I have a strong belief that there is a god or a higher power. I think that if you have a strong belief in that, then you won't feel alone in life and you will feel you can get through anything.
That's the thing with 'Lost': you can put a spin on so many things.
If you're a man and you are confident and you are ambitious and strong, then you are a statesman and a leader. If you are a woman and you have those qualities, well, they have a not-so-flattering term for that.
You size up someone physically in less than one second - too tall, too short, too fat, too thin, too old, too young, too stuffy, too scruffy.
If you just stay with it and take it scene by scene, episode by episode, all of the questions that I have, as an actor, tend to answer themselves.
I once waited on a group of 10 people, and one guy collected the money from the check and tipped me $20 on $600. I told him in front of everyone, 'Jews like you give Jews like me a bad name.' That was my last waitressing job.
Assets put money in your pocket, whether you work or not, and liabilities take money from your pocket.
Do you know that every unbeliever is filled with a demon spirit?
Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.
I think that my general feeling about the United States is that democracy works, and I've believed that my whole life, and my experience as a businessperson for 30 years was if you ignore the sound and fury, American democracy works if you give it enough time.
If you think squash is a competitive activity, try flower arranging.
I was at a party New Year's Eve, and - no lie - at least 10 different people came up to me. One guy was like, 'I lost 30 pounds because of you.' So people just coming up to me. I don't know these people - random people.
If you're lucky to have three close people in your life, you're blessed.
There certainly is such a thing as screen chemistry, although I don't believe you find it frequently.
I prefer playing in the studio because you have much more control over things.
No, we always had something to do because I did all the wave runners and jet skis and boats approaching the atolls and stuff like that, so you could do that without showing the actual atoll or the set that you're going towards, but detailing all those guys racing towards it.
If you ask me what I think about going to work every day, it's 9/11 and preventing another 9/11. There were too many people I knew.
I've spent enough time with soldiers to know that once they get to know you and they loosen up and become themselves, they are some of the biggest hams and most charismatic, cocky, fun, humorous guys I've ever met.
You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy.
At the Grammys, you walk down the halls and everyone's got five security guards. You can't talk to anybody. You always feel out of place, like, 'Hey, the rednecks are in town!'
A kid grows up a lot faster on the golf course. Golf teaches you how to behave.
There will be the 5% on the fringe of any hardcore fanbase that get angry about any change you make to the source material. The truth is that novels, games, comics, and what-have-you are not usually ready to be slapped up on screen as-is.
Whether or not you could actually increase the size of the force is something that will have to be determined.
I've always liked root vegetables because most of them have a natural sweetness. They have a high fructose content, especially when you cook them and caramelize them in a saute pan. Or you can take a turnip and cook it slowly in the oven until it's browned, and it takes on a kind of sweetness. These vegetables are pretty easy to like.
Everything that's going on within the peloton - there's about ten different races going on. There is also a survival element to it - I love the fact that it's so epic. You crash on a bike, the first thing you do is try and get back up on it. No whinging!
There's a God force inside of you that gives you a will to live.
I know what it's like to have a bunch of material that's working that you don't care about. You want to die.
It's easy to say you're more mature because all of a sudden you have a child, but it's a process.
What you have in legacy countries is long-term insolvency.
There's nothing worse than talking about yourself to find out that you're not that interesting.
To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless.
Fantasy allows you bend the world and the situation to more clearly focus on the moral aspects of what's happening. In fantasy you can distill life down to the essence of your story.
I have a sort of Catholic-slash-Calvinist view of human nature, but every day I meet somebody who is doing cool things. So people get you out of your solitude and do things that exceed your expectations every day.
I'd rather drive the yellow brick road, you wouldn't happen to know of a rental car place around.
I think loss can fuel how you lead your whole life.
I'm a firm believer that it's not the way you look or what you have, but what you've got inside.
