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I just went and saw 'Crazy, Stupid, Love.' Julianne Moore - I've been in love with her since 'Boogie Nights.' But also, 'The Big Lebowski.'
I want to play roles that I'm proud of, that I feel a certain integrity about, and I want to continue to be truthful in the work that I do.
I worked at Warner Bros. for a while. I was the head of the minority talent casting. It was like pre-Spike Lee and post-blaxploitation era.
I think vulnerable is something you should always be. [It] makes you open to each experience. I try not to see vulnerability as a negative.
I think it serves the purpose of the film if the premise is that you're unsure of me because you've only ever really seen me play villains.
The great thing about 'Justified' is that the writers will craft a scene, but if the actors come up with a great idea, they're 100% for it.
When I got to sit in Big Bird's nest with Big Bird and sing the song, 'Sing. Sing a song. Sing out loud,' that was my crowning achievement.
The Hardy Boys burned me out. I was recharging my batteries. It was time to return to work, but it was tough because my visibility was low.
You should thank the people who bring out the worst in you. Had it not been for them, you would never have come to know of your worst side.
You will never win if you don't deal with your work ethically. All that you need to do is to stick to your principles; morals are relative.
I took a good one year off before and after Haroon's birth, so from the beginning I have been right into it. For me, it was quite seamless.
I made a conscious effort to focus on television so I could stay in Los Angeles, so I wasn't on a location all over the world doing movies.
I've never got a part in the same way twice. I've never prepared the same way. I've never experienced the filming the process the same way.
When Trump goes after the media and calls it fake news, he should be impeached - and everyone should say this. But the media lives in fear.
My first professional role was in 'Romeo and Juliet,' and I played Tybalt, who was Romeo's enemy, in a small production of that in the U.K.
I know I touch a lot of people. I don't call myself a role model. But I am a leader. Leaders are always watched by team members & outsiders
You have one heart, and once you give it away, it's gone. If you wear it on your sleeve, a lot of people are there to take advantage of it.
I don't consult anyone - not my mother, not my father, anyone - about my work. And I must add that neither Dad nor Mom interfere in my work.
My love for sports will never die. I love martial arts and I want to promote it in whichever way I can. I am a fighter first, then an actor.
There was a time in my life when being dishonest with women was the natural way to be. I finally said, "Hey, I have to stop this silliness."
I come from the South Bronx - a true descendant of the melting pot. I grew up in a really mixed neighborhood; it was a very integrated life.
When I was on the air a lot my throat and vocal chords got tired. If you don't vary your tones you can't get pretty tired of your own voice.
I don't want to just be an actor my whole life. I mean I do want to be an actor my whole life but not only an actor, I want to be an artist.
I have a fantastic studio in my home, and it's my biggest toy. I have about a half a million dollars worth of musical equipment in my house.
I do want my films to have the required entertainment quotient, but I'd prefer doing films where you don't have to leave your brains behind.
I don't see myself only as a Somali character. I think of myself as an actor, and if the job fits me and I like the story, I will go for it.
I have a feeling that we have been placed on this earth for a special reason and although I have not fulfilled all my missions, I am trying.
My theory is children don't do what you tell them to do, they do what you do. You have to always do the right thing because they follow you.
I think having simplicity doesn't always mean that you make a good movie. I have a theory that a movie that's easy to make is hard to watch.
When I look in the mirror, I don't see my Dad, I see my grandmother. For a while it was my mother looking back at me. If only it was my Dad.
Nowadays, kids know how a programme like Merlin is made and how it works. But the show just seems to grow in popularity the more it goes on.
On '24,' it says on the front page of your script: 'This script is for the production staff and cast. Please don't show it to anybody else.'
I wish, naturally to prevent the possibility that someone may write an accidental, superficial, incomplete and perhaps untrue picture of me.
I had no idea what they were saying in Italian as a child, they spoke too quickly on the radio. But I realized that language was very funny.
We all have a right to know, and if the government has been suppressing information about other life forms, that's the cruelest hoax of all.
I wasn't ecstatic about being pregnant - I wasn't somebody who actively wanted kids. Certainly there were no fantasies about nappy-changing.
I love being at home, being with friends and family. I'm of European stock, brought up in Australia. I'm a passionate guy. I just love life.
Rarely do you walk down the street doing anything that my grandparent's generation did. And half of that comes with the technology advances.
When people realize you're not the stuffed shirt they think you are it's such a relief and you have people who really like to be around you.
I think actors are meant to have crises of faith; I think it's part of the job. I think it makes you a stronger person and a stronger actor.
At the end of a down day on Wall Street, we all need to be able to sleep peacefully at night. That comfort won't come from our bank balance.
There's nothing like being on a massive-budget film where you don't know anything, and there's a million people, and no one's communicating.
You can't please everybody. All you can do is really just try to work from the heart and do the best job that you can and hope for the best.
Just curious. Does the president of the United States have any advice for other teenage boys in America? Wounded warriors, for example . . .
I think if I could be any superhero, it'd probably be my mom... but I don't think I'd look too good in high heels, so it's not gonna happen.
I like New York because you're kind of forced to smell everybody else's funk. So it keeps you biologically attached to the world around you.
Our great nation put a man on the moon, but it can't train its cops to distinguish between an ordinary brown-skinned brother and a criminal.
For me, one of the biggest thrills is going to a theater and going, "Oh, I got a laugh!" Because you never quite get to hear it [otherwise].
I've done a bunch of jobs since 'Deadwood' went off the air, but it's always been a very high bar that those other shows have to live up to.
A lot of times, working in stand up, you're by yourself, and so you just have to rely on yourself only... but I like working in an ensemble.