I don't think anybody deals well with tragedy or grief, but maybe my characters are particularly bad at it. Which is why I love them.
No one ever judges their own self.
I worked in television now for a few years. I think summer has become a really exciting time for television shows. And I think it's become a time for shows to distinguish themselves.
Anytime you get to join a group of people you admire and respect, you want to keep those doors open.
I think you always want to be open to things. . . it's just the matter of finding something I believe in, finding a character I believe in, and I think that's the way it should always be. I'm looking for things that excite me.
You can find old Jewish newspapers from Detroit that have my promotional ad in them. It was a totally insane time in my life. Paul Rudd was also a bar mitzvah emcee, you know? It was like being a local rock star in Detroit.
Honestly, it's the luck of the draw. If you are comfortable with the actor that you're opposite of - it just breaks down a lot of those insecurities and you can just say, "Okay, I trust this person, and I respect them and know they respect me," and then you can just go with it. When that doesn't exist, it's a lot harder to let go.
Free men are aware of the imperfection inherent in human affairs, and they are willing to fight and die for that which is not perfect.
Once I was on the job, once I had got started, I felt safe enough, but the anticipation made me tense.
[Libertarians] don't denounce what the state does, they just object to who's doing it. This is why the people most victimized by the state display the least interest in libertarianism. Those on the receiving end of coercion don't quibble over their coercers' credentials. If you can't pay or don't want to, you don't much care if your deprivation is called larceny or taxation or restitution or rent. If you like to control your own time, you distinguish employment from enslavement only in degree and duration.
The stories that are too personally vulnerable to write are the ones that must be told.