Politicians should inspire you to vote, they should appeal to people.

When I work alone, it can be like dabbling with a canvas. Maybe you paint over bits, and it starts to form its own life and lead you off in a direction. It becomes an intuitive, subconscious process.

I idolized IM Vijayan and Krisanu Dey when I started watching football. After that, it was Bhaichung Bhutia in India and Brazilian Ronaldo abroad.

I think there's so many actors out there that we see and we know as one thing but are capable of so much more.

Anyone who knows me knows that I have never been shy about how important Ferran Adria has been in my life; he is a friend, a mentor, an inspiration.

It doesn't matter where it is in the world or who I'm making the movie with; that's the closest thing that I've got to a sense of placement.

I've said, for a long time, my favorite part of my career is when I'm creating a new thing where I'm pulling from a new place.

We all should be so lucky to be as optimistic as SpongeBob.

I believe in tradition and innovation, authenticity and passion.

I feel comfortable talking to Vince, which seems so crazy for me to say. For me, I've been a fan, I've been watching him forever, and I'm like, 'Yeah, I'm comfortable to talk to Vince McMahon.'

When I was a boy, I was really thin, small, long-haired. I always looked young. People thought, 'He can't play football.' I used that to my advantage.

I'm continuing to grow in this league. I think I'm getting better each and every day.

If you could access 90 percent of your brain, you'd be Charles Xavier.

Once in one's life, for one mortal moment, one must make a grab for immortality; if not, one has not lived.

If I didn't have my camera to remind me constantly, I am here to do this, I would eventually have slipped away, I think. I would have forgotten my reason to exist.

The fact that Barack Hussein Obama became president is historic, to say the least. Actually, to become U.S. senator, that was historic, and then what he did later on - that's what inspired me to think...

If AR Rahman said, 'I wanted to work with you,' I would drop everything.

I want to do what I feel in my soul. My soul won't lead me wrong.

I dropped off my kids from 10 to 2, went to the library, and just wrote. This is my second career - I'm 41 - and I'm a terrible speller.

I'm grateful that as part of the Ernie Ball family, I'm able to connect with my fans in such a meaningful way and hopefully inspire guitar players to up their game!

People are always sending me pictures of themselves in my jersey and it's kind of surreal just to realize that I've gotten to a point where people are wearing my jerseys to games, to practice and in...

I love being a mom. I love singing. Why can't you have both? A lot of people would say you can't, but I think you can balance it; if you work hard, and you plan everything out properly, it works.

I've always wanted to tell a story about Lincoln. I saw a paternal father figure; I saw someone who was completely, stubbornly committed to his ideals, to his vision.

I modeled myself after Deborah Kerr for her romantic, untouched quality; Ingrid Bergman for her strength; and Kay Kendall for her wonderful sense of humor.

There's fifty bands doing my riffs for ever and ever.

The future is wider than vision, and has no end.

As a kid, we would drive up and down 77 North - that's our highway - there would be office buildings on the side of the highway and I'd be like, that's what my house is going to look like when I get...

I just umpire. That's what I've done. That's all I can do. I'm one of the fortunate ones on God's earth. I found what God meant for me to do. People ask if I like working home plate best. I just want...

I grew up surrounded by these strong, brilliant women who showed me what it meant to show up in the world with purpose and intention.

Cricket has given me everything. If I'm anything today, it is because of the game... where I have given blood, sweat, and tears.