No one teaches you how to be graceful.
You learn how to be a gracious winner and an outstanding loser.
I think it's sort of an outrage that companies should have to hire firms to teach the college graduates they employ how to write.
From Graham Greene, I learnt how to be an accessible writer who grapples with our doubts as sentient individuals.
In A.I., the holy grail was how do you generate internal representations.
I'm a big greens fan. I'm a big vegetable fan. I'm a big whole grains fan. And I exercise a lot. That's how I keep this petite dancer's figure.
I've tried to learn something from other players and how they are really focused on the Grand Slams. I couldn't do that in the past.
We're in this transition period of figuring out how to deal with all the new technology that is out there, but television still proves to be the granddaddy of them all.
I've heard that our greatest cross to carry is ourselves - how gravely we fall short.
Mel is a great director because he's not just a director, he's an actor, so he knows how to direct actors. I loved working with him. He's great as a director. He's so intelligent. He's generous. I really loved him.
I think the script is the key. Regardless of how great everybody else is working on a film, if you're working on a script that you don't think is great, you're not gonna be able to make a great film. Whereas if the script is great, then you can.
When I think about how I grew up sleeping on a cot in the hallway in a one-bedroom apartment in Flatbush, it's been a great life. I can't complain.
I want to retire how I want to retire - and I have a great opportunity to do that.
I have never felt any ethnic connection between the Greeks and me other than how hairy I am.
There is universal consensus among experts that the earth's atmosphere is heating up - and that we are responsible for it by putting carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. We also know that the consequences of global warming are catastrophic. But how do we make sure that all countries reduce greenhouse gases?
Where do these arms come from, these Saturday night specials that constitute the instrument of threats in bank robberies, or the hand grenades used by terrorists? How can their sales and their import be permitted?
It's kind of amazing how popular 'Grey's Anatomy' is. What other show can boast such an annoyingly sincere cast of doctors, sniveling through such perfunctory love triangles?
Dick Gregory and Richard Pryor laid the groundwork for us as Indian-Americans. How can we add our story to their groundwork is the question.
You can't imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.
It's how I've been playing my whole life, guarding the best player on the other team.
