“I think that the notion of justice and the issues and values that I understood growing up and [have] continued to embrace throughout my life and into my career have been the same.”
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“I don't think I've ever had more fun doing anything in my life than trading verses with Daryl Hall on 'Private Eyes.' That's as fun as it gets.”
“I don't want kids listening to my music thinking it's for their parents. I want them to feel it's theirs.”
“I think that what happens is that all of my modern influences blend together with the older soul influences and you get Mayer Hawthorne.”
“I think that Detroiters are some of the most resilient people in the world.”
“I think we could benefit from world history that is specifically taught in a multi-faceted fashion that allows for an understanding that perspectives on truth can be very different. I'm an advocate of an approach that endeavors to foster empathy and which tries to find a common humanity across the divide.”
“A lot of people think I live in a soul bubble.”
“Well, California used to be in the dream-making business, and unfortunately what's happened I think we're now in the dream-breaking business.”
“Think more about who you are and less about what you do, for if you are just, your ways will be just.”
“I never met Barbara Cartland. But now that I'm working on her life, I wish I had. I think there was a lot of pathos in it and I'm intrigued by her.”
“When I was shooting with Tarantino and Mike Mills and amazing directors, it made me think that I would never be a director. It's obviously too hard.”
“I would love to have twins. I think there's something nice about having two babies, and they're there for each other their whole entire life.”
“A lot of the time, the British press make me ashamed and embarrassed to be British. They give others the impression that the British are selfish, envious and bitter people, which is simply not true in my opinion. I think that British people in general are really nice and friendly.”
“I don't think the Spice Girls are celebrated as much as they should be. We championed British pop worldwide. We toured everywhere to sell-out crowds and I think there should have been a reflection of that at February's Brit's anniversary.”
“I recognise a lot of myself in these kids who enter shows like Pop Idol. It's very hard to get into the music industry and you have to take every opportunity that you can. Something like Pop Idol is a great opportunity but unfortunately, I think it's tainted by the people that make these shows.”
“Every time I play in a movie, I never expect that it'll be huge. I don't like thinking about that, because it's so scary.”
“When I think it's good not to say the truth, I don't say anything. I don't like actors in general, they lie, they are liars, trust me.”
“I think I understand the line between my job and the director's. I have no interest in directing. Not my movie, not your movie, nobody's movie.”
“I'm very, very serious about what I do. I think there are a lot of people out there sort of thinking it's anybody's game. You know, "You pick up a camera and you make a movie." My experiences over the years have taught me there's a lot more than that to making a film - there's also getting the film seen, and all kinds of complex realities.”
“Part of being young is you thinking that gaining 6 lbs. Is the end of the world”