That was one of the reasons I became a writer - I never really had that many friends. I would read a lot, and listen to music. And that was my life.
I have never played the lottery in my life and never will. Voltaire described lotteries as a tax on stupidity. More specifically, I think, on innumeracy.
I really don't work a whole lot as far as touring, but I do stand-up every night of my life, no matter where I am.
As with most things in my life, I believe you should try to enjoy yourself and never feel like you are a slave to a routine.
I try to find where the fun is and go there and then get asked if I want to have more fun. That's the way I want my life to go. Follow the fun.
I act according to the requirements of the character, and if I try to play the role, then I play it truthfully. In my daily life, I'm a laid-back, peaceful guy. I'm just doing my job to act.
All my life I have lived and behaved very much like the sandpiper - just running down the edges of different countries and continents, 'looking for something'.
In my everyday life I'm a little bit nervous and not particularly brave. I feel like if I can be completely brave in my work then I'm doing something right.
Neil Armstrong was probably one of the most human guys I've ever known in my life.
I will be a role model for cancer patients for the rest of my life. But you know what? When I was getting chemo, those people inspired me.
At school, I was a shy lad and still am. But acting gives me licence to be up there, demanding the focus. It's the one time in my life where I don't have to shout to be heard.
I have these new policies toward my life, like 'I will not accelerate when I see the yellow light.'
I was a writer before 'Eat, Pray, Love,' and I'll be a writer after it's over. It's what I want to do for the rest of my life.
When I was 18 I worked with the Ringling Brothers circus, taking care of menagerie animals. I used to rather deliberately risk my life with the big cats.
I grew up in Sudan and Kenya, and lived in both the rural and urban centers of both countries throughout my life.
I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?
I gave my life to the Group Theatre, because in it I'm building something for myself. What I build, I am.
The joint lubrication was not what it was when I was competing, and I decided that not having arthritis or rheumatism for the rest of my life was a lot more important to me than returning to the track.
I go to the theater because I need help dealing with my life; I want to see the greatest questions addressed. I need to see actors grappling with things that matter.
Hip-hop saved my life, man. It's the only thing I've ever been even decent at. I don't know how to do anything else.
'Stand and Deliver' has been the most successful thing I have done in my life. So many people have seen it. There was really no need for me to do anything else.
