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A technician is a man who understands everything about his job except its ultimate purpose and its place in the order of the universe.
When you work with David Lynch, you never know where he's going next and that's exciting. He's like a magician pulling out new tricks.
The agricultural fields throughout the Southwest, those jobs needed to be filled, and who were the ones to do it? It was the Mexicans.
I've never been out with any of the cast of Coronation Street. We're all very close friends so it's very much a professional attitude.
You've all heard some rumors about me over the years. I guess this is the moment to do it. My name is Richard Gere and I am a l*sbian.
(Sometimes when) someone's directing for the first time, they're afraid to include everyone - they have to prove they're the director.
I worked as a clerical assistant at the Department of Health and Social Security for about three months before I went to drama school.
I didn't drink at all in school, so when I went to college, I went nuts. I was trying to catch up on all the partying I missed out on.
If you have tapped into something that is real for you, chances are you are going to tap into something that is real for someone else.
[Frank] Sinatra, to everyone, even Tony Bennett, was such a huge influence because he had mastered not only music, but film and radio.
I'm curious to see what happens in England because in all this madness I think I can always go home to England and it'll all turn off.
When I go for a project, I wonder what underpinning a project will have that's going to give the audience some emotional access to it.
The dog has behaved himself quite well all day, and the show is doing fantastically well in the ratings... I have no reason to be sad!
Friends come in all sizes, take it from me! Golly gee, size doesn't matter, when you want some friendly patter from a pal who is true.
My style is bad white-boy dancing. I can do swing a little bit, but nothing beyond that. My solo dancing is sad. I use my arms, badly.
I knew Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were really talented. As actors, they were both studly young men, and they had great writers' chops.
Fate destined me to play Fagin. It was the part of a lifetime, and I was the only actor to be in the stage production and in the film.
Like someone once said, "If you're going to play the part, you better wear the eye patch." You need to perform the function, you know.
I've always been drawn to people who dance to the beat of a different drum; it didn't matter if they were in film or music or fashion.
I am a man that has a lot of respect for faith and spirituality. I think it is important that we talk about religion in today's world.
In terms of directing, there's a number of directors who definitely had a great impact on me, Woody Allen certainly being one of them.
I've no interest in going on a road trip. If I want to go on holiday, I want to sit on a beach, swim, drink cocktails and read a book.
Transfer the point of concentration to some object outside of yourself - another person, a puzzle, a broken plate that you are gluing.
I like fantasy. I've always been the kind of kid who likes to dream about other things I could be and exotic situations I could be in.
I have a quad rep in my house, so I'm doing bench presses and pull ups on that, any sort of basic strength movements I can do at home.
I resented that my career wasn't going the way that it was supposed to. And I was angry that I wasn't getting the parts that I wanted.
My eyebrows - they have a life of their own. I don't arch them on purpose; I don't do, like, arching exercises or anything, I promise!
I love 'Richard III,' but in terms of a general play, 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' has always been a big one for me. It's just so sexy.
Craft comes into acting later rather than sooner. I was somebody who had to learn through a process - a natural actor doesn't need to.
Because A Walk To Remember had come out and it had made money and I got a lot of congratulations at that time as it happens out there.
Clubs are so lame. Nobody even dances at these clubs. They stand around and get drunk and they schmooze. There is no enjoyment factor.
If you are anxious about death, then you don't have a sense of the oneness of things - you feel that after death, you will be no more.
I get paid very well and am happy with what I make, but I'm not in the super-rich bracket. I shop in a supermarket like everyone else.
It's hard to convince your agents and managers to do theater, because it's not as financially rewarding and it takes up a lot of time.
The thing about a pick-up line is, even if it works, then what? I just figure you unapologetically be yourself, and if it works, cool.
Sight gags had to be planned; they required timing and mechanics. Occasionally, spontaneity would arise in the shooting of the scenes.
As a director you have to be careful you don't over-design the film. You have to be careful that the period aspect does not take over.
I wanted to be a man who travelled the world to make peace. I didn't realise that most diplomats are megaphones for their governments.
I've made six films for Disney, and they have a clause in their contracts called the morality clause that I've always refused to sign.
I've been offered a lot of police series, but I'm very good at staying away from them. They're usually based on such a boring formula.
I'm walking this walk, and my life has nothing to do with my perception of the world. It's all God! How do I function within His plan?
Memory works according to meaning, and when something is important to you, the Google in your brain brings it forward all of a sudden.
I like the struggles that people have, people who are feeling like they don't fit into society, because I still sort of feel that way.
I joined an improv group in college, which was a lot of fun. After I graduated, I moved to Chicago to try to get into the Second City.
You think that God positioned you here so you can just have it all to yourself? God blesses you to become a blessing. That's the deal.
I opened the show with this line: "I have decided to give the greatest performance of my life! Oh, wait, sorry, that's tomorrow night.
I don't know why it (stardom) happened-but it's kinda nice. Maybe it's because I'm someone off the streets. Maybe people relate to me.
One of the reasons why people - particularly young people - love action movies is because what they are really looking for is justice.
For me, in Buddhism there is a plethora of specific teachings that one can seek out and find for the individual dilemmas you may have.
I've always tried to avoid politics because most politicians that I know are quite dirty in terms of human dignity, ethics and morals.