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I'm proud to be an actor. See, as an actor, you live longer. Football players, the brain and all that stuff, ooh-eee, that's not good.
I think, at some point, we have to be followers of Christ - not followers of White Christ, or any other color Christ, for that matter.
A video taped stage performance is just - you know, it's never gonna be the same as it is if you're sitting there live in the theatre.
As a kid, I loved 'Godot' because of the poetry and the humor and the strangeness, but then as you get older, it's much more resonant.
I saw the pilot, you know, because you have to have some knowledge of the piece that you are in, but I never saw an episode of 'Lost.'
I would not dream of taking on Tobey Maguire. Plus, he's a talented and nice guy, and I have nothing but nice things to say about him.
I pride myself in being able to straddle demographics, and if that was said as Barney Stinson, it would mean a little different thing.
It was nice to make things right, and I went to prom and actually had a good time in the TV world - the real world wasn't so much fun.
I don't describe myself as a sociable person now. I can be quite... you know... grumpy? Is that a word? I guess I can be a bit grumpy.
There's one theory that the funnier a comic is in his act, the more mind-numbingly boring he'll be when he's not holding a microphone.
Before people figured out I was funny, I got cast quite a bit as either a rapist or serial killer or the guy who catches those people.
I think it's kind of written in stone that men are supposed to have strong feelings about age, but I've never really thought about it.
I've always maintained that I see myself as a student. There's always something to learn and be challenged by and hopefully grow from.
If I could have been a marine biologist I would have, but I didn't have that kind of intelligence. Numbers were never my strong point.
I think what's great is that, when HBO commit, they go in all guns blazing. They attract the very best set designers, the whole thing.
I did a network show in the U.S. before, and I loved it, but you have eight days to shoot an episode, and it's just a ridiculous pace.
I basically eat a lot of proteins, and I've been eating smaller portions of food. I try to eat all locally raised and organic produce.
I like boxing movies. One of the hardest things for me to watch as far as boxing films, is the boxing. The actual boxing usually sucks
A friend told me that teenage girls are always looking for someone to pin their dreams on. That doesn't make it any less weird though.
I have a tendency, just because I'm an ambitious person, to get impatient with things and want them to be moving faster then they are.
For a while, I stopped enjoying making movies and I stopped enjoying acting, because I made a few decisions that I wish I hadn't made.
I think your typical high-school straight kid nowadays is not the straight guy of yesterday. I think he's way more open and accepting.
There is no democrats or republicans, right or left, red state or blue state. We are all one. And we are all unified against Mexicans.
I'm a huge David Wain fan. He's one of my best friends now, but he just makes me laugh continually, much to the annoyance of his wife.
Humor is the most important thing in life. It trumps everything else, and it's the only thing that helps me deal with everything else.
Willie Nelson is the perfect person, it seems to me, to think about. Because something tells me that he operates on his own frequency.
Judd Apatow and Paul Reubens are two people who I'd be more than happy to learn from because I think they're geniuses at what they do.
I'm a huge sports fan. I love the psychology of athletes and the culture of athletics. I'm constantly drawn to those kinds of stories.
I think if you turn down the volume on the good comedy, you should not even know if it's a comedy or not. It should look like a drama.
Maybe everyone is a little too reassuring that things are going to be OK to college graduates. It gives them a false sort of security.
My family had a habit of collecting creatures that didn't always want to be pets. The first animal I can remember was a Lab named Zoe.
I just think the less you know about an actor, the more serious you'll take them as an actor because they will disappear a little bit.
Everybody else, they're wonderful, but [Robert] Duvall sets the tone for all of cinema acting. So just to be in his space was amazing.
The stupidity of a stupid man is mercifully intimate and reticient, while the stupidity of an intellectual is cried from the rooftops.
I think the thing that interests most actors these days is the strength and the quality of the writing. I think that's the main thing.
I think directors should be confident in their leadership capabilities. I think directors should be confident in what they want to do.
Being with a kid always takes you to being a kid somehow, and they really are showing me a childhood I might not have had in some way.
I disagree with a lot of those changes, however at the end of the day - I go down to recruit graduation at least once or twice a year.
Finally, mutually, and completely, they released all doubts, abandoned all fears, unwilling and unable to deny this overpowering love.
I like being a Baha'i who has an out-there sense of humor. God gives us talents and faculties, and making people laugh is one of mine.
In Shakespeare, keep it simple. Don't over-inflect. The speech needs to be naturalistic and simple and accessible as much as possible.
You have to be true to yourself and remain humble. Whether you win or lose, you've got to treat everyone the same, and be who you are.
There's not a conspiracy to prevent really good writing from being found You have to have the humility to fail over and over and over.
I am a better cook than I am an actor. If I have any ego, it's about cooking. I'm one of the best cooks... and I cook in any language.
When I was a kid, they bussed us down to a screening of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' in an old theater, and it was just a great experience.
I guess people wonder if I'm the same on camera as I am off, and I'm pretty much the same, I really am. But that's always asked of me.
To me, Cary Grant is probably the most fashionable man in the history of Hollywood. The guy was just slick. He did it so effortlessly.
Having been challenged by Colonel Pickering, Higgins: You know, it's almost irresistible. She's so deliciously low. So horribly dirty.
Science and technology are the keys to both our longevity and our demise. Our entire existence on this planet is a double-edged sword.
The family is the focal point of our existence. And up until Jane and Lucy's death, there were always 16 of us together for Christmas.