Gets Me Quotes

#1. If there's a criteria that really gets me interested in a work besides any type of personal interaction with the theme, it's if I feel like this is the right piece of work for that director at that moment in their career.

Edward Norton

#2. You have to keep a strong sense of who you really are - and I have a pretty strong sense of myself. It gets me in trouble when I say this, but I don't think of myself as a politician. I've always tried to be honest when communicating with people.

Rudy Giuliani

#3. He looked at my mouth then he looked in my eyes then his arm and hand gave me a squeeze before he stated, Now, I think she finally fuckin' gets me.

Kristen Ashley

#4. Nothing gets me more excited and inspired than something new.

Annie Wersching

#5. The only thing that gets me through any type of pain, emotional or physical, is to make it worthwhile by putting it into my work.

Julia Stiles

#6. Lighten up. Brighten up - that's my mantra, and it gets me through the rest of the afternoon.

Zoe Thurner

#7. What really bothers me, what gets me mad, is when people don't know the story, but then pretend like they know the story. That's what bothers me. That's what makes me mad.

Ronnie Radke

#8. I want to learn your trickery and feel what it's like to have me wrapped around your finger. I want to lie to everyone because it gets me where I want faster. I want to be like you, because you are blind; and now that I finally see, I don't want to.

Coco J. Ginger

#9. The support gets me to the gym but the doubt keeps me there.

Conor McGregor

#10. I think for me, the thing that gets me in the right mindset is just watching something funny, something light, something that makes me feel good. Regardless of what it is - when you feel good, when you feel upbeat, creativity flows!

Derek Hough

#11. I'm not a car guy. The subway gets me where I need to go efficiently and cheaply, and I don't worry about traffic.

Joe Scarborough

#12. What gets me is, I waited in line for an hour to do this. I could have experienced essentially the same level of enjoyment merely by sticking my finger down my throat.

Dave Barry

#13. There's been more than one time when I've said something, and sort of the middle of what I've said is not said but thought, and therefore assumed to be understood, which is a ridiculous assumption on my part, but sometimes gets me in trouble.

Howard Dean

#14. It may be escapist, but if I have a choice between watching the news or reading a book which gets me to see the world through different eyes, I will always choose the latter!

Christina Westover

#15. I always have music playing in my studio when I design. It really gets me in the mood and allows me to focus.

Yigal Azrouel

#16. I really like worship music. It settles my soul. Gets me back on track. The lyrics are almost like a prayer, so it's my go-to.

Jodi Benson

#17. When I'm angry, like, if someone gets me really upset, whatever comes into my head, I scream it.

Tove Lo

#18. I can't stand makeup commercials. 'Do you need a lipstick that keeps your lips kissable?' No, I need a lipstick that gets me equal pay for equal work. How about an eye shadow that makes me stop thinking I'm too fat?

Maria Bamford

#19. I'm not a wilting flower, unless that gets me extraspecial treats.

Rachel Caine

#20. For me, time is the greatest mystery of all. The fact is that we're dreaming all the time. That's what really gets me. We have a fathomless lake of unconsciousness just beneath our skulls.

Anthony Hopkins

#21. Did he judge on appearance alone? would he judge me? "Goth" doesn't cut it when it comes to a word that describes me. I'm complex. Complicated. No one gets me, and I like it that way.

Kelly McClymer

#22. I have to go through auditions, and my surname has got me into rooms, but I'll never know if it gets me any jobs. There's a lot of sexism and objectification, and a lot of people put you down.

Oona Chaplin

#23. On the 'Revenge' set, even if they're not showing my feet, I'll still wear my heels because it gets me in the feeling of Ashley Davenport.

Ashley Madekwe

#24. I follow my heart in almost every instance, and it gets me in trouble most of the time. But I don't care. I think that's the best way I can live.

Freddie Prinze Jr.

#25. Every 'No' gets me closer to a 'Yes'.

Mark Cuban

#26. What gets me pretty pissed off is the whole Monsanto engineered foods issue.

