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I have done songs here and there. But I have never scored a film. That is something I would like to do at some point.

Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him; for where there is nothing but pure misery there never is any recourse to the mention of it.

In my neighborhood, when you've got something to say to a guy, you look him in the eye and you say it to him.

Failure is a great teacher, and I think when you make mistakes and you recover from them and you treat them as valuable learning experiences, then you've got something to share.

Better to fight for something than live for nothing.

I mean Black Flag happened. I was lucky. I don't think I could have put together something with one percent of that oomph on my own.

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.

I have a strong sense of responsibility. I like to be directed, it's true. If I didn't like that, I'd do something else.

In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.

Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical.

You can only offend me if you mean something to me.

People shop for a bathing suit with more care than they do a husband or wife. The rules are the same. Look for something you'll feel comfortable wearing. Allow for room to grow.

I'm a firm believer that in the theory that people only do their best at things they truly enjoy. It is difficult to excel at something you don't enjoy.

Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for - because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.

Every now and then I read a poem that does touch something in me, but I never turn to poetry for solace or pleasure in the way that I throw myself into prose.

I'm a mirror. If you're cool with me, I'm cool with you, and the exchange starts. What you see is what you reflect. If you don't like what you see, then you've done something. If I'm standoffish, that's because you are.

I'm potentially worth a lot of money, but I've got to go and make something that's worth a lot of money.

I don't wish to be everything to everyone, but I would like to be something to someone.

I don't think the government is out to get me or help someone else get me but it wouldn't surprise me if they were out to sell me something or help someone else sell me something. I mean, why else would the Census Bureau want to know my telephone number?

It strikes me as odd that the free exercise of religious faith is sometimes treated as a problem, something America is stuck with instead of blessed with.

I think that sometimes when they see me in a movie they expect me to be something nasty. I mean, I play a lot of villains and you show up and they think maybe... That's why it's good to defy expectations sometimes.

A collection is not just one basic idea. It comes from something that is in the air, something you suddenly like and put down on paper and then work out.

Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.

You know, one race will not be a survivor if the other one dies, and that's something that we should think about.

Spaghetti... I can't eat spaghetti, there's too many of them. No matter how hungry I am, 1,000 of something is too many. I'll have 1,000 pieces of noodles.

Some people change when they think they're a star or something.

Acting has given me a way to channel my angst. I feel like an overweight, pimply faced kid a lot of the time - and finding a way to access that insecurity, and put it toward something creative is incredibly rewarding. I feel very lucky.

The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized - never knowing.

Los Angeles gives one the feeling of the future more strongly than any city I know of. A bad future, too, like something out of Fritz Lang's feeble imagination.

No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected.