Happiness is the absence of suffering. I think it's an interesting way of looking at it. I think the absence of suffering exists very rarely in the world we live in.
So my humor, I'd say, comes from a mixture of lowbrow comedy shows and highbrow theater. It's an interesting mix.
I don't need someone with a hot body. He can be fat or overweight and have a belly. It's very much about style and substance and humor, interest, curiosity and really being smart.
I'm interested in history, in trying to relate the past to the present and to understand how people thought about their problems and pleasures.
Most filmmakers aren't very interested in history. They worry constantly that people will be bored.
I am now reading Cooper's Naval History which I find very interesting.
The financial history of the Baltimore and Ohio since the close of the nineteenth century is interesting chiefly in connection with changes in the control of the property.
I prefer home-schooling because you can work at your own pace and go towards more what you're interested in, whether it be history or geography or math.
I think any period in history can be adapted into interesting fiction, as long as you approach the actual history with respect.
It's more interesting because you get to research the history of the period, and all the different aesthetic elements that make a film, particularly this film, so stunning.
Self-deception ultimately explains Japan's plight. The Japanese have never accepted that change is in their interest - and not merely a response to U.S. criticism.
As an actor, the second and last ones were interesting for me. Because those parts had the most change in playing someone who was both light and dark, sort of Jekyl and Hyde.
I have a car in Nebraska. When I bought it, they gave me a satellite radio, and there's an 'indie-rock' station. It's just nothing I'm interested in.
I am interested in the idea of 'taste.' And by 'taste,' I mean opinion, inspiration and the craft of creating a personality through fabric and design.
Acting isn't for me. I don't like being told what to do. I'm more interested in set design, more visually driven.
When you really don't like a guy, they're all over you, and as soon as you act like you like them, they're no longer interested.
We are not in Afghanistan for the sake of the education policy in a broken 13th-century country. We are there so the people of Britain and our global interests are not threatened.
There's a great appetite for smart television. Every day I get up and there are interesting stories I want to do.
I had a great interest in sports. I had three older brothers who were great athletes. I was not.
I love great writing. I like interesting characters. I like to work with people who push me to be better, to elevate my game.
Perhaps the great American Republic, whose interests lie in the Pacific and who has no hand in the spoliation of Africa, may someday dream of foreign possession.
