Jack
complaining mates
I would never complain about my life, even though I really would like to have a mate.
silly simple doors
I respect the social graces enormously. How to pass the food. Don't yell from one room to another. Don't go through a closed door without a knock. Open the doors for the ladies. All these millions of simple household behaviors make for a better life. We can't live in constant rebellion against our parents - it's just silly. I'm very well mannered. It's not an abstract thing. It's a shared language of expectations.
people batman-movie decent
Decent people shouldn't live here. They'd be happier some place else.
men honest chance
If men are honest, everything they do and everywhere they go is for a chance to see women.
agreement white criticism
There's a tacit agreement today that the white male is the only legitimate target for any and all satire, criticism, and so forth. And we pretty much just accept it.
people want looks
I don't have any plugs or tucks but people do what they want. I look at it as mutilation.
home thinking people
I'm certainly not as tough as people think. I'm not a fighter and so forth. I'd just as soon go home.
hate thinking play
My whole career strategy has been to build a base so that I could take the roles I want to play. I'd hate to think that a shorter part might not be available because I was worried about my billing.
thinking fiction dramatic
I think that's what distinguishes Schmidt, really. In the movies now, so much of what is appealing to an audience is the dramatic or has to do with science fiction, and Schmidt is simply human. There's no melodrama; there's no device, It's just about a human being.
nine action trouble
You can follow the action, which gets you good pictures. You can follow your instincts, which will probably get you in trouble. Or, you can follow the money, which nine times out of ten will get you closer to the truth.
music forever jazz
The blues and jazz will live forever... So will the Delta and the Big Easy.
mistake evil making-mistakes
When we make mistakes they call it evil. When God makes mistakes they call it Nature!
childhood way rest-of-your-life
I've never lost a friend over work. I come from a small-town environment and I remember my childhood impressions that, if you were a conniver or a fink or whatever, everybody knew about it and you were a louse for the rest of your life. So I never lost those values in some way.
kids people want
I'd prefer if people had no impressions of me. As a kid, I had to tell my own family, "Please, just don't talk about me!" Because they always got it wrong. Always. I just didn't want them to tell anyone anything about me.