My partner Dan Ireland wants me to direct, and I read a lot of scripts - some good enough that I could see myself. But then it's like, so what? Who cares? Let someone else direct it.
I feel like as you get older, the roles you get change, and you don't always want to do the same tone over and over again.
There's nothing wrong with letting the girls know that you're money and that you want to party.
I just want people to come to my stuff and escape and see me as a character, not as anything else.
To me, more importantly, I want to make films that I believe in, that I find value in that I think folks will like.
Music was never really something I wanted to do, so I never thought about it as a kid.
When I was a kid I used to want to be a Beethoven or something. That was my dream.
The last thing in the world that I would want to know, in my own life, is when I'm going to pass away.
I want to believe there's a heaven. But I can't not believe there's a hell.
People want what they want, for as long as they want it, then tastes change and something else works.
I'm a big believer in free enterprise. If people want to try it, then go for it.
You always like to be the collaborator. I don't want to take over the movie, because if I want to do that, I should really become a director because then you have the control of everything, basically. I'm very happy to just be the visual part of it, doing the visual part of the movie.
I want my books to sell, to be read. I'm not interested in being obscure.
I'm not a T.G.I.F. guy. I get off a plane at 2 o'clock in the morning and I'm looking for my secretary because I want to know what's going on.
If you want India to lower tariffs and facilitate more free trade, then I think Indian producers also have a right to enter the European market.
We have broken the shackles of conservative socialism. The growing middle classes want the kind of standard of living you enjoy in the West. So what I'm selling is a lifestyle.
I want to make sure that I represent a variety of backgrounds and that represents the reality out here in the world.
Lately I feel being political is also about the company I keep and the ideas I put forward. When I do a curate a program or do a workshop, I want to make it intergenerational; I want to have women on the faculty and also among the students.
As far as money goes, there's a saying in Denmark: 'Your last suit doesn't have any pockets.' You can't take it with you. You can make all the money you want, but who cares?
It used to be you wanted to marry up.
I read every script from beginning to end, and I read every draft that I can. I like the show, I like the character, and I want to protect both of those things.
You want to live a life in which the things you have traded your hard-earned money for are quality items that really do uplift your life.
Evolution happens in nature and in individuals. I want to participate actively in its happening within me.
I want to write music that's going to appeal to everyone.
I don't want to be the type of person to have my relationships plastered in magazines.
