For rich children, it'd be very easy and convenient never to take any steps to build an identity outside of your association with your family's wealth.
People might not protest for overtly political or social causes, but when they can't feed themselves and their family, they will take to the streets.
What I look for in a role is the physical. But what's the journey emotionally? Can I take this person who is this archetypal tough guy and find the beauty?
Beauty is in the character of a person. It's about having an interesting face and about what's inside. Anyone can take a good picture.
My mom has always said that if I get a big head, she'll take me out of this business as quickly as I got into it.
God has blessed me with a wonderful family, a successful business, and outstanding employees. I do not take these blessings lightly.
I never play golf because it takes too long, and the business connections it produces can be made just as easily over an early breakfast.
The experienced fighting pilot does not take unnecessary risks. His business is to shoot down enemy planes, not to get shot down.
What I love to do is take on business challenges in a way that really can have an impact on peoples' lives.
It takes more than capital to swing business. You've got to have the A. I. D. degree to get by - Advertising, Initiative, and Dynamics.
Perhaps the greatest utopia would be if we could all realize that no utopia is possible; no place to run, no place to hide, just take care of business here and now.
I'm in the civil discourse business. I think it takes all kinds. And more power to everybody.
Often, the pressure of the business and fear of having an open position encourages us to hire people who are either not right for the job or not ready to take on the responsibility.
Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance or the depth it takes. Democracy isn't a business.
Hollywood is in the perception business where you create layers to create mystery. In Silicon Valley it's about taking away the layers to get to the substance.
I think that if you can achieve a balance, then you appease a lot of yourself and your career and what it takes to maintain in this business for a while.
Somewhere along the line, Bob said I'd better begin taking this business seriously, because, whether I liked it or not, I had a career.
It takes some courage to write fiction about politically controversial topics. The dread is you'll be labeled a political writer.
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
Maybe you will be afraid and maybe you will fail, but the courage to take risks in any part of your life is, I feel, a very worthwhile way to live.
I think the moments that are difficult for anybody are when you see what your life could be, if only you had the courage to take the steps needed.
