Well, I am a lot like my dad, and the character of Ted is based on my dad.
I'm very lucky because people send me a lot of stuff and post cool articles and pictures on my wall, which does make life a lot easier for me. When we were at 60,000 or 100,000 'likes,' I was still having to source the content myself, and I was constantly trolling the Internet, whereas now things are sent to me, which does make it a lot easier.
It wasn't all spent on practicing, I did do other things! but the classical guitar means a lot to me so I spend many hours building good chops and getting a good program together.
What's happened to the music industry, from my perspective, is a lot of great music is behind the wall that can't get through, and therefore, a lot of artists are getting discouraged.
Unfortunately what came out of it was also kind of an imitation community with a lot of mindless conformity.
A lot of deals are done or not done because chief executives are not fully aligned to shareholders.
I grew up very differently than a lot of other people in my hometown in Mississippi. But I can't imagine my life any other way. I flew home and surprised my best friend at his graduation, and I remember turning to my mom and saying, 'My graduation was so much cooler than this.' I had Melissa Joan Hart give my commencement speech.
My mother is a very big cinema buff, so as a kid, we watched a lot of Indian and Malay films.
Eating-wise, I'm fairly disciplined. I have to be, because if you're not eating correctly, you're not giving your body the fuel it needs. So, I stay away from carbs after the morning, and I eat a lot of protein - fish, chicken, and no red meat.
I've done a lot of ensemble work, and I like that.
I have been in this business for over 30 years. I've seen a lot of development programmes. They don't all run smoothly.
Now that I'm taking some time off from school, I've been reading a lot to make sure I don't forget everything. It's mostly classics and nonfiction accounts from actors, directors and writers from the '40s and '50s.
They allow us to disrespect our Black woman. A lot of these things would be considered criminal if it were to be carried out in the streets. That's like when they tell you after you buy your VHS and you rent movies they tell you not to copy the movies.
I grew up in a house that had a whole lot of trouble. As much trouble as you could imagine.
Everybody has a high point and a lot goes into that: timing, situation, general consciousness.
Over this August district work period, like many of my colleagues, I spent a lot of time with the men and women in uniform from my home State. The 196th Field Artillery Brigade just got back from a year in Afghanistan.
One thing that's coming up a lot is: are you as grumpy as you appear from this Black Books thing.
I knew a lot about the Coen Brothers by the time I was 12 or 13.
I feel pretty comfortable in a lot of different musical styles. I like rhythm, and I like melody and so forth.
I think that there's a liberal element out there that finds me not acceptable. They don't like my stance on a lot of issues because I am conservative.
If you're lucky, and not a lot of actors are these days, you get the chance to create a character.
Just having the pain of being alive without anything else, whether it's good or bad. There's a lot of serious songs on the record, you know. That song is just about feeling like a fish out of water, feeling like you don't belong on the planet sometimes.
I went to work and did a lot of homework about what was wrong with me.
Our parents didn't let us watch a lot of television growing up. We had Disney on Sunday nights, and at 8:30, they were like, 'Turn it off! Go to bed!'
There is no pressure on me, I can take a lot of risks in the coming weeks. I feel free to ski the way I decide on race-day because the overall title was not my main target this winter.
I like the whole package to be good, It's a rarity that that happens, so I end up not working a lot.
There's inevitably something missing when you grow up in this kind of an environment when your parents travel a lot. When your father is famous, you are looked at and expected of. There are standards you need to meet.
Class is not a fixed designation in this country. We are an upwardly mobile society with a lot of movement between income groups.
Be strong and follow your own convictions. You can't assume there is a lot of time to do what you like. This is what David Bowie is afraid of: that he will die before he gets a chance to make a real strong contribution.
I grew up in this little city called Brampton. It's pretty suburban - there's not a lot going on. In my neighbourhood, specifically, there weren't a lot of other kids so I would just spend a lot of time inside.
I think people think filmmaking is fun, but I've never thought that. For me it's always been a lot of work and pain and stress.
I admire an actor that can do a lot with doing nothing really, for the most part. I like doing a lot by doing so little.
I love clothing and still shop a lot of vintage.
Every weekend we've been trying to go out of town, to let people know about this album. I've been trying to host parties. It's hard, because it's a lot of work to do both.
Acting is easy and fun. You earn a lot of money, and you bang out with girls. The profession is given tremendous significance within our society, but it's not really worthy of it.
There's a lot of heartache because you don't always win. You need loads of determination.
