Like it or not, the people of Arkansas sent me to Washington to represent them in this great body.
If I'm in a situation where someone doesn't recognize me and treats me like everyone else, I'm not used to it.
Here's the thing - I mean, I don't act for statues. I really don't. The great thing about winning an award is that it creates opportunities.
I don't read reviews. I haven't read them for probably 30 years. I can't. When they're bad, they're really rough, and when they're good, they're not good enough. You can always find something to stress over.
With a lot of actors, you've got to chip through the surface to see who the real person is.
If you're an actor, even a successful one, you're still waiting for the phone to ring.
I think everybody reacts to entertainment with a different kind of visceral way, probably mostly based on their own personal experiences.
The year most of my high school friends and I got our driver's permits, the coolest thing one could do was stand outside after school and twirl one's car keys like a lifeguard whistle. That jingling sound meant freedom and power.
When it comes to music, it's my clothes, it's my guitar, it's my voice, it's my song.
We are confident that the normalization of Armenia-Turkey relations can become the greatest input of the recent decades in achieving peace and stability in the South Caucasus. With this vision, we have agreed to move forward without any preconditions, not making our relations contingent upon Turkey's recognition of the Armenian Genocide. However, if, as many suspect, it is proven that Turkey's goal is to protract, rather than to normalize relations, we will have to discontinue the process.
Home is not just the place where you happen to be born. Its the place where you become yourself.