She said, and I'm not kidding, 'Is this a speaking role?' I wasn't quite sure how to answer that one.

When you are not practicing, remember somewhere someone is practicing, and when you meet him, he will win.

She said, and I'm not kidding, 'Is this a speaking role?' I wasn't quite sure how to answer that one.

I do like large entrances, but this was a little too large.

We lived in the bowels of New York City. It was a struggle just to survive. This nice suburban kid hadn't had to do much of that before.

When my daughter, Clare, was 4, she told me that a school friend had told her what I did for a living. Clare asked me, 'Is it true you play Jack Rabbit?'

God has always given me the strength to say what is right.

Baking is too precise for me. I cook with a pinch of this or that.

I overdramatize.

I was born in 1946, so I was born on the tail end of when everything was deemed important. You made things to last. If you came from a poor family, there was only one can opener.

A stage setting is not a background it is an environment.

The intention to live as long as possible isn't one of the mind's best intentions, because quantity isn't the same as quality.

In a startup, absolutely nothing happens unless you make it happen.

Whereas Schaeffer and Henry were working like samplers, their idea was to capture those sounds which couldn't be serially calibrated because they were too complex in character.

Birds born in cages think that flying is an illness.

It's important to look neat and tidy and not be too flashily dressed. If you look untidy, you're considered to have an untidy mind - it's as simple as that!

The one thing people don't appreciate, I think, is that central banking is not a new development. It's been around for a very long time.

You know, you really do choose your existence in a way.

I think girls like vampires because they are mysterious and they really don't know what they are about. I think a lot of girls are attracted to that.

I loved the sound of the ocean, the breaking surf, the vastness, but still didn't feel terribly comfortable in it.

A stomach without bread and a purse without gold have led to so many revolutions in history.

I liked the name Frog Brigade because it lent itself to a lot of cool imagery with the whole frog thing.

Every noble activity makes room for itself.

Reducing every issue to an argument can become stale but it's often a very good way of clarifying issues.

Being nice to someone you have an issue with doesnt mean you are fake...it means someone taught you how to be polite.

I think that after a year of Portishead I've become a little more sober.

One of London's massive strengths is its sporting prowess, its great football teams.

I quite enjoy cooking. I love cooking for my friends. It's communal, it reminds me of being with family, and it's also a form of therapy; it heals you from the inside out.

Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.

I like to say, jazz music is kind of like my musical equivalent of comfort food. You know, it's always where I go back to when I just want to feel sort of grounded.