It seems that when anything aimed at kids catches on, it causes the collective antennae of the older set to go up.
I'm a very lucky man in this chapter of my professional life, 'cause I get to do jobs with wildly different skill sets.
We believe that, by the time that we leave office, it will be institutionalized, and these programs will be addressing the needs and curing the problem that we set out to do.
My time on the set is the least of my involvement. Most of my time is in pre-production and post-production.
One thing I've really never had a problem with was memorizing lines. Most of the time I don't memorize the lines until we're on the set shooting the scene.
I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse, but every time I show up on set it still feels like the first time.
It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up for a time.
I have to be happy in the here and now because every time you start focusing on your legacy you're really setting yourself up for disappointment.
Every video I do is over budget by the time I walk on set. I am massively extravagant in my personal habits.
I think the patterns are set very early when the kids are young. But at the same time, there are some flavors kids just don't like.
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: Pick 'em up and set 'em down Pyle!
Cleve Jones: Anita! You liar! We'll set your hair on fire!
Jack Torrance: I'll just set my bourbon and advocaat down right there.
Part of the problem I find with money books is that there's this whole set of money books that make you feel almost guilty to spend a dollar.
The scope of material I can work with is not limited to the set of things that we inherit from nature.
There is no gilding of setting sun or glamor of poetry to light up the ferocious and endless toil of the farmers' wives.
When I got my first television set, I stopped caring so much about having close relationships.
I think being on a set where people aren't being treated as equals, and with just a common level of decency and respect, is really uncomfortable.
I have accomplished everything I set out to accomplish when I started playing the sport at 7. And probably even more.
Success isn't supposed to happen, no matter how hard you work. There's no guarantee you're going to succeed. There's nothing set in stone.
I'd love to work with Sir Anthony Hopkins, but if that doesn't happen, I'd sneak on to a film set and watch him at work. He is a compelling actor.