Alex Ebert

#27. Yeah. He gets me. Well, except for the part where I'm totally fine with premarital sex and am also convinced that God, if he or she exists, is, too. Well,

Meg Cabot

#28. Different fragrances promote different emotions, and I find that fragrance gets me in the frame of mind for that person.

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

#29. No one's banging down my door. People see the way I look, and they don't feel threatened, but they should watch out for me. They don't know there's a steel rod that drives me. I get ticked off, and the rage just gets me going. My motor is anger.

Tim Daly

#30. The idea of having new perspectives on our planet, and actually being able to get that message out, gets me out of bed every day with a spring in my step.

Karen Bass

#31. What gets me about the United States is that it pretends to be honest and therefore has so little room to move toward hope.

Audre Lorde

#32. The thing that usually gets me through the writing is that my feelings of wretched inadequacy are irregularly punctuated by brief flashes of omnipotence.

James L. Brooks

#33. I'll answer anything ... I'm brutally honest, actually, which gets me in trouble.

Sarah McLachlan

#34. I collect art books. I have hundreds and hundreds of them and they get me to start hearing things. Sometimes people look at them, but I find that visual art gets me listening, gets me hearing things.

Tori Amos

#35. Yellow wakes me up in the morning. Yellow gets me on the bike every day. Yellow has taught me the true meaning of sacrifice. Yellow makes me suffer. Yellow is the reason I'm here.

Lance Armstrong

#36. I always try to read at night, because it gets me kind of tired.

Kiernan Shipka

#37. Music really gets me going, so I've always got to make sure I have my iPod to give me energy to work out.

Sam Bradford

#38. I look to longevity. I just consider myself an actress and getting good roles. If being a 'superstar' gets me good roles, then that's a positive thing. But my goal isn't just to be a superstar. It's to act for a long time.

Penelope Ann Miller

#39. Anything that involves the outdoors I'm all about, whether it be skiing, snowboarding, wakesurfing to mountain-biking. Anything that gets me outside.

Daniel Cudmore

#40. I really don't want somebody writing something positive about me if they don't believe in it. I'd rather somebody write something real mean. I like reading bad stuff, it gets me excited. In fact, the only reviews I keep are the bad ones 'cause I think they're the cool ones.

Patti Smith

#41. Whenever I see a tree that is climbable, it must be climbed. Sometimes when I'm on a run, I'll just run up a tree, jump on a branch and swing off. My favorite tree, in Saratoga, gets me a good 75 feet up.

Aaron Patzer

#42. I'm fortunate in that I'm a lecturer too and this gets me out and about and away from the computer. I also have loads of friends all around the world, plus a core group of special people in my life that I can lean on, chat to, or just hang with.

Paul Kane

#43. Coffee doesn't do it for me; it's running that gets me going.

Joan Benoit

#44. There's very few things that tear me up and get me, but kids, especially terminally ill kids or kids with diseases ... gets me every time.

Tyler Farr

#45. Because of the movies I make, people get nervous. They think of me as difficult and angry. I am difficult and angry, but they don't expect a sense of humor. And the only thing that gets me through is a sense of humor.

Martin Scorsese

#46. Usually, someone who's in a show gets me a ticket. I feel cornered. I can't walk out if I don't like it.

Uta Hagen

#47. I will sleep all day; I love staying in bed with my dog and reading and not getting up and checking my phone. And that gets me into trouble because I have things to do, and that's not very productive.

Brittany Snow

#48. The only thing that gets me back to directing is good scripts.

Steven Spielberg

#49. The bottom line is that I like my first drafts to be blind, unconscious, messy efforts; that's what gets me the best material.

Jennifer Egan

#50. Just by the nature of what we do it kind of gets you out of the regularities of life. Playing pretend for a living is a good way to have a release and playing make believe is a good way of getting away from it and doing things like this. So I think work gets me away from life.

Ray Liotta

#51. Groucho: You know I think you're the most beautiful woman in the world?
Woman: Really?
Groucho: No, but I don't mind lying if it gets me somewhere.

