Every single substitute teacher growing up could not pronounce my name, so whenever someone pauses, I'm like, 'Oh, that's me.'

Writing, for me, is an inherent part of understanding the material on a deeper level.

Sundance took me on my first film and from there sort of launched my career.

No, ramen's not good for you. But in Japan, our favorite thing to do after drinking all night, especially in Sapporo where it's freezing cold, is to go to the ramen place at two, three in the morning.

However, it required some years before the scientific community in general accepted that flexibility and disorder are very relevant molecular properties also in other systems.

I started out as a football player. I liked to inflict pain. In basketball, it was the same thing.

It's fascinating, isn't it, that whereas so many of our statues have been of military leaders, now it may well be sports stars who are the ones more likely to be so honored.

The chief concern of the French Impressionists was the discovery of balance between light and dark.