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There is something intrinsically, systemically wrong with white, western culture, and if we don't fix it, it won't continue.
If you're playing any real person, live or dead, you certainly have a responsibility to produce that reputation in some way.
My secret to a long, healthy life is to always keep working. It keeps me busy and happy and gives me a reason to stay alive.
I'm an American actor. I work with my clothes on. I have to. Riding a horse can be pretty tough on your legs and elsewheres.
I can only put myself in the process and try to learn through the process. Sometimes it will go well and sometimes it won't.
I love to read profiles about people, but I'm interested in their processes. I only ever do them for newspapers that I love.
Acting ceases to be work because I enjoy it. But it feels like working when I do bad work, especially when I know it is bad.
When you have satire, it has to be real. No matter how outrageous the comedy becomes, you have to believe in the characters.
When we accept ourselves exactly as we are, in exactly this moment, we shift from living for tomorrow to appreciating today.
I started casting. I cast music videos, but I kept getting fired from jobs because I was iconoclastic in my ways of casting.
With all the traveling and promotion I've been doing for 'Murderball,' its been difficult keeping up with my rugby training.
If I can be an inspiration for someone, that's fine, but just don't look down on me. Don't say, 'Oh, you're in a wheelchair.
My father was an Austrian, and he brought some Torahs over to this country, ancient Torahs that were slipped out of Germany.
If you approach Cannes with a sense of humor, nothing is that bad. You have to take it for what it is; otherwise, its silly.
I was a housepainter and a landscape nursery man, and all these various odd jobs I had, and started doing community theater.
I'm thinking about naming my first son Emmy so I can say I've got one. I want Emmy, Oscar and Tony - and my daughter Grammy.
Losing your patience and your temper isn't the most attractive thing, but as kids get older, you wind up raising your voice.
I have the ability to move around without being recognized all the time. I mean, you want to be famous - but not too famous.
You have to make enough noise to be cast in the right films, and the best way to make that noise is to do lots of good work.
I treat all women with the utmost respect both professionally and personally and would never do anything to disrespect them.
I remember Tucker Toomey was named so because "T's are funny!" And if Garry Marshall says it's funny, by god, it must be so.
My son Matthew's beloved dog is a Jack Russell. His name is Buster. Matthew picked him as a puppy, when he was tiny himself.
I find it easier to approach things from a critical angle that otherwise may seem daunting because I'm used to being scared.
I never took acting classes, but I knew I could do it based on the skill with which I lied to my parents on a regular basis!
If it weren’t so off-putting for my co-workers. I’d wear my flannel, one-piece 'Hannah Montana' pajamas, like, all the time!
I see guys with, like, eyebrow art, and I wanna tell them, 'You don't have to go too crazy on your brows. Take it easy, man!
I'm very English. I'm white. I mean, I'm so pale. With spray tans they start peeling and start getting really dirty looking.
I could lie and say my wife cooks for me, but she doesn't. My wife has never learnt cooking but she has great cooks at home.
I demand a lot of myself. I want to learn. I can't sit back. I like a challenge, so I create a lot of challenges for myself.
I wanted to write a song about war and that classic 'We want you' recruitment style from the point of view of the recruiter.
I've always been a fan of a Johnny Carson because he was so great with an audience and not afraid of self-deprecating humor.
I like carrots that have got a bit of personality and have three or four legs! They may look weird but they taste fantastic.
Any time you end a relationship, and everyone has ended plenty in their life, it's always a tough thing and hard to get over.
Did you know I started out as a stand-up comic? People don't believe me when I tell them. That's how I saw myself, in comedy.
I don't spend much time looking back at what happened. I do remember it, but I don't see any purpose of wanting to look back.
I expect at some point I'll probably want to go back on stage and do some theater, because I've not done theater in 10 years.
I don't want success to affect me to that extent that I change or failure to that extent that I get sad, bitter and negative.
It's important to be successful, and not just because there is competition, but also because it leads to better work for you.
Maybe I'm too masculine. Casting directors cast in their own, or an idealized image. Maybe I don't look like anybody's ideal.
Working with Marilyn Monroe on The Misfits (1961) nearly gave me a heart attack. I have never been happier when a film ended.
God felt sorry for actors, so he gave them a place in the sun and a lot of money. All they had to sacrifice was their talent.
There was a part of me that felt afraid of people in Hollywood going: '**** Hollywood with their total lack of originality!'.
I don't know if this qualifies as gentle reassurance, but right now this is all that stands between me and a Harley-Davidson.
We Germans should know that we're good at constructing cars, and we have a lot of good qualities. But we're not the funniest.
I like the fact that I can do stunts, but I don't think of myself as a stunt guy. Those guys are really good at what they do.
When it's a minor or supporting role, you learn to make the most of what you're given. I can make two lines seem like Hamlet.
What's important is how you deal with fear. I face it head-on, but I'm not too proud to admit that I do get afraid sometimes.
Every married man who wants peace in the relationship, should learn the trick to avoid that one question - 'How is the food?'
I've been playing American football since I was six years old. I was a captain of my high school team, playing strong safety.
We all have a cross-gender character: Every woman has a man that they can play, and every man has a woman that they can play.