The truth of the matter is that the people who succeed in the arts most often are the people who get up again after getting knocked down. Persistence is critical.
The only way I know how to deliver is to focus; some people can turn it on or off - I'd rather stay in character.
Politicians are easy to attack, but frankly, we are all guilty of not meeting the needs of Africa's young people properly.
When some people get angry, they turn into victims, but when I get angry, I turn to action.
A lot of people do not like singer-songwriters, and a lot of people who like them do not like hard rock. It's either-or.
I try to talk about things I know about. But my characters are more of a combination of people or how I imagine people would feel.
Some people in your life Touch you so very deeply That you drown totally in that depth.
I feel I'm two people: I have my interest in acting and I have a lot of other political interests I'd like to pursue.
Rock helps me communicate directly with the people because rock doesn't lie, and people are fed up with lying politicians.
When people say to me, 'You're like the Anna Kournikova who wins,' I definitely take it as a compliment, because she's quite gorgeous.
I am lucky, that is all. Lucky because there are a lot of people - producers, directors, people who buy tickets - who put confidence in me.
I think I can speak for a lot of people in that they would be pretty nervous about meeting Harrison Ford, and I was definitely one of those people.
People will make mean comments. People are going to say that you're fat, that you're this, that you're that. You just have to be comfortable in your own skin.
I like, though, that people have a hunger to connect with other people. They're desperate to know that you're not lying to them or misleading them.
Rich people don't pay taxes? Of course they pay taxes - they pay tons in taxes. They pay for everyone else who doesn't pay taxes.
No matter what cause one defends, it will suffer permanent disgrace if one resorts to blind attacks on crowds of innocent people.
I've come to terms with the fact that if you're on TV, lots of people like you and lots of people hate you, and once you're OK with that, you apply it to everything.
Some people can't be fooled on April Fool's Day because they were fooled too many times during their entire lifetime.
Some people wear their heart up on their sleeve. I wear mine underneath my right pant leg, strapped to my boot.
The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant.
