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The media is convincing people that if you have that 'next thing,' that diamond, the right car, then you'd be happier.
As an actor, I'm familiar with having bursts of energy, where you're giving things a try, and then you have down time.
I am lucky that the Western world chooses me to play roles in their movies an television, whatever language it may be.
Sometimes I want to go into Saturday Night Live and rewrite some of the sketches because they're really not that good.
Canadians send us great hockey players. You also send us wonderful performers, from the beginning, with Mary Pickford.
I think camping is one of those things where if you're forced into it as a child, you'll probably hate it as an adult.
People have said unkind things and you kind of have to, if you happen to read it, you have to just, you know, move on.
I still get a little nervous when talking to girls. Which is awful, and embarrassing, because I feel like I shouldn't.
It would be a disappointment for me to take a job, as often happens, having to shoot out-of-town and not where I live.
When we’re courageous enough to be with what scares us, we can awaken our intuition and create a new path for healing.
I've never done a studio movie, let alone worked for a network. Every one of my films has been independently financed.
I tried to make a list of films where there's two men and one woman and I realized there's films like this everywhere.
For a Tamil debut, I wanted to make sure the script is the right one. We are hopeful 'Bramhotsavam' will be that film.
'Mission' was a mind game. The ideal mission was getting in and getting out without anyone ever knowing we were there.
I started teaching when I was in my 20s because Lee Strasberg asked me to, and he didn't do that with a lot of people.
With 'Verdict' I was away for six months, touring, with a week in each town. I did not really enjoy that aspect of it.
My mother always told me growing up I had a punchable face. Little did I know she was predicting my television career.
I was pretty much a homebody; didn't really go to school dances, never went to a prom. I was a bit of a loner, a geek.
I get emotional when young people get nostalgic about my work. That's why it's called nostalgia. Sometimes I even cry.
If I want to be remembered, I want to be known as a good actor. As times change, we, as actors, need to adapt with it.
The studio have always claimed that the ship is the star of the show, especially when they're renegotiating contracts.
It depends on whom I'm with. Sometimes I start out in my own voice, and no matter who I'm with, I take on their thing.
I don't want to be a billionaire and do work which I am not happy about. I'd rather do the work that I am happy about.
My parents did divorce, but my dad has always been present for me and loving me and my mom as well when she was alive.
The challenge as a parent is letting your kids fail in the right ways because that's where we do most of our learning.
I'm pretty good at surprising friends and family with gifts. I tend to go towards the more sentimental side of giving.
I think that people see that Sandra Bullock has an ability to laugh at herself and you just don't find that too often.
'Green Lantern' I screen-tested for twice. I fought for the role. And I'm glad I did, because I felt like I earned it.
Painters get up and paint. Writers get up and write. I like to get up and act. It's not a big deal. It makes me happy.
I learnt very early in life that whenever there is a choice between peace of mind and piece of ass, go for the former.
To write, you have to know how to act and know about directing. To act, you also need to know how to write and direct.
I believe that creativity comes from compromise. If you could have everything you ever wanted, it doesn't always work.
I like Michael Bay a whole lot. And Jerry Bruckheimer. But I love Ben Affleck as a person, as a director, as an actor.
I have tried to make decisions to work with great directors, with good scripts, and that makes the pickings real slim.
I genuinely love you all and the fact that some of you are not feeling so great at the moment really really upsets me.
Every creativity has a motive. Either one does it for money, for fame, or for passion. My energies go out for passion.
It's because we are so flooded with American culture that we're startled when we see ourselves up there on the screen.
The writing of the script is a continual process. There's the first draft and then many, many re-writes here and there.
I went to Performing Arts because that was the only school that would accept me. My scholastic level was not very high.
I wish I were the type who could walk into a place and have everybody love me. But I'm not, and there's no use wishing.
Ram Gopal Varma is a most noteworthy talent and has given us some very valuable iconic films. I enjoy working with him.
Any sort of role requires a certain amount of research and embodiment of the character and psychological investigation.
I think my parents raised me well. And I'm pretty straight edge. All my friends make fun of me for being straight edge.
I was drawn to photography as an extension of film, and the beauty of film is that it's a sensuous, fetishistic medium.
I would act whether or not I was paid. I would be involved in ensemble groups. I would have the desire to tell stories.
Stuntwork... once, I've really only done one thing, which is take a punch and transport myself into the air onto a mat.
I'm not going to experience the reality of hardship that sometimes my characters live in. I'm very cautious about that.
I do notice that when I've been away and I come back to London. People look at you. People are ready to pick arguments.
From when I was really young one of the first things I did was to perform and do shows. It was like a natural instinct.
You immediately hear the word 'Merlin,' you think magic, you think adventure, excitement - you also think 'an old man.'