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I would say 'Gremlins,' 'Die Hard,' and 'Black Christmas' are all pretty good Christmas movies that aren't really about Christmas.
I know that one's visibility is very high on television, even with an unsuccessful show! With a successful role, it's even higher.
You need to find the size of performance that's appropriate to the material, appropriate to the shot, or appropriate to the scene.
When I started acting, I thought everything should be issue-based and that there should be a helpline at the end of every program.
I played hockey my whole life until my ambition outstripped my ability, which happens to most Canadians around 15 or 16 years old.
I'm always frightened away by movies that lower the bar on our endeavor to learn more about the crazy weird creatures that we are.
Part of growing up is not waiting in line at a hipster breakfast restaurant. The eggs taste the same across the street. I promise.
I'm sure everyone that has ever done an action movie has just drooled over how full of talent Bruce Lee was and how unique he was.
That's what I love about sketch comedy: a sketch is five minutes, then it goes dark, and there's the potential for something else.
I've written close to 20 screenplays and 100 sketches - I know exactly how to do them. They're judged by set criteria that I know.
I was the youngest kid on my street, the youngest comic in the clubs. I always felt like I was playing catch-up. I was very angry.
Everyone I meet is in my sangha. I don't know if that's the proper definition, but that's the way I'm going to hold it in my mind.
Just getting something in the books that makes sure people with mental illness and terrorists can't get guns would be a good idea.
I love the theater, but if I had to choose, I would choose a film at this time in my life. Something meaty, to sink my teeth into.
There's something terribly solitary about working in movies and television, and in New York, so much of the theater is showcasing.
I was a huge fan of the original Red Dawn. America and brothers, you can't beat that in my world. I think there's nothing greater.
I love music. I do play. It's like mathematics, and it's also emotional. It's nice to play, for no other reason than just to play.
All you have to do is be a little bit specific, and all of a sudden, you have your own little niche and people are going to watch.
We all need to decide what makes it safe and secure on the Internet. It can't be anybody else's decision. We have to have a voice.
Is it perfect? Absolutely not! But there was an audience for 'Wicked,' and our producers were smart enough to reach that audience.
Where does guilt and punishment lie, and are we not more expressive over remorse or guilt when other people see the badness in us?
I'm a great believer in not sitting around waiting for the right part to come around, but jumping in and building it for yourself.
An amateur can be great in front of the camera, but you need an education to get on stage where you have full control as an actor.
Loving the Second Amendment while opposing the NRA is every bit as natural as loving Jesus while opposing Westboro Baptist Church.
A very, very impressive director, Tomas Alfredson. It's only his second film [ 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'], but he's a real find.
Marriage is wild. I thought it was this perfect land of happiness and joy. Wrong! After you say you do, you don't for a long time.
I love life, man, and I embrace every minute of it so maybe I bring that on the set. I love people and I want to have a good time.
I think the Democratic Party realizes, having lost two presidential elections, we need to do a better job of creating a farm team.
And if you say a word about this over the radio, the next wings you see will belong to the flies buzzing over your rotting corpse.
Never underestimate the effect you can have on certain sections of the audience, though. You should see some of the letters I get.
The word 'career' and 'actor' really don't fit in the same paragraph, let alone sentence. There is no career structure for actors.
There's nothing like the discipline of having to work on a cold film set on the Danubian plain in Bulgaria. Boy, does it get cold.
When you realize you're essentially you're God, there ain't nothing on earth more powerful than you, you can do anything you want.
When I'm back home in Chicago, since 'Roseanne' was such a Midwestern, blue-collar show, that's what sticks out in people's minds.
I actually enjoy being heckled; it keeps it interesting, and I think it is a nice feeling for people once they have left the show.
We all come from different levels, and I think every human has their own relationship to violence, athletic violence and fighting.
I would always have been the geek who's your friend. I will never be the dark guy with a sensitive side, as much as I yearn to be.
I think that my biggest role models are people that have maybe struggled for a while and then finally gotten to their destination.
I'd moved to New York to pursue a career in theatre, and it's very practical how you do it - I just went to every open call going.
I'm the last person to tell my friends to go see something I'm in. I could care less if friends of mine never saw anything I'm in.
There are some films that really break the mold, and some films that don't. I've been looking for films that break the mold a bit.
When you behave well towards somebody regardless of what you're receiving, you feel better about yourself. So be decent to people.
Fame is something I think happens as a result of trying to do good work. If you're trying to be famous, your work usually suffers.
Baz Luhrrman's movie Romeo and Juliet is what made me decide that I wanted to dedicate my life to making films one way or another.
I was brought up to never lie. Sure, I have. But in the final mix, the lies I've told are far outweighed by the truths I've lived.
I've had women telling me I'm bloody gorgeous but I haven't had any kinky pictures. Everything's been quite tame - from the women!
It surprises me every day that this (Eddie Haskell) character is still so popular. I don't completely understand it but it's nice.
In every area, we seem to have thrown everything away and embraced reality television. It's nauseating, programme after programme.
For what it's worth, I enjoy 'Dexter,' 'Modern Family,' 'True Blood' and 'Breaking Bad.' I've enjoyed the wonderful 'The Pacific.'
I think of myself more as a workhorse actor. It will be hot and cold and up and down, but no one will kick me out of the business.