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Gay Marriage isn't Special Rights, it's Equal Rights. 'Special Rights' are for political churches that don't pay taxes.
My parents felt that acting was far too insecure. Don't ask me what made them think that painting would be more secure.
For me, 'Arrested Development' is the cornerstone of recent television comedy. It's so incredibly flawless and perfect.
I went to Dave Eggers with this idea of doing a movie about a guy going through some sort of Frank Capra-esque journey.
I think when I went to psychoanalysis, I actually believed that people said what they meant. This was my whole problem.
I'm a little bit phobic about stains on my clothes, so I never travel without a little packet of organic stain remover.
I think, for sure, 'Saturday Night Fever' and 'Pulp Fiction' were kind of bookends for - or the pillars of - my career.
I'm not even born yet. I'm still trying. I'm still pushing. I don't ever want to get to a place where I feel satisfied.
I don't drink hard liquor anymore, but I sometimes order Lagavulin just for the smell. It's so good. It's unbelievable.
I was never a cokehead or anything like that. I always despised that drug. I thought it was a waste of time, pointless.
I bought a little hideaway up north, so I'll ship my motorcycle up there. It's much less dangerous than West Hollywood.
Actors always have things that they're not thrilled about on a show and have a hobby of bellyaching about those things.
I like kids but I also like the option to close the door. Becoming a parent is a whole other life, and it doesn't stop.
I think it's kind of strange when people talk about how hyped-up the movie is. It almost sets you up for a bigger fall.
Obama was the best thing for black nerds everywhere. Finally we had a role model. Before Obama, we basically had Urkel.
I have a pretty eclectic taste in the movies that I like to watch, and also in the movies that I'm inspired to work on.
"Music is something that professionals do and not something that I do." That's not natural. Music belongs to everybody.
I don't have any training in dance. I can convince an audience that I know how to dance because I'm a convincing actor.
We moved to Wales when I was quite young, but we frequently visited the rest of my family, especially my mother's side.
Trust me - never in my life did I think I'd be carrying my groceries home and have a stop-and-chat with Karl Lagerfeld.
I think a lot of comedians are desperate to show their serious side, but I got that off my chest early on in my career.
My dad was quite political in the Seventies. He has a definite opinion about politics and things going on in the world.
On a good night, I get underwear, bras, and hotel-room keys thrown onstage... You start to think that you're Tom Jones.
What happens is that with difficult processes on a film, they get very intensely compressed because a clock is ticking.
I think I'm a pretty right down the middle guy. I just think that's kind of who I am. I'm not afraid of my own journey.
I stand up for what I believe. I don't know if it's always paid off for me, because I've been ridiculed and humiliated.
I dont categorize characters into one syllable. These are fully-rounded characters that I dont judge; I just play them.
Have we become so celebrity-obsessed that there is no longer a difference between a character and an actor? I hope not.
You can't converse with Alzheimer's sufferers in the way you do with others; the dialogue tends to go round in circles.
I do hang on to things. I was so happy my father saved his army jacket. I grew up wearing that all through high school.
People have been watching me since I was eight. They've been watching me grow up, so they feel that connection with me.
I wanted to make a living, but I really was not interested in money at all. I was interested in being a great comedian.
If you like rock and roll, if you like rhythm and blues, if you like jazz, if you like hip-hop, you might be black-ish.
I'm learning how to have a healthy form of love, how to make it lasting rather than just have it be a flash in the pan.
One of the things I love about the character development in 'Power' is Courtney A. Kemp's subversive use of stereotype.
I never went to school for art or was told what to like or when. So every day is a learning process, like most of life.
I was a very close friend of Dash Snow's, so whenever I get a chance to revisit his work, that's always amazing for me.
I love performing, and I love being in front of people. I love the pressure you get and the pleasure performing brings.
I like to be able to play a character and act out a lot of things which I can't or don't do in my normal everyday life.
There's nothing more exciting than that conversation you have with a live audience. It's the best feeling in the world.
I think sometimes your worst enemy is inside your head. All your insecurities, your ego, your fears, your expectations.
'Point Break' is a movie that I and all of my friends grew up loving, watching all the time, quoting, living and being.
You want entertainment in general, every aspect of it, to be more of a reflection of the diverse world that we live in.
If you look up the word "gab" in the dictionary, it's insignificant of importance, of no substance. That's what gab is.
I'm an alcoholic, recovering. And I used to smoke cigarettes, and I was a philanderer and I, wouldn't call myself good.
It's always a fascinating subject - a serial killer let loose on a small community. It always holds, it's always scary.
For some reason, I always get offered plays when I'm doing plays and then, if I stop doing them, people stop asking me.
I always tend to like the characters that I play. I'm convinced that I am this person and I'm OK with whatever they do.
I think family is key, and if you have love for family, then you have love for others - and you have unity as a people.
Talking about spirituality is like talking about new love - it always sounds kooky to those who aren't experiencing it.