I'm not trying to be philosophical, but I really think it's my job to help children. And I don't care if people laugh.
Whether an MP is a woman or a man, it's about the qualities of the individual in doing that job.
I appoint the laziest person to do the hardest job as they'll find the easiest way to do it
Acting for me was an escape and it wasn't until Smoke Signals that made me realize that acting is a personal development and challenge to grow. Smoke Signals really mirrored the way I grew up and how I felt, and that movie was the first time I'd dealt with my parents' death and how I felt that loss and sadness and anger. After that movie I said, "Y'know what, I have to realistically wear my emotions now when I do a job. That's gotta be as real as it gets. It's not just dialogue anymore. "
My son is now an 'entrepreneur. ' That's what you're called when you don't have a job.
My first job with a network was General Hospital, and that was ABC. I feel like I have so much history with them, that they treat their shows well and they have good, discerning taste.
For David Halberstam journalism was a calling, not a job. You couldn't fire him and he wouldn't quit.
We're all self-made men, but not very many of us have stayed on the job.