Wherever people find themselves in trouble, or at some kind of crossroads, the series proclaims you are free to choose. That's the deepest lesson of 'Star Wars.'
It's good for everyone to understand that they are to love their enemies, simply because your enemies show you things about yourself you need to change. So in actuality enemies are friends in reverse.
A year from now, you're gonna weigh more or less than what you do right now.
Honestly, I was a good kid but I figured out pretty early that I had a gift for making people laugh. I wanted to entertain and when that happens you tend to get yourself in trouble in class.
A mistress never is nor can be a friend. While you agree, you are lovers; and when it is over, anything but friends.
They used to but not any more. You kind of get used to it - you accept it is part of your job - if you're famous and you want this life, you have got to accept this part of it as well.
I think really that you shouldn't run as a conservative if you're not.
When a magician lets you notice something on your own, his lie becomes impenetrable.
The more control you have over your life, the more responsible you feel for your own success - or failure.
Sometimes, as a comedian, a line will come to you, that is so beautiful, so perfect, that you think: I did not create this line. This line belongs to all of us. Surely this is a line of God.
I'm always just travelling out of a suitcase. You get used to it.
When you've seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there.
What happens in improv is you create your own storyline.
There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery.
I think what I've learned out of this lifetime is you should be proud of where you come from.
Who you are as a performer is one thing, but when you're making records, you're dealing with musicians' tastes, their goals, their wants, their needs, everyone's individual pride.
The president said that he would unite this country, that he was a uniter, not a divider. Have you ever seen America more divided? Have you ever seen Washington more divided?
It's not often as an actor you get to be involved with a project that seems to be on the right side of history.
We're so surrounded by so much of this marketing and just being told on a regular basis that you have to like this, you will go here, you want this. I found that to me that fit perfectly into what a theme park of dinosaur would be about.
A woman said to me when she first sat down, You're photographing the wrong side of my face. I said, Oh, is there one?
Anything can be negotiated if you have a strong leader.
If you've worked in a company for a long time, there's a mythology that you know by heart, you don't need to look it up to evoke. It's there in your blood, as it were.
I had never done Shakespeare before, but I don't think you can be an actor and not do it. There were moments when I thought, I'm just not going to be able to pull this off.
I think that property is very important in this day and age. It defines you; you worked hard to get it. It's meaningful to you, and when you divorce, a lot of people have a lot of battles over their property for good reasons.
Usually when I start a new project there's a fear of the unknown; maybe it's a band I've never been in the studio with before. People are so different. It's almost like you need to go through the process, discover and unlock what it is that makes that band that band. And a lot of times they don't know it.
Your character - you own it. That's something you have to grab hold of on 'This Is England'. Your character is your character.
If you asked a team of expert psychologists and sociological researchers to come up with a design that was sure to infuriate and offend liberals in America, they'd probably come up with what we call the Great Seal.
I think money is a wonderful thing because it enables you to do things. It enables you to invest in ideas that don't have a short-term payback.
As a family comedian, it is so wonderful seeing everyone from kids through to grandparents being entertained by you.
Now, I don't want to get off on a rant here, but guilt is simply God's way of letting you know that you're having too good a time.
If you go too soon, you can come unstuck with 50m left when the guys are going past you.
Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I'm concerned, that's success.
I am of mixed minds about the issue of privacy. On one hand, I understand that information is power, and power is, well, power, so keeping your private information to yourself is essential - especially if you are a controversial figure, a celebrity, or a dissident.
I would have - I didn't really have to be an athlete. I could have been, you know - worked in fast food, been a janitor, anything. I would have had two or three jobs, working long hours, you know, to support myself and for my family in the future. I would have been successful.
Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.
I don't care what you label me as long as you call me president.
