Well, the way things are going, aside from wheat and auto parts, America’s biggest export is now the Oscar.
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As a director and an actor, I encourage improvisation but in character and in the moment of what it is.
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It’s money. I remember it from when I was single
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You have to really respect what your kids are doing with their kids and how they’re raising them. You can’t push your way into areas where you shouldn’t be saying anything.
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When comedy is good, it’s jazz. The beats of it, the looseness, the improvisational part, the music-the way you hit the inflection, the high notes of a joke. It’s all melody to me.
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Bambi, to a kid, was scary.
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[I did impressions] of relatives because I heard so many different sounds. My dad was in the music business and of course my uncle was a giant [music producer], but my dad in particular had the house filled with these Dixieland jazz stars.
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I’ve always thought that the key to a good sex life is variety. That’s why God gave me two hands. Humans love sex, we need sex, it’s how we connect, it reminds us we’re alive, it’s the third most basic human need, after food and good movie popcorn.
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I’m a sucker for a free tuxedo.
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I think when I feel I’m at my best is when I’m on stage, and it’s my version of jazz because it’s just riffing or something.
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I’m going to go on just living and laughing and loving.
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I had really good hearing and when you’re scared it gets heightened so you hear scratching noises or something.
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That’s the thing about jazz: it’s free flowing, it comes from your soul.
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There’s only, I think, in life, three things that I do pretty well: Performing, I still can field ground balls, and I make nice kids.
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The Passion of the Christ opened up on Ash Wednesday, had a Good Friday.
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I’m married – I’ve caught my limit.
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