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I suspect, for a lot of people who become actors, there's a feeling of wanting to be someone other than who they actually are.
I'd love to travel more. I really look forward to traveling with my kids. I'm just waiting for them to want to travel with me.
The thing about acting is that it's fairly random. At the end of the day you take what drifts past you or what's given to you.
Science is my JAM. I am very excited to see where science and technological advancements will take us in the next few decades.
I was the first black director on 'Dallas.' I drove my car into the studio lot and the guard asked me who I was delivering to.
My father always read obituaries to me out loud, not because he was maudlin or morbid, but because they were mini biographies.
In fact, Russell Crowe once phoned me up to see if I wanted to go to a party but I had to bring my guitar and perform Oh Jean.
I wish I could say that when I didn't agree with a director I defer to him, but I think sometimes I'm a little self-righteous.
The decision-making process was very difficult: is this how I want my career to start, with playing Jodie Dallas on this show?
I am an artist no matter what I do. I live for creativity. I think everyone should. It is the antithesis of being destructive.
When you're 20 you can put a ton of old-age prosthetics on and be an old guy, but when you're 70 you can't play a 20-year-old.
A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss... That's the trade-off. But I'll take it all.
If you're a single man and you happen to be in this business, you're deemed a player. But I don't see myself as a ladies' man.
I've gotten such good feedback from that [re-team with Wil Wheaton for Big Bang Theory appearance], and I hardly did anything.
We live in a country whose government and many of its people support white supremacy and disintegration of basic human rights.
Really go out of your way to hire women, people of color, homosexuals, transgendered people - go out of your way to hire them.
I'm not really one for fancy, big words and poetry, and the scriptwriters worked very hard on 'Paradise Lost' to translate it.
I say I want a break, but every time I have some down time, I don't know what to do with myself. I need to be doing something.
The things that you know intellectually when you're young become internalized as you get older. You realize all those clichés.
Definitely, my approach is me-oriented. I feel like my job is to safeguard the believability of the emotions of the character.
Politics move, as fast as Twitter, and for everyone to think that in four years America was going to be perfect is ridiculous.
Whenever you have the creator pulling your card and saying they want you to be a part of it, you're in a pretty good position.
Sometimes when you're acting, you only need a little bit of something to sort of channel or, you know, transport into a place.
I learned to appreciate repetition. That's why I can dance. It's how I learned to act. I have a high tolerance for repetition.
I didn’t know that it was going to launch a quote-unquote comedic career. I just wanted to do anything other than wait tables.
My very first tattoo was for my dog, Zora, who died in my arms in New York. Right where her heart stopped beating I got a "Z".
Bits are fake conversations comedians have because they are uncomfortable being vulnerable with other human beings in any way.
Having money didn't make me less of a socially incapable loser; it just made me a socially incapable loser who wasn't in debt.
I can't stop being in parades. I just love dancing on floats that move really slowly on the city streets in the early morning.
Any actor wants to do interesting roles, different roles. It's not all that much fun to do the same thing over and over again.
I'm English. Our dentistry is not world famous. But I made sure I got moldings of my old teeth beforehand because I miss them.
I was in a movie with Angelina Jolie called 'Life Or Something Like It' where I played her fiance, and I have a song in there.
If I make a move, like raise my eyebrows, some critic says I'm doing Nicholson. What am I supposed to do, cut off my eyebrows?
My friends would certainly call me out if I didn't say that I like to create a bit of chaos and stir things up in my own life.
Before 'Lord of the Rings,' some people would have just classed Peter Jackson as a horror director. But there is a mind there.
Living a life with meaning means spreading the word. Even if you can't move, you can have a powerful effect with what you say.
I have no bones to pick and no fight with society. And I'm willing to be and interested in being in the mainstream of society.
I remember from when I use to be a dancer, there is an expression among dancers, I had a T-shirt that said: SHUT UP AND DANCE.
I've been to Chicago a lot - it's one of my favorite places. My wife is from Chicago, and I worked in the theater there a lot.
I think it's not a big secret that I like to work a lot. I really go out for projects when I find things I'm passionate about.
I just like to keep challenging myself, keep it varied. It's a craft, and I'm constantly trying to learn and get better at it.
I was on tour with Michael Jackson for a while; I did the 'Dangerous' and 'History' tours. I was also on tour with Diana Ross.
I spent a good amount of my time - like a lot of guys my age - obsessing and blowing things up with G.I. Joes. I know it well.
I'm a serial monogamist. I'm not one of those people that can date loads of people at the same time, it's all too complicated.
I feel very English in a suit. There's something about being in a suit abroad, particularly in America, that feels empowering.
In order for the light of gratitude and happiness to shine so brightly, the darkness of how it could be worse must be present.
The secret of staying fresh in a show is to remember that the audience you're playing for that night has never seen it before.
That which makes you different is what makes you strong. Whether you're gay, straight, purple, orange, dinosaur; I don't care.
I’ve always loved fairytales, and I’ve loved the concept of, um, some of the best parts of a lot of stories are the beginning.
A lot of talented people have some quirks, y'know? And bless them for that. I'd rather have Tourette's than be someone boring.