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I wouldn't describe myself as lacking in confidence, but I would just say that - the ghosts you chase you never catch.
I was offered the opportunity to narrate the Catholic bible, and it was something I really wanted to be involved with.
I've done a lot of pilots. A lot of shows. You're young and you do a job just because you know someone gave you a job.
I do know I want to have children. That's the only thing missing in my life. I certainly thought I'd have some by now.
I want to be Ruler of the Exumas. I like the sound of it. I want to become Kurtz and live like in 'Lord of the Flies.'
I watch '60 Minutes' and 'Dateline' and '20/20.' I work in fantasy all day, so when I go home I want to touch reality.
Courage isn't just a matter of not being frightened, you know. It's being afraid and doing what you have to do anyway.
I'm so grateful. I worked on some really quality projects as a kid and I was really lucky for the opportunities I got.
It was easy for me to play someone with a massive ego. It's actually really fun to have the freedom to be that person.
Nothing is ever finished. It's a funny thing. I actually think that's really the more natural way of stories or songs.
I wanted to only do one season when I came onto 'Vampire Diaries' because I thought there was only so much to explore.
I had a good time shooting in New Zealand. I almost bought a home there while I was there, because I loved it so much.
I tend to read things that are a little more on the nourishing side. But if I don't enjoy something, I'll put it down.
I love the rehearsal process in the theatre, and the visceral sense of contact and communication with a live audience.
I have a wonderful wife who loves me, who's fantastic, who's just the thrill of my life - intriguing and mind-blowing.
It's weird. You find a safe place in someone who you feel like maybe they can't judge you because they don't know you.
There's more violence in one football game than there is in an entire hockey season, and nobody ever talks about that.
I only did the comedy thing because I just thought I could do it better than anyone else at the time. And I was right.
It's a shame that cancer has been something that's been accepted in society as something that's always gonna be there.
I like directing. It takes a lot out of you, but I'd like to do it again - I just have to find a story I want to tell.
I feel like whatever you've done in your career, good or bad, it's nothing but preparation for the big events to come.
I don't have to change anything. I think that's the secret to comedy. You want to be universal and appeal to everyone.
The ethical argument regarding abortion hinges on the question of when life begins. Some believe life begins at forty.
I don't understand why Christians are taking such a bashing...and why do we glorify people that do destructive things?
I couldnt imagine something asking as much of me as House Of Cards. Its a great warm-up for coming back to the screen.
It's the kind of democratization of the Internet that has led to the breaking down of barriers into the creative arts.
Audiences grew to like this duality of feeling, where you're both championing a character and you're revolted by them.
The Old Vic has always been first and foremost an actors' theatre, a home for great talent and memorable performances.
I must repay the gratitude given by pretties.. I want to give even more happiness that I have received all these while
It's a nightmare if you're working with someone you don't get on with, especially if you have to be in love with them.
I didn't want to be alone, but I had to learn that the dimensions of my feelings are too violent. I had to learn this.
Whenever I was with a woman, I always sort of want another one. So there was always another one. I can't explain this.
Society questions the police and their methods, and the police say: 'Do you want the criminals off the street or not?'
I don't know what is better than the work that is given to the actor-to teach the human heart the knowledge of itself.
There is no such thing as failure for an artist, unless failure is the refusal to attempt, the unwillingness to dream.
From generation to generation, lights are extinguished and darkness threatens until some one stoops to bear the torch.
It's one of the things I love about my job: it's my job to help a director tell the story, to just be willing to help.
It's nice to get off the couch, throw the clothes on, add a little make-up and go back to work, every once in a while.
You can break down anything for a child, and you have to know what your child is ready for and what your child is not.
The putting on of vestments and lighting candles, it's a wonderful ritual that never changes from one Mass to another.
It's like, to me, acting is like a child walking in the park, the better the actor, the greater the playground he has.
What can we say to people who think that dreams are the real world and this one is an illusion. Perhaps they're right.
Emily Osment has 'osteo-old-woman-itis.' She can't lift weights or do physical activity but ride her bike and do yoga.
Most of the time, you do films and they can be big films, but you are rarely aware of the fan base that comes with it.
It's about finding unique, one-of-a-kind films that I would want to see myself. I think Party Monster is one of those.
Cultures and races are mixing in a very organic way in the world, and that should be reflected in film and television.
What you see in 'Daredevil' and 'Jessica Jones' isn't the Hell's Kitchen of today; it's a version of what it was like.
Let's not get too precious about it: actors are not heart surgeons or brain surgeons. We are just entertaining people.
There's a line in the picture where he snarls, 'Nobody tells me what to do.' That's exactly how I've felt all my life.
I got written out of 'G.I. Joe' and was like, 'Welp, I'm going to go back to what I do: writing and producing comedy.'