I don't know if I change my act from century to century. Sometimes I'm onstage doing imitations and references to people who have been dead for 50 years.
Many people leave government disillusioned about its ability to achieve change and cynical about politicians. I left with rather opposite lessons.
Politics also means educating people. It's important to speak openly with our fellow Greeks, to tell them what our problems are and that we have to change something.
I've pretty much accepted the fact that you're going to meet ignorant people, and that's okay. You can't control that. You can't change that.
Nothing binds a people to their leader like a common enemy. Voters don't change governments during war.
I think the audience know which films are aimed at their pocket, and which films are aimed at their soul. There are a lot of films out there made by people who are genuinely trying to make a change.
There are brilliant out lesbians and gay men and bisexuals and transgendered people and heterosexuals keeping the fire of change alive. Not a day goes by when I don't feel grateful to them for their work.
When I first got out of drama school, my original manager tried to get me to change my name because people were having trouble spelling it and saying it.
You've got to be who you are. You've got to be honest with people. If your views change on something, you've got to be willing to express it.
The Lebanese people voted this time for change. So they are not satisfied with the actual situation. They want to see a new government. They want to see a new vision.
I have always said I will try to answer questions honestly. I don't want to change that about myself. I think people appreciate that about me.
Cancer didn't change me at all. I know lots of people talk about the life revelation. I didn't have that.
And I do believe that the way to change a society, to uplift people - not just their spirit, but to uplift their society and economic base - is through education.
We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.
But the real focus should be on people who are buying today because the base is so big it will take a long time for any change materialize on an overall basis.
Any film I do is not going to change the way black women have been portrayed, or black people have been portrayed, in cinema since the days of D.W. Griffith.
I can't really change my life to accommodate people who are jealous. I don't see why I should.
Things change all the time, so why do people make such a philosophical to-do that things are constantly in transition?
The only way people are going to change their car buying habits, and the only way government will get behind alternatively fueled vehicles, is if gasoline prices continue to go up.
I changed the lyrics of 'All I Need Is the Girl' to 'All I Need Is the Job' for an audition years ago. It's a great ice-breaker - people want to laugh.
Being famous has changed a lot, because now there's so many outlets, between magazines, TV shows, and the Internet, for people to stalk and follow you. We created the monster.
