I think a lot of great male comic actors are introspective, quiet personalities, which I really admire. But they are really able to turn it up when the camera's on.
The Bristol Channel was always my guide, and I was always able to draw an imaginary line from my bed to our house over in Wales. It was a great comfort.
It's stunning to me what kind of an impact even one person can have if they have the right passion, perspective and are able to align the interest of a great team.
But despite historic levels of obstruction, President Obama was able to bring the economy back from the verge of a second Great Depression.
I have had the good fortune of being able to sing with many of the finest voices in the world, and for someone who loves voices as I do, this is an enormous privilege.
To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.
I feel like I am a good person and a professional, very able leader of men.
But the reality is when you write a song, you should be able to strip away all the instruments and just have a song right there with an acoustic guitar and a voice, and the song should be good.
I'm blessed to be able to work at something that I'm good at, and that I love. It's not something I take for granted.
People have to be able to make money off their brains and their hearts. Or else we're all going to starve, and it's the machines that'll get good.
I have no issue with being a character actor. If you've been around enough that people are able to segregate you into that category, it means you're working. So that's good!
I went off to a school with the children of CEOs and diplomats. To be able to be at home with that group of people and at home with the desperately poor has been good for me in preparation for my coming to Washington.
In ten episodes, we were able to do our writers' room first. We did that all summer and wrote for 15 weeks and got everything in really good shape.
The whole celebrity thing never is normal and I think the fuller your life is, the more you are able to just kind of call a truce with it on a good day.
I never was able to do karate. That's calling me a good actor. I act like I can do anything.
Most women outlive their spouses. Divorce remains at record rates. It's important for a woman to be able to control her finances.
Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.
My biggest fear had always been getting hurt, and not being able to leave the game as a player on my own terms.
Most serious writers refuse to make themselves available to the things that technology is doing. I've never been able to understand this sort of fear.
Someone who wanted to challenge Orthodoxy would not be able to locate a building to hold a protest march in front of. The faith is too diffused.
I think, in the future, people are going to look back and say, 'I can't believe that gay and lesbian people had to fight to be able to get married.'
