S.A. David Quotes

All my good friends are actors, really. It's different when you have a family, but they're still the people I meet most often. My best friend is Ian Hart, but then I've known him since I was five.

For a lot of people, if they're lucky, it begins with somebody who recognizes something in them.

I don't care about the money. I just need, as an actor, to do as many different things that I can to make me feel good about myself.

When you walk on the set, whatever it is, you commit yourself to the job. You're committing yourself to doing the best you can do with it, no matter what you feel about it, and that never changes.

I have so many people who still talk to me about The Long Kiss Goodnight, about that being one of their favorite movies, and it really was a fun movie.

In independent film you tend to have stories that involve more of a community, and the smaller characters are important to the story.

I don't like talking about myself. I'm not really interested in myself. One of the good things about being a supporting actor is that you get to talk about other people.

I didn't want to do television at all. I really didn't want to do it. I really thought I was just going to be doing theater and doing movies.

I think that's really risky to make yourself unsexy, because the business demands that women be sexy.

I thought, "I don't want to be the only unfunny guy in this movie. I really would like to be somehow involved in the comedy if I'm going to do it."

I just figured, "If I can do theater, agents will find their way."

A lot of the things I've enjoyed the most and that I think have been the best are ensembles.

Because I'd only done theater, that's really what I thought most of my life would be. I always figured that movies would be a part of it at some point. I didn't know how or when.

I'd never done any film or television. Well, I'd done one little stupid commercial in Boston when I was doing theater, but that was it.

I don't even know what TV star means. I know there's a difference in how people approach you, compared to movies. They feel OK coming up to you and sitting with you in a restaurant, unfortunately.

The real future of the Hispanic targeted media and advertising is in English.

[Barack Obama] is aware of the criticism back home [from Cuba] that this embargo still exists.

My travels and everything that I do where travel has inspired and influenced not only the cooking that I do but also the restaurants that I create.

The flu-casters would draw out the maps and keep people engaged at regular intervals ... beaming it from the WHO bunker.

If there is delay in getting culling teams out, delay in any part of the chain, even weeks, that could have great implications for the virus to spread.

What is important to me is there has been consensus and clarity, (and) much better coordination. We'll be much quicker to control avian influenza as a result.

There are some quite tricky challenges facing everybody working in Crimea and I shall be engaging with various government people.

Every country in the world now needs to have its veterinary services on high alert for H5N1 to be sure they are not caught unawares.

We are watching very closely to see how the disease associated with bird flu, when it hits humans, is evolving.

There are very few people that I deal with from a business side that it's just strictly a one-sided business relationship. I think that's important.

I'm obviously very involved with my own charity and foundation that I work with. Obviously, I'm very passionate about that.

Sometimes you get so jaded, you don't have those initial connections and emotions with music, because you are promoting your own.

Nowadays, social media is the easiest place to go to find something.

As a singer, I just want to try to honor what the writers create - and as someone who's trying to write songs, I just hope I can stand in their company and not embarrass myself.

I've never really gotten into the whole labels thing. There were times I would cover a pop song, and people would say 'You sound really country.' I gave up on that whole thing a long time ago.

I think every singer hears songs that make you want to sing them.

I have learned from Twitter that you get that instant feedback about what people think about what you did.

It's hard to believe the life that 'Someone Like You' has taken on. It's proof that people hunger for great songs - and they are open to different interpretations of songs they love.

I think anytime you get nominated for an award, its a very humbling thing.

I'm a worrywart, so I'm always a bit more stressed out than I should be or wish I was.

Any time I get to go home is a joyous occasion.

Over the course of a day, you get to get a feel for where you're playing, so when you get out on stage, you already feel like you've had a bit of a bonding experience with them.

Sometimes we get very frustrated here on court. It is tough to control. It is a mistake.

Sometimes the ATP puts a lot of pressure on the players and sometimes you get injured because you play on a dangerous surface. Nothing happens, no one pays for that.

I'm not a big slasher film fan.

Comedies are something Id be very interesting in doing.

Well, I realized finally that all of the hard work paid off.

You need help when you're starting out. On the other hand, some people are very naturalistic to begin with.

People do a better job if they respect the leader of the company. I learned that on my mission - the value of people and how to truly appreciate them.

If it's torture flying one airline and [yours] is a pleasant experience, it certainly helps your revenue.

People don't really look forward to flying that much. It's like they want to get to the place, but they don't look forward to the experience.

When you can sell [empty seats] at the gate for an upgrade for 500 bucks or 600 bucks... it makes all the sense in the world.

Fares are higher [and] people don't travel as much. If they don't do that, it doesn't have the trickle down effect into the economy and the other sectors.

Value will always be on top of everyone's lists now, right along with safety.

With high trust, success comes faster, better, and at lower cost.