No matter how much technique you draw on or how much training you have, acting is a mystery.
To force a human being to learn according to a set curriculum is a dictatorial act.
Lincoln was a man who created himself from nothing without any help from outside or other people. I followed his struggles. I see certain similarities between him and me.
I am a Bedouin warrior who brought glory to Libya and will die a martyr.
I cannot recognise either the Palestinian state or the Israeli state. The Palestinians are idiots and the Israelis are idiots.
Nations whose nationalism is destroyed are subject to ruin.
The man who carried out the attack is still in power and still insane, so we shall expect another attack any minute.
You begin your journey not knowing where it will take you. You have plans, you have dreams, but every now and again you have to take uncharted roads, face impassable mountains, cross treacherous rivers, be blocked by landslides and earthquakes. That's the way my life has been.
I have an unshakable sense of destiny because I know that as long as I pursue God's calling on my life, then God is ultimately responsible for getting me where He wants me to go.
One of the biggest problems with having a dream come true is recognizing it when it arrives.
Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking. . . . the new inventive phrases we make up to describe things - all that to me is jazz just as much as the music we play.