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When I was in school, all our history books were American, so we learned American history, not Canadian history.
I found fame to be somewhat of a prison. The more famous you were, the smaller the cell that you had to live in.
Kids today are smarter than we ever were. And they've got computers, too, which is awesome. They're scary to me.
Hopefully people will be reinventing comedy forever and ever. This is just what I do, and it's a type of comedy.
'12 Angry Men' has a truly great collection of actors giving fantastic performances. It's an acting masterclass.
And sometimes the hardest thing you can do is walk away. But you got to. And, when you do, it changes your life.
I grew up in Chicago, and there was always snow. In Los Angeles there never was, so we would always import snow!
Lasse [Hallström] is really good at emotionally engaging an audience without hitting them over the face with it.
Liverpool has always made me brave, choice-wise. It was never a city that criticised anyone for taking a chance.
I'm no good at down-time. I panic slightly and then plan a project or set up a meeting about starting a project.
I've just seen that there is a really amazing perspective that we're missing by not having more women directing.
You can either look at things in a brutal, truthful way that's depressing, or you can screw around and have fun.
How galling to watch someone who looks like you, who basically is you, do all the shagging you didn't get to do.
No matter what one looks at and finds temporarily pleasing, it can never be as beautiful as just a tree, really.
I've been in a talent show, yeah. They are terrifying. The most nerve-wracking experience of your life, I'd say.
It used to be 65 when you went into retirement. Before that, when you got into your 50s, you were getting older.
I'm of the opinion that the technology is in a place where there's really no excuse not to just make your movie.
I was 20 when I moved to Los Angeles. I went on probably 600 commercial auditions and couldn't book any of them.
I've definitely become more aware of the penal system and more aware of what life could be like inside a prison.
If the world somehow actually ends tomorrow, let all forget about the Mayans and just agree it`s the NHL`s fault
When you write about real life, there's always a chance that somebody involved is going to see it and get upset.
I wanted to be an actor. I decided when I was very young, when I first saw movies, that I wanted to be an actor.
I don't want to do a history lesson. I don't think cinema should be about that. Cinema should be about emotions.
My brother's a teacher in Costa Rica and actually does a more important and significant job than I will ever do.
Isn't it amazing that the Germans call their city halls 'rat houses'? That's what we should call our city halls!
Some of the kids in school used to call my father a fake or a phony. That kind of thing brought on a few fights.
I want to wish you all luck with every bit of life you have ahead of you! Be strong. Be fearless. Be passionate.
You have to be willing to expose yourself, at least to yourself, to get to some kind of truth about a character.
I'm the worst in The Office. It's a problem. They've had to shut down the set for like 30 minutes because of me.
2001 King of the Ring? I really like the sound of that! That REEKS OF ROYALTY! So begins the ERA OF AWESOMENESS!
I'm 6-foot-4 and 240 pounds, which is average size in WWE, but in the world of television and movies, it's huge.
The way I see it, when I go out as an actor, it should be on a type of film I'm never going to do as a director.
I definitely don't look my age. So I actively look for roles that will help people change their perception of me
I think 'The Lord of the Rings' holds perhaps a deeper place in people's hearts than 'The Hobbit' the book does.
As I get older, the more I don't want my life to be emotionally out of balance in the way it was in my twenties.
I identify with someone wanting something to work out, but not being able to get through the rocks to the river.
I feel like everyone I meet is an imaginary friend. I don't know. The older I get the more I wonder what's real.
My process differs... my process for a Richard Linklater film is very different than a process for Training Day.
At the end of the day, the numbers that we're hearing are not going to be totally correct or not correct at all.
My wife's French. I mean I speak a bit of French but I've lived amongst French, you know, most of my adult life.
I can see parts of my father in 'Kingdom' when I rage like that. I can see my father's frustrations in his life.
There should be comedians who perform only for robots - I'm saying human comedians that only perform for robots.
The move into adult comedy wasn't so much moving away from 'The Wonder Years' as expanding myself as a director.
Getting those parts in the Christopher Guest movies was the second biggest helper to my career after 'Fernwood.'
Get really, really good so that when people say your name, your name is associated with quality, with integrity.
Speaking very generally, I find that women are spiritually, emotionally, and often physically stronger than men.
I think for every artist it's important to always keep this amount of doubt until the very last day of shooting.
Run for office? No. I've slept with too many women, I've done too many drugs, and I've been to too many parties.
I watch 'Batman & Robin' from time to time. It's the worst movie I ever made, so it's a good lesson in humility.
[Ted Denson] is sort of a reluctant leader. He didn't try to flex his influence. He's just eminently followable.