I am an American, not by accident of birth but by choice. I voted with my feet and became an American because I love this country and think it is exceptional.
When I went to India, I became absolutely obsessed with the idea of building a hotel in India. I've never done a hotel, and I'd love to do public spaces in that culture.
My name became a brand, and I'd love to say that was the plan from the start. But the only plan was to keep writing books. And I've stuck to that ever since.
We have all encountered some failures in our life, but some people became failures because they perceived theirs to be permanent.
This continuity of sound and form was something that I became really interested in from working with Ligeti. He was always going on about how form has to be continuous.
I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.
When I went to college, I discovered the Sega console, and 'Sonic the Hedgehog' became very dear to me.
No one ever became, or can become truly eloquent without being a reader of the Bible, and an admirer of the purity and sublimity of its language.
I became quite successful very young, and it was mainly because I was so enthusiastic and I just worked so hard at it.
I had to get a job, and of course, the job was 'The Godfather.' That made me be something I didn't know I was going to be. I became a big-shot director.
Rahul had wondered how someone could love their beloved so much that their dedication to them became one of the wonders of the world.
When I got pregnant, I became very interested in natural products. You wonder what you're putting on your skin when you're carrying a child.
From that moment our love became sad, and sadness is a disease which gives the death-blow to affection.
All my siblings became artists. One's a novelist, my brother is a painter, my sister was a costume designer.
I became a journalist partly so that I wouldn't ever have to rely on the press for my information.
One of my earliest memories is of bashing the keyboard with my hands, my chubby little baby hands, and I remember the sound hitting my face. It became my toy.
When I started writing songs, I was doing it for myself and a small circle of friends. And gradually, over the years, an audience became involved.
A friend bought me a plane ticket to Hawaii, which is where I got discovered and became an actor, so I guess a friend bought me a winning lottery ticket.
I used to comfort myself when I became an actor that it was a useful job, entertaining people. And it was important to do it as well as you possibly can.
I only became an actor to get your attention, to challenge the archetype of an African American male; I can't be anything else in this lifetime than an African American man.
No, Jar Jar Binks was fine by me but probably went on a little bit too long. When they were in trouble and were battling, it should have been more serious and it became a bit too silly.
