One thing I've always liked about the military is there's a certain amount of pragmatism.
Nitesh Tiwari is so particular about his pre-production, where he plans every aspect of his film.
If we are serious about providing upward mobility and building a skilled workforce, pre-school is the place to begin.
Preachers prepare with this fear: 'Am I going to be able to fill the time?' The audience never worries about that.
Guy Pearce is very precise and clear about understanding the rhythm and the music of a scene.
My preparation is about precision. It is a science.
I never had a preconceived notion about what I should do or what I should take up… I am not that intelligent.
I'm trying to break down preconceptions about what pop music is.
People have preconceptions about women of a certain age.
I don't like shows that are predictable. I like it when you're shocked and you have no idea who's about to die.
Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future.
Never make predictions, especially about the future.
Toward the end of my pregnancy, I felt really big - I gained about 40 pounds, which is a lot for my size.
One of the few things that can be said for certain about Europe's prehistoric peoples is that they all came from somewhere else.
There's something about Australia that feels prehistoric.
I've tried to write about Heathrow before and been escorted off the premises.
Well, I'm not excusing the fact that planning and preparedness was not where it should be. We've known for 20 years about this hurricane, this possibility of this kind of hurricane.
I couldn't care less about being a presenter at the Oscars.
It's dangerous talking about comedy; it gets to be very tedious and presumptuous.
I don't wanna sound pretentious talking about myself.
