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I'm an actor because I love movies, and always have loved movies. I'm a film buff.
Im a career actor. And I question this constant reliance on TV fame and celebrity.
I think the universe is just so big that there has to be something else out there.
It's so much easier just to eat and work out than not eat and work out like crazy.
Character actors aren't a brand in the same way that high-profile leading men are.
Working on Shakespeare and learning about Shakespeare was the big takeaway for me.
Jazz has the ability to absorb & transform influences from diverse musical styles.
We've taken a show about destruction and turned it into a show about construction.
So I was hugely thrilled that my first scene ever on camera was with Hal Holbrook.
The saddest thing about myself is that I never read a book. I never got the habit.
I didn't really have any aspirations to do TV when I first decided to be an actor.
Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.
When you're on the road a lot, you're in perpetual search of a good night's sleep.
To tell you the truth, I always wanted to be a sketch comedian and a comedy actor.
I think having a character piece is great. It will challenge you and be different.
I can't run. I start getting twinges. If I were filmed running, it would be awful.
'The Simpsons' is still my favorite show. I have a really strong connection to it.
I find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.
As a person of color, there's no getting around the reality of its responsibility.
Without understanding your history, you can't get a perspective about the present.
Never... never... whether you are five or 100, never give up. It's never too late.
It took me a few years to realize I might want to get into acting as a profession.
Movie acting suits me because I only need to be good for ninety seconds at a time.
Howdy. I'm gonna separate your head from your shoulders. Hope you don't mind none.
I don't think I'm repeating anything I've done before, but sometimes I lose track.
To me, it's all about inspiration. What gets me creatively excited is a challenge.
In movies we tend make things black and white: you're either this, or you're that.
Man, I was drowning in sadness. And Angelina, she lifted me right up out of there.
I've danced one time in my life. It was the most mortifying experience I ever had.
I don't sing lead - I am not the lead singer - but I do sing some stuff sometimes.
Look at 'Bonanza.' If you rely on a gimmick or one big star, you've got a problem.
When I blow a line at Disney I say, 'Oh fudge,' instead of what is really on mind.
It's not unusual for my room to be stacked with newspapers gathered during a trip.
If you are going to do a film properly you have to give yourself completely to it.
When I was at Upright Citizens Brigade, I would pretend to be a sad, drunk rapper.
Certainly, shows like 'Black Mirror' helped me. I should send them a fruit basket.
I try not to stick to any one thing, you know. That's always been important to me.
I was hiding out from the celebrity thing, I was smoking way too much [marijuana].
I think someone's conversation, whether in e-mail or in person, should be private.
I had to escape the destruction of my father's bankruptcy and all that difficulty.
Even the people who do great jokes, [it's] always coming out of a very real place.
I don't hate oatmeal raisin, but it is the worst cookie. Profoundly disappointing.
Talking is not action. Don't just look at what you say. Look at how you socialize.
I do everything I can for wild animals because they have such a bloody awful time.
I can't retire from life. I love life too much and I cannot wait to start the day.
Because I go outside sometimes, I'm exposed to terrible, terrible music in public.
Metal is the feeling of being an outsider, but still being part of something huge.
I'm totally sports-oriented; I relate a lot of my career and everything to sports.
I did grow up in New Orleans. I grew up right on the lake, right across the levee.
Every time you start a project, you're hopeful that the critics receive it warmly.