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We have a lot of relationships to the gatekeepers who can rally their people to go to the movie theater. It's a trusting relationship.
A relationship has to be cultivated. There have to be feelings of love for another first. But then you have to really like the person.
I always play these rodent type characters - skittish and hyper like a chipmunk. It's a complete act though. I'm a very normal person.
I just always thought, I love acting and I love writing. And when I haven't got any more good breath and good energy, then I'll write.
After working for years, in the end days, people realize its peace for what they have worked for all those years by loosing the peace.
I'm not the biggest star in the world, but I do have a platform, and if I can use that platform to help somebody else, why wouldn't I?
'Jamie' is what my mother gave me, and that takes the onus off of being big. Somebody thinks, 'Oh, Jamie - how threatening can he be?'
If enough citizens believe their national security’s in jeopardy then politicians who propose wars will receive the support they need.
I married a woman who is much better than me, I'm very fortunate to be with her and I know I'll be happy with her the rest of my life.
It's hard to tell whether the ship or airplane - they're all the same, I'm convinced - is male or female; it may shift back and forth.
It's fun to play a character who lives on the edge, who is an ethical and moral mess, and is paying the price for some of his actions.
I got my first tattoo when I was 16 years old and I went with my mom to get it done - she has a bunch too so we're tattoo buddies now.
I actually grew up in the 'burbs - New Rochelle, specifically, most famously home to Rob and Laura Petrie of 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'
I believe strongly that characters are five-dimensional, and they're complicated, and life is complicated, and people are complicated.
I hope each day to have done 10 seconds of good work that they can use in the film. And Im always afraid I didnt get those 10 seconds.
There are actors in this town who made important careers for a long, long period just by taking the parts that Cary Grant turned down.
I have aspirations to try and compete professionally. Any golfer that competes in tournaments would be lying if they said they didn't.
Agents have enormous power that studios relinquished to them. The studios, when I first came to Hollywood, that's where the power was.
Im always intrigued when you are travelling through a place and there is somebody who has lived there and done the same job for years.
Acting is about animality. It's great to be allowed to be animal. But I feel more alive as a director. Every morning, I have to write.
I'm the first one out on the dance floor. In college I had to take jazz, ballet and tap dancing, but, before that, it was just social.
It's hard to get to the right position, to be somebody who is commercially successful and critically acclaimed. That's the sweet spot.
Many will call me an adventurer, and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes.
If I have to degrade myself or do something that I'm not willing to do as a Christian to get something, I'm just not willing to do it.
I feel very meditative when I ride. A horse does not know whether my movie is a hit or a flop or what is happening in my relationship.
Ginnifer Goodwin said it very well - we're not doing the Hall Of Presidents at Disneyland. This is my interpretation of [J.F] Kennedy.
If you are lucky enough to be a success, by all means enjoy the applause and the adulation of the public. But never, never believe it.
Sex is great, if you are in a relationship. Otherwise, I find sex actually not so interesting. Without a relationship it is confusing.
I am the luckiest guy in the world. All my dreams came true. I was in a wonderful business, and I met great people all over the world.
I like Kamal Haasan's daring choice of roles. When I was in school and college, I modelled myself on him. I was so much in awe of him.
I like to put a little spin on traditional styles as I see them now, probably somewhat inspired by my current job on Boardwalk Empire.
When you're in Los Angeles, everybody you meet is writing a movie, and they want you to be in it. Every cab driver is writing a movie!
I owned a 1972 Plymouth Valiant that we bought for $125. It was infested with cockroaches and geckos - it was its own little ecosystem.
Someone who has acted carelessly, But later becomes careful and attentive, Is as beautiful as the bright moon emerging from the clouds.
Playing a character is an illusion, and I feel that when you know too much about a person, possibly part of that illusion is disrupted.
When you come out of the other end of a long process, working with a character [you realize] this character has really shaped my ideas.
I'm in my 60s now, and just running almost 50 meters with explosives going on, it was kind of like, "Oh, my god! What am I doing here?"
I still reject lead roles, as I don't accept any role if I don't find it challenging enough. I am very careful while making selections.
Everyone tells me I've had such an interesting life, but sometimes I think it's been nothing but stomach disturbances and self-concern.
I have such a strong acting background because I know what I'm looking for, I know what the needs are, and I know acting when I see it.
I have this side of me that is a very European flamboyant; I won't say queenie, but it's borderline - could be perceived as homosexual.
Well, all I can say is thank goodness I had 15 years of theater before ever I did film roles. You build technique that you can rely on.
Mennonites are very conservative. They don't drink, dance, smoke, go to movies. I grew up in a very conservative faith-based community.
I like to think I'm multi-faceted. Actually, my favorite roles are roles like in 'Far from Heaven.' Y'know. Soft people. Loving people.
From the age of four or five. I went to see a lot of Westerns then. But it was silent movies and I loved everything that happened then.
I think there are times when you walk onto a set you can potentially be either intimidated or distracted by what's going on around you.
Vampires are sexy to a woman perhaps because the fantasy is similar to that of the man on the white horse sweeping her off to paradise.
Romantic love is one of the most exciting and fulfilling kinds of love and I think there is potential for it at any stage of your life.
I am so excited. I love IIFA. I think it's great to meet all the people from your fraternity in one place, that too out of the country.
If a film isn't really talking about who we are and what our psychologies are, then we're probably not that interested in it, actually.