So what it boils down to, in my humble opinion, is that we need to support the arts in schools, and at every other level in the education of children.
If you're really on top, you probably didn't do that great, 'cause you have to water it down a bit for it to get that mass appeal.
They're simply following what was laid down in front and they play the same thing. So, there's no great challenge In being a classical drummer.
When you play with great musicians, whether they're schooled or self-taught, they keep you on your toes. It comes down to people's personalities and individual energies.
When I want to relax, I plop down on my couch and watch some great movie, usually a British drama - anything with Colin Firth.
It was just like a digital fixation with cards and math and science and then I started to look at images of great magicians from Houdini down the line.
I don't back down. I don't cave when the pressure gets too great from these partisan political ideological forces.
Adult Swim's philosophy is, 'Put it on the air and if it works, great. If it doesn't, take it down and try again.' It's a refreshing way to do TV, I think.
I've got all these great broads in me, all these character women. I was playing a torn-down stripper at twenty-five on Broadway, and now I fit the shoes.
When I first started acting, and we would all sit down and talk about Shakespeare and how great it was. I thought well, I suppose it is.
What we can borrow from Ronald Reagan... is that great sense of optimism. He led by building on the strengths of America, not running America down.
I just want to keep laying down really great, strong characters, and the more I go unrecognized, the better job I feel I'm doing.
If you want to be a good blues singer, people are going to be down on you, so dress like you're going to the bank to borrow money.
When it all boils down, it's about embracing each others' stories and maybe even finding that synergy to collaborate for the common good.
Sometimes if you jump into something too quickly, you can screw up something that might have been good two years down the road.
I feel like a good mom. I'm a strong woman now... Don't look down on me. Pray for me because I'm trying.
You can go to the doctor a million times if you're feeling down, and get nowhere, but if you go for a run it makes you feel really good.
My preference is swimming in the sea. I find the sea is more liberating, wild and good fun rather than plodding up and down a pool.
If you're a woman, just make a freaking good movie. I don't believe in the women who say, 'It's too hard, I'm getting shot down.'
You've gotta dive into the abyss if you wanna get anything good. Every record, you've gotta go down in the abyss and hope that you come out of it alive.
It's rare that you cut out something that is really good. You screen all of it, and when the audience doesn't respond, you cut out whatever is holding the story down.
