I did stuff for three years in Kabul that I found exciting, and a lot of that was fixing roofs, talking about sewage installation.
Lazy journalists, they'll read stuff and get a quote then ask the same question again hoping I'll say a similar thing; it's very tiresome.
What kind of America do people want to leave for their children? What horrors are down the road, stuff that was unthinkable 30 years ago?
When we were first started we were doing a lot of Motown stuff, but actually playing it more in a rock way. Everybody in the band sang and we did a lot of harmonies.
It was tough to try to be serious in front of Halle Berry and Pierce Brosnan with all this stuff in my face. There's never been a character that's looked this extreme.
After I found April Barrows, I felt I had found a soul mate. Her stuff is exactly what I was looking for.
Winning a Grand Slam changes everything. There is so much off-court stuff to deal with. And there are expectations of keeping it going that make it tough.
I'm not a wushu champion. I was an athlete when I was a kid. I was a swimmer and a runner, but all this action stuff is such a challenge. It really, really is.
With a film, you have to pare down and take stuff out and squish it all down into a 110 page script.
I have a strange habit of walking down streets and staring up, rather than looking at shopfronts and stuff like that.
Diazapam (that's valium), temazepam, lithium, ECT, HRT - how long must I stay on this stuff? Don't give me anymore!
There's a certain point, when you're writing autobiographical stuff, where you don't want to misrepresent yourself. It would be dishonest.
Acting itself is quite scary. Some people say that actors are show-offs, very egotistical and all that kind of stuff, but it is quite scary.
I've read the whole 'Divergent' series, the 'Pretty' series. I just read it because I find this stuff interesting to read.
I always thought it'd be fun to go to a sci-fi convention, watch a bunch of Klingons walking around, all of that kind of stuff.
People sometimes seem surprised because often, you know, you know, there's a lot of tortured characters in the stuff I write.
If you just work on stuff that you like and you’re passionate about, you don’t have to have a master plan with how things will play out.
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
As long as you're having fun and still doing stuff, it doesn't matter what other people think.
I don't usually admire Sarah Palin, but when she was making fun of this 'hopey changey stuff,' she was right: there was nothing there.
I think it's important that we have a new batch of British film-makers that aren't doing the same old stuff. And that includes me.
