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I'll tell you how it happened. The phone rang. Paul, my agent, goes, 'Would you like to play Meryl Streep's?' I said, 'Yeeees! I'll do it, whatever it is.' He said, 'It's Mamma Mia!.' I said, 'Oh no, which character? The fat friend?

Let's say black, the whole black religious experience, here, is very impressive to me, because when I first arrived I realized that people carry their faith with so much pride.

I believe that cinema is not only an artistic industry, but there is also a political activity.

Cooking with a cast iron skillet is great because it can also be used for presentation! Simply prepare a delicious meal within it and display it on the table for all to enjoy.

I was never involved in arms trading. In the Russian Federation, arms trading is the prerogative of the state.

If people are a little nervous about approaching you at the market, it's good. I'm not Chuckles The Clown. Or Bozo. I don't cut the ribbon at the opening of markets. I don't stand next to the mayor. Hit your baseball into my yard, and you'll never see it again.

The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.

If what distinguishes us from other species is speech, then poetry, which is the supreme linguistic operation, is our anthropological - indeed, genetic - goal.

It is in revolutionary periods that the culmination of previous trends and the beginning of new ones appear.

If one looks at the different problems of the integral calculus which arise naturally when one wishes to go deep into the different parts of physics, it is impossible not to be struck by the analogies existing.

You cannot believe everything you hear

There are a lot of possibilities I'm looking at for the future, but I'm very insistent on not limiting myself.

We all want to get along well with other people, and one way to do this is to help people feel good about themselves. If you make a person feel smart and insightful, that person will enjoy your company.

In my judgment, physical fitness is basic to all forms of excellence and to a strong, confident nation.

As a kid, I always wanted to be lots of things. I was a Walter Mitty type. I wanted to be in the French Foreign Legion, a detective, a doctor, a test pilot with a scarf, a fisherman who hauled in a tremendous marlin after a 12-hour fight.

People try to typecast astronauts as heroic and superhuman. We're only human beings.

I had never experienced the intense healing effect of another loving you, of their kind words. The illumination of my inner beauty had been initiated. Non-judgmental awareness is the most powerful tool for change. Could I look at my life without criticism? Without comparison? Could I simply look as a witness to my own life? Could I see my life through Tony’s loving eyes and observe without criticism? This was to be a massive part of my journey home.

Although I was born into the America that experiences and believes in opportunity, my trips to Ferguson, Detroit, Atlanta, and Chicago have revealed that there is an undercurrent of unease.

My proudest moment was probably when my oldest boy finished law school and went on to become an FBI agent. It was just beyond my imagination that - with my background - my own son would become an FBI agent.

They say time heals all wounds, but that presumes the source of the grief is finite