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French people are never happy with what they have. They're always complaining. They're happy when they're complaining.
In real life, every person is the leading man or woman. We don't think of ourselves as supporting or character actors.
As an actor, you always want to reach back to being a child and having the spontaneity and the imagination of a child.
Personally I find there is just as much if not more creativity among game makers as there is among feature filmmakers.
When I was in my 20s, I wanted to go after dramatic roles, and I didn't have a tremendous amount of success with that.
I cannot pull off a mustache. It's like threading a needle, because most of the time, I'll look like a complete idiot.
There's a simple solution to our traffic problems. We'll have business build the roads, and government build the cars.
That's what a Congressman or a Senator is for -- to see that too much money don't accumulate in the national Treasury.
Don't wait to buy land, Buy land and wait. Find out where the people are going and buy the land before they get there.
I feel like a lot of the young actors that are just coming up are really good. I think directors are directing better.
I'm a firm believer that character is highly overrated. Character is a trick that we do with the audience's collusion.
I had been in a Shakespeare company for three years and done a lot of Shakespeare. That was fun. That was interesting.
'Give up... it's time to quit,' I don't think I've ever really accepted those kinds of words in my life or vocabulary.
I'm sick of people imposing cultural references and influences on me, but I'm not sick of people talking about my age.
Music was the only voice of cinema for a very long time before we had sound; it's organically linked to cinema itself.
I donno, it's not impressive. Once I put ear plugs in and put a blind fold on for like 14 minutes and I did just fine.
Homophobia is manufactured in high schools, so it's probably useful to keep in mind that it really does bother people.
I think with anything where you delve into the back story of an artist, it kind of explains their work more intimately.
I don't like to be me. I'm not so comfortable being me on screen because then I'd be a presenter. I'm not Jimmy Fallon.
If you choose to be a Muslim then you believe that it is on some level wrong to show the image of the Prophet Muhammad.
What is important is to maintain integrity of the story, of the character, of the movie, even if it's a big production.
'Girls' feels very active and stirring a conversation and controversial, and you can't really ask for more as an actor.
I do like to keep mementos from my work, whether they be photos, the backs of make-up chairs or even props and clothes.
I drew the duck blue because I've never seen a blue duck before and, to be honest with you I wanted to see a blue duck.
I come to Comic-Con in San Diego because this is where those fans are - those to whom I owe the longevity of my career.
Maybe we could find some way to send barges of trash to the sun and incinerate it all. Hey, it's an idea. It's an idea!
I'm just looking to explore every medium to express my talent, but I think mostly it's going to be a focus on features.
I did a show called 'Profit' a while back, and I based some of the work on some people that were in office at the time.
I try to pace myself and not work for the sake of working and stick to what inspired me prior to receiving recognition.
All I can say is if the part doesn't delight me in some way, or I can't feel any compassion for it, I just can't do it.
I've signed a few Kaytoo photos and things and a couple of action figures [on ComicCon], but really it's not that many.
If you go back and watch the original 'V,' you're like, 'Oh, I thought this was great. It kind of looks really cheesy.'
Regardless of the project, whenever you're working on something, the best you can hope for is to be around good people.
I loved playing sport at school in front of a crowd; I love being on stage in front of a big audience. I buzz off that.
Teaching someone to be funny is like teaching someone to be fast. They're already fast. You're just making them faster.
I definitely want to work with people who are artists and who are interested in being their best version of themselves.
The majority of celebrities that come to the show actually don't come backstage. Because they don't know that they can.
I would like to go back to Wales. I'm obsessed with my childhood and at least three times a week dream I am back there.
I was never built to play the hero. Physically or emotionally... And they're not as rewarding to play. At least for me.
I think 'Breaking Bad' is brilliant. Good drama in the U.S. is also so funny and blurs the line between light and dark.
I did 'Little Dorrit' a few years ago; I really love doing period dramas. It's stuff like that I really enjoy watching.
It's really easy, once somebody passes away, for the tales about them to become taller, the good ones and the bad ones.
When you do movies it's you have a 3 month family and then everybody goes away and then joins another family, you know?
I'm kind of obsessed with food. I like to eat. When I tour, it's like, well, like a food tour as much as a comedy tour.
Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy.
I generally feel like people that are doing the wardrobe know more about wardrobe than I do, and they have an overview.
Traders can cause short-term volatility. In the long run, the market must revert to a sensible price/earnings multiple.
The fact of the matter is that when you're in pain emotionally about your life, the color of your skin does not matter.
I'm never the romantic lead. I'm the guy walking in on the romantic lead, going, "Oh sorry! I'll leave you guys alone."
The idea of a Chicago band that wanted to sing songs about California is really funny. Having never been to California.