Writing requires a great deal of skill, just like painting does. People don't want to learn those skills.
I played piano for about two years when I was a kid. I didn't play long enough to be really great.
One of the great things that you should never do that I learned from John Malkovich is to never judge your characters.
The Dalai Lama was once asked for his favorite chant, and he said it was better not to have a favorite anything, which I think is a great thought.
I think it's great to be a part of a franchise that is successful. Any franchise is successful because it's a continuation and people have seen it.
I'm a huge Groucho fan. There were some great comic minds that would transfer into any generation, and Groucho is certainly one of them.
Dick Gregory was a great comedian who went and got arrested, did hunger strikes, protests. It never hurt his career to be outspoken.
The Comedy Store in LA, it's a really loose room and it's really dark and creepy and a great place to explore your own thoughts onstage.
Circuit training is a great way to go. Keeping the reps high and the weight low, you'll tone your muscles without bulking up.
That's the great thing about the 'Sin City' movies. Each little slot is incredibly meaningful, and each character has their own moment.
I think 'Shameless' is more of an everyman's show, whereas as great as I think 'Girls' is, it's got a smaller audience.
People who see no gray tend to convince others to follow them. If someone talks with great conviction and joy, people tend to agree with them.
Here's the thing - I mean, I don't act for statues. I really don't. The great thing about winning an award is that it creates opportunities.
I just wanna learn and I wanna grow. I wanna consume as much information as possible. I wanna be great.
I have great tenants. They've all become my friends. They call me and say, 'Hey Kev, we've got a drip!'
I haven't had a great deal of luck with my career, have I? Maybe because I'm not pushy enough.
There's so many great songs already written, it's kind of really wonderful you don't have to write your own.
Stand-up is the only thing in which you actually write it, act it and direct it simultaneously, so it's actually a great theater exercise.
Well, in order for me to be successful... In order to be a great artist - musician, actor, painter, whatever - you must be able to be private in public at all times.
I wanted to only create a great perfume, not any perfume that would sell, but a great artistic one that the fans would not feel cheated by.
Eileen Ford wanted me to fix my nose and my teeth. I said, Sure, great, but I really had no intention to.
