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A lot of people consider 9/11 to be a tragedy, and in some ways it is, but I think there's also opportunity for a lot of humor there.
When I first moved to L.A., I thought about turning gay. Then I realized none of the guys I was interested in was good enough for me.
Ya know, Hitler was this evil, evil man. But with the World Bank and Israel manipulating America, he might have been on to something.
If you don't allow your aggression or negative feelings to be expressed in your waking life, then it migrates into your subconscious.
I was on the snowboard team at my school, but that was the only sports team I was on. I played soccer growing up in elementary school.
Re-colonizing it and sort of reverse-colonizing it to the point that today the national dish of Great Britain is Chicken Tikka Masala.
At around 19 I realized that I really didn't have any skills other than making people laugh, so I should probably pursue it full-time.
I've always really been into science, and in the last five years I've gotten into theoretical physics and the origins of the universe.
Back in the day, I used to watch 'The Cajun Chef' with Justin Wilson. His mixing would go one way, and his stomach would go the other.
I don't laugh at me. I used to. I used to get the giggles when I'd see myself. But now, I see myself onscreen, and I sure don't laugh.
You ask any actor - they'll tell you they'd rather shoot on location because you don't have to invent the energy, the energy is there.
People ultimately get what they deserve on TV. What people end up watching is what the advertising end up glomming onto and promoting.
Do I believe in vampires? I've got an agent. Even more, I've got a manager. So yes, I believe full well in vampires and blood-letting.
People think fame and money will bring you happiness. Fame actually makes life, especially human relationships, much more complicated.
You have to work with what you are given, even in Shakespeare. we have our form and it is important that we free ourselves through it.
What motivated me? My mother. My mother was an immigrant woman, a peasant woman, struggled all her life, worked in the garment center.
You can't be aware of everything. You'd fall down the stairs if you were aware of every intricate thing involved in going down stairs.
It's very important for us to see that science is done by people, not just brains but whole human beings, and sometimes at great cost.
The hardest thing for me about making movies, and that included 'M*A*S*H' because it was made like a movie, was starting and stopping.
[Heihei] a really dumb rooster. You have to just turn the rooster so his head ends up hitting the grain. He's not smart enough to eat.
The biggest challenge to being an actor is when you're not working, just being unemployed, the downtime and not having anything to do.
I consider myself a pretty good conversationalist, but you wind up being downgraded to idiot status when you don't speak the language!
I drank a lot, but I wouldn't have missed it. I look back on it as sort of dreary enjoyment, because I don't have to be there anymore.
I was able to overcome my failures because I was always confident of my abilities and was sure I could achieve what I had set out for.
I speak for Kashmiri pundits because injustice has been done to them, and the political discourse doesn't give them enough importance.
I get a lot of people who will either write to me or come up in public and say, "My daughter, son, family, or I, etc. look up to you."
My best parenting advice would be not to take the job too seriously. Teach your kids to be nice, and everything else falls into place.
One of the things I find very difficult about theatre is the repetition - that something can slide away from your original intentions.
I think that the Oscar gives you some kind of guts or something, it gives you the illusion that you can do it. It's good for business.
The Georgia Dome was my home field, brother. There's no question about it. I played my first football game there as an Atlanta Falcon.
At the end of the day, leaving WrestleMania, having my hand raised, beating Brock Lesnar... I'd say it was a pretty successful tenure.
At the beginning of each week at 'Saturday Night Live,' we have a full cast meeting where Lorne Michaels introduces the upcoming host.
I think if you can take care of yourself, and then maybe try to take care of someone else, that's sort of how you're supposed to live.
My mom is such a big supporter of mine. She still is, and always was. So I got the sort of encouragement from that side of the family.
Sometimes we don't want the bad guy to get caught because otherwise the story is over. You want to at least see it through to the end.
I never stopped believing in us, and I never felt like I was wanting for anything, except for my father, and that was not going to be.
When I was about 21 and just about to get out of college at NYU, Vietnam was raging, and I was a frustrated musician for a little bit.
I don't tan on my upper thighs, so when I first wore those [ cut-off jean short shorts] I look like I was walking on two cans of milk.
If you're committed enough, you can make any story work. I once told a woman I was Kevin Costner, and it worked because I believed it.
I choose not to be in front of the camera. Sometimes I do get offered parts, but I really like just making movies and telling stories.
To make the films I want, I just have to live within my means and scale down my lifestyle - and be with somebody who's cool with that.
I was a strange kid. I never really fit in; I was never comfortable in my own skin because I was a giant kid with no athletic ability.
You can channel a lot within a comic framework, and I think 'The Guard' had a lot going on outside of the comedy, which is satisfying.
I hate it when I see people texting at a show. And talking to each other. They're at a performance; they should respect the performer.
If somebody doesn't have enough judgment to be able to look at plastic surgery and realize how phony it is, then they can't be helped.
My grandfather is hard of hearing. He needs to read lips. I don't mind him reading lips, but he uses one of those yellow highlighters.
I hate pride, but if I were going to be proud of anything it would have to be something I'd done myself. Race pride is kind of stupid.
When I like someone a lot, I get scared that I'll let them down. My fear of sucking is worst when I feel like someone thinks I'm good.
I was into everything athletic. I played football. I ran track for a long time. I played basketball every day at home with my friends.
My perfect first date? Maybe a concert or a football game. That would be my ideal first date, but would the girl like it? I dont know.