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If you're making films in New Zealand, you can't avoid the landscape. It's certainly more handsome than I am.
There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.
It would've been hard to do something else, to as it were, run away from the circus and become an accountant.
When I take a role I wonder how I can use it to find out who I really am. I don't think I'm so rare a person.
I was always proud on 'Party of Five'. We never had the biggest audience, but we had arguably the most loyal.
Over the last four years, I've made a habit of coming into my office in the morning and just getting to work.
The problem with the cable networks is the lack of money, not from personal income but as far as show budget.
I love, love, love John Mayer. He's incredible. I love all of his records and even his John Mayer Trio stuff.
At the same time, reading an action script... It makes me wonder. Was The Matrix a good script? I don't know.
Worried about dry skin? Concerned about lines and wrinkles? Then visit a burns unit and get some perspective.
To be able to sit in Donald Trump's apartment and talk about the future of corporate real estate was amazing.
I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month.
I think people could justify labeling me if they saw a pattern in what I do, but right now that's impossible.
For me, rather than the language, the Hollywood system of making movies was a tremendous learning experience.
I refer to jet lag as 'jet-psychosis - there's an old saying that the spirit cannot move faster than a camel.
I grew up feeling unattractive, and it took a long time to grow into a place where I was comfortable with me.
Why are we casting all these stand-up comedians to do 'Breaking Bad,' one of the most dramatic TV shows ever?
If you look back at life, I bet you will regret about 80% of your actions. But life consists of all mistakes.
Mike Judge is very specific about how people look in his projects, and I think it's because he's an animator.
I'll invent a lie. Ricky Gervais has done anything interesting since 'The Office'. There's a lie right there.
Most things I get hired on, I get hired because I improvise something funny, or they just think I look weird.
You can't say yes to every role, and you have to make people miss you. I don't want people to get sick of me.
I meet an enormous number of incredible people all the time, people I find very inspiring, and I'm very busy.
If you watch a television show made by accomplished professionals of children's TV, it's all very expressive.
I can say I'm not doing 'X-Men.' I love the franchise, and I love the people who make them on and off screen.
By letting go of what you thought was going to happen in your life, you can enjoy what is actually happening.
I love the idea that movies, like 'Fast Times,' can be iconic and change people's lives in little, tiny ways.
To do something funny, you have to have experienced it in real life and digested it in a way that amuses you.
I was very disappointed that so much of the work I did on The Haunted Mansion didn't arrive in the final cut.
When I find a golf course or a restaurant or a market that I like, that's pretty much exclusively where I go.
I still want to find some place to play 'Hamlet,' and if 'Far and Away' helps me do that, that would be nice.
I'm a really huge fan of the old romantic comedies from the '30s and '40s... Huge fan. I love all that stuff.
I think artists are driven by the engine of their own talent, but it's a question of what use they put it to.
My great hero is Billie Holiday, and I've always wanted to do an album of standards with a piano-led quartet.
I allow myself to have my feelings of disappointment and discouragement, but never to sit and wallow in them.
I have a paper, pencil, and ink sketch for a Mickey Mouse cartoon short entitled 'Mickey's Garden' from 1935.
There is that great thing of D.C. being Hollywood for ugly people. There's very distinct crossover behaviors.
I'm so critical of my own work that it's difficult for me to disassociate myself and watch it as an audience.
I'm very accident-prone. The problem is I sort of just do things. I'm impulsive, and sometimes I don't think.
The pleasure of working with somebody who's an actor is they don't waste time with stuff that doesn't matter.
I'm not Welsh and I didn't know that much about Dylan Thomas , and I saw that he's a huge icon of Welsh-ness.
In a thriving culture, you celebrate your achievements. In an exhausted one, you proclaim your disadvantages.
The thing about Doctor Who is it's chased around the world, so there's 50 fans hanging out at every location.
I've always wanted to do pieces that have an integral sense of realism and aren't just there for titillation.
I want to be remembered for Swiss Family Robinson and Old Yeller. I think Swiss is probably my favorite film.
I thought that I held the record of most appearances on the Bob Hope Show, but I think - It's Brooke Shields.
Being funny wasn't a career choice growing up, it was my way out of situations; a way to survive another day.
Cool is the enemy of funny. You can't be cool and be funny at the same time. Only Eddie Murphy could do that.
Some actors are better with words than me. I prefer to play it rather than say it - and keep people thinking.
For the first time in a while, I must be honest, I really genuinely look forward to coming to work every day.