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In the past 10 years, I've looked at life as this Pollock stuff. And now I'm almost in the post Pollock phase.
Americans are probably more in line than ever before. We're more moderate than we are liberal or conservative.
I don't really know how music and comedy are similar. I try never to dissect it theoretically or academically.
I portray myself as wicked, hoping I will not be regarded as wicked. But I may be wicked in the biblical sense
I can't know what I'm going to do before I'm in front of the lens. And I think that sort of makes it exciting.
You know, an audition usually is you come in and read the scene and if you're lucky, you get to read it twice.
There's nobody in the arts in my family. It was kind of embarrassing to even say that I wanted to be an actor.
I never in my wildest dreams thought that I'd have merchandise selling on a web site. It's just amazing to me.
Kids know me from their Grease DVD, so they instantly respond. You can hear a pin drop when I do my old songs.
People are always nice, so I can't complain. My name used to be SNL! More and more, people call me by my name.
I tend to think that there is a sophistication to everything at 'Saturday Night Live,' including the sketches.
When I started, there was a phase where I wanted to be a cowboy star. I didn't want to do deep, serious parts.
If it's a good story, then everybody is trying to tell it, everybody is better for it, and it's just more fun.
Being stupid is not as frustrating as being brilliant for 5 seconds and then average for the rest of your life
There's no better satisfaction than writing. I feel that writing is the best and everything else comes with it
It's really hard to go into a creative process and not think, 'I might or might not get nominated for a Tony.'
Five players on the floor functioning as a single unit: team, team, team-no one more important than the other.
I think that Ionesco's greatest weapon is that he's able to make us laugh at the darkest corners of our souls.
Over the years, over the history of our country, liberals have stood on many of the right sides of the issues.
I have from time to time been a double A or triple A personality. I'm not anymore. I'm more lenient on myself.
It's not easy to tell a story about writers and make that feel like a complete story and an interesting story.
I have to be very careful about how often I drag my family to places. They need some stability in their lives.
Overacting is a self-indulgence, while underacting comes either through a lack of talent or a lack of courage.
On every movie I’ve done as a director, I look at the producers and having done it, I don’t envy them, at all.
On every movie I've done as a director, I look at the producers and having done it, I don't envy them, at all.
'Fresh' was maybe the third audition that I had after I got an agent, so I was crazy excited when I booked it.
The wonderful thing about a TV show is if you get picked up for another season, there's no happily ever after.
Acting is all about big hair and funny props... All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it.
I am one of those people who thrive on deadlines. Nothing brings on inspiration more readily than desperation.
I am one of those people who thrive on deadlines, nothing brings on inspiration more readily than desperation.
Aditi is a comedy superstar over in India. She's only one of three female English-speaking comedians in India.
I just hope I reach out to people and connect to people in such a way that they continue to support what I do.
Words can be used for venal purposes. Words are incredible sources of propaganda and can cause terrible havoc.
I always tell my husband, 'That's it, I quit, I've done all I wanted,' and he's just like, 'Yeah, yeah. Sure.'
Never say a humorous thing to a man who does not possess humor. He will always use it in evidence against you.
Strangely enough I'm better on a stage. I love that I feel like I blossom in front of a whole bunch of people.
I don't do much acting anymore anyway, and not to work for 20th Century Fox is really the least of my worries.
I feel so lucky to have both a son and a daughter, because there's a different relationship with each of them.
For me that's one of the great indulgences in life - a hand-tailored suit, and a great pair of handmade shoes.
My dad gave me my first bike at 16. I soon fell off and was in a wheelchair for weeks. I haven't fallen since.
I am inspired by those who dedicate their lives to bringing about positive social change throughout the world.
Every time you work is a challenge. There's a constant worry about it, and it's a side of acting I don't like.
Shakespeare's villains are fabulous because none of them know that they are villains. Well, sometimes they do.
Football players, like prostitutes, are in the business of ruining their bodies for the pleasure of strangers.
In each of its forms, love has an infinite scope of potential expansion, all of which I see leading to growth.
If a woman is into me, it usually takes me awhile to figure that out. She has to hit me over the head with it.
I did a lot of background and research on 'End Of Watch,' and I definitely used certain skills that I learned.
Someone's always saying, "It's not whether you win or lose," but if you feel that way, you're as good as dead.
Marriage is a lot like the army, everyone complains, but you'd be surprise at the large number that re-enlist.
Tough guy Spike was always the funnest, but I'm most proud of the more recent stuff, the last season, I think.