With competition there is always ego and hubris... competition gets in the way of work.

People sometimes mistake being serious with being taken seriously.

Fame is fleeting. Sometimes people like you, sometimes they don’t. Not all people are going to like you.

Sometimes in television, if there are storylines that are oft-told, people can be hypercritical of them.

And, sure, if you have a political point of view, you have every right to share it. But you have to be careful not to get too self-important. You have to find the balance between being entertaining and being preachy.

Fame is a delicate and dangerous creature; I saw people who didn't honor it, who refused to take responsibility for it, get destroyed by it. I also saw that stardom in and of itself was empty.

You'll go insane if you try to have a picture-book house.