Groucho Marx

#52. When people count me out, that gets me motivated.

Ed Belfour

#53. 'The Notebook' gets me every time. It's a great love story. Boy from the wrong side of the tracks. They get on each other's nerves, but they can't live without each other. It almost makes me shed a tear.

Michael Strahan

#54. Oh Ward, you animal. It gets me so hot and squishy when you call it intercourse.

Benjamin R. Smith

#55. The thing that gets me up in the morning is that I'm really not ready to see someone that I know I can beat holding my belt.

Ronda Rousey

#56. This verse gets me through each day, what doesn't kill us makes us stronger! I am not afraid of anything because the lord is my shepherd!

Friedrich Nietzsche

#57. I am very direct and I tend to treat everyone exactly the same, which sometimes gets me in trouble because some movie stars feel like they should be treated differently. But, when you're dealing with good actors, they really appreciate it.

John Landis

#58. The language itself is what gets me interested in writing. It's weird to me that words exist. Never a dull moment with words. They're a layer between our minds and the physical reality around us, obviously, but the layer seems like it's always in flux, like an asteroid belt, constantly moving.

Aaron Belz

#59. Having kids certainly gets me to ask the question, 'Who is the adult here, and who is the kid?'

Christian Slater

#60. I have a deathly fear of mediocrity and that nips at my heels and gets me into a lot of trouble.

Courtney Love

#61. Being onstage and performing, the high of that, and people coming to see you, and getting to make them laugh - that's what gets me hyped up. It's a nervous excitement.

Andrew Dice Clay

#62. They call them the bad old days, and in a way they were. But at least they taught us the value of money, and it was something yer had to work for. These days, the youngsters seem to get everything they want. And what gets me is, they believe they're entitled to it!

Joan Jonker

#63. My greatest experiences in the theatre and the most religious experiences in my life - of which going to the opera is one for me - have been with the Romantic composers' repertoire: it's Wagner, it's Strauss, Verdi, Puccini. That era gets me every time.

Rufus Wainwright

#64. When I start writing for the day, I usually read aloud the chapter I'm working on. It gets me into it and illuminates mistakes. I'm very rhythm conscious and I do enjoy repetition.

Jonathan Trigell

#65. I need Emilia to challenge me with that quiet voice of hers, to keep me interested with all those little quirks she has. I need her because she gets me.

Calia Read

#66. It's the decomposition that gets me. You spend your whole life looking after your body. And then you rot away.

Brigitte Bardot

#67. I think I'm learning to be bolder in my career choices and be more confident in my personal life. I haven't always felt very secure as an individual, but now I feel I certain confidence and sense of self that gets me through the day a lot better than before.

Winona Ryder

#68. For all the yoga I do (and I do plenty), I also love the time I spend jogging. It gets me in sync with myself.

Stephanie Ellis

#69. Politics gets me out of bed in the morning It's what really interests me. I'm a competitor, but I also feel like I'm contributing, whether it's working on health-care policy in the White House or out here in Chicago.

Stephanie Cutter

#70. His look makes me think of all the people who lay on their deathbed regretting the lives they led. His look gets me to believe that there are really only two ways out of life, that you leave either unsatisfied or dissatisfied.

M.B. Julien

#71. I find that each job that I do, the thing that gets me there is when I'm not smarter than it, when I don't know instantly how that thing is made. Because if I do, then it's boring. Or it would be simple.

Michelle Williams

#72. PETA is such an important cause to me. The mistreatment of animals is something that just really gets me. I feel it's really the most important part of what I do. Don't Eat Meat! Don't Wear Fur! I mean, there are so many other options these days.

Pamela Anderson

#73. I don't do drugs, and so music very much gets me going. When I do something, I think, "If it was a piece of music, what would it be?"

Nicolas Winding Refn

#74. You're cute when you're pissed. Kind of like a wet kitten. Gets me hard.

