Me Quotes
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I remember when I first met Jason Reitman with the 'Whiplash' script; he quickly became a mentor figure who guided me through the process and also protected me and made sure that when it came time to actually make 'Whiplash,' I was able to make exactly the movie I wanted to make.
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I gravitate to whatever looks good on me and whatever maakes me feel sexy.
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God has definitely been good to me.
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The special forces gave me the self-confidence to do some extraordinary things in my life. Climbing Everest then cemented my belief in myself.
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Everybody asks me what it was like to be in my underwear for my network television debut.
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Generally, I end up being the one thrown against the wall, because Zach is the drummer. He's stronger than me.
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The Premier League is a very strong league. Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal, and Liverpool all have a high quality. But those who know me also know that I always want to win titles. And I think that Manchester United are a club which can win titles.
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For me, standup will always be some part of my life, and other things will move around and find their place.
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For me, if I have the choice between an extra 45 minutes in bed or getting up at 4:30 A.M. to go to the gym, I will always choose bed.
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If I have committed any culinary atrocities, please forgive me.
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My mother is really the person I learned to curse from. She discourages me from saying that in interviews. But it's true.
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Every single movie I go up for I'm just checking the phone to see if the e-mail's come in, to see if I got the part yet, which makes me more anxious.
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I came to L.A. with confidence in my craft, and I was very offended when I didn't get a part. It took me awhile to understand that it is not always about your acting.
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Look, you're here to see me, and I can't go on until my dealer is here, and he's waiting to be paid, so give me some money so I can fix up, and then you'll get your show.
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I like a man who's going to tell me 'No!' sometimes.
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I think service is honorable, and that was always inculcated in me.
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People come up to me sometimes and ask for a picture but don't even say hello. They sort of forget that I'm a person.
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The lighthearted moments of 'Girls' are really not speckled throughout and that to me is just super exciting, to be able to delve into the darkness that you are greeted with in your early 20s and the fear and what that makes you do, the places that you can potentially go with that.
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I'm not interested in a film about deceit anymore. I think I was always invested in deceit on some level. But it no longer compels me the way it did for so many years.
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I don't feel I was 'born American,' but my homeland was denied to me after the end of World War II, and I craved something I could identify with. When I became a student at Harvard in the 1950s, America very quickly filled the vacuum. I felt I was American, but I think it's more revealing of America how quickly others here accepted me.
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MTV shows me love.
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I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.
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Bad stories are written about me because the press knows they can make me into a weeping dog and few people will object.
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There have been so many people who have said to me, 'You can't do that,' but I've had an innate belief that they were wrong. Be unwavering and relentless in your approach.
