Just because we live in an insane culture doesn't mean we have to be insane too.
It's never good to just imitate somebody. That never works, because then you're not filling it with anything.
I suppose there are a lot of people who'd kill to have my career, but I still feel like a fan.
I am not a member of the chamber of commerce for show business, believe me, but there are some really good people in the business, and [Tom] Hanks has this everyman decency onscreen, but he actually is that guy.
I can't emphasize the immediate panic that would set in when I had to audition. I can't believe I did it.
I started just naturally turning into a nicer person, and it actually helped broaden and lengthen my career.
I always had to rely on humor and sarcasm. And when I started having kids, that doesn't work with kids. Kids don't understand sarcasm, and they certainly don't understand my humor.
Disabled people need more invested in their education, housing, job training, transportation, assistive technology, and independent-living facilities. Governments earn back this investment - and more - by making people with disabilities economically productive citizens.
I worked in the NHS as a hospital orderly during my national service, and people thought it was a noble service. But over the years it's lost its humanity.
The final solution for unemployment is work.
Homosexuality is an ugly sin, repugnant to those who find no temptation in it, as well as to many past offenders who are seeking a way out of its clutches. It is embarrassing and unpleasant as a subject for discussion but because of its prevalence, the need to warn the uninitiated, and the desire to help those who may already be involved in it, it is discussed in this chapter.