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The life of an actor is very hard irrespective of the continent you are in. It is doubly hard when you are only eligible for minority roles.
I've no grand designs to conquer the music industry, but I'd love to be able to tell my mates that I'm playing in a pub in Camden one night.
Then of course there are bigger things that matter, like who do I see up there in the congregation? Do I see myself up there? Well, I don't.
A lot of times, women don't get the male perspective in regards to a relationship, what men go through when they're not really dealing well.
I love being called NTRs grandson. I never moved away from his shadow, maybe because I didnt try enough or maybe because I like it this way.
I think, in this country, anybody can do whatever they want to do as long as it's not hurting anybody else or violating the laws of society.
The ultimate part that I want to play in my life is Jimi Hendrix, so I guess I'm drawn to music even though I can't sing or dance very well.
I don't know of any other creature on earth other than man that will sit in a corner and cry because of some painful experience in the past.
If there's comfort factor, all the other differences can be bridged! But, it's difficult to work with those whom you can't stand personally!
I like clothes and fashion. It's a hobby for me and I really enjoy being part of it, so it's nice when people say: 'He can dress quite well.
[ Hosting Saturday Night Live ] paved the way for Parks And Rec and The Grinder, the Comedy Central Roast, and that whole side of my career.
Allison Janney is the best actor on the series.Allison is one of the few actors I ever worked with who is incapable of hitting a false note.
A community is a small group working together. Community scales by adding groups, and building connections between them, not enlarging them.
We created a show and a scenario for college students where they can take what they learn in class every day and apply it to the real world.
It's very tricky to throw a morally flexible character onto the screen and have an audience empathize. It's always an exercise in restraint.
In fact I've been rather blessed with roles in my career that really alter my actual look. I've never looked the same in any film I've done.
I've been fortunate enough to travel the world because of my career, but the downside has been spending long spells apart from my daughters.
The illusion that you could hold to yourself the things you most want and lose the things you least wanted to keep..ıs the struggle of lıfe.
If you are the kind who has an active lifestyle and are not hellbent on looking all buffed up, I'd think a vegetarian diet is the way to go.
A parenting program should provide time for parents to clarify their own ideas about what it means to be an effective and successful parent.
Although you may spend your life killing, You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger, your real enemy will be slain.
I wanted really to make it moment to moment, partly because I'm an actor and that's how I operate - actors are all about creating the moment.
I think I am good in the department of body language and fighting, and stuff like that. It's just natural to me, maybe because I love sports.
A film is not something that can be made over the phone or Skype. Creative people meet, spend time together, and then come up with something.
I just love to work and spend time with my family. And that's the reason I don't look at the length of the role, but what it has to offer me.
I'd like to improve on running plays. I want to see if I can hurt some more people. To me, I don't think I'm out there hurting enough people.
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You try to work with the director and your fellow actors to get somewhere, but other people are the judge of whether you hit that note right.
Why should we change on stage? We're not trying to be something big and fancy, it's just us, doing what we do, we'd like to keep it that way.
I don't know if there's a problem with original ideas... I think a healthy film industry should have a good supply of good, original writing.
If you play a real character who's famous and still alive, it makes things easier if you have the luck to have a good relationship with them.
I miss sometimes the buzz of America. A sense that anything can change at the drop of a hat. In a way, it's an exhausting thing to live with.
I like writing letters and receiving letters. It's a shame that we've lost the art of letter-writing and saving correspondence. I mourn that.
Real love is more than a physical feeling. If there's even the slightest doubt in your head about a guy, then forget about it. It's not real.
I went to public school for like, one day. I don't get it. Everybody tries to be exactly the same. I think being an outsider is a good thing.
I got lost one time for a couple hours. It was pretty bad. I got lost in a creek, and I couldn't find my way back. The cops even had to come.
We [he and his wife Trish Van Devere] don't talk politics. I'm an independent conservative; she's a radical Democrat. We never vote together.
Being in an acting class, you always feel like, you know, you're insecure, a lot of ways, when the teacher is commenting on your performance.
I am not the first man who wanted to make changes in his life at 60 and I won't be the last. It is just that others can do it with anonymity.
There's no independent satisfaction without the success of the film itself. The feel that you have done the best you can to support the film.
Part of the problem I find with money books is that there's this whole set of money books that make you feel almost guilty to spend a dollar.
People get nervous when things move to Friday. Friday has become a landscape where shows just don't do very well as business for the network.
I definitely used to dream of sitting in the movie theatre watching the 'Star Wars' credits come up knowing I was part of one of those films.
First lead [in a movie] requires a different approach like trying not to give it all away in the first scene. It is a skill, a learned skill.
What I've appreciated about the 'Bond' films is there's always been a subtle social relevance to them. They've always commented on the times.
We all have a cross to carry. I have to carry my own cross. If we don't carry our crosses, we are going to be crushed under the weight of it.
There's certain things that you can do on cable that you can't do here on network TV, so then you have to think outside the box a little bit.
I was on Saipan when I got hit. Not too bad, but bad enough to hamper me if I stayed. I was hit in my left buttocks just below the belt line.
First and foremost, I look for a great script. Then, the team that I am working with. Only then, we will be able to come up with a good film.
To make a real independent film where the filmmaker is in charge creatively, one must sacrifice personal, financial, and physical well-being.