I’m not technical. When I listen to music, I gravitate more toward the sonic aspect of it. The technical stuff of it, I get bored with it. These long solos? OK, already. You know your scales, big deal. I know it, too, but I don’t want to do that.
Trust is a big deal in life, and I’m very old-school about that stuff.
No one has ever bought me underwear, and I’m a little bummed about that. Maybe it’s not such a big deal any more.
In Puerto Rico, we have a lot of traditions. We eat a very typical thing that’s called ‘pasteles’ – it’s almost like a tamale made of bananas, and we make it all together. Like, all the women of the family unite, and it’s a very big deal, a very big thing.
The future is going to require really smart people. What we think are crises today probably will be no big deal, and we have no idea what will really be crises in the future.
Sometimes I may be totally arrogant, sometimes I may totally be the most humble guy you’ve ever met, sometimes I may be in between. But that’s life. Who isn’t like that? What’s the big deal if I had an arrogant moment.
When I entered the profession, I didn’t make a big deal of it. People didn’t really know I was my parents’ son.
Two single, young souls can fall in love. What’s the big deal? Rather, it’s a good thing.
Everybody thinks making films back to back is a big deal but they did it all the time in the old days.
I made history here by landing the first triple axel for a U.S. lady, third at the Olympics, and that’s a big deal.
You learn to be comfortable with your body. It’s fine and not a big deal.
When films are remade, it often becomes a big deal. In theater, it’s called a revival.
Well, I think that when I perform on the road I always thank the audience for buying a ticket because it’s a big deal to buy a ticket for a live entertainment, get a baby-sitter and pay for the meal, the parking, whatever.
We went back to England later on with Bob Dylan, and we met George Harrison and Jeff Lynne. That was a pretty big deal to me. George was so kind. We understood each other mutually, and same with Jeff.
Everyone gives ‘Picket Fences’ credit for being so willing to delve into issues that now would be no big deal. But it was then. It was ahead of its time.
I was a creative kid; I wasn’t really into sports, and sports in the South are a pretty big deal. It’s like a religion down there.
If you don’t like or care about your job, what’s the big deal? I am so over it.
All of my friends and a lot of kids at school know what I do. It’s really something that’s a big deal in my town. So it keeps it really special when people do congratulate me.
I didn’t understand 3-D in the fifties and I can’t say I get it now either. I just don’t see what the big deal is.
Why doesn’t anyone care that the schools in Harlem have been unsuccessful for half a century? Why is this not a big deal? To me, it’s a terrible deal.
I miss that sensation of a small achievement feeling like a really big deal.
To put my name on a track as a solo artist was a big deal to me. There was no band to act as a buffer.
The NBA wasn’t a big deal at that time, so it wasn’t really in my career plans.
When I was writing ‘The Satanic Verses,’ if you had asked me about the phenomenon that we all now know as radical Islam, I wouldn’t have had much to say. As recently as the mid-1980s, it didn’t seem to be a big deal.
It was a big deal for us to be on Ozzfest, especially as one of the main headliners and being the band that wasn’t announced: the mystery band. We’d never played the second stage at Ozzfest, and all of a sudden we’re on the main stage.
I had actually hurt my neck, and because I went a while without getting it taken care of – it was pushing up against the back of my heart – and because I have heart issues, they thought it was this whole big deal. So I spent a good three days in the hospital, two nights in the ICU.
The story about GE that hasn’t been told is the value of an informal place. I think it’s a big thought. I don’t think people have ever figured out that being informal is a big deal.
I love that my fashion is such a big deal.
I got to have about 15 minutes with Michelle Obama, and that was a big deal because you’re like, ‘Wow, I’m part of living history.’ You know? I definitely think she could take me in an arm wrestling match.
I actually think the last time I stood with a race medal around my neck was after an eighth grade cross-country meet. I was gawky and 65 pounds soaking wet, and running 10 miles a day was no big deal.
To score four times against an Italian team when you trail 2-0 is a big deal.
I have a vivid memory of loving Keith Hernandez, the first baseman for the ’86 Mets. I grew up in Queens, so when the Mets won the World Series that year, it was a big deal.
The offseason’s a big deal for everyone.
My parents would, like, argue in front of us and it wasn’t a big deal, whereas I know some people’s parents who, if they argued, it was like, ‘Oh, my God.’
My sexuality is something I’m completely comfortable with and open about. There’s a lot of prejudice toward us but the more people talk about it, the less of a big deal it will be. And that will be better for everyone.
OK, he and Katie fell in love, they’re getting married. Why is this in the news? Why is this a big deal? Is there something unusual about meeting someone and falling in love?
Cutting one side of your head for a few months is not a big deal compared with what other people have to deal with in the world. Plus, hair grows back.
Winning a Filmfare Black Lady is a big deal for me.
When guys are trying to better themselves or their career, they go to a new team or a new coach. It happens every day in this sport. What’s the big deal?
I’ll go to an event wearing some designer gown and tens of thousands of dollars in jewels that were lent to me for the night, and I’ll walk around and meet people who I always thought were such a big deal.
Why the hell do we make such a big deal out of things that shouldn’t be a big deal?
I really thought I was gonna have a straight gig. But these jazz musicians put their arms around me time and again and said, ‘Hey, young fella, you’re one of us. Come with us.’ That’s a big deal when you’re young and looking for your way in the world.
The real excitement and big deal for me started when I got cast in the first X-Men, which was sort of a fluke.
What I’ve always done in my past when life hit a rocky patch was run from trouble into the next relationship. I didn’t realise it would be such a big deal. That was foolish.
My father was a civil servant, so having a regular job, being respectable is a big deal for me. Respectable in the sense that I support my family. That’s what I mean by respectability.
Discovering Samuel Beckett in college was a big deal for me. I realized you could be very funny and very dark at the same time.
How people move around their city is a big deal. It affects productivity, security, health, and global warming, among other things.
I remember one night, my parents were out at a function of some kind and I had just gotten cable in my room. That was a big deal, and I saw ‘Blue Velvet’ on HBO. It blew my mind in a way that I don’t think children’s minds are supposed to be blown, but they probably shouldn’t be watching ‘Blue Velvet.’
It’s no big deal, starting a game.
I didn’t know how to kill off a character unless I was able, as a narrator, to get really complicated. Because it was a big deal. I’d never killed a character before.
I don’t think I care about the hair as much as people think I do. It’s just kind of there. It’s not really a big deal to me. It actually drives me nuts. It’s always in my face if I don’t have a hat on. I might have to get rid of it.
Stuff that’s really not that bad is made a big deal. People like to do that about everyone. You just gotta deal with it.
Winning the ACM, winning the CMA, my first time on the Opry and having Grammy nominations were all a big deal to me.
What’s the big deal in doing a topless shoot provided it’s done in good taste? Our temples too have topless figures carved on them.
And it blew my mind when I started to get wind of the fact that they actually liked me being around. That was humbling, because Kentucky basketball is a big deal, and I am not the biggest fan – I am just the most notorious one.
That’s a big deal for kids, when they come into the kitchen and the teacher is drinking coffee with mom. They react differently on the next day when you say: ‘Sit down and shut-up!’
I do get recognized, but I must say Edinburgh is a fantastic city to live if you’re well-known. There is an innate respect for privacy in Edinburgh people, and I also think they’re used to seeing me walking around, so I don’t think I’m a very big deal.
The Middle East is the tinder box of the world, and to be able to remove a nuclear threat of any kind out of Iran, that would have been a big deal, very positive step forward.
To spend time with Ed Harris… he’s an acting hero of mine, so that’s a big deal for me.
When I turned 16, my dad made me sign a contract – he made us sign contracts for everything – that if I hit my car, I would be responsible for paying for it. I was in bumper-to-bumper traffic, and I tapped someone. It was so not a big deal, but I had to pay for it.
