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When you fall into a midseason slot, you have the sort of blessing of not being on television while you shoot most of your season.
The position of power and having to make decisions that you don't necessarily want to make is always good conflict and good drama.
The best government is the least government. In some areas, I'm libertarian. I don't subscribe to any one party; they are all bad.
Your skin and hair feel good, you sleep better and you start feeling so much better about yourself when you start eating properly.
The teachings of elegant sayings Should be collected when one can. For the supreme gift of words of wisdom, Any price will be paid.
Besides regular exercising, one should also take care of his or her daily habits such as adequate sleep and drinking lots of water.
It's a funny thing about me. I don't have any interest in food most of the time now, although when I was a kid I was always hungry.
I often feel very guilty because of the time that I spend outside of my home and the little time that sometimes I have for my kids.
People feel that in this industry friendships are not for real, but that's not true. Otherwise, what is the point of being friends?
My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.
I have a kind of neutrality, physically, which has helped me. I have a face that can be made to look a lot better - or a lot worse.
Doors that presented themselves before, which I couldn't walk through, are at least there. And there are a few keyholes I can pick.
I enjoyed my 20s - they were torturous and beautiful. I learned so much about myself and about life and about the nature of people.
There are millions of people around the world that want to be artists and want to make stuff to entertain people, but nobody cares.
I'm an animal rights activist because I believe we won't have a planet if we continue to behave toward other species the way we do.
Every President that went to China, I would meet them and have dinner and talk about the past and the future. That was in the '70s.
I want people to believe me when I play a part and they are less apt to if they know a lot about me and have associations about me.
If 'Scandal' were to run for the rest of my career and prevent me from doing anything else, I would sign that contract this moment.
Acceptance is the only thing you should teach. Be it Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Dalit, you must inculcate acceptance, not tolerance.
Today, we should look for people with great organizational skills to run a government - not just leaders, who are good with people.
I vowed I would never do a commercial, or a soap opera - both of which I did as soon as I left the Acting Company and was starving.
I am capable, confident, intelligent, resilient and in charge. Health and happiness are my birthrights and I accept with gratitude.
I'm in a great position now where I've got recognition. I'm not recognized too much. I think I'm recognized enough by the industry.
Sometimes chaos is a little easier to handle than the regular moments because your body just takes over. No time to think. Just do.
The whole thing is you don't want to be pigeon-holed as 'Oh, he's a guy in a wheel chair. He's very fragile. You better watch out.'
What I've found is that stage is very much a foundation of acting. It's where it all began and you're working with that repetition.
Having done television, I was used to either being aware whether I got the part within the same day, or within two, three days max.
For very long, I wasn't able to find a place for myself in movies. After my initial success, I didn't know how to capitalise on it.
In all of us, there is a struggle between the good and the bad. It makes it more palpable and real to play such people as an actor.
When you hear Bollywood, you think about everything mainstream, song-and-dance, hero-heroine. I don't think that will ever go away.
When you're not in studios, you don't have any luxuries; you can't control the elements, so you have to put up with those extremes.
How oft, - be witness, Guardian of our days!... The sky besprinkled o'er with rainbow hues, As if angelic wings had wanton'd there.
I find dipping one's toe into all of these people's lives is one of the major exciting points of being an actor. This dilettantism.
I don't know if you've ever had insomnia, but it's a really terrible feeling when it's days and weeks on end. It was kind of awful.
What probably distorts everything in life is that one is convinced that one is speaking the truth because one says what one thinks.
Spending time with the child or adolescent in mutually enjoyable activities on a regular basis will help to build warmth and trust.
I don't see coming to Kerala as a commercial exercise; it's a human venture. Every film I make, I come here. I am the prodigal son.
I was very lucky when I was a kid - I travelled a lot and spent a lot of time in Africa, Asia and Europe. I also chant in Sanskrit.
My background was art school, documentary director and surfer with a keen interest in thrilling acts of life threatening stupidity.
If you understand 'it' will come, then you'll understand 'it' will pass. No matter what happens, you can make it. Trust me, you can.
As far as I know, if you take your time, write a good script and make a good film, then give the audience time, they will accept it.
These are rare moments in an actor's life, where you're put in an environment which is so natural, and you get natural performances.
I go to dinner with my friends, and we're like, 'Let's put our phones on airplane mode so we can really enjoy each other's company.'
From an early age, I understood the concept that, if you're not the star, then your job is to not pull attention away from the star.
I'm not really too worried about what I'm gonna do next, because I just think of my career as, like, having sixty years ahead of me.
As an actor, when you encounter a psychopathic personality, you naturally want to make him 'bigger than life,' as the Americans say.
I considered obesity a disease. It can destroy you from within. It almost destroyed me, and I do not want that to happen to anybody.
I didn't start drama school until I was 20, and I don't think I would have gotten nearly as much out of it had I gone when I was 18.
I think it would be lovely to see some features on a disc of 'The Rocketeer,' with some reminiscing. I think that would be dynamite.
Our film industry as well as the audiences are now open to unconventional pairings and subjects, which has aided my journey greatly.