The heart and soul of network programming is series programming, the weekly repetition of characters you like having in your house.
My parents were political, so it's definitely in my bones. Wherever I am, I always seem to get involved with politics. I think, once it's in your bloodstream, it's always there. I love it.
You get to the plate and nothing is going through your mind. You see the ball, you see the seams.
To see fans cheering your name, that's shocking. I'm like, 'Wait, how do you know who I am?'
I am just working every day, day to day, with what I believe. It's a very ordinary way of dealing with your life - just dealing with your work.
To keep it simple you run your gym like you run your house. Keep it clean and in good running order. No jerks allowed, members pay on time and if they give you any crap, throw them out. There's peace where there's order.
You've got to keep your finger on the pulse of what your audience is thinking, and know what they'll accept from you.
It's fun to have a partner who understands your life and lets you be you.
It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.
I've always been honest with all my kids. So I - if they did well, they did well. And if they didn't, actually, I asked, did you try your best? And if they tried their best, then, you know, I back out because I expect them to be honest with me or with themselves. And I can't make you go out there and work out hard.
Some people think that going on a caravan holiday is a slightly more upscale version of camping. Let me assure you, it is much better than that. You know that you will have your creature comforts wherever you are. I never have to pack light, and I can put the kettle on in any location.
You know, you don't work 30 something years in this business without knowing how to push yourself. So, I just kept pushing myself and pushing myself. The other thing that happens is when your hormones get out of whack your emotions come up.
With Jerry Bruckheimer, you know you'll get your money's worth. You're getting huge action sequences, it's going to be funny, and you know it's going to look great.
But you are alone. Yet I never tell what you are. And if your face lights up my world as no other can - well, this feeling too, when viewed as the mere psychologist has to view it, appears to be simply what all the other friends report about their friends.
Presents are symbolic. When you give them in your personal life, they should show that you are paying attention to the person to whom you're giving them.
In football, day in day out, you always have to show your worth.
Be universal in your love. You will see the universe to be the picture of your own being.
As soon as you get traded, you kind of start thinking where you're going to live, your family, you have to pack.
If you serve well, your volleys are going to be so much easier. It has got to do with confidence, obviously.
When you lose a parent, you realize how vital they are to the foundation of your life. It's impossible to understand what it means until that curtain is pulled. You're an orphan. But then I think that life is kind of remarkable, and the thing that causes the biggest pain can also bring amazing energy.
Your children don't have to fear you to respect you.
I did as much research as I could and I took ownership of this illness, because if you don't take care of your body, where are you going to live?
Denzel's quality, I think, is his faith. You have all the action in your head and you have to believe in it and just do it. That's what he does and that's what he taught me to do.
If you got something you don't want other people to know, keep it in your pocket.
It's like two years straight out of your life doing a film. It's very enjoyable, especially working with the guys, but I kind of like the idea of traveling and growing, and developing as a writer and as a filmmaker.
Happiness is making your dreams come true.
In the beginning, when you're acting in amateur theater and off-Broadway, it was unheard of that anyone else would get your costume. And it was important to get a good costume. You put time into that.
Such, Polly, are your sex - part truth, part fiction; - Some thought, much whim and all a contradiction.
If you're under 26, you can stay on your parents' plan. You can go back to school or get extra training without fear of a health catastrophe bankrupting your family. Over three million previously uninsured young adults are now on their parents' plans.
When you carry out acts of kindness you get a wonderful feeling inside. It is as though something inside your body responds and says, yes, this is how I ought to feel.
The film-school mantra is that if you don't tell your own stories, nobody will.
There's a certain amount of pressure that comes from playing real people. It's a pressure to deliver something fair and right to the real person and any living relatives. But generally, it's a joy, as you get to target your interest on a particular era.
It's obvious, but perhaps worth saying, that happiness has virtually nothing to do with the state of your intellect.
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
I know when I started I would have been happy to sound like the Beatles or Joe Tex or whoever. You want to sound like most bands, you want to sound like their records and that's how you learn your chops.
And you realise you're doing a public service in making people happy - as a musician you can give people something a doctor, a lawyer, a politician cannot give them that. It's not scientific. It's spiritual - a good feeling. And although you don't know them personally, the audience are like your friends.
