I like to get attention for the things I think are important. And I think it is important that entrepreneurs - especially young ones - not be abused.
Ian McKellen is brilliant with research. I paid really close attention to the sources he goes to. He's a very, very intelligent man.
I still like to go to record stores, I like to just wander around and I'll buy whatever catches my attention.
A true musician, like Johnny Cash, should be able to walk into a room with nothing but an instrument and capture people's attention for two hours.
Juilliard is wonderful in that they don't pick just one way of working. They give you a palette. There is method acting. There is a lot of attention to Shakespeare and verse.
Unrealistic expectations often lead to disappointment, while simple unbiased attention and detachment to outcome often lead to pleasant surprises.
Autism is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder that is characterized by social withdrawal, by repetitive behaviors and by some kind of focal attention in its classic form. Basically, it's an inability to relate to others.
Certainly, my manager Gary Ungar was the first person to give me any attention and hustle for me. This was back in 2009.
In my case, self-absorption is completely justified. I have never discovered any other subject quite so worthy of my attention.
Telling lies and showing off to get attention are mistakes I made that I don't want my kids to make.
When something gets attention so quickly, people sometimes will look for reasons to find fault and tear it down.
You have to be smart to play a dumb blonde over and over again and keep the audience's attention without extraordinary physical equipment.
Improv as an actor makes you present in the moment. You listen, you're attentive. You're not acting so much as reacting, which is what you're doing in life all the time.
Acting and recording an album at the same time, that's not my sport. I could write a movie when my attention was paid to that. But I'm good at one thing at a time.
The anticipation-speculation that comes with a weekly schedule is a double-edged sword. Because people have more time to talk about things, some crazy ideas get a lot of attention.
I got on stage for the first time when I was seven. From seven until I was about nine it was probably more to do with just being on stage and having the attention.
Because our fight has been for such a long time we are isolated from the world, even after reconstruction we don't have much attention from people outside.
Generally speaking, by the time a subculture such as steampunk secures the attention of major media, resulting in extensive coverage of the craze, said phenomenon is already on the way out.
In today's roller-coaster economy, hyper-competitive, fear-based, flat and global world, convincing anyone to do anything at any time requires getting their attention, creating their intention and turning it to action.
Harry Ellis: [Trying to get the German Terrorist's attention] Hey, sprechen ze talk?
What the results are telling them is that the most money is spent in volume by young people. They also see young people as the consumers of tomorrow and are trying to capture their attention from their competitors.
