I have found that a smile and a stick will carry you through all right, and in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred it is the smile that does the trick.
In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are.
My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.
To be successful you have to be lucky, or a little mad, or very talented, or find yourself in a rapid growth field.
I'm thinking in terms of a point of departure, a field of action for performers to express an expressive need of mine which hopefully the context of music would convey.
I was the type of guy that used to get up in the morning and go out and just out run everybody on the field without stretching or warming up or anything.
I, a late riser, fantasise about getting up every morning at 5 A.M. to fetch the horses in from the fields.
Graceful aging starts by leveling the playing field between emotional landmines and physical grievances.
My workplace is wherever I'm making something, which could be in a field in gold country, or in an abandoned warehouse on a military base.
When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children, as they are already stretched and pulled to such a length that the child cannot do much harm one way or the other.
One of my pet peeves about biblical epics was that the characters' costumes always looked like they're just out of the dry cleaners.
We've begun to long for the pitter-patter of little feet - so we bought a dog. Well, it's cheaper, and you get more feet.
I grew up in that world of power and politics in Washington, but when you grow up around it, you are completely unfazed by it.
I'm not interested in politics. I lose interest the microsecond it ceases to be emotional, when something becomes a political movement. What I'm interested in is emotions.
But I'm not interested in politics. I lose interest the microsecond it ceases to be emotional, when something becomes a political movement. What I'm interested in is emotions.
I entered politics from a completely different background from other people in this field, and that has helped me to see and deal with things differently.
I'd just as soon not get into a discussion about Jane and her politics. I'd just as soon stick to what we're here for, the picture.
Meanwhile, politics is about getting a candidate in front of the public as a star, politics as rock'n'roll, politics as a movie.
I don't like to talk about politics. If you say you're a Democrat, that'll turn off Republicans, and that's half of your fan base.
I like to talk about lint and coasters, the expansion of the universe and maybe McDonald's. I'm completely turned off by the idea of politics.
