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My motivation is internal. ”
You don't realise how cool your culture is until you get out of that phase of trying to fit in. ”
The doctors who have examined me say I am healthy enough for a long life, so don't have any illusions that I'll soon leave this world. ”
I do a lot of biking. I need that mileage and the long-distance stuff because tennis demands it. My fitness trainer is always trying to convince me to do an Ironman. I can probably run the marathon, I can make the 112 miles on the bike, but I will never swim for 2.4 miles. I will die after 100 meters. ”
There is no motivation higher than being a good writer. ”
At the outset, at least, all three groups had something else to recommend them, as well: They were headquartered 3,000 miles away from the East Side of Manhattan. ”
I have discovered that for me - now, maybe it doesn't work for everybody - for me, it is much more effective to arrive at any situation as a man from Mars than to try to fit in. ”
If the script is telling the story well, that is your inspiration, and you do not need to go somewhere else. ”
It's something I'd find rather distracting in a historical piece, looking at characters that have obviously just gotten off their Ab Blaster. You see a piece set in the 1300s or the 1800s, and you've got characters who have perfect abs and are incredibly well-groomed, not a hair out of place, and it just doesn't make sense. ”
I know certain actors who have done very well. They are still down to earth. ”