You do not chop off a section of your imaginative substance and make a book specifically for children, for - if you are honest - you have no idea where childhood ends and maturity begins. It is all endless and all one.
Evil wants you to think that its power is absolute, endless. It wants to so make you quake and quiver that all you'll do is fall down and worship it.
It is a great shock at the age of five or six to find that in a world of Gary Coopers you are the Indian.
In my early twenties, I had no idea who I was. And I think that's one reason you should try different relationships. I've had good and bad ones, but I took away things from them that helped me become who I am.
Everybody likes the underdog, because everybody feels like the underdog. No matter how successful you are, you always think, 'No one's being nice enough to me!'
I promise not to become a source of shame for you.
You have to hold onto your fantasy.
And, so yeah, I'll always want to work in independent films because you're not forced into a category or a formula.
Well, I think any time you delve into this sort of religion, politics, as you well know, you're going to, you know, touch a few nerves. I wasn't - now - and this is the honest truth.
Always do everything you ask of those you command.
If you listen through the screen of your desires, then you obviously listen to your own voice; you are listening to your own desires.
Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.
Oh, I must be ambitious, mustn't I? I'm sure I always have been. I think you can only get away with pretending you're not for so long. After that, it becomes ridiculous.
One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it's such a nice change from being young.
When you go in and do a cool, small character, it feels less like work and more like fun.
I mean, every Star Trek episode you saw was just phenomenal.
I guess people think the taller you are the more dominant you have to be.
If you don't score, and you have chances, you are disappointed.
You gotta remember: the record industry, in order for it to really thrive, has got to attract great people.
People's behavior makes sense if you think about it in terms of their goals, needs, and motives.
My average day on 'Leverage' starts at 5 A. M. and ends 12 to 14 hours later. An hour drive to the set and back sometimes makes the day unbearably long. You have to grab a few minutes to yourself where you can.
You want your partner to objectify you.
That's where I began to ask questions that maybe don't have one specific answer. And the more people you get answers from, the richer the environment becomes.
Here's what I tell anybody and this is what I believe. The greatest gift we have is the gift of life. We understand that. That comes from our Creator. We're given a body. Now you may not like it, but you can maximize that body the best it can be maximized.
There are things you just can't do in life. You can't beat the phone company, you can't make a waiter see you until he's ready to see you, and you can't go home again.
I think it is such an amazing moment when people realize what they are and what they can be, and they start putting themselves out into the world. I think you can see it in people when it's happening. They look different.
The big shock of my life was Abstract Expressionism - Pollock, de Kooning, those guys. It changed my work. I was an academically trained student, and suddenly you could pour paint, smear it on, broom it on!
If you kiss on the first date and it's not right, then there will be no second date. Sometimes it's better to hold out and not kiss for a long time. I am a strong believer in kissing being very intimate, and the minute you kiss, the floodgates open for everything else.
My heart's in stage. Making 'Quadrophenia' was exciting because we were riding around on scooters with no crash helmets. But 'hurry up and wait' is the anthem of films. Everybody wants you ready, and then you sit doing nothing.
When you are a media celebrity, every word you speak is dissected, as are those you choose not to speak.
Every time I do a talk show or something, I'll be like, 'I'm doing 'Chandelier,' right?' and they're like, 'No, you're doing a skit and three dances.' It's different every time. I never really know what I'm doing until the day before.
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
I just thought it was magic that you could stick a bit of paper in some coffee-type liquid and a picture comes out.
No matter how much you make the world a part of your life through social media, it's never enough. They all want more, and I truly understand why. It's their never-ending love for me that wants to know every detail of my life possible.
They're - FBI agents are some of the finest people you'll find anyplace in the country or the world. And I'm lucky to have the opportunity to work with them.
God gave me a voice to sing with, and when you have that, what other gimmick is there?
