There has to be an element of risk-taking for me in my work.
I work on stories rather than individual pictures.
I don't pay to have my dirty work done for me. I do it myself.
One must work and dare if one really wants to live.
I am not handsome, but when women hear me play, they come crawling to my feet.
I like women in film. I like women in general, but I especially like to show them on film. They are not ciphers.
The violence betwen women is unbelievable. Women try to make each other crawl so that their knees are bleeding.
The Obama administration has consistently refused to recognize Jerusalem as Israeli territory, let alone as the capital of Israel.
All I ever seek from good deeds is a measure of respect.
Postmodernism surely requires an even greater grasp of symbolism, as it's increasingly an art of gesture alone.
I've written for the last 15 years on TV shows, but now I'm doing the new Charlie Sheen program, 'Anger Management.'
One of the interesting things about comedy is it's tension release, and nothing creates tension faster than anger.
A certain amount of anger doesn't make us less empathetic, less humane, less loving. It just makes us real.
I had a lot of anger inside me and that came out at times that were not particularly advantageous to me career-wise.
I do stand up sometimes out of anger. Sometimes the greatest stuff comes from a dark place.
I understand Tea Partyers' anger with the system, but they are in way over their heads and often racially motivated, and I can't be part of that.
If I weren't involved with food, I'd be working in architecture. Design is that critical to me.
Industry executives sacrificed art for what sells and mega-stars now saturate the market with the same tired lyrics.
The sincerity of the art worker must permeate the song as naturally as the green leaves break through the dead branches in springtime.
The Futurists were an art movement in the early 20th century which basically glorified machines and the Industrial Revolution.
Use the creative process - singing, writing, art, dance, whatever - to get to know yourself better.
