Celebrities become divas because they get pampered so much, babied so much - then they get used to it.

I don't shop. I haven't shopped in about four years.

I'm one with New York, and New York is one with me. I grew up there; there's no escaping it. We're like Siamese twins, if you separate us, I'll die.

You ask any actor - they'll tell you they'd rather shoot on location because you don't have to invent the energy, the energy is there.

I think winter wear is communal. You get some gloves and a scarf from a lost-and-found box, wash them, wear them for a while until you lose them. Then somebody else does the same thing.

Once you get into the habit of work, you can be more productive in the things you want to do.

Celebrities become divas because they get pampered so much, babied so much - then they get used to it.

Because when you go out, and you have fun, basically you're performing for these tabloid outlets and the paparazzi. And when you perform and create this story, they're chuffed - they get excited, they capture it, and they put it out.

Being performers, that's what we do: We put on shows and want people to watch.

Certainly, if it had been anything other than an HBO show I'd probably still be in Mexico now with a Mexican wife and kids.

I have a bunch of concepts and ideas that I want to do but I have also been growing my production company in general and looking to branch out of projects that I am directing and producing.

I have always chosen roles that I believed in - not ones that I thought might further my career.

I think anybody who's famous has to deal with their fame in their own way, and I dealt with it by making a film about a kid who's looking out into the world of celebrity obsession.

I think, in a lot of ways, celebrities represent the American dream. They have financial fluidity and options at their disposal.

I want to show people that environmentalism can be fun!

I was rebellious.

It's enough to indulge and to be selfish but true happiness is really when you start giving back.

It's really important to find a humble approach to your own creative work, your own business work. To recognize that you can't do everything yourself.

My family is mostly a chosen one. I've managed to invite some really amazing people into my life and they become family. Brothers, sisters, siblings, mentors, role models. And I like to live that way, where your family bleeds out into the larger community.

My only ambition when I came to Hollywood was to pay my rent.

Secondly, love and relationships are complicated. No one could ever get it right in a four-line sentence.

Success is knowing that your contribution is what helps the collective.

Tabloids can be fun. I see stuff sometimes and have a good laugh.

We learn from each other. We learn from others' mistakes, from their experience, their wisdom. It makes it easier for us to come to better decisions in our own lives.

Well, obviously I'm not Mark Wahlberg - I have much better abs and I look much better in a pair of Calvin Kleins but when I saw Mark Wahlberg interacting with the world, I realised that his stardom was sort of a result of the movies he had done and the publicity that he had got and the work that he did.

What is important is family, friends, giving back to your community and finding meaning in life.

You can't scale if you do it alone, you really need to work with others.

Its enough to indulge and to be selfish but true happiness is really when you start giving back.

I'm a self taught musician, so I never really had the restrictions of any one instrument. I would always just sort of pick up instruments and make noise with em.

I like stories that are not normal, everyday lives. I don't personally seek them out, but they find me.

I'm not very good at multi-tasking. Most people aren't, but they think they are. The mind is really better when you're really focused on one thing.

I have spent a lot of time studying the issue of relationships, how I grew up, my parents' influence on me. I've talked to a therapist,; I've looked inward spiritually at myself, and what it seems to come down to is that I'm a Sagittarius. Please don't make me reveal more than that. It's tough enough as it is.

Acne is nothing more than nature’s Braille.

Whitney wanted to eradicate the idea that in the case of a language we are dealing with a natural faculty; in fact, social institutions stand opposed to natural institutions.

Unless everyone grasps the importance of having only two children per couple, wars won't be over just oil anymore, they will be over water and food.

I love Joan Collins. She's a wonderful lady. She has such courage. She's such a good actress.

Every time you state what you want or believe, you’re the first to hear it. It’s a message to both you and others about what you think is possible. Don’t put a ceiling on yourself.

When you're with a group of semi-psychotic people, you kind of lose track of reality; it's almost like being in some sort of cult or something.

Some people think technology has the answers.

It seems like the opportunity just increases exponentially. There doesn't seem to be much stopping.

Elephants are not human, of course. They are something much more ancient and primordial, living on a different plane of existence. Long before we arrived on the scene, they worked out a way of being in the world that has not fundamentally changed and is sustainable, and not predatory or destructive.

As one of America's largest exporters, GE remains committed to producing more products in the United States, which is our home and largest market.

I want to be a better Chris Quinn. I don't want to be a different Chris Quinn.

As Development Secretary, I have seen in the developing world that climate change there is not a theory, is not a future threat: it is a contemporary crisis.

For me, not owning a car means I may spend a little extra time on public transportation, but I can use that time to read, catch up on work projects, and make the phone calls I couldn't get to earlier. Plus, I never waste time at the mechanics or gas station.

As a young person, I wanted everyone to agree with me.

If I'm in Italy, I'm going to have a cappuccino and two small brioches and then a mix of orange and grapefruit. I don't drink tea in Italy.

The tender friendships one gives up on parting leave their bite on the heart but also a curious feeling of a treasure somewhere buried.

I think competition is very important; it breeds many good things in a person.