I love actors, both my parents were actors, and the work with actors is the most enjoyable part of making a film. It's important that they feel protected and are confident they won't be betrayed. When you create that atmosphere of trust, it's in the bag - the actors will do everything to satisfy you.
We want real job creation and a fertile business environment for small business owners.
Difficulties, opposition, criticism - these things are meant to be overcome, and there is a special joy in facing them and in coming out on top. It is only when there is nothing but praise that life loses its charm and I begin to wonder what I should do about it.
When I made my first album, there was no indication that anybody other than my parents were going to buy it.
Journalism is a kind of profession, or craft, or racket, for people who never wanted to grow up and go out into the real world.
Historically, a successful life in comedy is a dream that's as equally pondered and unpursued as being an astronaut.
What I should do is go over to the surgical suites and get my foot extricated from my mouth.
I always did my own thing. I'm not an outsider, but I have one foot in and one foot out.
Michael Bloomberg has yet to get his due for engineering the New York entrepreneurial ecosystem.
The dumbing down of the country reflects itself on Broadway. The shows get dumber, and the public gets used to them.
I wanted to act; wherever that was, I was happy. It just happened to be in America for me.