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No mistake, I shall regret the absence of your keen mind; unfortunately, it is inseparable from an extremely disturbing body.
I never took the work less than serious, my work ethic is ingrained in me. But I've always had a sense of humor about myself.
I wore a thong and a bra and a wig. Those things hurt. I mean, thongs? Like, they dig in. It takes a tough man to be a woman.
My ambition from the very beginning was to make a good part for myself, something differently to what lately I've been doing.
We all have different timetables in reaching and realizing that being in healthy partnership is better than being on our own.
Once you have a felony conviction on your record, one of the most difficult things to do is to break the cycle of recidivism.
You realize that everything is a moving budget, and sometimes you've got to borrow from Peter to pay Paul, to make it happen.
Ok, this is the most unfun threesome I have ever been a part of. Nobody's having sex and someone is yelling. I'm out of here.
The ego certainly is the biggest obstacle as an artist or performer, so any chance you get to destroy that is really healthy.
I think thats what I really liked about Narc: My character has a real operatic range in a way that older movies used to have.
I dont have a problem with fame. I got into this business intending to be very successful, but I wanted it to be at my price.
All my buddies over the years, like Kevin Costner and the guys - I see em go here, I see em go there - but I just do my work.
My wife is the boss at home, and my daughters are the bosses. I am just the worker. We are a very warm family and very happy.
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.
Very few of the so-called liberals are open-minded.... They shout you down and won't let you speak if you disagree with them.
Ninety percent of a good performance of an actor is based on the material. If you've got the material there, you can ride it.
A political party is about an ideology. And I don't think my goals in politics can match the ideology of any political party.
Virtue is not photogenic. What is it to be a nice guy? To be nothing, that's what. A big fat zero with a smile for everybody.
Don't you find that the more you know, the more you don't know and can't ever learn because there's too much stuff out there?
If I could direct it [films] I would be very happy. But the economics of business don't always allow you to do what you want.
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.'
If you approach Cannes with a sense of humor, nothing is that bad. You have to take it for what it is; otherwise, it's silly.
Im not a person who wants to die with my shoes on. I do not think I can be immortal. Maybe my deeds will be immortal. Not me.
One thing I love about making an ensemble film is that you can have ten people come away from it with ten different messages.
It still frightens me a little bit to think that so much of my life was totally devoted to Star Trek and almost nothing else.
Sometimes if you've got a story that's interesting enough, you don't need to pour sugar on ice cream. The ice cream is great.
It's destiny that pushed me towards showbiz. I wanted to start off as a technician, but out of compulsion, I became an actor.
As human beings, we are all flawed. And just like there is a good side, there is also a bad side waiting to find its way out.
I like not knowing what's around the corner. It's always been that way, and maybe that's one of the reasons why I'm an actor.
I love doing television; it's such a brilliant way to tell a story over six hours rather over the two hours of doing a movie.
I feel like every movie is definitely the last one that I've had my moment; that I'm going to be selling autographs at malls.
I like the nexus of Bollywood and Hollywood. I'm actually shocked that there isn't more of a meld between our two industries.
There is nothing harder than working 50 pages a day, working 16 hours a day, trying to be good with only shooting rehearsals.
I really love living in cities where the people living above, below and next to you are from totally different worlds to you.
Eating cold tuna fish out of a tin on a porch while two people are in love across a lake - I think that's desperately lonely.
A producer is someone who actually calls the shots. An executive producer is just a guy that eats more food at craft service.
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!'
When you start to talk about comic books, a lot of the time, people forget about the comic part of it. They need to be funny.
Everyone on 'The Goonies' and everyone on 'Lord Of The Rings' knew that we were a part of something that was going to be big.
Because I'm a filmmaker at heart, I know a villain can't be too humanized and the audience can't empathize with him too much.
One day, I received a mail from a female fan saying she had named a star after me. She even mailed me the certificate for it!
Scheduling is always tough, no matter what the budget size is, and we had our own run-ins with that on 'Fading of the Cries.'
I didn't come to Hollywood to drink or get high, and I don't want to be considered a cool actor - I want to be a great actor.
I've been so honored and so lucky to work with some amazing people. I've collaborated on amazing sets and with amazing crews.
I have never worked with anyone who I hold in higher esteem than Chris Menges. He's an absolute, bona fide, authentic artist.
When you are a kid, you are beset by fears, and you think, 'I'll solve the fear by living forever and becoming a movie star.'
I like to spend as much time on the stage as possible. I don't do a regular TV series because I don't want to be overexposed.
Indian weddings are elaborate. As a culture, we like to celebrate everything Our weddings go on for sometimes a week, 10 days.
It's frightening to be facing an audience. There is always the fear of what they think of you, what they are saying about you.
I want to perform and be tested; I want the vibrant energy of the younger generation of directors and actors to rub off on me.