I don't think you should do something just to prove to an audience that you can do it, that's way out of your wheelhouse.
As actors you're always going to take certain roles that are in your comfort zone and take ones that aren't.
You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
If you're not a confident person, pretend to be one.
My family are massive fans of 'I'm A Celeb,' so that would be pretty cool. There's so many areas where you can go in and enjoy, but I just like meeting new people.
Hollywood is a roulette wheel. Each project dictates what's going to happen for you next, and it doesn't really matter that your project is critically acclaimed or won awards or has fans worldwide. It's a matter of how many movie tickets and DVDs and on-demand movies that you sell.
Surely there is grandeur in knowing that in the realm of thought, at least, you are without a chain; that you have the right to explore all heights and depth; that there are no walls nor fences, nor prohibited places, nor sacred corners in all the vast expanse of thought.
I love my fans in Philadelphia, but this is the hardest place in the world to play in. And I think it's the hardest place to play in to be a superstar. Just to be the No. 1 guy. All eyes on you - because everybody wants you to be perfect, but not themselves.
I can't impress enough upon people that if you tell an honest story that people relate to and people believe and invest in, you can do anything.
America beats on you so hard the whole time. You are constantly being pummeled by other people's rights and their sense of patriotism.
My father is a chemist, my mother was a homemaker. My parents instilled in us the feeling that learning was the most exciting thing that could happen to you, and it never ends.
Growing up, we had 30, 40, 50 people coming through the house some Thanksgivings. Sometimes there was a kids' table; other times, the plate was just sitting on your lap. You get in where you fit in at that house.
A musical film is my idea of heaven. You can pre-record, you don't have to sing live. Singing live was the bit I hated the most. I never felt like a confident singer.
Why would I cry over a boy? I would never waste my tears on a boy. Why waste your tears on someone who makes you cry?
It puts you in a kind of a strange situation where everybody is looking at every little thing you do.
I've never been called quiet about anything in my life. However, I'm also not one of those people who thinks that because I have been moderately successful at playing make believe for a living that I am supposed to tell you who to vote for.
I think when you're trying to produce a relationship on screen that doesn't actually exist, perhaps sometimes there's a temptation to look at each other more, to touch each other more.
Comedy is very controlling - you are making people laugh.
That's the great thing with the WWE. They want you to be like John Cena, they want you to be like The Rock, and they definitely give you that platform.
Qualifying for the Olympic Games was one of those moments where you just cry because it was like you've climbed Mount Everest.
You should constantly write because your writing is always evolving and progressing. It's really important to start writing young.
I've been singing about love a long time now, because my kind of love carries a different flavor. My lyrics are not so outrageous as some. You have to think about a lot of different things. You get more mature with what you do - more experience, more capable, you know, the older you get.
You shouldn't have to justify your work.
You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.
It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower Is to bloom.
At the School of Visual Arts in New York, you can get your degree in Net art, which is really a fantastic way of thinking of theater in new ways.
Horseradish is one of those perk-me-ups. You can use it in a cocktail sauce, you can bread fish with it - it loses its punch when cooked. It's a 'What is that?' flavor. It adds depth of flavor to things.
A woman comes to a table, and you're supposed to get up. Period. But I don't always do it. In general, you're supposed to do it every time. But sometimes you're seated against the wall, and it's awkward.
His name, even, is part of the marketing scheme, I mean, Thelonious Sphere Monk - how can you think of a better name to fit his style of playing?
You always hope you'll surprise somebody with the work. If you write something human and appealing, the perfect reader could be anyone.
There's only so much you can do, but if somebody doesn't give you a chance there is nothing you can do.
You have to keep the business side together as well as the creative side. We have constantly surprised people and stayed with bands until they have grown on people.
The entire deaths of Vietnam died in vain. And they're dying in vain right this very second. And you know what's worse than a soldier dying in vain? It's more soldiers dying in vain. That's what's worse.
I remember in the spring of 1971, a hundred thousand people converged on the Pentagon in June of 1971. They threw blood; I guess it was goat's blood or something, on the steps to the Pentagon. People were being accused of being murderers and baby killers. You just can't imagine the civic outrage.
If you win, if you make money. If you do quality work, then other people of color, whatever color that is, can get in the door.
I was not what you'd call a first-class actor, but I did all right.
