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Maybe some young girl seeing me on the Emmy stage may have meant something for them.
Good writing is deceptive in that it hides its own artifice - it makes it seem easy.
We project our ideas about ourselves into the heavens and call them ideas about God.
In the States anything dealing with religion, people go nuts, because they are nuts.
A lot of times when you're trying to do improv, everybody's doing a different style.
I guess we all have a little vaunting itch for immortality, I guess that must be it.
Some people are meant to fall in love with each other, but not meant to be together.
I like telling the story in a visual way. I don't like explaining a lot in dialogue.
I think I'm always drawn to projects that help me understand something about myself.
Personal happiness is so important, most choose to let someone else take care of it.
The ability to take pleasure in one's life is a skill and is a kind of intelligence.
It seems so cliched and obvious, but write the movie you want to see in the theater.
I was born in Colorado and grew up in Pennsylvania with family in Texas and Oklahoma.
I see Walt Disney as kind of the epitome of a dreamer. He was a very forward thinker.
Its as boring to see a completely evil villain as it is to see a completely good guy.
I think everything I do is based on my experience in the world in one way or another.
A lot of books, if you take them at face value, they're just not gonna work as films.
Adolescence is that time in your life when you discover your ability to be depressed.
We have to put people on pedestals; otherwise, there's no one to knock off pedestals.
These audiences are so damn smart, way smarter than the studios give them credit for.
I haven't had the egomaniac star yet in any of my films. It's always been a pleasure.
Knowing what you want is not a shortcoming. Let people deal with their own anxieties.
I know white clothing is supposed to enhance that summer glow, but writers don't tan.
If this whole writing thing doesn't work out, I'll be getting right back on the pole.
I watched Sean Penn, you know, bring Harvey Milk to life. I was on the set every day.
I enjoy waking up and not having to go to work. So I do it three or four times a day.
If people don't sit at Chaplin's feet, he goes out and stands where they are sitting.
Women never use their intelligence, except when they need to prop up their intuition.
I play 'World of Warcraft,' which means I end up hanging out with teenage boys a lot.
Establish character - otherwise, it is difficult to connect with what is frightening.
Buffy Anne Summers 1981-2001 Beloved sister devoted friend she saved the world a lot.
Controversial' as we all know, is often a euphemism for 'interesting and intelligent.
It's not just a matter of saying you have to have courage, because you learn courage.
Giving should be a part of your routine, just like working out, eating, and sleeping.
New York and Los Angeles are really one city, and the rest of the country is America.
That's how I operate best. I just ignore feelings and jump right into the next thing.
I'm not going to tell you to meditate on what Christmas really means and be thankful.
'The Last Five Years' was a musical in 2002, and it's a deconstruction of a marriage.
Together we are creating a more peaceful, just and sustainable world through kindness
Politicians, ugly buildings, and whores all get respectable if they last long enough.
Coming up with ideas is the easiest thing on earth. Putting them down is the hardest.
When the press began asking me for interviews, I freaked out. My instinct is to hide.
No matter how you feel about social media, you can't deny the giant that is Facebook.
People expect me to be, first and foremost, a storyteller. I lead by telling stories.
Locke' is a different way of making a film as well as being a different sort of film.
From the age of about 8 to the age of about 15, I was obsessed with Native Americans.
That's how it is with legends. The greater they sound, the more must've got left out.
I'm trained to button scenes and round things off, and I get rewarded for doing that.
Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals - always funny.
Other than Green Day, we haven't had a lot of protest music over the past few decades.