One thing that's great about being a character actor is that a movie doesn't rest on your shoulders. If it bombs, it won't hurt my career.
Find your own way, have an open spirit, and believe in your own beauty.
Once in a while you start having second thoughts, then you read a letter from someone that lifts your spirits so much - it really makes a huge difference. I love reading them.
You have to know what you own. You have to really do your homework in terms of knowing what supports your bonds.
When people love you for your cultural contributions, geographical boundaries become nonexistent.
America, how can I write a holy litany in your silly mood?
My table seats eight, so that's my maximum. Having a small number of guests is the only way to generate good conversation. Besides, your whole house doesn't get wrecked that way.
When you get to the 35-year mark in your career, you make albums for your fans to love you more, so they don't forget about you.
In international relations, you don't base your work on hope.
Ninety percent of people's nightmares is standing in front of 1,000 people. Did you know that? And having to speak. You would have thought it would have been a madman tying you up and taking your eyes out.
You cannot control the primitive urges and hormones that drive your eating behavior.
Every dude needs a well tailored suit. I'd say well tailored suit, a leather jacket, and a pair of jeans that really fit are vital in your wardrobe.
We like movies and books that give us this emotionally moving experience, where you feel like a slightly different person, and you see the world a little different after you finish. It lets you see your own life in a different way, and it actually makes you feel really good.
Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.
When you disrespect Australian law, they will tell your firmly. Declare everything when you enter Australia.
You don't want to spend your life explaining yourself.
You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today; for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow.
Running gives you a great opportunity to work stuff out in your head.
The way I look at it is that somebody in the world, no matter what your field is - teacher, violinist, football player - has to be the best. Why not me?
The American idea is as promising, imaginative, and full of the unexpected as the land itself. The land represents freedom - the frontier, the ability to make a new future with your own bare hands.
If you don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end.
My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a thousand times, you can still bring something of your own to it. I'd like to think I did that.
As the time goes by, you change, your learn new things, your attitude is different. For the moment, I'm still enjoying ski racing so much that it would be difficult for me to think about ending my career.
We used to talk about wanting to get some money, but that's when hip-hop was based on your dreams and your fantasy. The whole thing now is the dreams and fantasies were achieved, and you don't want to make it the focal point. You can't keep beating that dead horse.
I think the number one thing that I find important is the importance of honesty with your friends and your parents, if you can be. But I think that telling people how you really feel, being who you truly are, being safe and taking care of yourself is the most important thing.
You have to get to know your voice and its strengths and play on those. It took me quite a long time.
You can only begin to be great when you embrace a sense of your own ridiculousness.
My parents have been dead for many years, and when your folks are gone there is nobody standing between you and eternity.
If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends - you're safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue.
You can never control who you fall in love with, even when you're in the most sad, confused time of your life. You don't fall in love with people because they're fun. It just happens.
I like to tell young people to work hard for your goals and live in the moment.
In this bright future you can't forget your past.
If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.
Nobody really wants to hear about anybody else's injuries. Or how your back feels. Whose back doesn't hurt?
It is better to be young in your failures than old in your successes.
You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
