The end of the world is on people's minds. We have the power to destroy or save ourselves, but the question is what do you do with that responsibility.
What point is there to all the wealth and power that America may have if they can't look after its own?
What the Olympics and other mega-events have shown is that the significant investment required to host an international games successfully has the power to transform a region, and even a nation.
Look at the scope of writers who sell stuff. I'm at the very top of the power curve in terms of sales.
When you have a person in power who punishes people for speaking their mind, it's truly dangerous.
They're not willing to admit that I've also shed blood and tears and often paid dearly for my success. This makes me feel extremely sad.
I think everybody faces challenges in their lives. I've definitely been through it - not to the extreme that Astrid did. I try to keep some kind of identity and strength.
I've never found therapy to be a sign of weakness; I've found the opposite to be true. The willingness to have a mirror held up to you definitely requires strength.
It's always difficult to play a scene of physical violence because you're always afraid that you don't know your own strength and might hurt someone.
I think scars are like battle wounds - beautiful, in a way. They show what you've been through and how strong you are for coming out of it.
He's an innocent in a lot of ways. He's a very simple person who really doesn't have the resources or the strength, ultimately, to handle the situation.
When you punch somebody in the ring, you have to use your whole body. I learned that it's more about technique than physical strength.
I don't want to disrespect hip-hop by being something I'm not. I'm Pooch Hall. My strength is in front the camera and holding dialogue.
When you call upon a Thoroughbred, he gives you all the speed, strength of heart and sinew in him. When you call on a jackass, he kicks.
If you're paralyzing your face in your 20s and 30s, you're not exercising the muscles that give it strength. My feeling is, laugh, cry, move your face.
The mask can be a limitation, but you just deal with it. You do get superhuman strength and pumpkin bombs and all this other stuff to express yourself with.'
It has nothing to do with commercial success. You cannot calculate in your head how to put the mosaic together to make a commercial film: that's out of the question.
I have had unsuccessful films, but I learned a lot from those films. I give my failures as much importance as my success.
I like to disappear into a role. I equate the success of it with a feeling of being chemically changed. That's the only way I can express it.
I was very excited to meet Amanda Seyfried. She is one of the most humbling human beings you will ever meet. She deserves success.
I think it's the fact that I do something different and that I actually have some success with it. That bothers a lot of people... especially comics.
