I looked at my competitors and I thought that, If they could do it, I could do it. And if, they are popular and doing well, I could compete with them.
Whenever I was on the podium, it felt weird. I was obviously happy to have done well, but it wasn't truly happy from the bottom of my heart.
This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those of one's mother tongue.
I would absolutely like to play more leading roles. There's no philosophy - well, the only philosophy, I suppose, is to try and do different things.
When I'm acting, I like to think of myself as a non-actor, and a non-drummer when I'm drumming. It frees you up to not care how well you do.
Under the process of ongoing globalization, advantages are, in the main, created for a minority of countries and development centres as well as powerful transnational companies.
You know how to dance in sunlight when everything is going fine, but you have to learn to dance in darkness when the sun is gone and nothing is going well.
The thing that I had saved up for myself and wanted most to bring off was a fully fledged professional production of Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare Theater in Stratford.
When things don't go well, it helps to think of yourself as a genius and the rest of the world as a bunch of idiots.
I'm impressed with how the NBA, as a whole, is dressing so well. Guys are being very creative and having fun with it.
Human rights are not worthy of the name if they do not protect the people we don't like as well as those we do.
I can cook really well. I started cooking as a kid, so I can fend for myself in the kitchen and even do a little gourmet action.
I wouldn't even get elected. I'd probably deck a couple of people, too which would not play very well with the national media.
A simple, well-proven surgery can restore sight to millions, and something even simpler, a pair of glasses, can make millions more see.
Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground.
It doesn't bother me one iota that most of my career has been playing people who are not that - well, let's say that people wouldn't aspire to be like them.
You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.
For centuries, the Muslims were able to co-exist perfectly well with Jews and Christians in the Middle East.
To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.
People tend to think of fairy tales as 'archetypal.' They are also extremely sensual, something which translates well over the ages.
Perhaps the only thing in my favor is that I am very tenacious. I don't take 'no' very well.
