Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" Failing passionately is a success in its own right. "

Related Quotes:

" When I was young, I believe I met Nicolas Cage. I think I was probably eight, and I remember seeing him at somebody's house - it was an event, and he happened to be there. "

" Karate probably gave me an incredibly deep awareness of all the parts of me, my flexibility, and the nimble qualities I'm doing, even if they're unconscious. "

" Until I was about 16 years old, my dream was to be a musician. I played in rock bands and jazz bands. Then I decided to be an actor and kept the stable career of 'jazz pianist' as my safety net. "

" I would say Mick Jagger plus Mr. Furley equals Howard Wolowitz. "

" I actually struggled through teaching myself to cook because I'm completely ignorant in the kitchen. So I did really macho things like trying to make my own curry. Really hardcore stuff. "

" I think there's a freedom in freeing yourself of the baggage of ability. "

" Working with the Coens was a dream come true. "

" I love Jerry Lewis. I loved Jim Carrey when I was younger, and Mike Myers and Phil Hartman, all the 'Saturday Night Live' people in the late '80s. "

" Being an accompanist is very selfless in many ways because you're really just trying to elevate the singer and help them shine, ultimately. "

" Actually, when I was young, I believe I met Nicolas Cage. I think I was probably eight, and I remember seeing him at somebody's house - it was an event and he happened to be there. People would ask me if I was his son, because I looked like him at that point, so I do remember feeling some connection and just wanting to say, like, 'Papa!' "

" I generally don't feel the need to do more research than is necessary to play the part for me, to inform me. "

" I'm obviously more known for being on television, and that's where most people see me. "

" I play piano, and I was really, really obsessive about playing piano in high school. I don't know if that's nerdy, but I definitely locked myself in the room and was playing jazz. I was 14. I guess that's kind of cool, actually. "

" When you see someone putting themselves out there, particularly when you see someone is failing and failing so passionately, it brings up this bittersweet connection to our mortality. "

" There's something very funny about giving a menial task to a genius and watching him find so much complexity and overanalyse it to such a degree that the waitress from Nebraska working at the Cheesecake Factory has passed them all by. "

" I guess I get really obsessive or passionate about things. "

" I am fairly physically aware and agile, and I imbue that into the characters I play. "

" We're going to do a natural birth. At first she was like, 'We should do it at home,' and I said, 'Look, either way, when you go into labor, I will be checking into a hospital... so if you want to come along, come along. "

" I enjoy spending my spare time with my wife, our cat, and our bird. "

" I think that everybody is kind of a nerd at heart. "

" I watched a lot of 'I Love Lucy.' Then I went to college, and I didn't watch TV, really. I don't know: something happened after 'Friends' went off the air. I think something dipped in the whole sitcom world. "

" Things are loud in a Jewish household. Conversations are up here; they're pitched pretty high. That's just the way we talk. "

" I do have sometimes a difficult time watching myself. "

" My dad was one of the original members of the Groundlings, and I watched him as an actor have ups and downs, and I watched my mom as a casting director have ups and downs. "

" I don't believe I'll be in the new 'Arrested Development' unless they ask me, in which case, okay! That's how easy I am to get. "

" My parents tried to convince me that school won't always be there, but auditions will. I said, 'Really? Are they tearing down NYU?' "

" As a piano player, if 10 is concert level, I'd put myself at a 5 or a 6, but in a completely different genre than classical or opera. In terms of classical and opera, playing accompaniment, I'd say I was a 3. "

" As actors, we tend to usually have some issues with self-esteem and some need for validation, and it takes awhile for that fear of not having a job to go away. "

" Well, I think that everybody is kind of a nerd at heart. "

" In America, the first thing people say is, 'What do you do?' "