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I'm sure that we can handle this situation maturely, just like the responsible adults that we are. Isn't that right, Mr... Poopy Pants?
I was reared a Catholic but I think every day we ask ourselves, not consciously, what are we doing on this planet? What's it all about?
I believe that UNICEF is the most important branch of the U.N.; they do exceptional work to help the neediest children around the world
I just think the more we're observed by other people, the less we can observe them in order to play them and find their true condition.
There is no excuse for anyone not to train three times a week...Anyone can change their mind if they want to. It's all about motivation
I've been into music for a long time. I started playing drums when I was 8 and piano when I was 10, then bass and guitar when I was 18.
Because of what I did when I was 10 years old, I'm not living from paycheck to paycheck, and I can do things because I want to do them.
Even when I was a child, I always wanted to be older. I realised just in time that it's a mistake and to enjoy my youth while I had it.
Success for me is just having a job and have the studio feel confident that I can go out there and make a movie that people will enjoy.
I think racing and riding are two different elements of cycling. You either want to or not depending on what you want to get out of it.
We have a black President in the United States. I think the world has matured. It's no longer about colour, but the person in the skin.
My mum was Labour-voting, but wanted us to know we were important. Basically, everyone's equal, but you, my children, are a bit better.
We can all look on the Internet and go, 'He hates me! Oh, but she loves me. Oh, but he hates me,' you know. And that way, madness lies.
In London we give ourselves a pat on the back, rightly, for not killing one another, for our prejudice being subtle rather than lethal.
I think people in theater are pretty open-minded and objective about the talent and what they can bring to the story they want to tell.
I need to know if she [Sarah Palin] thinks dinosaurs were here four thousand years ago... because she's going to have the nuclear code.
The great, rewarding thing about directing is that you're overseeing the whole thing. When you're an actor, you're just one department.
I can't say that I have ever been fanatical about a show. To be honest, I'm not a big TV watcher. When I do watch TV, I watch the news.
My last name is originally Irish. I'm not exactly sure whereabouts it's from, but I've got family branches that were traced back there.
I need a woman to have a quirky sense of humor. There's a bunch of jokes I use, and if she doesn't get them, she's probably not for me.
I'd love to star in a television series of my own. I love the idea of living with a character for a number of years, watching him grow.
There are some actors who are rehearsal actors, and some who are not. I am not. Having said that, I don't know what I am talking about.
My only goal is to stay focused on my craft and make sure my life is as sharp as it can be to attack any character that is given to me.
I'm willing to be representative. I'm just an actor. I'm just playing a role, so even if it is a person I do not like, I would do that.
People seem to think if you're successful, then you have some secret. The fact is, you've just managed to work your life a certain way.
When you finish a drama, you go, 'I can't wait to do a comedy.' When you finish a comedy, you go, 'I want to do a dramedy, dark humor.'
Personally, I'm very classic. If I'm going to wear a suit, it's going to be classic, black, and fit very well. There's nothing like it.
Some people in America don't ever interact with black people outside of television, so we should give them real, believable characters.
Also, in your 20s, if you are beautiful, everything comes to you, so you never need to develop a personality. I never had that problem.
That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind.
Record companies are not necessarily interested in you realizing your artistic dream. The bottom line is that they got to sell records.
I've always liked women who are older. They seem to know who they are, and they've lived. They've got soul, and that's very attractive.
In real life, you care about other people, but at the end of the day you're like, "I'm acting upon whatever it is that I want or need."
When you are making the one you are doing, you think it is the greatest film going. And then you do another one and it is a great film.
I've been working steadily as an actor since around 1998. I wasn't well known in the public, but I was a dependable working journeyman.
I like being at that place where you can either fall or stand. That's where I think you really have a shot at doing something truthful.
I just started to write because I was fed up of not seeing the stories that I wanted, so I was like “Stop moaning and write something.”
I just started to write because I was fed up of not seeing the stories that I wanted, so I was like 'Stop moaning and write something.'
I actually have seven brothers in real life, and we're all very close in age. We basically go no more than two years between any of us.
My comedy is for children from three to 93. You do need a slightly childish sense of humour and if you haven't got that, it's very sad.
My father used to be away for months at a time, and he'd never leave any money for food, so my brother and I had to go out and nick it.
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.
That's the thing with me being a former athlete: in the way I attack characters and attack poetry is from the base of being an athlete.
I don't care much about the money at all. Frankly, if I get the chance to kiss someone in a movie, they wouldn't need to pay me at all.
I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism. What I hate is agnosticism, people who do not choose.
Almost all serious stories in the world are stories of failure with a death in it. But there is more lost paradise in them than defeat.
How do you play 'righteous'? Do you just kind of stand up straighter? What does that mean as an actor? You don't really play a quality.
I am very, very clear on how difficult it is for a young kid out there to go into the arts without taking a lot of heat from his peers.
I've never been to a class reunion or anything because I'm always afraid of that one - there's going to be some 'Carrie'-like incident.
After the stretch of weather we've had, this is going to be a culture shock for some people. We always end up crashing back to reality.