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I got a phone call from Douglas Campbell and from Jerome Guthrie, who offered me a job out of the blue.
If my shirt's off all the time on national TV, with 20 million people watching, I want to look my best.
If you aren't in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret.
I wish everyone could experience being rich and famous, so they'd see it wasn't the answer to anything.
My father is a retired army captain and banking software salesman, and my mother is an English teacher.
The TV schedule is essentially four or five days to get in touch with the story you're doing that week.
I think that... I would say that sometimes people get afraid of when you're balancing comedy and drama.
I may not be able to pull on the smallest of holds, but those I can pull on I can pull on all day long.
What happens to George Clooney and Bruce Willis is great, but I can't gauge my career by anyone else's.
Sometimes Hollywood manages to knock a movie in its teeth so hard that it never manages to get back up.
I'm not saying I'm a family guy, but maybe that's what people see in me: some kind of paternal quality.
I wanted to make a movie that was kind of a tribute to the way I feel when I watch a John Hughes movie.
I was traumatized by a lot of childhood stuff. I felt that I was bad somewhere, starting with my birth.
It was an ongoing struggle to say no, I don't want to be a part of the perpetuation of this stereotype.
We don't know where we get our ideas from. What we do know is that we do not get them from our laptops.
Giving up a lot of yourself isn't really that hard when you realize that you get more than you give up.
Pretending to be other people is my game and that to me is the essence of the whole business of acting.
I never had any ambition to be a star, or whatever it is called, and I'm still embarrassed at the word.
I stopped asking a long time ago, "why would you want me to play that?" I'm an actor. That's what I do.
With [Fred] Zinnemann I did A Man For All Seasons. He was my screen godfather. I'm happy to say he was.
I have no problem with people seeing me as the nice guy. I hope they don't see me as just the nice guy.
[George Clooney] knows exactly what he wants and so he knows that you've done a good job before you do.
I wanted to be an English teacher. I wanted to do it for the corduroy jackets with patches on the side.
I look for every opportunity to mix comedy and horror and tragedy. I love catching audiences off-guard.
When I was preparing for the film for tree weeks, with David Cronenberg, I had a lady friend come over.
I don't like stepping on other people's toes, but with my size 15 shoes, people step on mine sometimes.
In L.A., though, people get off busses calling themselves actors, so many are really not professionals.
I'm proud of myself that I had the courage to experiment with crazy hairstyles and some fashion things.
I am a big fan of smelly cheeses but the rest of the family don't seem to be particularly keen on them.
I think it helps, as an actor, to never know when you're going to get that next script and you're done.
I don't mind not having recognition. If it happens, fine, but it doesn't bother me that it's not there.
Being No. 1 on any call sheet is difficult. Being No. 1 on an episodic, hour-long drama is really hard.
This lie of political correctness is bringing this country down. You just want to break through it all.
I have other tastes besides comedy. I love comedy. I adore it, but I love dramatic movies just as much.
If I wasn't so insecure about myself I wouldn't work as hard as I do. I am constantly seeking approval.
The thing about Occupy is that the sentiment the movement embodies is timeless: Don't be greedy, share.
Every day is intense and alive, whether it's travel, work, even down time, which there is so little of.
Movies and life become a little more symmetrical when you start asking for and looking for connections.
I have had heart surgery three times, so I know what it was like to have pins and needles stuck in you.
Sometimes '30 Rock' was a struggle because I'd be doing the show and still be doing stand-up full-time.
I find it very difficult to relax. I find it increasingly difficult to find outlets for my frustration.
A lot of actors find it impossible not to ask for the audience's sympathy. They have a need to twinkle.
I'm just happy to be working, personally, and I make a lot of money on these for doing next to nothing.
I always prefer the big laugh. That is always the objective, especially with a film like Scary Movie 2.
Women want to be entertained. They want value for money from a man. You have to have the whole package.
It takes me a while to figure things out. I usually have to repeat a lesson or two - maybe three times!
The 'Strictly' experience is really like no other - the training and work that goes into it is immense.
I have plans to send my little daughter and son into dancing because I'd love for them to enjoy it too.
What you want is the opportunity to work and an audience. Prizes after that are just a great big bonus.
I do enjoy doing pantomime at Christmas. If I didn't do it, I'd feel as though I was missing something.