Someone once told me: 'Luck is when opportunity meets preparation'. And that's what I really feel with my music. I've worked really, really hard on it. It was like, 'this is really what I want to do. . what do I have to do to make it work?'
I think my voice worked out fine, but it was a lot of work for me. And I was very self-conscious about it. I was a bit self-conscious about writing lyrics too.
I worked as a secretary, a waitress and a dance teacher - all in high school.
It's always a help when you have worked with someone as you've got to know them a bit already.
I've worked with everyone from Ice Cube to Snoop Dogg. . . right across to working with pop stars like Justin Timberlake. Why those artists came to me is because they wanted my sound.
The idea of making pictures abroad is exciting when you're in Hollywood and have never worked in foreign countries. You think you'll get to see the sights and have all the fun that goes with traveling. Actually, you spend so much time on the job that you don't do much else.
I've got this old-school workout - push-ups, sit-ups, tricep dips. And it worked. Anybody can do this at home.
I feel very privileged to have worked with a lot of outstanding actors: Alun Armstrong, Peter Mullan, Matt Smith and Andrew Garfield.
An innovation need not be especially ingenious, but it must be well worked out.
I've never worked as hard as when I was at drama school. It's the most professional environment I've ever been in.
A lot of the films I've made probably could have worked just as well 50 years ago, and that's just because I have a lot of old-fashion values.
Americans are the most generous country on the planet. I've worked in Europe, I've worked in Australia. There is no where else where you get absolutely no attitude for being a foreigner. If you do your job well, they embrace you.
My biggest dream was to ruin the lives of my readers and crush their souls. . . And I really think that worked out pretty well for me.
The weirdest thing about me is that I like to walk around naked. I grew up walking around naked in my house. My mom was like that, and my sisters. My father worked nights and slept during the day, so we had no one to hide from.
I worked at the cosmetic counter at a fine department store
He worked like hell in the country so he could live in the city, where he worked like hell so he could live in the country.
I had a good time working with Russell Crowe, Ron Howard and Ed Harris. It was a great cast and Russell worked really hard, doing tons of research and questioning everything
I grew up in the East End of London, the youngest of three boys in a Catholic household. Both my parents were market traders and worked seven days a week.
The days followed one another patiently. Right back at the beginning of the multiverse they had tried all passing at the same time, and it hadn't worked.
When I left school I went to Australia for a year and worked in the drama department of a school in Perth.