Autism is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder that is characterized by social withdrawal, by repetitive behaviors and by some kind of focal attention in its classic form. Basically, it's an inability to relate to others.
Certainly, my manager Gary Ungar was the first person to give me any attention and hustle for me. This was back in 2009.
I pay a lot of attention to how things are done and the whole activity of building something is interesting.
In my case, self-absorption is completely justified. I have never discovered any other subject quite so worthy of my attention.
Telling lies and showing off to get attention are mistakes I made that I don't want my kids to make.
When something gets attention so quickly, people sometimes will look for reasons to find fault and tear it down.
You have to be smart to play a dumb blonde over and over again and keep the audience's attention without extraordinary physical equipment.
Improv as an actor makes you present in the moment. You listen, you're attentive. You're not acting so much as reacting, which is what you're doing in life all the time.
Acting and recording an album at the same time, that's not my sport. I could write a movie when my attention was paid to that. But I'm good at one thing at a time.
The anticipation-speculation that comes with a weekly schedule is a double-edged sword. Because people have more time to talk about things, some crazy ideas get a lot of attention.
I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold but I don't think I was really paying attention at that time.
I got on stage for the first time when I was seven. From seven until I was about nine it was probably more to do with just being on stage and having the attention.
Because our fight has been for such a long time we are isolated from the world, even after reconstruction we don't have much attention from people outside.
I was a pretty disruptive student in class in school. I had a hard time paying attention. I had what they call A.D.D. now, back then I was just a hyper kid.
Generally speaking, by the time a subculture such as steampunk secures the attention of major media, resulting in extensive coverage of the craze, said phenomenon is already on the way out.
In today's roller-coaster economy, hyper-competitive, fear-based, flat and global world, convincing anyone to do anything at any time requires getting their attention, creating their intention and turning it to action.
M: Sometimes we pay so much attention to our enemies, we forget to watch our friends as well.
Harry Ellis: [Trying to get the German Terrorist's attention] Hey, sprechen ze talk?
What the results are telling them is that the most money is spent in volume by young people. They also see young people as the consumers of tomorrow and are trying to capture their attention from their competitors.
You know, my main reaction to this money thing is that it's humorous, all the attention to it, because it's hardly the most insightful or valuable thing that's happened to me.
Unfortunately, little attention was paid to how Arafat ruled. In fact, some saw the harsh and repressive nature of Arafat's regime as actually bolstering the prospects for peace.
