I take pride in working very hard. You need to understand that hard work doesn't instantly pay off. My career grew gradually and taught me a lesson every step of the way.
The two most exciting things for me to get to work on 'The Wolverine' was getting to work with James Mangold, the director who directed '3:10 to Yuma' and 'Walk the Line' as well as getting to work with Hugh Jackman.
I just enjoy both working and not working. And fortunately, I work enough where I get that out of my system, and then we take a few days off, take a rest.
I think of doing a series as very hard work. But then I've talked to coal miners, and that's really hard work.
If I don't work for a while, I don't work for a while.
I get paid to work; I don't pay to work.
I work out sort of moderately.
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[Internationa] Aid is just another praetorian business enterprise.
It’s not as easy as it looks to come back from the dead.
The bottom line is down where it belongs - at the bottom.
I’m busy trying not to look like anything edible.
It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.
I'm a school dropout. So, at the age of 16, I moved to Mumbai to try my luck on some business.
So if there is a government grant offered for anything, like starting a business or going to school, they cannot discriminate because of your age.
I'm fortunate that I've been in this business long enough that I've earned the right to be left alone by my record company.
