It's not easy not getting playing time, but you have to keep showing up and working your tail off to be ready.
I hadn't given much thought to the prospect of a Hugo nomination at the time it happened, but obviously once you're nominated, winning one seems a bit less far-fetched than before.
I couldn't sing without a guitar. I like the way it feels to sing and be holding a guitar, even if I'm not playing it that much. All my idols that I grew up liking always had a guitar on them, but they didn't play it - Buddy Holly, John Lennon, Lou Reed, Elvis Costello. It's like having a partner with you.
Be true to your heart... put your whole heart and soul into it, and then whatever you do, it will shine through.
By doing, you become employable. It doesn't matter what the job is; by working, you learn new things, meet new people and are exposed to new ideas.
People vary. You change your style, your hair, and the way you dress. Talking differently will be a part of that.
The biggest thing was just getting comfortable out there in front of all the people and just the whole major setting and how difficult major championships are, how patient... you have to be.
If all the world hated you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved you, and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without friends.
I have directed good actors and have gone through the process which is more detailed in theater in a way. You have to get people to stay for two or three hours in a performance. They need more talk and rehearsal than in films.
I remember hearing someone say that good acting is more about taking off a mask than putting one on, and in movie acting, certainly that's true. With the camera so close, you can see right down into your soul, hopefully. So being able to do that in a way is terrifying, and in another way, truly liberating. And I like that about it.
Your soul either feels lifted by something that you read, or it feels squashed by it.
I think anytime you can affect people in general, in a positive way, then you're a lucky individual.
You can't do psychological thrillers. There's no audience. I've heard this. I've heard this from studios.
You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.
I spent many years trying to write a lot like Ben Folds or John Lennon or Rivers Cuomo. I think that's healthy when you're learning to write and seeing how chords fit together and how songs take shape.
You are Mrs. Reagan because Mr. Reagan loves you with all his heart.
Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong.
You'd be surprised at how undemanding acting is.
In all planing you make a list and you set priorities.
You're imperfect, and you're wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.
How wonderful it is to play with someone you feel very close to.
Rock 'n' roll is much easier if you're white.
Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something.
It's the way of life in Saginaw. If you're not tough, you don't survive.
George was getting alot of independence for himself in those days. He was writing more, and wanted things to go his way - where, when we first started things basically went John and Paul's way. You know, 'cuz they were the writers.
Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
I tell writers to keep reading, reading, reading. Read widely and deeply. And I tell them not to give up even after getting rejection letters. And only write what you love.
It's interesting because with a lot of people who I've met in comedy, it seems not to matter what your background is. In terms of formal schooling - I feel like that's a nineteenth century term - but in terms of where you went to high school or college, or wherever, all that really is irrelevant, I have found, in comedy.
You have to do things people see or you don't get to do anything.
Golf is the hardest game in the world. There is no way you can ever get it. Just when you think you do, the game jumps up and puts you in your place.
I love the stage - the fact that you only have one take to get it right, the interaction with the audience, and how every show is different even though you're doing the same thing.
You become so encapsulated in this world of being a star. People listen to what you say, you have this voice, it becomes unreal and you become far removed from the people you came from.
I always believe there's a reason why you go through everything.
Them pains, when blues pains grab you, you'll sing the blues right.
Wild animals are just as confused as people are now. You've got toxins in the water, oil, sewage, all sorts of things.
There can be legal conflicts over whether registering intent is enough to qualify you as an organ donor or whether a doctor must still ask your family's permission.
