Don't make it new; make it whole.
It's up to the actor to make sure they don't get typecast.
I've always gotten a positive reaction to doing African-American characters.
Korean cinema is very improvisational, and there is a unique power that stems from this.
As an actor, you're sort of the court-appointed lawyer for the character.
Art is to console those who are broken by life.
Everything starts from a dot.
I work in an impatient way.
It might be thematic work. It might be theatrical. I enjoy that kind of work.
You have to work with the ideas and give them a little push.
I criticize my own work pretty harshly.
And failure, if you want to know, Dakota, is just another opportunity to try again.
The city takes a breath on Sunday. Of all that’s lost with the pursuit of what’s next, I hope we don’t lose that…
When I was writing my autobiography, these songs came up from time to time which were important to me, and I realized that what they really represented was, they'd come from this age of shared music.
I was curious and hungry at a young age, and jazz was such a mystery to me, an ocean where you can express yourself in the moment. It represented freedom, it represented wearing wings and going somewhere with music.
In my old age, my mind gets more open, and I listen to so many different types of music and I guess that all reflects in my work.
I didn't imagine getting to 50, let alone still be playing music. When I was 18, I thought it'd all be over by the time I was 21.
I've known Shawn for several years. And he's just an amazing talent. He's a great writer, a marvelous, marvelous guitar player, and plays really good fiddle.
Metallica is like the phoenix rising from the ashes. We set everything on fire, and this is what has risen from it - 'St. Anger' being the fire and 'Death Magnetic' being the phoenix.
I love prints of skulls and bones and have some taxidermy - a crow and a rabbit - to remind me of home. I like art and have a big portrait of Bjork.
My parents worked in the art world. They were really supportive of my music in that they allowed me to drop out of school and move out of our home, which not many parents would do.
