You know, as somebody who writes op-eds and appears on the television, I appreciate as well as anybody that... there is a limit to what that accomplishes.
It does seem - well, difficult - to be at the mercy of some gross, unshaven stranger before you can begin to be yourself.
I just knew how to do the one thing I did, and whether I did it well or not depended on who the director was.
Well, the only way I can get a leading-man role is if I write it.
You are a spiritual being with human body. Well-being, love, and kindness are your guiding principles.
I'm sorry, but to ask an audience these days to invest three hours in a show requires your heroine be an understandable and fully rounded character.
I've gotten to the point that I don't even know what tomorrow brings. When I'm teaching, obviously I'm in town for the class every week.
I am always looking for what piece, what artists, what playwrights, what directors, what subject matter is going to catalyze an audience.
Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve. Well, of course not Adam and Steve. Never Adam and Steve. It's Adam and Steven.
Well I am afraid that I am going to die, because I have just put a down payment on a house.
The idea of doing a tennis movie is truly unbelievable to me. Well, first of all, they don't really exist.
I think most people don't react well to being screamed at. It's counterproductive.
Well, if you're writing a thriller, you have to have your character in mortal jeopardy on page 1 or it's not a thriller.
As someone who has grown up living in Southern California, I know all too well about the costs and scarcities of water.
My voice? Yeah, well, I used to drink a lot of beer when I was a kid and I sounded like a drunk in a choir. I don't drink anymore.
I think that writers of literary fiction would do well to read more books for children.
Dan: 'Ah, well, I hope this didn't have anything to do with me.' Ellen: 'No, not unless you played Cat Woman in Batman.
I often play on the cello-bass side of the orchestra, because I prefer the deep sounds. I can't hear the violins well.
I'm more surprised than anyone that 'Spamalot's done so well. You can never predict what's going to be a hit.
Most people say, 'Well, Earl, you sing the blues,' or however they want to categorize it. I just sing songs.
In the dust of defeat as well as the laurels of victory there is a glory to be found if one has done his best.
