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All that time, you go, 'God, am I slipping away here?' And then something great happens, you get a call, and work begets more work.
I always admired my father because he was a man that never put on any airs, you know. And I always tried to be that kind of person.
I'm a bit of a loner, you know? I'm more quiet by nature. And coming from, you know, hillbilly country, I'm probably more reserved.
We're so complex; we're mysteries to ourselves; we're difficult to each other. And then storytelling reminds us we're all the same.
I tell all the young guys, don't make choices because somebody else is telling you it's good from a career-maintenance perspective.
The difference between my generation of actors and their generation is that they were bigger than life. We are not bigger than life
I can quote every single line in 'The Big Lebowski' from start to finish. That's what happens when you see a movie two dozen times.
Bruce Lee was the first guy to bring film recognition of Asian men not being wimps, so it made me want to be as powerful as he was.
Hollywood was a detour, although my mother was an aristocrat from Tokyo who ran away to join the theatre, so acting is in my genes.
My family would be supportive if I said I wanted to be a Martian, wear only banana skins, make love to ashtrays, and eat tree bark.
Tom doesn't have any principles, or if he does, he puts them aside whenever they're inconvenient. The truth hurts, doesn't it, Tom?
We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other's happiness, not by each other's misery.
Society mends its wounds. And that's invariably true in all the tragedies, in the comedies as well. And certainly in the histories.
A few of the girls and I jumped into my jetta and took off. "Lets go stand outside someone from Glee's house now," one of them said
At this point in my life, I like the security of a job, while still having time for my young son and to pursue other creative work.
People are so phobic and crazed about this word 'commitment.' It's weird. Everyone has taken this word to a new height of morality.
My father has been an actor since 1964. Things were tight a lot of the times, financially. It wasn't like a big romantic adventure.
It's more difficult playing a real-life person than a fictional character - you can go easy on yourself with a fictional character.
We don't live in a particularly attractive world. I don't really remember, except as a small boy, anything but a pretty grim world.
There is something sad about malevolence, to be wicked. I have always tried to make that come across in the villains I have played.
I have more awareness of other people and, I hope, more sensitivity to their needs. I also find that I'm more direct and outspoken.
I did my first apprenticeship when I was 15, then joined the union when I was 17. I worked every summer in high school and college.
As an actor I'm rather hit and miss, I throw a lot out there, and some of it works and some of it doesn't. But this is a nice part.
I was sort of a jack-of-all-trades in show business for a long time. I was a singer and a dancer, and then I got a job as an actor.
That time, making 'Disco Pigs,' was kind of the most important period of my life. The people I met there remain my closest friends.
I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.
The best part of aging in this business is losing that obsession about work and being able to spend a little more time with family.
If somebody's dumb enough to ask me to go to a political convention and say something, they're going to have to take what they get.
America's been very, very good to me. I've been very lucky and worked a lot there, and appreciate and love the work that I've done.
My dad has always been extremely supportive in every decision I've made and much more interested in me picking what I wanted to do.
It's interesting because I haven't done a lot of period work in the past, but I always wanted to because I'm interested in history.
French fries. I have been obsessed with them since I was born. I like big, big steak fries, curly fries, seasoned fries - any kind!
As an actor, you're pretty much a hired gun. You are reading other people's words off of a page and doing what they want you to do.
I've always had a knack for hitting the mark perfectly. Even when I'm walking or running, I'm very good at not having to look down.
I've done a lot of theater, and I know that it's a different audience each time who doesn't know the story, and we have to tell it.
President Bush is trying to put a positive spin on the latest bad economic numbers. Today he declared victory in the 'War on Jobs.'
John Kerry announced his plan for how to handle those poor naked prisoners. His wife is going to buy them all a $1,000 Armani suit.
I don't play the bass. I'm not in a band. I tried to think of ways I could touch base with the troops and support what we're doing.
I wanted to play this part: the goofy rock and roller who can't hang up his guitar when it's clear to everyone else that he should.
If we had had the right technology back then, you would have seen Eva Braun on the Donahue show and Adolf Hitler on Meet the Press.
Writing and directing might be a red herring, and really I'm just re-examining what it is to act, to do it well and do it properly.
What excites me is danger! I like to do daring things. I've bungee jumped three times. The only thing I haven't tried is skydiving.
I have this dream life where I get to be a celebrity but I get to navigate the world fairly easily because I'm always in character.
If you invite someone into your front room you can't be surprised when there are suddenly people outside your windows with cameras.
I go to Uganda, I can't speak the language. In India, I'm black. In the black community, I'm dark-skinned. In America, I'm British.
What I learned is that acting is to a large extent about trying to stave off self-doubt long enough to be natural and real onstage.
Some actresses are just insane. I've never worked with a nasty actress - they're all absolutely delightful. But completely barking.
I was born in Mount Kisco, New York-although my family was living in the Bronx at the time. That's just where I decided to be born.
Jersey is always with me. I was one of the lucky ones. Asbury Park is just the greatest place in the world to spend your childhood.
I'll still try to nail acting jobs, but with 'Eastbound,' creating it is what gives me the ultimate pleasure at the end of the day.