In Jamaica, we eradicated polio many years ago, but there are a lot of kids suffering in Africa still.
While only one day of the year is dedicated solely to honoring our veterans, Americans must never forget the sacrifices that many of our fellow countrymen have made to defend our country and protect our freedoms.
I sacrificed six years in L.A. I did my job out here. I made contacts and did the work I had to do.
I've gotten an opportunity to work with a lot of the people I've looked up to over the years, and I feel pretty grateful for it.
Fifteen years before I became a screen actor, I was in the theatre. A lot of my work was comedy, which I loved doing. It's harder.
I go to ComicCon every year, but it's in a work capacity. I'm a legitimate fan of comics, and I have been since I was 5.
All I had done for five years was work 18 hours a day all over the world. I needed to step back and distance myself from it.
I have a big ego, and I'm a confident person, but when it comes down to being a jerk, that doesn't work for me, I tried it... for about ten years.
The Companion of Honour I regarded as an award from the country for 50 years of work - which I thought was okay.
In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years.
Next year, if no one gives me any work, that's fine. I'm not going to do well anyway. I'm not an actor, I'm just exploiting this industry.
When I started doing my work years ago, I had doubts as to whether the informed-consent question was answerable.
Something like 'Much Ado' happens, and even 'Avengers' happens because of the years of building connections and doing the work and proving yourself.
'Polytechnique' changed everything in my way of working. I became an adult, really, during those five years. I didn't work on anything else but 'Polytechnique.'
I've seen composers work on 30 films at one go. So, eight or even 10 albums in a year is no big deal.
I was lucky to go to work every day for 50 years, to a job that I loved.
I think the act of condensing months or years of work down to a couple hours of entertainment is pretty wild and extremely rewarding.
After my years in Hollywood, I got tired of apologizing for work that really wasn't mine to begin with.
To my fellow nominees, whoever they are - I'm not that familiar with their work - I just want to say, there's always next year - except, you know, for Ray Romano .
Maybe in past years, perhaps women didn't feel quite as comfortable with revealing themselves, and their skills and their crafts... and now we are, so we're out there, just like the guys.
And then I went to the University of New Hampshire for two years, and then the war came along.
