It's very difficult when there are pictures taken on the red carpet. I find those things so terrifying that another persona just kicks in. I don't recognise myself.
Any comic like myself owes everything he has to Lenny Bruce. He was the originator. The godfather of uncensored American stand-up is clearly Lenny Bruce.
I view my strongest competition as myself. You're always trying to top yourself, rather than worrying about what other people are doing.
I count myself a a rationalist and a skeptic with a very conscious awareness of my indebtedness to Western Christian civilization, and I am a fairly passionate defender of it.
I don't do any songs that I'm sick of now - sometimes even songs that I request. If I'm sick of 'em I don't do 'em even for myself.
I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me.
I learned that surrounding myself with people who are able to help me is like being surrounded by tangible godliness.
I wasn't scared of childbirth. I educated myself and did my fair share of research, and that made me feel a little more prepared.
After my divorce, painting took me out of panic mode and into a serene, calm place. I could absolutely lose myself.
I wanna be more like the Rihanna kind of, Beyonce kind of thing, but I don't want to compare myself to anybody, because I wanna be somebody new, too.
I always wonder if what I'm wearing will be something that people would compliment, or want to wear. I don't ever get ready just for myself, ever.
Rehearsals and practice times by myself are like these little islands of 'Okay' in a vast sea of 'Holy Crap!
I'm looking forward to being able to retire from being a public figure and being able to afford to be myself!
Law professors like Obama tend to view the law as one means to an end, and others, like myself, tend to view it as the end itself.
Although I've watched myself making the transition from being a girl to being a woman, I still feel 15 years old. My reflection disagrees.
My journey is about believing that people will actually stick around. It's a hard thing to believe when you don't have a prototype for it. I've had to develop that for myself.
I don't usually get to play fathers or grandfathers or uncles. Now that I'm older, maybe I can play people closer to myself. I'd like that.
When I get into collecting things, I get a little obsessive. Which is why when I start buying comics, I buy way too many, and I have to stop myself.
But if I worried too much about publishers' expectations, I'd probably paralyze myself and not be able to write anything.
My concerns have been about myself and not about giving something back and putting something in, even though that's been in the back of my head.
Here in Seattle, I'm the most productive I've ever been. I don't allow myself personal distractions. I'm extremely disciplined here.
