"Obviously there's so much about me on the Internet that you can turn against me, and you can make me into any person you want."
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"You say you want to talk, But you don't . You stonewall me."
"She hopes for nothing except fine weather and a resolution. She wants to end properly, like a good sentence."
"Sometimes, one wants to have the illusion that one is making ones own life, out of ones own resources."
"(Feedback) People become addicted to it. That’s why journalism is so popular, because you want to hear, every day, what people think of what you just wrote. I think a little patience on that front can be good, too."
"We have to build the country that we want to see our future children and grandchildren live in."
"I like playing with fashion and bending the "rules," or what was "rules" - there are no rules anymore, you know? Fashion is way bigger than that and it's about wearing what you want and wearing what makes you feel comfortable and what makes you feel confident."
"When I'm on a red carpet I want somebody to feel something when they look at what I'm wearing, when they look at the entire ensemble, whether it be nostalgia or excitement, you know?"
"I want a lot of young people to see me in my working environment. I want them to see me being a good person while also running a business. I want young people to aspire to that."
"When I read the script, I said to one of the producers, "I know you probably want Jonathan Harker really fluffy, but I'm not gonna do that. It needs to be a mask. There needs to be a duel between Harker and Dracula.""
"There are so many sitcoms. So, when you get to be a part of something that feels exciting to you, you just want to be a part of it."
"Everyone wants to see someone shoot someone in the head."
"Gore Vidal said "Nixon is us, we are Nixon." I think we have to acknowledge that combination of idealism and sleaze; we want to be better than we are, and we sometimes don't face up to the real questions."
"I don't want to make a half-assed film. It's not my area of expertise."
"John [Travolta] and I have remained very close friends ever since we did Grease. When I was told that "You're the One That I Want" was named the #1 duet in history and, during a text chat with John letting him know he said "we should record a Christmas song." Of course I said yes."
"Seeing the energy of 'SNL' made me want to be a part of it. If that was a job, I thought, that was the job I wanted. That was my plan. Comedy."
"My life is about politics, a lot of about music, and a lot about things other than acting. I like traveling the world. But, what makes me want to stay in this business and keep doing this are movies when it's a true labor of love."
"You only see what your eyes want to see. How can life be what you want it to be?"
"If I have a problem, I want to work it out, right now."
"I've been popular and unpopular successful and unsuccessful loved and loathed and I know how meaningless it all is. Therefore I feel free to take whatever risks I want."