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Just because someone gets arrested doesn't mean what they are doing is wrong. Some laws are unfair and unjust.
There just seems to be more acceptance now of... other kinds of British films, than the picture-postcard ones.
You're never quite sure, when you first get something if you really have a sense of what an opportunity it is.
I wanted to do a period piece. I wanted to be on a show that people would actually watch, that was of quality.
I'm very much in favor of vaccinations, and I've been very vocal about that because it's insane to forgo this.
If you didn't watch 'The Shield,' you should stop everything you are doing and go back and watch 'The Shield.'
If I wanted to go be social I would. I don't have any fear of that. I don't feel like I'm a shy person at all.
I come from a religious family - my father is a pastor, my uncle, my sister and her husband are a pastor team.
Whether it's acting, directing or writing, I want to be involved in the film industry for the rest of my life.
I used to have some fish, some nice little carp, but they got too big for the tank. I don't have any pets now.
In England, theater auditions are gentler experiences. You sit down with the director and talk about the play.
There were a couple of years when I wanted to be a football player, but I really always wanted to be a singer.
If there's one thing I've learned in my life, it's that curiosity might kill cats, but it doesn't kill people.
When you're in the spotlight, people want to dissect you and then put you back together the way they want you.
Careful?! Was my mother careful when she stabbed me in the heart with a coat hanger while I was still in womb?
The Hulk has an awesome superpower. He turns into this giant monster that can eliminate several dudes at once.
I want a lot of people to see my movies. More black people. More white people. I want to make that connection.
It is a weird thing that actors have people applaud when they're done working. I still find that entertaining.
I'm not getting up in the helicopter. I have a premonition that I'm going to get killed in a helicopter crash.
I found my niche as a character actor, and I've never felt like a movie star or teen idol and never wanted to.
I shot this wonderful picture called American Saint a couple of years ago, which is still looking for release.
David Simon is a brilliant writer, brilliant at being able to take what is ordinary and make it extraordinary.
Sometimes, there's so much beauty in the world, I feel like I can't take it. Like my heart's going to cave in.
They never let Rider [Strong] and I do scenes together because we would look at each other and start laughing.
I am very much a city boy, and I really don't get out into the countryside or the wilderness that much at all.
Don't just grab at the first thing that comes along. Know when to refuse something that won't get you anywhere
Horses raise what the farmer eats and eats what the farmer raises. You can't plow the ground and get gasoline.
Prosperity this Winter is going to be enjoyed by everybody that is fortunate enough to get into the poor farm.
I go too fast to see much, only the tops of everything. I've got to prowl slow some time through this country.
Be magic choose and believe that you can do anything you set your mind to believe. We are who we choose to be.
And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy's sleeping? I'm working.
I've viewed myself as slightly above average in talent. And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening work ethic.
Stephen King writes a lot of things that are really charming and quirky, and that are more ironic than horror.
I think of doing a series as very hard work. But then I've talked to coal miners, and that's really hard work.
I love to go to a movie, get a Diet Coke and a barrel of popcorn, and sit there with my kids and watch a film.
My fear is dying badly, through illness or injury. But what a glorious demise it would be to burn up in space.
I think in a play it's wise to just sit back and watch other actors and be able to shape it from the audience.
I wouldn't call myself a modern Shakespeare, but Shakespeare was probably to his generation what I am to mine.
I know I probably should be sad about my mother's cancer... but she still hasn't seen The Last Kiss, you know?
It's always weird being the only white person in a group. It feels like everyone's looking to me for guidance.
I'm by no means condemning prescription medicine for mental health. I've seen it save a lot of people's lives.
I'm a very anxious person, and it's hard for me to be in the moment. Improv demands that you be in the moment.
I had to learn how to modulate my performances and interpretations of these roles in auditions for the camera.
I saw a lot of people have success handed to them that then exploited it. They didn't protect it or cherish it.
For anybody who's ever been on the other end of, like, racial violence logic is not something that can be used.
I think it's possible to be free in a big production. It's the eye of the director and the actor and the story.
I don't have a car in Manhattan because you have to choose between a car and an apartment. It's that expensive.
The process of rehearsal means you learn so much and really get the chance to develop your work on a character.
I've got a hockey record, I took off my skate and tried to stab a guy, I'm the only person who ever tried that.
The practice of pumping up before the scene, especially if you've got your shirt off, most actors will do that.