I think there are more films being made, but there are probably less outlets for them and distributors.
I only feel better because people aren't being so abusive to me about my weight.
While big business gain subsidies and political access, small businesses drown in red tape, and individuals now risk being classified as terrorists for complaining about it. Economic globalisation is about homogenising differences in the worlds' markets, cultures, tastes and traditions. It's about giving big business access to a global market.
I love being outside - that's where I'm the happiest.
Reading is something I've really missed, not being able to enter people's worlds.
I saw Redeye, and I love being scared and on the edge of my seat.
I'm tired of being lied to by government, by the media, and by every corporation I have anything to do with.
I'm a big believer in everybody being themselves. If not doing a swimsuit calendar is yourself, that's great. But if doing a swimsuit calendar is yourself, then you should be able to do it. What I do outside the car adds to who I am and expresses a different side of me.
Everyone is so estranged; no one is rooted. That's what I like to write about more than anything else. Everything being so mixed up. Racially mixed up, people moving from place to place, everything shifting.
I think it is important for girls to see movies where it is not all just about 'the boy' or it's simply being about 'the relationship' or 'Am I pretty enough?' or 'Am I cute enough?'.
In light of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, critics are arguing that abuses of Iraqi prisoners are being produced by a climate of disregard for the laws of war.
I am stricken with the peculiar curse of being a 21st-century woman who makes more than the man she's living with - first with a husband for 13 years and now with a new partner.
People have this notion of me being this sweet, nice girl, but I'm kind of a pervert.
All the stuff about being a drinking club, or having players who were not good enough, I treat as rubbish.
That's my suggestion for kids who want to act, by the way: Make sure it's really your choice, get out of it when it stops being fun, and get an education.
So I think hip-hop is moving and is going to continue to move in the direction of rappers just being honest with themselves, whether you're talking about Common and Mos Def or Nas and 50 cent.
I can assure the people of Mississippi that, as God is my witness, I strongly oppose the Blair-Holt Act and will fight harder than any human being alive to protect law-abiding Mississippians Constitutional right to keep and bear arms.
I would like, before I die, to see the changes I've always fought for being made. If not, my life will have been worth nothing.
Our nation is being led astray by ungodly judges, mayors and governors, who are given to change, defying the Constitution and substituting their own wicked agendas.
God is a being who is himself the cause of his own existence. His prerogative is to perceive before there was anything to be perceived. He is the creator of the universe; He operated upon nothing and turned it into something.
I'm actually part of a number of minorities. I grew up being a horribly awkward kid. A terrible student. And now I find myself as a filmmaker, and you feel kind of alone in the world because you're separate from everyone else.
I don't want to paint myself as some villain - I was never a bad guy doing horrible things, but I got too caught up in wanting a very specific thing to happen to the band. Ultimately, I had to find the ability in myself to get over that and stop being so stringent and learn to laugh a little bit more.
No one would argue against the fact that L.A. leads the country in opportunities for being hip and pretentious.
I love small films, and I love films being seen in a theater. I love film, and unfortunately, that's being phased out.
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.'
At home we're the hosts, and I never liked the idea of being embarrased in front of our friends.
Writers have to have a knack for listening. I need to be able to hear what is being said to me by the voices I create.
It's sort of what jazz would be if it stopped being snobby and what rock would be if it stopped being stupid.
People, of all ages, are far more open than you might think to being moved in new ways.
You protect your being when you love yourself better. That's the secret.
When you suffer an attack of nerves you're being attacked by the nervous system. What chance has a man got against a system?
I work with a group called Compassion & Choices in California. It's attempting to get death with dignity legalised in California, the idea being that so goes California, so goes the rest of the U.S., at least.
I really want to be associated with great projects and character driven projects and films. I have to feed my soul, and keep feeling like an artist and keep being challenged.
But day in and day out, the most stimulating part of the work is being a member of a team of so many very bright, articulate and talented professionals.
I remember being away somewhere, and I had forgotten it was Valentine's Day with a person, and that was very embarrassing.
I do not want to be the angel of any home: I want for myself what I want for other women, absolute equality. After that is secured, then men and women can take turns being angels.
