American Quotes

Breaking into a system or exposing its weaknesses is a good thing because truth and knowledge must win out.

People don't want to talk about death, just like they don't want to talk about computer security. Maybe I should have named my workstation Fear. People are so motivated by fear.

Even if it was a difficult operation to copy a song, it only takes one person to do it. After that the spread of the song via the Internet or other means of propagation is only limited by the honesty of the users.

Everyone is treating it like a Hollywood story. In Madison, it's a neighborhood story.

Basically, I only play one character; I just play him at different volumes.

In the land of the skunks he who has half a nose is king.

The point is, how do you know the Guarantee Fairy isn't a crazy glue sniffer.

You know, right now, they say - I don't know who says this, but somebody told me - there's three male roles to every female role. And I guess I'd work on evening that up. Making great roles for women. It's just such a huge challenge.

You have to create your own stuff. It's really exciting to create something, sell it, and feel like I'm not just a pawn waiting to be cast.

You have to be willing to accept the idea that people may think you're stupid.

Yeah, I do like scary movies, especially the ones that don't take themselves too seriously.

The hardest thing in my industry is longevity, getting your next job. It's hard to get the first job, but it's so much harder to get the sixth or seventh as a woman.

One of the things that comedy has given me over the years is a really good ability to laugh at myself and to not take things that don't matter too much too seriously. I feel that very little offends me anymore and I'm really grateful for that because I think I was a pretty uptight little kid.

My comedy does not come from a place of deep cynicism, and I tend to play characters who are naive in some way.

I'm not a very good lover. I'm so nervous about my sexuality.

I was never the class clown or anything like that. When I was growing up and doing theatre in Seattle I was always doing very dramatic work. Now I can't get a dramatic role to save my life!

I try to keep my head on straight and take nothing for granted.

I really love comedy and weirdly enough, I love how my journey has ended up. I get to laugh all day long.

I never really thought I wanted to become a movie star.

I never imagined being able to make money from acting - and now I can.

I know a lot of actors talk about the importance of wardrobe, and it always seems like it's kind of a cop-out, maybe, because it seems like a minor detail to some people. But I think it's hugely important.

I feel really grateful that I am in comedy, and I love doing it.

I don't really like to go out to clubs or anything. It's just not my style. I'd much rather go to a dive bar or a local place.

Hollywood studio executives don't recognize the value of female performers as much as male performers.

Blythe Danner is somebody whose career I admire. She's a great actress and does good work, but also has a life of her own. I love my job but, at the end of the day, I want to come home and watch a movie and drink a bottle of wine with my husband.

You can change a person's life in an instant; put him in a movie, and you start thinking differently, you want to be in another movie. It's like an addiction almost.

When they released Sidewalks of New York, there were some shots with the towers they were going to take out, and Ed told them no. I don't think they can deny the towers were a part of New York.

When I was a kid going to the movies, we'd go because Bogart was in the movie, or Cagney, or John Wayne. We didn't know what the story was about or anything.

What you do as a policeman might be the right thing to do, but it's not entertaining. I left that behind me.

Vince or Brad or Benicio would say, Maybe we should try this, and Guy was open to changes.