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As a father, you want the best for your son, quite obviously. You want to create the best memories for your son.
You can be the lead in a movie just for the sake of being a lead in a movie, or you can just be in a good movie.
'Groundhog Day' was one of the greatest scripts ever written. It didn't even get nominated for an Academy Award.
I have 40-something intros [that Davis Jr. did]; all are different, none of them happened. And it was hilarious.
Even when I was in school shows, in elementary school doing plays, I'd always go off book and start improvising.
I love to prepare if it's something that requires training. But I don't like to prepare the psychology too much.
Growing up, I wasn't an athlete or anything like that. The only place I felt like I belonged was in the theater.
When I saw John Turturro in 'Danny and the Deep Blue Sea,' I realized that was the kind of actor I wanted to be.
I was once on a mission, on a cruise I was wishin, that my mom was in the kitchen, eatin chicken, finger lickin.
I'd like to widen my education. I'd definitely like to widen my film range. I mean, I'd love to do some theater.
It's actually just as cool to be on television as to be in a movie, and nobody's ashamed of this back and forth.
I like women who are really strong and were brought up to be comfortable with themselves and respect themselves.
I play out negative fantasies for people. I'm the guy people love to hate. And they always remember the bad guy.
Sports betting is all about money management, so the most money won on one event is not the most important thing
A fan is a fan is a friend no matter what current he/she/it operates on, AC or DC. Thanks for being one of mine.
That place that no one knows about - horrifying things we keep secret. A lot of that is released through acting.
I've never written anything that wasn't somewhat of a collaboration. I don't know how people do it on their own.
In the early part of your career you are always compared with somebody until you can stand on your own two feet.
Good roles are hard to come by, and whether they're a few lines or a lead, you snap 'em up when they come along.
I really, really pride myself on being a professional and a man of keeping my word. It means a lot to me, truly.
You can have rules at home that are different from the rest of the world's as long as you're not hurting anyone.
Just tell the truth and you're home free. If there are amends to be made, you make them. You own it and move on.
You've got to show the world who you are before it tells you. Otherwise you become victim to someone you're not.
Every time I get injured I measure it's severity by asking myself 'Would this stop me from going to Disneyland?'
I don't know much, But when push comes to shove, I definitely don't believe, There's such a thing as wrong love.
Honestly, one of my favorite things about a director is when they understand what an actor brings to their role.
Just believe in yourself and work really hard. And when doors open, take advantage of every opportunity you can.
I think all the knowledge and all the travels that I've done, I'm going to do a lot of great work in the future.
You know, we're missing so much as African-Americans and we should be concerned about what's going on in Africa.
The only thing that I'm obsessed with is sleeping, and actually, it is more than an obsession, it is a pleasure.
I personally think if something's not a challenge there's no point doing it because you're not gonna learn much.
My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing.
As you get older, you're not afraid of doubt. Doubt isn't running the show. You take out all the self-agonizing.
I'd say, go ahead, shoot your shot. More power to ya if you can come up with a different angle on the character.
[FBI] philosophy is "Go ahead and make the story you want to make, and hopefully we'll love it." So that's that.
My wife used to be an anchorwoman in Arizona, so she knew John McCain, and she liked him, and I kinda liked him.
Other than obvious errors like forgetting a line, often I can't see any difference between take one and take 20.
I loved the fact that Obama is multi-racial. I thought that was terrific, as my wife is the same racial make-up.
When you're pitching movies, sometimes you know what the idea is, but you fully don't know the dimensions of it.
All art is autobiographical - if it's not, it's not going to quicken on-stage, and it's not going to come alive.
A play is not a tweet. It can't be compressed and embedded, and it definitely can't be delivered apologetically.
In a new poll 54 percent believed President Bush exaggerated the size of Iraq's missile threat. Hey, he's a guy.
In my early days, I was about 145 pounds. I was really a starving artist; the poster child for starving artists.
I've had to learn when not to tweet. Like, you learn how to keep your mouth shut? Learn to keep your tweet shut.
I can't really dress rock 'n' roll any more because I'm the wrong side of 40, but I want that to be the fashion.
I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.
Part of an actor's job is to find correlations between your own life and the life of the person you are playing.
We live in a climate of fear, and because of this whole ideology of consumption almost to the point of religion.
The auditioning process is one in which the actor gets very little information about almost every element of it.
To have a show have lawyers fighting civil rights cases week in and week out, I think it's exactly what we need.