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I believe that if you want to go make your mark on the world you've got to go out and do it. Don't be shy, be adventurous.
This is a good thing, mixing culture to make something new, something no one has ever seen. This is kind of a new history.
I think it's very hard to direct foreign language actors, but Carl Rinsch found a great way. A special super visional way.
I've dreamt of being in a movie musical for a long time. For some reason I never even thought 'Les Mis' would be possible.
I'm an actor who believes we all have triggers to any stage of emotion. It's not always easy to find but it's still there.
But anyone who's done a musical knows; whether you're dancing or not, physically it's the most difficult thing you can do.
To go on being an actor, you need sheer animal energy. If you can't restock your energy, you have to hide your lack of it.
[On the House Un-American Activities Committee] They'll nail anyone who ever scratched his ass during the National Anthem.
Even now, there are young actors who want careers as romantic leading men, and the best thing is not to reveal you're gay.
I think the reason 'Sexy Beast' was so good was it wasn't just another run-of-the-mill gangster film; it was a love story.
Are there differences between black actors’ opportunities and white actors’ opportunities? Yes, there are. It’s been said.
Are there differences between black actors' opportunities and white actors' opportunities? Yes, there are. It's been said.
I used to teach improv courses in Amsterdam where we would do team-building exercises, and they can go south very quickly.
It's difficult for people sometimes to recognise when they're happy. People sometimes seem to me to be afraid to be happy.
The average celebrity meets, in one year, ten times the amount of people that the average person meets in his entire life.
I do small things. I try to do good things every day. If everyone does some good, think of what a good world this will be.
I sometimes just don't like to see the Ultimate Fighting. I just find it, as a martial artist, I just find it too violent.
Everybody has their different tastes with television - there are some characters people like, some characters people hate.
I won't mention names, but in my career, the most talented people invariably are the easiest and nicest to get along with.
To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.
Japanese moe relationships socially dysfunctional men develop deep attachments to body pillows with women painted on them.
They just think I'm a white dude. Every once in a while someone thinks I'm Jewish. I get a lot of stuff, but never Latino.
I was a big Mickey Rourke fan in his first incarnation. I thought that at the time he was America's greatest screen actor.
Television, in particular, doesn't look for talent; it looks for personas. You have a great persona? You can be a TV star.
Directing a movie is the greatest job in the world. I could not be more envious of the guys who get to do it all the time.
Fletcher Jones, is that not a quarterback's name? My kid is going to be a quarterback for the Hamilton Tiger Cats one day.
There's a bunch of stuff I want to learn. Instead of waiting around on set all day, I'd rather be learning something cool.
To play Khal Drogo was phenomenal, and I wished there was more stuff he could have done. I'm going to miss that character.
I think it's refreshing to have a character-driven 'Batman' story that isn't just about action and getting out of scrapes.
I'm a chronic ad-libber. So whoever hires me, often to their chagrin, should know that I will be talking a bunch of smack.
Knowing your HIV status is such an easy thing to do, but again, we've created this stigma around even going to get tested.
I worked for a smoothie company, and that was rough. I also sold women's shoes for a very long time. That was super rough.
I feel good. I'm much better. Actually, I just lost 10 pounds on a new diet called the flu. Has anyone tried that one out?
I realized early I can manipulate the ceiling in the middle class. The allure becomes how far I can make the ceiling rise.
I don't want everyone to like me, and I don't choose who likes me. You have to give them the choice, give them the option.
I look back at my filmography, and I'm pretty jazzed with the stuff I've been part of. They're all movies I'd like to see.
There are so many things that pop up. If you are paying attention, you can learn every second of the day. Life is my guru.
There are so many projects that you go into hoping the story works, and here comes a new third act and that kind of thing.
The older you get, and the more you're in this business, the more you kind of feel like, 'Why don't we just do it my way?'
I really loved my dad. I was very, very close to my dad. He - you know, he was very, very nervous about my being an actor.
The work I prefer to do are the smaller budget pictures, television can be great but it ties you up for quite a long time.
It was a better time to be a young actor when I started out. There was a repertory system where you could go and practise.
I love my small town, and I love going back there and supporting the community. But I could not have stayed there. No way.
There are early videos of me at three years old with a tiny guitar trying to sing 'Friends in Low Places' by Garth Brooks.
I've arrived at the place if I'm not taking a career risk, I'm not happy. If I'm scared, then I know I'm being challenged.
Learning what you don't want to do is pretty valuable, it may be as valuable as figuring out what it is you do want to do.
This world's divided into two kinds of people: the hunter and the hunted. Luckily I'm the hunter. Nothing can change that.
If you get made fun for the way you look, then maybe wearing the same thing every day is the best way to protect yourself.
With acting, you are a small part of the creative process, and sometimes it is hard to feel like you are making an impact.
I can never do better than Fawlty Towers whatever I do. Now I very much want to teach young talent some rules of the game.