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Help and you will abolish apathy-the void that is so quickly filled by ignorance and evil.
If not for John Adams leading a revolution against Great Britain...This would be the BAFTAs.
If I have no connection with the character, then it's all fake - it's just blah, blah, blah.
The prejudice surrounding AIDS exacts a social death which precedes the actual physical one.
You don't necessarily go in to talk to the person to try to find some secret key to the lock.
The desert, when the sun comes up...I couldn't tell where heaven stopped and the Earth began.
I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism.
If you're funny, if there's something that makes you laugh, then every day's going to be okay.
I was never intimidated by change. I was like an army brat who had lived all around the world.
People ask me all the time, "What kind of father are you?" I won't know until my kids are grown.
There was a period of time in Los Angeles when I wondered if I was just going to lose everything.
It just so happens that my body type and my lifestyle gives me a preclusion for high blood sugars.
I try not to lie to people - the only way to control the way you're perceived is to tell the truth.
I would not want to live in a country that would have me as a leader in any sort of political bent.
Repertory theater is all about being part of the whole, one of the many colors in this vast palette.
College isn't necessary for everybody and it's only from what you put into it what you go there for.
For some people, I will be Forrest Gump for the rest of my life. But that's OK; that's a good thing.
If you look at romantic comedies as pieces of commerce, the audience is looking for wish fulfillment.
There was nothing to react to except wind and trees [in Cast Away]. It was like making a silent movie.
I view my wife as my lover, and we have a bond that goes beyond words like wife or girlfriend or mother.
From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon. It's not a miracle; we just decided to go.
The pleasure of working with somebody who's an actor is they don't waste time with stuff that doesn't matter.
In your mid-30s, it’s time to start playing guys of compromise. And as you get older, men of bitter compromise.
There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a while.
I did a 'Love Boat!' And based on my trip on the 'Love Boat,' I said, 'I'd just as soon not do 'Fantasy Island.'
There's no substitute for a great love who says, 'No matter what's wrong with you, you're welcome at this table.'
I did a 'Love Boat!' And based on my trip on the 'Love Boat,' I said, 'I'd just as soon not do 'Fantasy Island.''
I have gone through so many examinations of what a hero is, between the World War II stuff and the astronaut stuff.
I'm not saying I'm not bummed if a movie doesn't do well, but that isn't the final analysis of whether it's any good.
We're part of a greater humanity and we can actually affect the world by the choices we make once we leave the theater.
Let's not pretend there isn't a huge industry driven by the choices made by editors and writers who decide what a story is.
We are still in the position of waking up and having a choice. Do I make the world better today somehow, or do I not bother?
I have a woman who teaches me what love is every day. Maybe that sentiment is possible to fake, but for me it's really true.
The "Toy Story" films accomplish what timeless classics aim for - innocent characters who face an endless trail of adventures.
I know what I have to do now. I gotta keep breathing. Because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring?
When you're on the open sea and you drop 10, 12 feet and your stomach goes up around your neck - that's when you have problems.
There's such an advantage to being involved in the day-to-day details of each other's lives. It's a marvelous fabric to exist in.
I'm not interested in doing something edgy with a capital E just so everyone knows, 'Oh, OK, now he's showing us he can do edgy.'
I always wanted to play Lestrade of Scotland Yard 'cause he's a buffoon that gets to wear a uniform. I thought that would be fun.
In the early days you have a tendency to intellectualize, but you're really just trying to sound smart and score with the chicks.
Some people go to bed at night thinking, 'That was a good day.' I am one of those who worries and asks, 'How did I screw up today?'
It was a million tiny little things that, when you added them all up, they meant we were supposed to be together ... and I knew it.
E-mail is far more convenient than the telephone, as far as I'm concerned. I would throw my phone away if I could get away with it.
The nature of motion capture is only going to work for certain films. It's not going to put any other type of movies out of business.
It's always a combination of physics and poetry that I find inspiring. It's hard to wrap your head around things like the Hubble scope.
I have faith that a script is going to hit me like a ton of bricks, and when that happens, it's undeniable that I should choose the role.
When you try to bring a story to life, it starts in your head and you see possibilities for it, but it's just one damn thing after another.
My wife and I, we met making a movie. This is not just our job, it's our life. It's what we do naturally whether we're working together or not.
If you can feel like a good man in your 40s, you can feel like a better man in your 50s, a Superman in your 60s, and maybe a Spider-Man in your 70s.
And I'm not apolitical - I'm very specific in my politics. But a lot of the time it's nobody's business unless you're over at my house having dinner.