Overall I think that the most important thing is to have true friends, and always to stay true to yourself and never try to be somebody that you're not.
If you say simply that pressures toward democracy are created by the market, I would say yes.
If you can remember anything about the sixties, you weren't really there.
I do not believe, even remotely, that you have to have a partner in your life in order to be whole, in order to be complete, in order to be fulfilled. You just don't have to.
Your connections might get you in the door, but it won't keep you there. And if you haven't prepared, you'll suck.
To me, that means getting back to the point where our Constitution means that you don't tap people's phones and poke into their e-mail and you don't arrest people and keep them hidden for a year and a half without charging them.
Living in L.A., everyone likes to mold you and change you. I don't care about fame, I don't care about being a celebrity. I know that's part of the job, but I don't feed into anyone's idea of who I should be.
Things don't just fall into place because you have a dream. You're always going to have those negative thoughts. Our minds love to play with us - we're going to be our own worst critics - but I just say to myself, 'File it back.' I just try to bring any negative thoughts to light and deal with them, so I can file them away.
That's the shock: All cliches are true. The years really do speed by. Life really is as short as they tell you it is. And there really is a God - so do I buy that one? If all the other cliches are true... Hell, don't pose me that one.
You may delay, but time will not.
I think some people record songs and make records a certain way to cater to radio. If you're born to make commercial music that's cool. But if you're born to not make commercial records, maybe you're meant to cater to another market.
The peak of a career can only last so long. You go up and you try to maintain it. But, it can only last so long and then you're going to go down.
Pulp existed for 12 years before we got famous. Now, you could say that was just lack of imagination, but it's some kind of quality isn't it? Tenacity. You could also say it was sloth.
Autobiographies are only useful as the lives you read about and analyze may suggest to you something that you may find useful in your own journey through life.
Russia also declared its independence. This was approved by the Supreme Soviet, and you know and remember that there was the Declaration on the Independence of Russia.
When something really extreme happens, you have to find a way to embrace that and include it in how you think about the character. Sometimes it's not easy.
When I left drama school, there were dozens of rep theatres you could apply to where you got a good training.
We all fantasize about work that uses our creativity, is self-directed, happens during the hours we choose, and occurs in an attractively lit setting with fascinating people - you know, jobs like women have on TV.
You can read about it all you want, but there is no substitute for just doing it.
If you are in a position to influence someone, you are a leader.
That's how you get a performance - they put trust in you.
I don't know about you, but every time some joker points me out as I walk through an airport wearing extra-small Dolfin shorts, a tank top and leg warmers, I get a little upset.
I think if you're too embroiled in the need to relate too closely to the character, then you start to judge the character for the audience rather than to present it to the audience for their enjoyment and them to mull over the questions that the characters present.
If you feel glamorous, you definitely look glamorous.
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
The best way to have your people be happy and satisfied is to earn the right to have them come back to work for you the next day, knowing that there are tons of other places.
I just got one last thing, I urge all of you, all of you, to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have. To spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you're emotions going.
You have not found your place until all your faculties are roused, and your whole nature consents and approves of the work you are doing.
I'm still waiting for someone to call me to cater their wedding. But that's gonna cost you. If you want my cousin Jerez to play the sax, that's going to cost you a little more. The sky's the limit after that.
When you compete with Wal-Mart, even if you think you've found a niche don't ever become complacent.
You can never reach the promised land. You can march towards it.
You have got to clean your own house first before you tell other people that they aren't doing it right.
You need to write on your own and produce your own life.
Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it.
You never monkey with the truth.
Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say, I will do better tomorrow.
