You were not built for comfort and convenience. You were built to overcome.
Expats are a self-selecting group of outgoing, confident people - if you're not those things, you probably don't choose this adventure - and the lifestyle is very conducive to making fast, close friends.
The moors have this weird energy. They trap you.
You can't fake creativity, competence, or sexual arousal.
If you don't have a spiritual practice in place when times are good, you can't expect to suddenly develop one during a moment of crisis.
I got very famous for a minute and then it just all went away, you know? And for the last 20 years - you've got to pick yourself up and dust yourself off and then go on your merry way and start again, in a sense, and that's what I've been doing.
I've gone through many, many things. I tell you something, that if it doesn't kill you, you get stronger.
A lot of auditions are not fun; they're just a necessary evil, and, if you're lucky, you have a few moments that are fun.
I'm getting a wrinkle above my eyebrow because I just can't stop lifting it, and I love that you know.
You know you've made it when you've been moulded in miniature plastic. But you know what children do with Barbie dolls - it's a bit scary, actually.
I wanted to be in a band that gave bang for the buck. I wanted to be in the band who didn't look like a bunch of guys who, you know, should be in a library studying for their finals.
What matters is that you are doing what you think is right based on the standards which you hold.
Country music fans are extremely supportive. Once they're with you, they're with you for life.
That's the great thing about having your friends around you. I've known these guys forever. I really enjoy their company just as people. You couldn't ask for a better work environment.
I have vanity and greed enough for one person. But at the same time, I feel in my bones you lose a lot of life's value if you don't see yourself as a member of the family of man.
You know, I'm kind of a wild crazy workaholic guy.
That taught me one lesson which is that you're naive to believe that bands can change the world. Bands are very naive to think that just if their audience thinks that they can change the world, that they can. That was quite a lesson for my career, really.
Winning is obviously the biggest thing. Because if you don't win, nothing really matters. You can have all the money in the world, and they can still call you a loser.
For many members of Congress, the time for choosing is near - do what the party leadership demands, or do what the people have asked you to do. If my colleagues don't mind some advice from a newcomer, I'd suggest going with the will of the people.
Do you know what a blessing it is to make movies that make people happy?
You can do something as simple as drinking two cups of water before a meal to fill your belly a bit so that you don't overeat, or change up your cheese from dairy to nondairy.
I can drive. Let's just say you don't want to be in the passenger seat.
What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give 'em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause - that I can respond to.
But some people will say you just did these programs. Well, yes, the programs are important and I'm proud of the programs, but mostly I'm proud of the way the San Francisco Symphony plays these programs.
If I stunk for some reason, you can always blame it on the character.
You learn at a certain point that you have to focus on the business side of music. After getting ripped off a couple of times, you figure out that you need to get a grip on it.
The world can't tell you who you are. You've just got to figure out who you are and be there, for better or worse.
You can't get away from who you are I guess.
I grew up believing that my parents helped change the world. I was so in awe of them, and I wondered how I could measure up. I mean, how do you change the world - again?
What we do as actors is we go through phases where you superficially learn all this information.
Hopefully when you see the movie, Maybe you don't have the Orlando in your life, but you know that guy. He goes to church. He's down the street. He's one of the boys at the schoolyard. They exist.
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.
I think it's a shame that we have 'Bild' like you have the 'Sun'. Now serious newspapers like 'FAZ' and 'Spiegel' use a bit of the tone of 'Bild.' This is terrible.
You learn more doing than doing training.
There's a lot of young authors out there, and people do seem to forget: in order to write well, you do need to have some experience.
There used to be this feeling under Eisenhower and Kennedy and Roosevelt and Truman that government was a solution. Trust in the presidency fell precipitously under Johnson - real lows. And it's never come back. It's a trend that, if you're liberal, is really discouraging.
