I'm not into the whole showbiz scene.

I'm really starting to think everything happens for a reason.

But I've had to act and not depend on my voice so much.

I'm not into the whole showbiz scene.

All I want to do when I have time off is to have a laugh with my school friends and go down the pub.

I'm having a great time. It's like I'm on some ridiculous big roller coaster not knowing what's happening next, but just having a great time on the ride.

I'm very picky, and I'm never 100% happy with the work I do; I hate watching myself and hearing my voice.

All I say is that I don't go out with famous men.

When I'm out with a group I hide in the corner and get legless. I just make sure my friends shield me.

I'm based in London now. I'm renting an apartment, making my own little home. It's great because I am around people all the time and I need my own space to get away from it all.

People watch me, waiting for me to slip up, so my privacy has gone - but that's a price you pay.

I loved being behind the scenes and finding out how they make movies.

But I'm not crazy about the designers like Prada and Gucci. I hate going into designer stores.

There are a lot of female artists my age around at the moment, but they're all American and blonde and blue-eyed and smiley. I'm totally the opposite of that. I want to show a bit more attitude and I have an opinion.

Because of my job, I get a lot of opportunity to grab a few days here and there in many cool cities for press commitments, magazine shoots and premieres - Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, Paris, Stockholm, New York, Berlin. I always try to get to a gallery or museum if there's time.

In particular, I studied German and Russian biomechanics.

When my girl do better than me, I still win. When I do better than her, she still wins.

I do not need a trophy to tell myself that I am the best.

Poetry is a call to action, and it also is action.

Let me tell you the story about Massachusetts under Governor Romney. It did fall to 47th out of 50 in jobs creation. Wages went down when they were going up in the rest of the country. He left his successor with debt and a deficit, and manufacturing jobs left that state at twice the rate as the rest of the country.

It was always my goal to 'up the ante' on good design, and I've devoted much of my career to this.

The problem is no longer that with every pair of hands that comes into the world there comes a hungry stomach. Rather it is that, attached to those hands are sharp elbows.

I couldn't really take a girl from Berlin to live in Leeds. I love it here. I miss the Yorkshire sense of humor and things like bitter and Yorkshire puddings, but I can still get my hands on salt 'n' vinegar crisps.

Even when she's dethroned by hardship, she still wears the sun as a crown.

I'm not in the business of being 'friendly.' First and foremost, I'm a journalist. My business is the truth. Now, I happen to be other things, too - a pop-culture phenomenon, the most in-demand speaker on the campus lecture circuit, whatever. But I believe in facts.

I want to create a body of work that is entertaining and speaks to people for a long time. Longer than my life span.

As a child, I grew up the son of German immigrant parents, so I grew up being teased and called 'Fritz' at school. When I married my wife and went to live in Vienna, I was teased for being a Brit.

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

For a long time, I dressed like an idiot. In college, I had a fully shaved head with just two horns. Like, a coxcomb of hair that I would sculpt into two horns. I looked like a crazy person.

It is never too late to change the way you eat - once you do, your body will thank you with a longer and healthier life.

Entertainment's definition has been reduced to making people happy.

All great composers of the past spent most of their time studying. Feeling alone won't do the job. A man also needs technique.

The Supreme Court must strike down the government's illegal spying program as a violation of our Fourth Amendment right to privacy.

I am an optimist. I believe the future is bright. I think people who see life painted in dark colors are the ones who do not take ownership.

The joke loses everything when the joker laughs himself.

Intimacy requires courage because risk is inescapable.

Ain't no chance if you don't take it.

When you're doing a show like 'The Book of Mormon,' you're completely spent by the time the show is over.