Nick plays a corrupt politician, which is kind of a redundant statement.

Anyway, I just haven't been able to find any humanity in any Republican candidate ever in my entire life.

Ever since I was a kid, I just loved those comedians on TV who would just have fun with the language.

Human identity is the most fragile thing that we have, and it's often only found in moments of truth.

You learn real early to make a film and then duck, and basically that's how I go about it.

It's always been my formula to get the next picture set up before anyone's seen the last one.

I'm me, I live from film to mouth.

Nick plays a corrupt politician, which is kind of a redundant statement.

Well, visual language is another boring discussion about the nature of film.

You know, sometimes I feel like I walk around with a target on my back with the films I make.

It's part of the general global hypnotism to accept lies as the new truth.

So one of the most unique things on screen in American movies today is everyday behavior.

You know, our sense of individuality is just the number one target of civilization.

You know our sense of individuality is just the number one target of civilization.

Human identity is the most fragile thing that we have and its often only found in moments of truth.

Golf is growing, and there are more good young players, but you don't see them going abroad. It's so expensive to travel.

What people don't realize is that professionals are sensational because of the fundamentals. The sensationalism has taken over the professionalism.

It's important not to lay in a bubble bath drinking champagne. It's important to take part in what life's all about.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men

One meal a day is enough for a lion, and it ought to be for a man.

I loved Fugazi, the D.C. hardcore band, because they always did everything themselves. They had their own label, and the CDs always cost nine dollars, the T-shirts always cost eight dollars, the shows always cost five dollars, no major label.

I think a lot of people of my generation are discomfited by the assertion of neutrality in the mainstream media, this idea that they're the voice of God. I think it's just honest to say, yes, you know where I'm coming from but you can fact-check anything I say.

I enjoy the burger joint the same way I enjoy fancy meals.

I was born here in the States. I moved to Portugal when I was five. And then my parents put me in an English school.

Golf is social. It brings a lot of people together.

I will not let anyone tell me we must spend more money. This crisis did not come about because we issued too little money but because we created economic growth with too much money and it was not sustainable growth.

No sensible man ever imputes inconsistency to another for changing his minds.

I wrote 'I'm Me' because I was asked to write a children's book.

The Ranelagh Gardens in Chelsea provide plenty of opportunities to walk, think and relax.

I just love making music, and that's my focus.

In the case of Pakistan, the CIA actually used a fake vaccination campaign to try to locate Osama bin Laden, so now vaccination is associated with espionage.

I've learned how to use my spam filter pretty effectively.

Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in the studio, too.

I have such an image of a mafioso.

I started out doing multiple characters from day one, when I got my fist job in 'Dumbo's Circus.' I'm used to getting in an argument with myself, throwing myself off a cliff, patching myself up and brushing myself off with an arm around my shoulder.

Genes are natural resources.

'Homeland' is not a sensationalist show.

All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction. Love is therefore the only law of life. He who loves lives, he who is selfish is dying. Therefore love for love’s sake, because it is law of life, just as you breathe to live.

I'm a big fan of Edouard Vuillard, so I'd like anything by him - particularly a painting called 'Madame Hessel on the Sofa.' His work is realistic without being literal: I can really imagine what Madame Hessel is thinking.