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I went to my first game May 30, 1956, and Mantle was in the beginnings of his Triple Crown season. And he was drop-dead handsome.
I'm almost shocked that I'm still around after all of these years... and always grateful that I get another turn to do something.
I was always looking for something else to do most of the time, until I got into the acting program. Then, I really found myself.
I love any scene where there's a physical confrontation. It reminds me that I'm in show business and I play pretend for a living.
I was in punk bands when I was a kid, and then I would do stand-up in between bands - which wasn't any different from my singing.
I'm definitely a child of the 21st century and I prefer texting to phone calls, but I would prefer an answering machine over all.
I got Greg Aronowitz, who does [ Felicia Day] sets, to do mine as well, and he's just amazing. He can work miracles with nothing.
I think I was technically uncredited as Local #1, because there were three of us. But I had the most lines [in My Sweet Charlie].
And I think it's likely that there will be Data's out there one day. I hope so, if there are, that they all look exactly like me!
I'm a big wilderness, mountain guy. I love to go up in the mountains and I can just sit for hours and just look at the mountains.
I think there is this steely strength beneath this beautiful veneer that a lot of women possess. I can't fathom or understand it.
I can tell you for sure: people who are at their peak right now will not sustain that. You can't. It's against the law of nature.
When the sun is shining, make hay, because it would be sunset on my career at some point, and when it is, I want to be exhausted.
I was excited about working with Richard Gere. Oh, and Joan Allen! Oh, my God, she is such a force of nature, it's mind boggling.
The worst thing that can happen is that the effect that they create behind you is bigger than the performance you're putting out.
I think people when they think of comedic actors they forget that they are people with a point of view and experiences and depth.
I came out of school just at the time regional theater was first expanding. All of a sudden, lots of new companies needed actors.
Shows are my saving grace. In between actual jobs, the only thing that keeps me sane is the knowledge that I can go up on stages.
I love that Viking era, but also they're a fatalistic people and that dictated their fearlessness in battle and approach to life.
I think I'm going to keep my Irish accent forever now in any movie I make, because chicks dig it and that's all I care about now!
I don't know any kid that's not afraid at some point going to bed with the lights off, totally. That's why they make nightlights.
Not a fan of spiders. I saw the movie 'Arachnophobia,' which was single-handedly rated in the top three worst choices of my life.
In high school, I once sang 'Let's Get It On' and 'Brown Sugar' with a band that included my English teacher and my math teacher.
As an actor, it easy to be so self-critical, saying to yourself, 'Am I good enough? Am I good looking enough? Am I smart enough?'
Some people fast, some people go on a cruise or visit a day spa. I get out in the woods with a rifle or a bow. That's my release.
I think any man over 250 pounds rollerblading is instant hilarity. There's nothing funnier than a giant, grown man rollerblading.
I love to talk about people I've met being an entertainer. All my encounters in life - I roll it all into an hour and 30 minutes.
It's the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience.
I did regret not graduating high school, but I made a point of going back and getting my GED later. It was important for my kids.
I am almost neurotically private myself. Because I think it's an important distinction to make between privacy and public sphere.
I have been metal all my life, only I did not know about it. The people in this album (Charlemagne) and I, share the same values.
I was playing baseball, and I tripped over first base - I'm very clumsy - and I fell and broke my wrist. That was pretty painful.
When I was 16, at night I went to my high school and chucked rocks at the billboard sign and broke the light bulbs. That was fun.
How can the human race be, like, the only living form in the universe? There have to be other life forms out there. I believe it.
It's what actors call a big, juicy part, when you're a leading man. I don't get a lot of those. I get a lot of supporting things.
You, me...we own this country. Politicians are employees of ours....And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go.
When I look back on my life, I don't have regrets about what I didn't do. If I'd become a musician, it could have ruined my life.
It's always appealing to play a character that has to overcome himself as well as an obstacle. It makes the drama so much deeper.
As long as somebody finances you, can make a film and get it seen any place and in any language; then, hopefully, it's a success.
I'm just constantly trying to renew and give myself new challenges and push myself to uncomfortable places, trying to get better.
I'm competitive with myself, not at the expense of everything around me. I never wanted to be a movie star. I just wanted to act.
When you kill someone by chopping off their head, rolling 'em up in a carpet and burning it, you'd better make sure they're dead!
Is there something in my genetic makeup that makes me more at risk for heart disease? I believe there is. My father was the sign.
I come from a lot of different worlds, and you can't really place me in a category. I'm just kind of me, and that's what you get.
The prison scandal is really hurting President Bush's poll numbers. In fact, I hear he's already working on his concession smirk.
Every celebrity in the world, if their movie bombs or whatever, they hold their kid up on a magazine and say, 'I'm really a dad.'
I started going to acting school in my senior year in high school, and I remained in acting school through four years of college.
Being self-critical is good; being self-hating is destructive. There's a very fine line there somewhere, and I walk it carefully.
My Toussaint [Louverture] film is in limbo. We still hope after all this time that we can find another way to get this film done.
If you're pursuing something that you love and you're learning something new, every day, that's the key to youth [staying young].