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It's a no-win situation with politics; it's always going to be stressful. I'm more into the comedy of life.
I keep working mainly because my wife and I spend most of our time touring the country doing our own plays.
I never really considered acting as a career. I kind of fell into it. Originally, I wanted to be a painter.
I grew up as a really sick kid; I had really bad childhood asthma and was at home all the time in New York.
It wasn't like I just woke up and said, 'Here's my gimmick; I'll wear a hat and put something weird on it.'
I've always thought Prince Charming in Cinderella was the most boring role; I'd rather be the Wicked Witch.
The only people in my whole life that have ever called me Edward are the police because it's on my license.
Musical shows are really popular because there are lots of talented kids out there that can sing and dance.
I love Irvine. That's my 'hood. I went to USC and used to come home every weekend. It's in my comfort zone.
Stanley Tucci is a classy actor, and Ian Holm is very short but equally classy - and both are also amazing.
I don't think I've ever hurt anybody. I think I'll stand up on the day of judgment and go, 'Yeah? So what?'
I'm not easily offended so whether it be a compliment or a derogatory comment, it really doesn't bother me.
When I'm acting, I'm in the director's hands. I'm very happy to be. I like to be focused on what I'm doing.
I think that a lot of exciting elements are finding a place where a film is happily, truly about something.
As soon as someone I don’t respect tells me I can’t do something, it just makes me want to do it even more.
You need three things in the theatre - the play, the actors and the audience, and each must give something.
What is it you want? That's a question that we all get posed sometimes internally and sometimes externally.
Life is too short to worry about what others say about you. Have fun and give them something to talk about.
I've done auditions where the casting director is taking the paper out of my hand in the middle of reading.
I would always love to be an athlete, but it's got to be a tough day when you have to hang up those cleats.
I like being able to go to a local pub and have great food and particularly love pubs that welcome my dogs.
Am I now supposed to go on Oprah and cry and tell you my deepest, darkest secrets because you want to know?
It's not easy to sustain a long career, and sometimes I don't even think about how long I've been doing it.
If you're not concerned about maintaining an image, you can pursue roads that another actor might not take.
And I try to piece the puzzle of the universe, Split an eight of shrooms just so I could see the universe !
I could be with a woman in a bed, for weeks even, and it would seem to me like three seconds. Or 300 years.
I started playing ball when I was a kid. My dad was a pro ball player and he passed on his knowledge to me.
Manufacturers are making products kosher to get in on that market, plus more people are looking for kosher.
You're an actor - people judge you and criticize you, and praise you and say you're great in equal measure.
For my first acting job I played the role of Ensign Pulver in 'Mr. Roberts' at the Manitoba Theatre Centre.
As a little kid growing up in Hollywood, I was called 'a little crazy'. And now I guess I'm still that way.
My mom, Irmelin, taught me the value of life. Her own life was saved by my grandmother during World War II.
There are two or three ways to combat homophobia - one is through humor. The second is to put a face on it.
Dreams are like stars. You may never touch them, but if you follow them they will lead you to your destiny.
Every time you get a script and you have a scene, you start mining out how many layers there are within it.
I honestly love [my fans] so much. [Their] support is everything and I'm glad [they] liked [my confession].
To me, growing up in South Wales, a pair of Diesel jeans were the thing to have - if you could afford them.
I have done so much for hip-hop and 'til this day, I haven't received any awards or any recognition for it.
I was into sports and swimming as a kid and didn't spend a whole lot of time sitting down. I was a gymnast.
I'm not ambitious about my career, but I am ambitious with each job. I can be fairly annoying to work with.
I take my work enormously seriously. When I do something, it has to feel right. Everything has to be right.
Here am I, a human being and that has a body that is getting old. And I only have one, I can't trade it in.
My inner motivation is to make the world a better place; the bad guy and the good guy think the same thing.
He was a great man. He taught himself how to walk again, to write with his left hand. My father was a hero.
You see so many different personalities and mind-sets in the world of sports, just like you do with actors.
Some girls go for bad boys because they like the challenge of changing them - which is usually unrealistic.
If you could cross a lion and a monkey, that's what I'd be, because monkeys are funny and lions are strong.
I've two huge German shepherds who are my boys. They're called Biscuit and Buster, and I love them to bits.
I've always had a certain fascination. It's basically paint what you know, and this is what I grew up with.
I like not to know, unless it's something that I need to know, specifically, for how I color a performance.