There's no traditional three act structure - or beginning, middle and end - to a family tree. By its nature, it has almost infinite different branches, or episodes, to explore in every direction.
I think that people with differing points of view find common ground in 'Modern Family' is very flattering, and I'm appreciative of that.
I was raised on the values of speaking up and making a positive difference in a very political family that believed in the importance of public service.
The average bright young man who is drafted hates the whole business because an army always tries to eliminate the individual differences in men.
Just because you're working does not mean you're making money. That's two very different things in show business.
The business today is completely different and it's very producer driven, so that a songwriter needs to have producing chops, be a singer/songwriter, or find a singer to develop.
Probably a concern to either a major or minor degree with most actors if they're really motivated to kind of make a significant difference in the business is the 'pigeon-holing' thing.
In business, there's a constant focus on developing strategies, reviewing executive performance against those strategies each year, engaging with opposing or different points of view, and having intellectual dialogue.
People are definitely a company's greatest asset. It doesn't make any difference whether the product is cars or cosmetics. A company is only as good as the people it keeps.
But Apple really beats to a different drummer. I used to say that Apple should be the Sony of this business, but in reality, I think Apple should be the Apple of this business.
I learned that kids in show business are so different from regular, average students. They would gather behind you and help you to succeed in any way possible.
One of the fantastic things about books, fiction or non-fiction, is the way they give you a chance to look into different lives.
When men and women are able to respect and accept their differences then love has a chance to blossom.
I try to combine in my paintings cinematic feeling, emotional feeling, and sometimes actually writing on the page to combine all the different elements of communication.
To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.
There is nothing I would change - to change it I would have had to write a totally different book.
I guarantee you that two directors that are any good can take the same story, change the name of the characters, change the name of the town, and make an entirely different picture.
They have all different names for music. I think the music I'm going to change the style with is going to be really, really big-years and years after I'm gone.
I think sometimes people are scared to change. Sometimes people are scared to do something different, especially if they've been successful at something.
It is absolutely impossible to transcend the laws of nature. What can change in historically different circumstances is only the form in which these laws expose themselves.
The cooperation of government at its different levels is important and can only be achieved as long as the people of Chicago are directly involved in our efforts and supportive of our goals.
