When you're doing stand-up, you want to stand onstage and, to the extent that you can, uncomplicatedly entertain.
I think there is a big disjuncture between what we are served up as consumers and what we are served up as citizens.
Growing up in California, I obviously knew about our deep connections with the Japanese.
And, in some ways I like traveling, in other ways I'm sort of fed up by the whole notion.
Telling writers to shut up is a sure way to keep them talking.
It's one thing to be twenty and touring the world, but doing it in your forties, you wake up with aches and pains.
I remember growing up knowing I wanted to be on the stage. I wanted to get to London as soon as possible and start auditioning for theater.
Growing up, I wasn't sure about acting, but I knew I wanted to be part of the movie industry.
The one thing about players today is that they're very sensitive, and very fragile. They didn't grow up with tough coaches.
And the Zionists have used the Holocaust as a weapon to deny the rights of the Palestinians and to cover-up the crimes of Israel.
I'm an honest, hardworking conservative leader who will stand up to Washington and fight for Nebraska.
I’m almost used to you showing up without shoes, but where the hell are your pants?
No mother ever wants a war, they want to see their children grow up in peace, surrounded by love.
The rewards of tomorrow are safely hidden in the belief of never quitting and not giving up on yourself today
Growing up where I did, the thought of working on a television show or in a movie... that existed on a parallel plane, you know?
I was fed up with not being able to play a movie the way I wanted to play it.
Acting for kids is like playing house, you know? But growing up in Hollywood, it just made it seem possible.
You can always wake up on the wrong side of the bed and, boo-hiss, everyone suffers. We can all be temperamental.
When I was growing up, it was Clint Eastwood, it was Harrison Ford and Steve McQueen - these guys were tough. They were leading men, but they were also tough and physical.
I was quite fearless as a kid. But I've had to realize I'm not invincible. That's what breaking your back does. It makes you grow up and reassess life.
I'm the kind of guy that once I decide I'm going to do something I have a hard time just giving up on it without giving it a fair shot.
