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I definitely do not like Halloween. I don't like masks, creepy clowns, dark things, goblins or witches. They're not just my thing.
It's fun to look at people that are so good at acting that aren't actors, like David Bowie creating a mystique about rock n' roll.
You don't have to make something that people call art. Living is an artistic activity, there is an art to getting through the day.
'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.
You know, I haven't written as much as most other writers. Certainly maybe those who keep a more regular schedule accomplish more.
For violent people to make themselves vulnerable, and then to have that vulnerability be used against them, bad things can happen.
The key, I always thought, to my career would be diversity - a diversity of not only the type of work that you do but the mediums.
There are all kinds of people who I watch and marvel at. Just so many. I'll watch something and go, 'Could I ever have done that?'
I always wanted to play a 'Batman' villain; that was a big one for me. I may have missed the boat, but I always wanted to do that.
America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can think of nothing to do once it gets there.
Americans are getting like a Ford car, they all have the same exact parts, the same upholstering and make exactly the same noises.
There is two things that can disrupt business in this country. One is War, and the other is a meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank.
I was a dog in a past life. Really. I'll be walking down the street and dogs will do a sort of double take. Like, Hey, I know him.
She's television generation. She learned life from Bugs Bunny. The only reality she knows comes to her through the television set.
I want to discover a truth for myself that is really true. Whether it's a piece of scientific knowledge, or a philosophical truth.
When I first got to Cannes, I was very insecure about everything, so I put on this extravagant facade. Can you blame me? I was 19.
I think the most important thing is to establish myself as an actor. As much as it's a performing art, I'm not really a performer.
Sure, it was terrible and all, but you have to ask yourself: If the whole city was flooded, why couldn't they just swim to safety?
I think my strength is always been in being very natural. I think Shakespeare and things like that would be more a stretch for me.
I remember as a child listening to comedic musicals and thinking they were a real riot. I had pretty questionable taste in comedy.
I don't really approach a character as to whether or not it's good or bad. I just approach a character as to where it lives in me.
I'm trying to have some longevity in this business. If that means not working for a while and just picking the right job, so be it.
I never wore a single fedora filming 'L.A. Noire.' It took about an hour and a half to do the hair - it was a very precise process.
I would really love to do an action movie. An action comedy would be right in my wheel house. But those are really hard to come by.
Kids end up seeing my movies anyway but some of the mothers get mad at me so I figured I'd make one that I can't get yelled at for.
I just go my own way. If my agent calls and presents me with something, and I find it refreshing or illuminating, yeah, I'll do it.
You have no idea the people I meet when I do these Comic-Cons. When I go sign autographs and say hello to people, I see everything!
The only reason to do a television series is to make it successful. And if it is successful, that's a six or seven year commitment.
He ... knew, in that instant, that his life would not be an easy one-he was different, he looked different, he thought differently.
I definitely knew how to fly. That's something you don't forget. One spaceship is pretty much like another when it comes to flying.
I'm not a starstuck dude. I've been in this game too long for that, but I do respect and acknowledge real work and real work ethic.
The mecca of filmmaking in the world just so happens to be in America. It's quite simply a case of us just going where the work is.
People ask me, "Why do you love making films?" and I always say, "Because I love film." I hope that I can call myself a movie buff.
Jessica Alba. I have the biggest crush on her, I can't even tell you. I met her in Vancouver when she was filming 'Good Luck Chuck.
With 'Selma,' I grew up in Alabama, 45 minutes away from Selma. I have gone to that commemorative march many times with my parents.
And I know when I was younger, and still, I always marvel at what I feel is different from what I'm told that I'm supposed to feel.
To the unwashed public, Joan Collins is a star. But to those who know her, she's a commodity who would sell her own bowel movement.
I love the mixture that's in me. It makes me me. And that's why it's such a shame that people waste energy in denying who they are.
My wife says I have a frontal lobe issue. Your frontal lobe controls your danger response, like, 'Whoa, I shouldn't be doing this.'
The most influential thing was the two Chris Rock specials that came out when I was in high school. I was obsessed with that stuff.
In Hungary, acting is a career for which one fits himself as earnestly as one studies for a degree in medicine, law, or philosophy.
In England, it's now Sir Ben. Mister has just disappeared. It's not even on my passport anymore. They've taken Mister away from me.
I'm very well known in the industry and relatively well known by people who are aficionados and what not, but outside of that - no.
I don't believe the most successful people are the ones who got the best grades, got into the best schools, or made the most money.
Sleep more at night. If it's allowed at work or home, take a nap in the afternoon. You'll be amazed at how much better you'll feel.
Jim Carrey, a comic genius, has a harder time overcoming the public's desire for him to be funny simply because he's so good at it.
When I got to Saturday Night Live, it was a lot like going from pre-school to Harvard, and it took a long time to figure stuff out.
Drinking again? Go to hell. All I ever do is make some movies that made a lot of money now leave me alone, I want to have some fun.
In the street, people talk to you about all kinds of things, but by far, the most number of people talk to me about Love, Actually.
If I had done 'Titanic,' it would have made, probably, $200,000 - worldwide. So I think my life would have been very, very similar.