In 'Over the Hedge,' I played a bear, and I spent all this time listening to the sounds they make when they fight and mate, when they're angry or happy.
I am now trying to trust the universe to take care of me and not necessarily rely on other people to make me happy.
Delmar O'Donnell: where's the happy little tire swing?
I'm very happy with the success of short films. In fact, for me, the short films make more money than the features.
I enjoy money. Not enough people in this world are happy. I'm determined to be contented, and having plenty of money from working makes it easier for me.
Money won't make you happy... but everybody wants to find out for themselves.
Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see.
But I do know focusing on the exterior doesn't make me happy. If I want peace and serenity, it won't be reached by getting thinner or fatter.
With religion I was always like, 'Does it matter if it's true if it makes you happy?'
I had cars, houses, jewels, furs, and a husband who loved me, and a career I was happy with. But I found fulfillment in my relationship with Christ.
If I could get the respect of 14-year-olds, I'm happy. They're the toughest audience.
It's too easy to say that orange is happy and black is sad. To me, black is perfect. You can fill it with the emotion you want to express.
I like devilish, thorny, dirty, mean roles, muck and mire, unbelievably sad, unbelievably happy, burdened. Inner conflict - that's where drama is.
Even when I'm in quite a happy state of mind, I like writing really sad songs. I think a lot of people do.
You can't have an up without a down, a right without a left, a back without a front - or a happy without a sad.
I try to keep people happy. I go out of my way to get a smile. That's the way my mother raised me.
Success is always something completely different to people. I feel like I've succeeded, if I'm doing something that makes me happy and I'm not lying to anybody.
I'm sure that Elvis was happy for me. I think he was the kind of guy that enjoyed other people's success, especially if he had something to do with it.
I learned from my first restaurant: Make customers happy, make sure the customer comes back again. And automatically, success has followed me.
I enjoy seeing other Indian musicians - old and young - coming to Europe and America and having some success. I'm happy to have contributed to that.
Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all fortune, a genuine and passionate love of reading.
