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People don't watch TV only to relate to stuff. They also watch to find out about a world they can't relate to.
I don't know if we would have stuff like 'Deadwood' and 'Boardwalk Empire' if 'Twin Peaks' had never happened.
I don't mind if people are saying nasty things about me behind my back - I just don't want to know about them.
I don't like my physique. Who does? I was a skinny guy growing up, and I still feel like that same skinny kid.
I think when Tom Ford was there I borrowed a Gucci tux one time, and they were very nice and he was very kind.
Just be yourself and the right guy will come along, whether it be today, tomorrow, or next year. It'll happen!
When you're playing a supporting character, you don't really have a lot of control of the quality of the film.
Basically, what happened was, I had moved out to Los Angeles, I was pretty damn lazy and I put on some pounds.
I had a good theater career for years. I played Hamlet when I was 22, and I've played some really great roles.
I always found it really funny when actors would come offstage, smoking cigarettes and swearing at each other.
I took no money to make art, but my woman backed me up on it and I want my children to see their father happy.
My wife makes the best chocolate chip pancakes, and my son and I are only too happy to stay home and eat them.
I was a rugby player, I was a hockey player. You know, I just love to challenge myself, and I love to compete.
Working with Sylvester Stallone is beyond a 'pinch yourself' moment. I remember growing up watching his films.
I don't know what 'Mad Men' has done for my fan base. I didn't know that I still had a fan base, to be honest.
Live like you're already dead, man. Have a good time. Do your best. Let it all come ripping right through you.
I think we're dealing with a realm of human experience that doesn't get all that much attention on television.
I'm just looking always for characters that change, because I want to get better, as an actor and as a person.
As a matter of fact - it'll probably ruin my movie career - but I think better storytellers are in television.
What's special about Miami is the collision of cultures. And the white sand beaches and fantastic restaurants.
I think people are gravitating towards these period dramas because I think they're looking for a simpler time.
I only scream and scratch when something's only 'really good' or 'good', I want to be great, or let's go home.
I've done a lot of bad movies, but my bad horror movies are the ones that people still find the good stuff in.
The joy about the recording is that you are your own boss. You don't have a director telling you how to do it.
Writing sketches, youre also learning about a journey and characters, and you translate that to bigger things.
I was raised, I feel like, on television, definitely a child of TV, and was always fascinated by storytelling.
The footage that you're about to watch of China's dog-leather trade is one of the worst things I've ever seen.
I love walking around and grabbing coffee and sitting in a park and people watching… I love Greenwich Village.
Despite the fact that I had a writing background, they didn't want to accept whatever ideas I had as a writer.
I live my life openly and freely every day anyway, and do what I want to do, but I don't take any great risks.
Filming is like a long air journey: there's so much hanging around and boredom that they keep giving you food.
Of course, I think it is legitimate for the Commander-in-Chief to be concerned for the safety of his soldiers.
People try to keep their past, like kind of holding on to their past. Every Springsteen song talks about that.
I'm a huge fan of John Malkovich and Josh Brolin, and Michael Shannon has got to be one of my favorite actors.
If one student is unable to get online, it cripples that student's team and puts the whole course in jeopardy.
I do think that failure begets success sometimes, but it's often looked upon in Hollywood as not a good thing.
We need to stand up and become a united front against a common enemy. It's important for us to not be divided.
All artists draw from their lives, except they mask it and camouflage it... which is the smarter way to do it.
My wife is a professor at UCLA in Los Angeles, but otherwise, I'd be right back living on the Upper West Side.
So, I lived at the Beijing Opera, I ate there, I learned a craft. And the money we made went into the company.
I think you learn more from looking at how things occurred and what happened afterward, not just at the event.
We're all damaged in our own way. Nobody's perfect. I think we're all somewhat screwy. Every single one of us.
Comedy is not my world. It's difficult for me, but sometimes you just have to go with it and have a good time.
When the arts are taken out of the syllabus, people are not going to know what it's like to value the theater.
The scariest monster in the world is human beings and what we are capable of, especially when we get together.
Mixing humour and harsh reality is a very human behaviour, it's the way people stay sane in their daily lives.
I think our culture is sick and tired of fluffy nonsense and people want something more sincere and heartfelt.
I thought I'd make a really great director because I'm an actor. Like, I thought I could really direct actors.
My musical tastes go from Zeppelin to Bob Dylan to Kanye West and Lil' Wayne. Anything modern and progressive.
I love how people in this business push themselves to know themselves, the world, and their creativity better.