You can't control how you are perceived, and you are a fool if you waste any energy trying to do so. Vanity will get you nowhere.
Once you start classifying and trying to identify your own comedy style, you've ceased to be funny.
You're a musician: You play. That's what you do.
The beauty of an art project is that you cannot always measure the impact, but one day it can become clear.
There's a reason I moved to NYC, and if I listed all the musicians on my list you'd grow weary.
With 'Wind River,' I became fascinated with the notion of how you overcome a tragedy - accepting it, making whatever peace you can with it - without ever knowing what really happened.
The machine of awards season is very stressful. But this is the Oscars! It's your peers, your heroes, people you admire, the people who inspired you to get into this work in the first place. It's a pretty overwhelming feeling when you think about it.
You don't just wake up one day and decide who you are. I hope that people see that it's okay not to have labels nor label anyone else. Step back. We're all just trying to figure it out.
You've heard the saying, 'Analysis creates paralysis.' You can't be 100 percent sure of anything.
Antidepressants are very good, but it's a clinical cosh, really. Sometimes you have to be knocked out, just to stop; when you're in that state all you want to do is just sleep, and rest your body and your brain.
It's interesting when you wind up distilling all your ambitions and your goals and dreams into one single person. It's giving that person a lot of power.
Oh, gosh, first of all, Paula Deen is my idol. I adore that woman. I got to be on her show a few months ago, and I'm telling you that was at the top of my bucket list.
I know my theories and findings are hard for you to accept because they are so original and extraordinary.
At the Emmys, you've got a bunch of people who are used to being on TV on TV. You don't have that at the Oscars. At the Oscars, you have people who are used to having 40 takes.
Think about it: If you don't have any actual, tangible skills, then how can you do anything? You may be laughing and nodding, but do you realize how few people, when asked the basic question, 'What can you do?' stumble on the answer and have nothing to say? Most people.
It seems like the older bands are bigger than ever. We get a mixed crowd where you have kids and old blokes like me.
Constantly probe the people who report to you, and encourage them to probe you.
Once you label me you negate me.
The first monster you have to scare the audience with is yourself.
I was lucky enough to create my own dress, deciding on every single design detail. But, even if you don't have a custom dress, you can still create a signature wedding-day look with personalization - a belt, altering the sleeves, etc. But, when creating your bridal style, the most important thing to remember is to make it feel like you.
You create superheroes to take care of problems that can't really be solved another way.
Not only is writing more important than ever, but visual literacy is vital. We don't teach enough design, art, visual things. We have to recognize what we're seeing. It matters if you send someone a cluttered design. It matters more than ever.
You may not seem able to change some outer circumstances but you can start by changing your inner experience of life and yourself.
TV's 'real' agenda is to be 'liked,' because if you like what you're seeing, you'll stay tuned. TV is completely unabashed about this; it's its sole raison.
I just don't believe that you have to come in and insult people when you want to change things.
I want to communicate through my music. If you want to know Geri Halliwell listen to my album: it tells you more about me than a documentary ever could.
I enjoy running in Doha. The stadium is close and intimate, which makes you feel connected with the fans.
My senior year I was basically supporting myself, so it was like, Do you want to eat and pay the rent, or do you want to go to school? I wanted to eat and pay the rent.
What you want is the thing that critics love and audiences love, but that's the hardest thing to do.
I say what's on my mind and have a good time. I try to give people a show. It's all about giving people a good time once you get out under those lights.
For me, the short story is the depth of a novel, the breadth of a poem, and, as you come to the last few paragraphs, the experience of surprise.
There's a tendency to fall into certain habits, but if you tell yourself not to do that and if you don't stay there too long - I think if you start staying for too long, you tend to fall into certain bad habits, and I tried not to do that.
I'm trying to keep a level head. You have to be careful out in the world. It's so easy to get turned.
They're trying to beat out this movie, the Ring, which is a similar idea. Our movie is about a website you visit and die in three days. Their movie is about a videotape you watch - and die in three days.
I'd say the key thing is to remain true to what originally got you into music. When I wrote 'Hallelujah,' it ignited me to do music because of the love and joy that I got from writing that song. Down the road, you get all of these opinions from people; just remember what got you started in the first place.
I think what was frustrating to see a lot of good people go. You don't picture it, you don't imagine it, don't think it could happen. When it does, you are puzzled.
