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I believe in struggle. And I believe that the struggle is beautiful. You have to try it or you will never know what's beyond it.
I had a job on a newspaper in Wisconsin, and I started off as most reporters did back then: writing obits and free ad giveaways.
A lot of people just capitulate and say, "Well, that's just the way things are." I think that can be deadly for creative people.
If you can't imagine female torch singers and Skrillex-style demon techno onstage at the same moment, you don't know Eurovision.
I was born in Romania and later lived in Vienna, Austria, for a few years, and I eventually made my way over to New York in '95.
Every year I try to pitch a show, and I try to do something outside of YouTube, and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.
A good deed here, a good deed there, a good thought here, a good comment there, all added up to my career in one way or another.
The Sermon on the Mount is a very nice piece about being good, but most of the Bible is a very revengeful, childish, brutal God.
Everybody thinks I'm so serious and the dark side is very accessible to me, so of course it's a challenge to do something funny.
There's been moments of depression in my life, moments when I was in situations that I thought I wouldn't be able to get out of.
I don't aspire to direct like many actors. I would aspire most likely to do some writing, but I haven't had a chance to do that.
We haven't figured out a way to get sensors that can discriminate between decoys and warheads. The technology doesn't exist yet.
How did I end up in films with people like Keira Knightley... all these beautiful leading ladies and me - it's kind of shocking.
That's what gives people hope - that you can still love someone from afar and you can still have those feelings across an ocean.
What is a movie star? A movie star is many things. They can be tall, short, thin, or skinny. They can be Democrats... or skinny.
I thought 'Borat' was a breakthrough comedy, because it was really funny. It wasn't some studio-produced script with 14 writers.
You want to know how I think art should be taught to children? Take them to a museum and say, 'This is art, and you can't do it.
I don't watch myself generally. I do something, see it once, and then I'll probably never see it again unless it's an accident.
I like a lot of international people. Julie Taymore, the American director - she's one of the most exciting directors I've seen.
I've always loved drama. This is a blessing because I can show a little bit of what I can do, and hopefully more, in the future.
I own a ranch in Texas, so there's always something to do as far as work goes, whether it's tractor stuff or tearing down fence.
I think the world is becoming more global. Because of economics, you have to feed the demographics that are buying your product.
Whenever I don't get injured, the film is a dud. I didn't bleed on 'Rhinestone.' I didn't bleed on 'Stop! Or My Mom will Shoot.'
Every audition, I still get nervous. I still get sweaty palms. I don't think that ever goes away. You just get accustomed to it.
I've always been intimidated by the technicalities of taking photos, especially with a film camera - not just a point and shoot.
I'm not sure what 'cheeky' means. I hear it used so much and in so many different ways, I can't identify the real meaning of it.
When the Bible was first published, bathhouses were mandatory, no one could read, and only the people in the Church could write.
Around year seven or eight, you'd kill yourself when you realized Norm had to enter and you had to come up with a new beer joke.
The reason that people say one line at junkets is that they've heard the same question 37 times. You get bored out of your mind.
I like the idea of experimenting with different kinds of formats, and I think you've got to keep on your toes and keep changing.
My roles don't centre around drugs at all! Shadiness is different - it's drama. We're making movies! You've gotta have conflict.
I can't get enough of 'Pulp Fiction.' I just love it; it still holds up. And it didn't win Best Picture, by the way. Didn't win.
I'm praying for healing for our nation. For retaliation that yields constructive results. Peaceful protests. We need each other.
I'm going to try to stay buff as long as I can, but it takes a lot of discipline and staying away from your favorite junk food!.
My favorite country is America. I love going there! I go in the local lake near where I work on Sundays. It's called Berry Hill.
I was informed yesterday that there's a Twitter account for my laugh. Very hard to get used to things like that. Pretty amazing.
I think television has always been one to replicate when something's successful. I don't think there's quite as much innovation.
We all have to stand up and fight alongside American women to make sure that they have the freedom to control their own futures.
I've had the opportunity to do a wide range of stuff, a lot of different characters and they've all had their own kind of thing.
I write most songs randomly. They don't always deal with something I've been through but something I think is important to tell.
I shot Barton Fink in July and moved out to LA that fall. The movie came out in the spring and it was a year before I got Wings.
I try to do other characters that are different from Monk, obviously, because I'd like to be remembered for more than just that.
Let's focus on the funny. ... That's what I'm focused on... This is the gift God gave me. That's what I want to touch in people.
I just realized that there are going to be a lot of painful times in life, so I better learn to deal with them in the right way.
As a kid I read Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and a few others. As an adult have admired Leonardo da Vinci's drawings and notebooks.
The Road was a movie that has a good reputation, even though it wasn't released very well, but that's a movie I'm very proud of.
I've always loved the idea of changing myself, wearing costumes and disguises. It takes you back to being a kid, to dressing up.
I used to be more self-conscious about style because when you're younger, you want to exist, you want to show everything you do.
I wear a lot of wigs as Jacques Mesrine. He'd wear multiple wigs and take them off one at a time to rob three banks in one hour.
And when I was a kid being an actor was not cool. I'm thirty now and when I was a kid in the 80s that wasn't a cool thing to be.