I grew up with a very big extended family, with a lot of aunts. We had about five or six houses on one street.
'Billy Elliot' prides itself on being a family show, and it made sense to specifically cater to a family audience with an earlier evening curtain time.
At first, there was a separation of clubs and sketch comedy. Now there's all kinds of comedy, making us one big happy family.
I sometimes wonder if the tragedies my family has suffered are a kind of karmic price for all the fame and fortune the Bee Gees have had.
I'm a good liberal, and I grew up in a very liberal family and had very strongly held beliefs.
If the world could remain within a frame like a painting on the wall, I think we'd see the beauty then and stand staring in awe.
I've seen the majestic beauty of nature and the overwhelming perfection of it. To me, there's nothing closer to God than that.
That's the beauty of being a comedian - it's the one job you're allowed to do that. We're lucky. We're really lucky.
I guess I'd like people to be able to forget a lot of things and just enjoy the beauty of harmony and melody for a moment.
Beauty is not something you can count on. Usually, when people say you are beautiful, it is when there is a harmony between the inside and the outside.
I think the beauty of working with young people is they remind you of the spirit of acting and it's just a big play.
I would never like to endorse a fairness cream. I believe in natural beauty.
The reason that the all-American boy prefers beauty to brains is that he can see better than he can think.
Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with high clarinets and a carefully selected number of piccolos.
Beauty fades! I just turned 29, so I probably don't have that many good years left in me.
It's how you look at beauty. Is it only an outward appearance with hair and makeup and a hot body, or is it something deeper than that?
I loved the energy of Dublin and the fact that it's so close to the sea, with beauty spots such as Howth so close to hand.
A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.
I do an international beauty pageant called Queen of the Universe for UNESCO, and what we do is we build kindergartens around the world.
Remember always that the composer's pen is still mightier than the bow of the violinist; in you lie all the possibilities of the creation of beauty.
Often, the roles I'm offered in England are melancholic women who are filled with regret for the past, regret for their fading beauty.
