Latest Taryn Manning Quotes from Interviews

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• I never wanted to stop. I feel like to the day I die I'll play guitar and sing.

  Taryn Manning

  Guitar, Play, Feels

  Source: www.esquire.com

• As far as making a living, acting has been much more lucrative. Music's been tough.

  Taryn Manning

  Acting, Tough, Making A Living

  Source: www.esquire.com

• I grew up in a very musical household. There was music and dance. My great-grandma was a famous tap dancer in the '40s, my mom was a dancer, she met my dad on the road when he was on tour in the '60s. Music is my heart and soul, it's my love.

  Taryn Manning

  Mom, Dad, Grandma

  Source: www.esquire.com

• Every time I'm not on a project, I'm writing or in the studio or doing gigs DJing.

  Taryn Manning

  Writing, Gigs, Projects

  Source: www.esquire.com

• I have played some very kind and loving character. I don't know why I'm so good at playing bad. I really don't.

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  Character, Kind, Knows

  Source: www.esquire.com

• I've seen a lot in my life. My dad was pretty gnarly but I loved him and I wouldn't change it for the world. My mom's a survivor.

  Taryn Manning

  Mom, Dad, Gnarly

  Source: www.esquire.com

• I'm pretty hard on myself. Every now and again I'll go on my IMDB or update my resume and I'm like, "man, I've done a lot of work."

  Taryn Manning

  Men, Done, Goes On

  Source: www.esquire.com

• There are likable characters in prison. Sometimes the worst criminals are also some of the most charming people.

  Taryn Manning

  Character, People, Criminals

  Source: www.esquire.com

• I'm not a part of any organized practices, but I believe heavily on love and the universe and what you give is what you get.

  Taryn Manning

  Believe, Practice, Giving

  Source: www.esquire.com

• I meditate twice a day. I chant. I lean more towards Buddhist practices.

  Taryn Manning

  Buddhist, Practice

  Source: www.esquire.com

• I'm very, very, very, very spiritual. I grew up in an organized religion, I went to Sunday school as a kid. I'm very grateful that there was religion. I think it instills a good moral compass.

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  Spiritual, Grateful, School

  Source: www.esquire.com

• Everybody thinks because of my character that I'm this wild girl and I am, I'm an actor, and I have that in me - but I'm actually very calm and mellow.

  Taryn Manning

  Girl, Character, Thinking

  Source: www.esquire.com

• As soon as you put an actor to a person who is real, that person comes to life through another person.

  Taryn Manning

  Real, Actors, Persons

  Source: www.esquire.com

• I ended up doing amazing things with my life; I'm well-read, educated and sophisticated - and I'm not the stereotype everyone makes me out to be.

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  Stereotype, Sophisticated, Educated

  Source: m.etonline.com

• I feel the craziest people are sometimes the most intelligent.

  Taryn Manning

  Intelligent, People, Sometimes

  "Taryn Manning: Sanity Isn't 'Black' or White". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, www.etonline.com. August 21, 2013.

• My whole thing is I like to hang around winners, I like winning spirits, I have zero tolerance for jealousy.

  Taryn Manning

  Zero, Winning, Tolerance

  "Taryn Manning: Sanity Isn't 'Black' or White". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, www.etonline.com. August 21, 2013.

• I grew up in a mobile home, but it wasn't like white trash - it was a beautiful mobile home park, I had a loving mother, there were kids everywhere, there was a playground in the center, I just grew up in poverty.

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  Beautiful, Mother, Home

  Source: m.etonline.com

• The reason I love acting is because I feel like acting is all about listening.

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  Listening, Acting, Reason

  "Taryn Manning: Sanity Isn't 'Black' or White". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, www.etonline.com. August 21, 2013.

• I've had ups and downs but always maintained I was a working actor, which is a beautiful thing.

  Taryn Manning

  Beautiful, Actors, Beautiful Things

  "Taryn Manning: Sanity Isn't 'Black' or White". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, www.etonline.com. August 21, 2013.

• Normally I wouldn't spoil anything because I love surprises - I don't even shake my presents at Christmas.

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  Surprise, Shakes, Spoil

  Source: m.etonline.com

• Everyone thinks I'm some big drug addict and loser because of the parts I play - quite the opposite. I decided to be a winner.

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  Thinking, Opposites, Play

  "Flowing with Taryn Manning". Interview with Gerry Visco, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 21, 2014.

• In my martial arts days. I was taught a lot of discipline that probably rolls over into other parts of my life. You're not supposed to attack back until you're attacked. You never take your skills and abuse them. I knew I could be lethal to someone my size.

  Taryn Manning

  Art, Skills, Discipline

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• My dad died when I was 14. It was very sudden, traumatic, and confusing. I always felt I could have gone down a bad road at that point, but I made a choice to be a winner.

  Taryn Manning

  Dad, Choices, Confusing

  "Flowing with Taryn Manning". Interview with Gerry Visco, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 21, 2014.

• I've had an interesting time adjusting to New York. I'm from California and I'm very much a California girl. I feel lucky to officially say I'm bi-coastal.

  Taryn Manning

  Girl, New York, California

  "Flowing with Taryn Manning". Interview with Gerry Visco, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 21, 2014.

• I have so many songs, it's ridiculous. I love so many different types of music and tend to write all over the map, style-wise. R&B, rock 'n' roll, screamers, pop, good-time songs.

  Taryn Manning

  Wise, Song, Writing

  "Flowing with Taryn Manning". Interview with Gerry Visco, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 21, 2014.