After you do a joke a few times, you have material that you know works. Although sometimes I have a joke that has worked a bunch of times, and then one night it'll flop.
I love going to movies. It's just big, it takes you away, you can escape into it.
Slowly but surely, I went through different phases of fame, and each rises you further into isolation and alienation.
If you get trapped in the idea that what is most important is what image of yourself you're giving to the world, you're on a dangerous path.
Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly.
God is infinitely valuable. I can't think of anything that would have a greater impact on your life than for you to believe that.
My identity is linked to my grandmother, who's pure Filipino, as pure as you can probably get. And that shaped my imagination. So that's how I identify.
Well, there are all kinds of gutters. Life will supply you with gutters.
In life you get one take, and it's perfect.
Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck.
Use gentle means before you come to extremity, and whatever lesson you work him, and never take above half his strength, nor ride him till he is weary, but a little at a time and often.
I liked Los Angeles for odd reasons. For one, there was no sense of community. You were really left to your own resources, spending this inordinate amount of time alone in a balloon of an automobile. I liked that a lot.
You don't want to pigeonhole yourself.
I'm fairly competant as a director and actor, but I am Mr. Neurotic as a writer. I just don't have enough confidence in my abilities to take criticism well. I take it personally. Start with 'It's a masterpiece,' and then tell me what you think could be changed.
If somebody thinks they're a hedgehog, presumably you just give 'em a mirror and a few pictures of hedgehogs and tell them to sort it out for themselves.
Especially with a comedy, you've got the clear cut goal of trying to make a scene funny. It's not like drama where you're trying to achieve some kind of emotion or trying to further the story along. You're trying to figure out what's the funniest way to do something.
When you're famous, you don't get to meet people because they want you to like them when the present themselves to you, and you don't see the real people.
The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.
There is no question that creative intelligence comes not through learning things you find in books or histories that have already been written, but by focusing on and giving value to experience as it happens.
It's always fun when you're doing the CGI stuff, to actually get to work with someone who is real, who's there.
I can tell you that the Canadian intelligence and law enforcement agencies have been providing outstanding co-operation with our intelligence and law enforcement agencies as we work together to track down terrorists here in North America and put them out of commission.
Who is a professional? A professional is someone who has a combination of competence, confidence and belief. A water diviner is a professional. A traditional midwife is a professional. A traditional bone setter is a professional. These are professionals all over the world. You find them in any inaccessible village around the world.
Touring is tough. You're almost in a haze because you don't really know where you are half the time: You're in a hotel room one moment, and the next thing you know, you're onstage performing for 60,000 people, then you're back on an airplane. It's very hectic and I couldn't do it without my family.
I think the most important thing is to have fun, and not to take things too seriously. Once you start doing that, then you'll start to crumble.
Your success story is a bigger story than whatever you're trying to say on stage. Success makes life easier. It doesn't make living easier.
The type of band that I have now, the type of music that we're playing you either like it or you dislike it. If you dislike it, you probably don't know why. By the same token, you can't even really say why you like it.
You know, every movie you make can't be great, no matter who you are.
One of O'Reilly's advantages is that we have a network of thousands of user groups to whom we give free books, to whom we advertise our products, and they spread the word. If you don't have that database, it's hard to get the attention of the market.
If you want plenty of experience in dealing with difficult people, then have kids.
Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid.
You will bear a commission from God, for you have received a call from God.
Whether you're on TV or on the stage, you have to work hard to stay fresh, real, and full of energy. You can't settle back. You always have to stay on your toes.
When you know that people know who you are, you are always working - and not the work you want to do. You are sort of performing, because you know they are looking - or at least glancing - at you.
What do folk always say about Arsenal? They can pass you to death.
Once you work with a studio on a film, the studio is sort of like this enormous clam that just opens, takes everything and then closes, and no one enters again. They own it all.
I think in conventional magazine wisdom, you need to have a redesign every decade or so.
