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I like Prague, it's strange. All the houses you see look like Disney sets, with their bright colours.
There was no one around called 'Val' when I was young, so I wanted to be John or Bill. Now I like it.
News is something that happens that matters to you, which is not most of what we watch on television.
I told my family, 'If I get out of line, just kick my butt.' The last thing that I want is to change.
Our cast and crew strive for this show after show hard as they can. It shows in the finished product.
My goal is just to make movies, whether they're big or small, that I'd like to see 10 years from now.
My father is quite conservative and religious, and hes been wanting me to get married since I was 15.
When you see violence in movies in general, it's very quick and painless, which isn't what it's like.
My grandparents told endless stories about the town they were from. It became an almost mythic place.
I like storytelling, and I feel more confident as the years have gone on about my ability to do that.
I'm a Sikh; it's part of my religious tradition to never cut my hair and keep it wrapped in a turban.
This pilot, by far, was the best I ever read - and I hope that insults every other pilot I worked on.
When it sort of finally sets in that you're not going to be doing that anymore... it's disappointing.
We fed 'em Xmas and New Years; now all the poor have to do is just fill the few meals until next Xmas
If you're ridin' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there
A country can get more real joy out of just hollering for their freedom than they can if they get it.
A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the policeman searches you.
We know lots of things we didn't use to know but we don't know any way to prevent 'em from happening.
I think with movies I am really connecting to the Joseph Campbell idea of the collective unconscious.
When someone says, 'I recognize you,' I'll say, 'Congratulations on having a TV.' It's a little joke.
At the end of the day, what actors really want to do is act a lot and not wait around in the trailer.
The thing about working with Peter Jackson is that, at the end of the day, he is a passionate artist.
I've been in that angst of loneliness, where you're really alone in the universe, except for the dog.
My pastor said, Just because you were a celebrity doesn't mean you're supposed to be a celebrity now.
There is no other person on the face of this planet that I would rather sit and talk to than my wife.
I believe in destiny. I believe destiny opens doors for you, but it's up to you to walk through them.
It's funny when I read the tabloids and they're reporting on only a fraction of the life I'm leading.
When I let some girl take me in her mouth I think this is what Jesus must feel like during communion.
Everybody wants happiness, and nobody wants pain, but you can't have a rainbow without a little rain.
My heart is in independent film-making. For me, it's where the fun, gritty storytelling is being told.
I do a lot of inspirational talks for kids, to motivate them to change their lives and give them hope.
There are soccer athletes that are known the world over except in the U.S. Thierry Henry, for example.
Sixth grade was a big time, in my childhood, of hoops and friendship, and coming up with funny things.
I sang a song at my sister's wedding. My mother forced me into that, too. But that one felt all right.
What is a shame is that there isn't stuff that is as great as 'Oz' on a consistent level around today.
Celebrities become divas because they get pampered so much, babied so much - then they get used to it.
I don't consider myself to be a celebrity. If anything I'm a minor celebrity or a TV star or whatever.
I'm not an extravagant person. You don't get a chance to spend money when you're working on a TV show.
I love films for the fact that it is like working under a microscope. It is sort of like a laboratory.
As long as you gave it your best shot, even if in the opinion of others 'you failed,' you didn't fail.
You believe in God, then you don't believe anymore and when you have a big problem, you pray anyway...
Pantomime is a big thing in the cultural calendar of my country, you know. So subtlety's not my forte.
If you're playing a character who says whatever he wants, I felt free to say whatever I wanted on set.
I studied acting at Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh because I figured a good comedian certainly could act.
No, she is right up there with the best I've worked with. I was very impressed with her, I really was.
The applause of all but very good men is no more than the precise measure of their possible hostility.
I think movies are good for getting into dream states or exploring weird alternate states of thinking.
I definitely want to study film. I'd like to have my own studio one day and just make a lot of movies.
I think above all else [The Social Network] is a love story. And something of a tragic one, I suppose.
I'm much more indecisive and a people-pleaser than someone who's willing to step into the firing line.