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My favorite thing about being an actor is that I get to be so many different people in one lifetime. You sort of get to be all of these different characters.
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Music is how you feel.
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When you do something with a lot of honesty, appetite and commitment, the input reflects in the output.
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I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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The lights go down, you hear the applause and you're up there, and then everything else is forgotten.
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Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you.
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You've got to take the bitter with the sour.
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If the only ideas you had were your own, you'd be very limited.
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You're either humble or you're not. If you were a jerk before the fame, you just become a jerk with a bigger spotlight. Whoever you are really comes through.
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You really are being quite foolish to smoke.
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If you have less weight, you have less strength.
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My dear, did you ever stop to think what a wonderful bunker you would make?
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For an actor, a Mamet play is definitely on the list of things you hope to be a part of before it's time to exit.
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Whenever you're scared of something, don't let that define you. We all feel it, but step up.
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You fly. You aviate. You do everything you can to get the aircraft safely on the ground.
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When you're shooting a TV show, there's not a lot of time to build character.
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My roots are in stand-up, and stand-up is very freeing. There's no script involved; you just fly.
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There's an adage that a lot of coaches have, that I completely disagree with, is if you make the Olympic team too early you become complacent.
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A fascinating breed, Old Etonians. Impeccable in their social skills and very portable - you can put them anywhere, and they are absolutely charming.
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Having a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a genius, and having less than a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a fool.
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I have to tell you, TV is an incredibly difficult medium. The most challenging show to do is the hour long dramedy. It's a very tricky format.
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So most astronauts getting ready to lift off are excited and very anxious and worried about that explosion - because if something goes wrong in the first seconds of launch, there's not very much you can do.
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I started working for the 'NY Observer' when I was 33. After I had been writing for them for about a year and a half the editor said, 'Your stories are the most talked about stories in the 'Observer'; you should have your own column.'
