According to the percentage people, you would be perfectly comfortable.
The thing about lying is, it is quite exhausting - you have to remember a lot.
As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
You do what you can for as long as you can, and when you finally can't, you do the next best thing. You back up but you don't give up.
Shame is the feeling you have when you agree with the woman who loves you that you are the man she thinks you are.
We could in fact transport a person, say a kid who didn't know what it was like to be in a civil rights march. We could actually take you into that experience, so that you could better appreciate what happened and why it happened.
I'm not a huge spender. Sometimes when you pay a lot, you're paying for the company's advertising. It feels ridiculous to pay for a name.
The more you are known, the more difficult it is to hide behind characters.
I think if you're fame-hungry, go out to a nightclub and get drunk... why do that? I don't understand how some people would want fame so bad that they'd go out and get negative attention to earn it.
Any agreement that you have isn't going to be based on North Korea's intentions or trust.
As you get older, you sometimes feel that it's harder and harder to get something new and wonderful to come into your life.
Always remember that others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.
You exist only in what you do.
I used to work in a fire hydrant factory. You couldn't park anywhere near the place.
In Malaysia where the front end pushes so much, extra engine braking is really going to help you.
You reach a point when you say to yourself, 'Do I want to keep doing this?' There are other things on my plate I want to do - I've been writing a play; I've been neglecting my standup.
You think of movies like 'Midnight Run' and '48 Hours', those are great movies, especially 'Midnight Run.'
Because you have things like 'American Idol' and you've got radio stations that play music made entirely by computers, it's easy to forget there are bands with actual people playing actual instruments that rock.
You want to throw yourself in as many uncomfortable places as possible, if you want to build muscles in uncomfortable parts of your body and grow as an artist.
Jump out the window if you are the object of passion. Flee it if you feel it. Passion goes, boredom remains.
I hate to say it, but the older you get, you really do have to cut down on the amount you eat. Less food and less portions.
I've always loved massive worlds, whether in fantasy or science fiction. I like the idea of making my own rules as well as utilizing everything that I love or inspires me. It's very freeing to know you can write a story that can be as big as your own imagination.
The hardest part is making the time to write. Not finding the time to write, mind you. Making.
Two years before the last election you nor anyone else would have predicted that Barack Obama was going to get elected president of the United States.
Everyone said that if you want to be a real actor, go to New York. If you want to sell out, go to LA. And I thought - I want to sell out!
You may not realize this, but people have the power to change the world.
So stick up ivy and the bays, and then restore the heathen ways, green will remind you of the Spring, though this great day denies the thing, and mortifies the earth, and all, but your wild revels, and loose hall.
As far as characters in fiction that I really admire - it's pretty strong to say you would wish that you had created another character - but I'll throw out Will Graham, the protagonist in 'Red Dragon,' a book I've read several times.
I learned to change my accent; in England, your accent identifies you very strongly with a class, and I did not want to be held back.
In order to be creative you have to be allowed to fail.
If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.
My dear, did you ever stop to think what a wonderful bunker you would make?
Wouldn't you like to have heard the voice of Shakespeare, or Jesus Christ?
One of the things I've really gotten past in the last couple of years is the idea of being made uncomfortable by the way things appear, rather than how things are. Clearly in this business you have to contend with a lot of that.
To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.
TV is so different from the movies. It takes a lot of stamina because you work such long hours. It is really challenging. You are learning the next day's lines while you are shooting today's scenes. I found courage I never realised I had. I hope to do more.
