had insecurities about going in on it.

It's funny as a brand Stone is Greg's idea. But Greg's not that way at all. He is a guy who is quick to smile and is not obnoxious at all.

I suggest that the anthropomorphic god-idea is not a harmless infirmity of human thought, but a very noxious fallacy, which is largely responsible for the calamities the world is at present enduring

I was kind of an obnoxious kid. I would imitate Celine Dion. I would jump around and belt to the rafters and do the accent and everything.

It feels like an easy sum to gauge the balance between forests and, say, the proliferating free newspapers that litter our public transport. This noxious combination of words and paper represents a clear-cut crime against the biosphere.

To be around me, you must love food, or I'm the most obnoxious person you've ever met.