American Quotes

It is one of the ironies of the ministry that the very man who works in God's name is often hardest put to find time for God. The parents of Jesus lost Him at church, and they were not the last ones to lose Him there.

If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home.

Sometimes your medicine bottle has on it, 'Shake well before using.' That is what God has to do with some of His people. He has to shake them well before they are ever usable.

Over the years, I've had hundreds of shots blocked. You've got to go in and take chances.

We were like a stock company at Warners. We didn't know any of the stars from the other studios.

The TV business is soul crushing, talent destroying and human being destroying.

The one thing that you simply have to remember all the time that you are there, is that Hollywood is an oriental city. As long as you do that you might survive. If you try to equate it with anything else you'll perish.

Playing good girls in the 30s was difficult, when the fad was to play bad girls. Actually I think playing bad girls is a bore; I have always had more luck with good girl roles because they require more from an actress.

Famous people feel that they must perpetually be on the crest of the wave, not realising that it is against all the rules of life. You can't be on top all the time, it isn't natural.

With Harley, you build it, then you've got to take it apart.

Well, TV series tie you up. You can't do films while you're doing a TV series.

We had a showing of Battlestar in LA last week. I walked out the door and there were 50 people. I signed a ton of autographs. Other actors walked away without signing. These are the fans. I guess it depends. on who you are.

This is really showing me what certain movies mean to people.

So we're going to do a Battlestar Galactica themed bike and bring another one of the bikes.

Now, I'm getting a little older, got more responsibility, I don't need to be depressed.

My father was a writer and an acting teacher.

It's a little weird exchanging pictures for money. You know what I mean. It makes me a little uncomfortable.

In L.A., everybody ain't so nice.

I'm trying to open a Chopper shop this year.

I'm not a huge drama person. I think I liked them more when I was younger.

I'm an action fanatic.

I'm a martial arts buff, so anything martial arts.

I'd rather do a lot of movies than a TV series and do a lot of different roles than be stuck in one TV thing.

I'd have to say the whole experience in making The Neverending Story. I had an incredible time.

I would like any type of character that I could be creative with and totally delve into.

I speak French fluently, so that really helped.

I mean, there are things in the book you could never do in a movie.

I don't want to sit and cry for an hour in a movie. I'd rather have an action or a comedy.

Harley's been influential, but I'm not a big Harley fan.

Atreyu comes from a land called Fantasia. It's an imaginary land.