OFM Year In Review 2025 - FrontEnd - FINAL_2012 Year In Review 12 / 11 / 25 1 : 47 PM Page 2 1 They Said It ! Memorable quotes from our pages in 2025 . “ I had thought I might semi - retire or round yourself with good people , positive peo - retire , but then Matlock came ple — just ensure they are realistic people also . ” 1 along , so I am not ready to take a — Jennifer Coolidge final bow yet . I am having the best time with this show . I am eager to stay “ I’ve always said age is in the mind , 5 with this for several years . ” and I firmly believe that . In this in - 6 — Kathy Bates dustry you see 30 - year - olds acting 50 and 50 - year - olds acting 30 — and “ I know I’m lucky . Part of being fa - younger ! It really doesn’t matter . Providing mous is that I can go wild at the you are fit and healthy , you can put your mind 2 grocery store and buy everything ( and your body ) to pretty much anything . ” that I want . I don’t have to watch the — Pedro Pascal tab as closely as I did in the days before I landed some proper roles . I don’t need to bring “ Keep yourself inspired . Even if you 13 coupons . And I don’t have to decide , ‘ Should I are working all the time , you are 7 eat today or take my dog to the vet ? ’ That was going to have dormant times . Con - my life before I became famous . ” tinuously go to museums , read — Renée Zellweger plays , read books and write . Even if you’re not good at any of that stuff . Draw . Do - “ I had just moved from Saint Croix ing anything that can kind of keep you creative to Orlando when I was around 7 or is very important . Not to be myopic about it , 3 8 and the very first thing I audi - but don’t put all your eggs in one basket . Just tioned for was Disney . There was be a person of the world . I think that will come something like 600 kids that had audi - through in your work . ” tioned and only six girls and six boys ended up — Broadway star and television actor booking the role . And it was a literal dream Gideon Glick come true for a little girl to get to dance on - stage at the Christmas Spectacular . We were called the Kids of the Kingdom . That set me up , I think , for the rest of my life . … I still to this day remember the joy that I felt being onstage during those shows . ” 2 — The Rookie star Mekia Cox “ Every single year since I first got here it’s just been , you know , how 4 4 can I help this franchise improve ? And I just have felt that gradual im - provement . I think we’ve all felt it , everybody here . And so , when you feel that improvement year in and year out , it just motivates you to come back to the next season ever better and stronger . ” — Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero “ What I do know is you should never feel in your life that good 5 times can’t happen for you if you are single . Nothing could be further from the truth . Being by yourself is wonderful , it really is , and you still get to sur - 2 2 | O F M Y E A R I N R E V I E W