Joanna Wylde

#75. When I'm working on a book, I constantly retype my own sentences. Every day I go back to page one and just retype what I have. It gets me into a rhythm.

Joan Didion

#76. What gets me, Varinka, is not really the lack of money but all those little troubles life is full of, all whispering, all those jeers and jokes.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#77. Pretty much everything about you gets me hot.

Jayne Ann Krentz

#78. Stupidity really gets me going, when it's just plain stupid, obvious stupidity.

Lewis Black

#79. Lust is the sin that gets me excited. Luckily, because I'm married, I also get really good jewelry out of it.

Heather Locklear

#80. So many different things make me come alive: performing for people, making people laugh, music and dancing or any kind of physical activity that gets me out of my head and into my body. I'm constantly inspired by my surroundings and people I see that are "killing it."

Xosha Roquemore

#81. I love to sing old Motown songs to myself, or some Patti Smith Edith Piaf or Billie Holiday. That gets me in the mood for singing.

Siobhan Fahey

#82. I think you're the only person who gets me. When I'm with you, the world doesn't feel like a problem I can't figure out. Please come to the dance, because you're my music.

Jodi Picoult

#83. The significance is that it is my challenge; it gets me out of the door every morning and it is good for my physical and mental health which I can monitor on a daily basis.

Ron Hill

#84. Jesus," Kerensky said, looking around. "You people. I have one of the most incredible experiences I'll ever have, talking with the one person who really gets me - who really understands me - and you're all down here thinking I'm performing some sort of time-travelling incestuous masturbation thing.

John Scalzi

#85. I ski fast for me, first and foremost, and I ski fast for my family, and it's always the love that gets me to the podium.

Julia Mancuso

#86. I'm claustrophobic. I can't go into haunted houses. They have these tight, dark, enclosed space. I freak out. That's my phobia. It gets me out of stuff. Someone asks me to do something and I tell them I can't because I'm claustrophobic.

Mark Consuelos

#87. I have a car that I call Flattery because it gets me nowhere.

Henny Youngman

#88. Me: Why don't you ever practice on your balcony like you used to? This question gets me immediate eye contact from him, but it doesn't last. His eyes flicker across my face, down my body, and finally back to his phone.
Ridge: Why would I? You're not out there anymore.

Colleen Hoover

#89. I mostly write about the working poor. Somehow, they're not being written about much anymore. I'm very interested in people who are in a situation that needs a little puzzling out. The thing that gets me started on a story is a person in a tough situation.

Bonnie Jo Campbell

#90. To me, it's all about inspiration. What gets me creatively excited is a challenge.

Bill Skarsgard

#91. So I kept talking because nothing gets me going like knowing I should shut up. Oh, I should be quiet and full of potential like all those still flowers, but I know I am a weed and I've got to blow my seeds around the garden.

Michelle Tea

#92. I find that protein wakes up my brain and gets me ready for the rest of my day.

Marisa Tomei

#93. I just want a friend who "gets" me and then wants to keep me - flaws and all.

Toni Sorenson

#94. It's the sound of my breathing that gets me, pouring down into my lungs and then tripping back up my throat.

Markus Zusak

#95. There are days when I don't feel motivated and I don't want to get up to go to practice. I'm a very goal-oriented person, so I set short-term goals and try to reach those goals. And when I have those days, I think about those goals, and it gets me motivated.

Dara Torres

#96. The autumn always gets me badly, as it breaks into colours. I want to go south, where there is no autumn, where the cold doesn't crouch over one like a snow-leopard waiting to pounce.

D.H. Lawrence

#97. I procrastinate to a point where I'm filled with self-loathing and then I start writing. It's usually a state of self-loathing that gets me going.

Michael Lewis

#98. What is the difference between my life and my love? One gets me low, the other lets me go.

Vikram Seth

#99. I love hitting into the rough because it gets me close to the people.

Ray Romano

#100. Stationery gets me excited because it has an individual character, unlike computers, which may be convenient but are generic and bland.

Damon Galgut