And then of course, obviously as far as issues such as global warming, something has to be done on the corporate side, there has to be some mandate or some legislation.
I pay a lot of attention to how things are done and the whole activity of building something is interesting.
It's my job to really commit myself to the material and the project and be proud of what I've done, and I am in most cases.
I think when the United States of America put a man on the moon in 1969, that was one of the greatest accomplishments mankind has ever done.
I've done enough of this that I can tell early on if it's going in the wrong direction or not.
I think what we should have done is integrate the web site with the magazine much earlier in the process.
I'm shy, paranoid, whatever word you want to use. I hate fame. I've done everything I can to avoid it.
Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and cannot be done.
I've been on the wrong end of violence, and I've done violence myself... I refuse to glorify violence in my movie and television roles.
When quick results are imperative, the manipulation of the masses through symbols may be the only quick way of having a critical thing done.
Sometimes a song indicates that it wants to be about a certain thing. And then if you write it, you find that it is about something that you've done.
Do you know how many plastic surgeries are done to the actors and actresses in Hollywood?
I don't necessarily love all the collaborations that I've done; the more I work with other people, the more I realize that I want to work with myself.
The only time I've ever taken out a loan is for the building work I had done at our house and I did that by extending the mortgage.
Nobody from my label called any of their labels to get this done. Most of it happened very naturally. Mary and I have been friends for a long time. Then Jay-Z offered.
I took a lot of time off after Mobsters and although I did something I had never done before, which was to direct a play, The Laughter Epidemic, it felt like a vacation.
They didn't have college scholarships for women. Had they done that at the time, I may have stayed on for another two Olympics, but the opportunities were not available to women that they have today.
I've often liked a girl, made her laugh, and thought she liked me, and then found out that she didn't like me that way. I've definitely done time in the friend zone.
I don't like to spend time in endless meetings talking about stuff that isn't going to get anything done. I have meetings, but they're short, prompt and to the point.
With 'Tron,' we had so many crew members around and a stage full of special effects people that know exactly what has to be done in the situations. You're on a stage in sets the whole time.
My inventing time is all done under the influence of aerobic exercise. Basically, I do all my thinking while I run.
