I don't think anyone sets out to do something bad, it's just that it's very difficult.

I just don't eat too much. That's never been my problem.

I still like to listen to the people that I came of age on.

When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.

I miss everything about Chicago, except January and February.

I don't think anyone sets out to do something bad, it's just that it's very difficult.

You need someone to tell you how to do things like hitting your marks, or driving a car so it looks right or getting out of a car so it doesn't take a million years of screen time.

Karl Malden was quite a mentor. He taught me things he had learned from being in front of a camera so long.

I was initially a leading man, but only on television.

I grew up with Apocalypse Now and Badlands, so I had a real awe thing going.

A lot of actors in my age bracket look at being still standing as pretty good.

I will confess I did none of my own singing. I did all my own costume and makeup, though.

You always know when something works it's a result of everything firing on all cylinders.

Being able to fantasize for a couple of days at being a rock singer surpassed most things I've done on stage.

I think it had something to do with my love of music, especially rock music.

You can go out in a good movie and look bad as well.

I love going to concerts, so that whole environment is something that intrigues me anyway.

I was a little nervous coming in mostly because my first scene was with Martin Sheen, who I'm a huge fan of.

Yes, I've already done a couple of guest voices.

If someone comes up to me, 90 percent of the time it's about Office Space.

I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.

I messed around in high school, but I pretty much put it away until I did a television show in San Francisco.

Then, at some point, you get identified with certain things.

I like the fact that this kind of family has been seen in a movie a million times: teenage kids, the family is a bit strained and they don't have enough money, but in the background the guy used to be a Gene Simmons type.

There is no handbook about how a career is going to go.

Now it is just this world we like the best, the Germanic world, the world of Nordic life.

There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival.

So to compare the Beatles, obviously the Beatles are the Beatles, but in hip-hop terms, Tribe is the Beatles. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five are the Beatles. Big Daddy Kane is Jimi Hendrix. It means that much to people that grew up with it.

Since Sept. 11, many of the wars of our generation are in the Muslim world. So as a woman, I have access to 50 percent of the population that my male colleagues don't.

Jesus isn't a logo, I'm not promoting some company, some brand. I'm just professing my faith.

I think what we've found is that when you can use products with your friends and your family and the people you care about, they tend to be more engaging. I think that we're really going to see this huge shift where a lot of industry is and products are just going to be remade to be social.

Cats have a scam going - you buy the food, they eat the food, they go away; that's the deal.

In America, it stands out, because it's raw, it's big, it's emotional. My face is raw, big and emotional. It didn't work for the longest time.

It's dangerous to read the Internet about yourself when you're me. Or when you're anyone in the public eye.

I think President Bush tried to step up on Social Security even though the polls showed that was unpopular. He has not been successful and backed off, but I admire people who take on big problems.

If there was a way to discourage trash constitutionally, I would sure as heck take a hard look at it. I don't think there is. So I don't think there's a choice here.

When the audience enjoys your performance, you feel like a magician who is doing magic. It's a great feeling!

Scientific research can reduce superstition by encouraging people to think and view things in terms of cause and effect.

I know people who enjoy having 10 people running around and doing things for them. I don't. I feel awkward in such situations. It gives you a false sense of importance.

I have this theory that I hold on to, the theory that everything great in art and in life in general is jazz. It's just like all these things that just kind of seem to fall into place. You know, like mistakes that somehow turn into something beautiful.

Republicans are manufacturing a Social Security crisis that does not exist in order to dismantle Social Security.

Allowing for endless legal challenges or partisan political discussions is not the proper way to handle an issue that affects the entire scope of the environment and the economy.

The most important message that I can give to you and to all the world is to keep the commandments of God.

Musicians are at the bottom of the creative pyramid and authors are at the top, and many people think it's unacceptable for someone to attempt to jump from the bottom to the top of the pyramid.

And it turned out that the Roberts Commission did not fully utilize the information available and that it came to conclusions which were I think quite short sighted and, indeed, in some cases, scapegoated individuals.

If you constantly pound your muscles, they'll never have time to repair.

I wanted to be a fashion journalist and went to the London College of Fashion to do a journalism and promotion course.

A Guru is not someone who holds a torch for you. He is the torch.

What I wanted to make sure of is that I wasn't just tagged as a Viner.