I actually don't think we're more divided than we were.
The Internet is such a tough marketplace because everyone is a click away from going back to a cat photo, or going back to whatever else they were doing. You have to win them over, and do it quickly, and do it by making something people actually want.
I may be a douche to some people, but I actually do run companies.
Once I got to an age where I was old enough to make my own decisions, I quit everything and did what I actually wanted to do, which was start a band.
I've never actually seen a 3-D movie. I've seen some dailies in 3-D and it kind of gives me a headache. But it looks really cool.
I actually do like playing off-beat people. I think it's more fun.
As well as Japanese animation, technology has a huge influence on Japanese society, and also Japanese novels. It's because before, people tended to think that ideology or religion were the things that actually changed people, but it's been proven that that's not the case. Technology has been proven to be the thing that's actually changing people. So in that sense, it's become a theme in Japanese culture.
Our brains are great at knowing what to forget. We actually have to teach computers to do the same.
Music is the only art that actually lives.
I've had meetings where a guy actually told me, "What we're trying to figure out is how we can control you. " In the meeting, to me! Why do you want to control me?
I was going to write a book one day and I actually did. To have it is a major accomplishment for me.
Actually, it's nice when people hate what you do, because it's still a passionate feeling about it. It's kind of when they're indifferent, you're like, "Oh, well, what am I really doing?" It's nice to go one way or the other.
My theory on genre is that while there are people out there who believe that genre tells people what to read, actually I believe that genre exists as a marketing tool to tell you what to avoid.
I think for most actors, because we sort of have to tell ourselves this, we always say, 'Oh, it doesn't mean anything to win an Oscar!' It certainly isn't a goal that you want to set yourself up for, because then you're just setting yourself up for disaster. Because how many people actually win an Oscar?
I think the voice over actually enhances the various moments instead of compensating for something that's lacking. Voice over can be tricky. It can be dangerous because its over used or inappropriately used. I think in this case it informs the story.
The thing about Alzheimer's is that it's. . . it's sort of like all these little, small deaths along the way, before they actually physically die.
Boozing does not necessarily have to go hand in hand with being a writer. . . I therefore solemnly declare to all young men trying to become writers that they do not actually have to become drunkards first.
I don't think courting and dating is a liability. I actually think it can be a blessing.
Since there are so many idiots out there, you may actually start to think you're crazy. You are not. They are idiots.
When you take the entire system into account, ways of developing more of something in one dimension can actually create scarcities in another. If we say we have to increase production because people need more food, more housing, more meat, or more milk, we can make one thing grow in a certain way. But by doing that we create externalities so that there are scarcities in other related things.