I've personally never wanted to be 'the babe', and refuse to let vanity get in the way of my acting because I don't see my job as being a beautiful person.
Take personal responsibility. A lot of people go, 'Well, I'll get a dog because I have a kid and a kid needs a dog.' And it doesn't work out for that dog and the dog is on the street.
I was trying to write an autobiography using prints and patterns that reference emotional, psychological, and personal development in my work, as a person growing up, figuring out who I was. I used fabrics to stand in for occurrences.
I start with actors that I know personally or I know their work, and there are things about their work or their presence or their own personality that make a character, that exaggerates some qualities and suppresses other qualities. It's always a rea...
For me, you don't ever want to be defined by the color of your skin. You want to be defined by your work ethic, the person that you are, your character, your personality. That's what I've tried to go out and do.
Obviously, personal responsibility is important. But there's no evidence that people who are poor are less ambitious than anyone else. In fact, many work long hours at backbreaking jobs.
All good art, to me, is uncertainty.
No good story is quite true.
You change your mind-set, and as long as you've got a good mind-set, you'll know everything is good.
I'm being a dad and a good husband.
I was a good student, but I didn't like school.
I have an awfully good life.
I've had lots of good advice.
I know I have pretty good instincts.
Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
Fred Armisen does a pretty good me.
There's nothing like a good pair of heels.
You have to go where the good writing is.
Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness.
To be successful in struggle requires remembrance of the Creator and the doing of good deeds. This is important because successful struggle demands that there be a kind of social consciousness.
