Of Course Smartphones Are Brilliant Inventions, But

When I Was A Kid, I Lived In This Small Town Way Out In The Country. We Had Three Tv Channels And One Radio Station. I Couldn't Even Get My Hands On Good Comic Books. My Aunt, Who Is A Librarian, Gave Me Tolkien's "the Lord Of The Rings," Laura Ingalls Wilder's "little House On The Prairie," And Lewis's "the Chronicles Of Narnia." They Were Such Incredible Treasures To Have In My Somewhat Mundane Country Life.

Damn It All, You Have Been Given A Life On This Beautiful Planet! Get Off Your Ass And Do Something!

I Have A Wonderfully Hedonistic Appetite, And If I Wasn't Really Strict With Myself, I'd Weigh 300 Pounds. I'm Not Good With Moderation.

When I [first] Went To University, I Was Doing Foreign Languages, Because I Had Done Them Since I Was 13 Years Old. I Had Done French And German. I Picked Up Italian, Just Sort Of Blasted Through The Exams, [and Then] Took Off Overseas, Because I Wanted To Be An Actor. I Thought, "i'm Just Not Academic." I'm Not Very Competitive, In Terms Of Acting. But Since Going Back To University, I've Realized, I Am Highly Competitive.

If You're An Original Thinker, You Are Going Get Told 'no' A Lot, And You Have To Be Able To Hear 'no' Many Times From The Bankers And Trust That At Some Point, Someone Is Going To Recognize That You Are An Artist And Not A Can Of Soda.