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'The Magic Flute,' I think, is fundamentally asking what is it to change people's consciousness.
If you can keep going and never give up, ultimately you will get something that you really want.
In a movie script, you know what the moments are that you really have to hit it out of the park.
I used to play around and sing Randy Travis for my dad. I'd always be able to just mimic things.
Fortitude, determination... in a way they're things that I idealize myself and am curious about.
I like telling stories about people with problems. I can't really put it much simpler than that.
I never did improv professionally, but that was certainly in my training as an actor. I like it.
Bob Altman had this relaxed but serious attitude. Everybody loved him. I wanted him to adopt me.
I love my wife dearly, and, therefore, I've never cooked a meal, romantic or otherwise, for her.
Being an action star is all I had ever hoped to be. I ultimately knew I would be an action star.
Being a leading man... that's like saying, 'I want to be astronaut.' That's not going to happen.
The tabloids operate in an amoral parallel universe where the bottom line is selling newspapers.
It's good Xerox is known for its copying machines, and it's good Jim Carrey is known for comedy.
Private companies have a lot of capital. They can run things efficiently and get projects built.
I didn't worry if a bit got no response, as long as I believed it had enough response to linger.
I lost the accent years ago, but I'm still very proud to be Scottish, and I love wearing a kilt.
The show [ Vampire Diaries] knows how to keep people on the edge of their seat, that's for sure.
I would only ever be involved in a reality show that was about real life and had lots of action.
Cancer has affected my family; my mother and father have battled cancer. I know how tough it is.
A great gimmick is a great gimmick, but on a dud, it just doesn't work. It comes down to talent.
When I'm on a location, I pick a restaurant that's close and private and eat all my meals there.
Probably the only way Woody Allen and I are similar is that he has a lot to say about Nietzsche.
The whole spirit of 'Eddie The Eagle' is that it's the taking part that counts, not the winning.
I love to have fun and goof around and be silly, so anybody who can also do that is good for me.
I know I often get a job because of how I look. I hope that I keep the job because of how I act.
To me, the difference between New York and London is that things are boring and staid in London.
The commands of God are all designed to make us more happy than we can possibly be without them.
People see me, and they think they went to college with me; there's no immediate identification.
Yes, I am complimented on my work in Kids in the Hall once or twice a week. It's a nice feeling.
Even on my worst days... the influx of joy that I get from interactions with fans... is a treat.
We're blessed with, as we were on 'Harry Potter,' lead actors who are amazingly grounded people.
It's nice to have people interested about a show that you're involved in. It's what actors want.
It's shocking to say, but the cinema is quite a while away from me, and I haven't got a car yet.
People ask me all the time, "What kind of father are you?" I won't know until my kids are grown.
Whatever character you play, remember they are always doing something they are not just talking.
The world I've grown into at the moment is becoming increasingly more disturbing and unsettling.
And besides, because of all she has accomplished, Barbara Jordan has always been a hero of mine.
If you can survive 'Saturday Night Live,' then you're good as far as show business is concerned.
My father was funnier than me. My father was Richard Pryor-funny. I'm just a better businessman.
Comedians are the monkeys of acting. When you go to the zoo, everybody loves the monkey exhibit.
You have to be highly intelligent to get away with a dumb joke. That takes a pretty smart fella.
That's the only thing I'm jealous about 'Game of Thrones': they get to go to Spain all the time.
You can,t make yourself happy by causing other peoples misery -Tyler Perry The Family That Preys
I don't mind playing Nazis, but I'll only play them in comedies. I wouldn't play a serious Nazi.
I have two children and they're young yet but all of the children that I know really inspire me.
I don't think you get to be pope without making some enemies, like you do when you're president.
I directed a piece of theater in Italy. We took nine fables from the town and we created a play.
Working for the screen is almost like being in the Army: you set your mind to it, and you do it.
We always see abhorrent behavior and say why, but then we get mad when somebody tries to answer.
I trained at Juilliard so that I could do all kinds of genres, so that's what I'm trained to do.