In the early years I had no real plan. I figured it out as I went, which is easier to do when you don’t have a lot of staff and overhead. Back then I believed my job was just to create great-looking shoes. That wasn’t true. I learned that the shoes needed to fit, be comfortable, and not fall apart.
That’s the way I got along in life. I don’t ever remember being particularly jealous of anybody, because I figured if I can’t do it myself, I don’t deserve to get it.
When guys were going out to parties, I was going to the gym. I figured, for all my mom sacrificed for me, it was the least I could do.
People have actually figured out that Estonia is one of the few post-Communist countries that has a genuine image in people’s minds as being something.
In silence – and in self-defense – I figured things out in my own little way.
I enjoyed singing and playing guitar but didn’t have the stamina to make music-making a career. In reality, writing was my real gift, and as soon as I figured that out I never looked back.
When I started doing music full time, I figured out my job wasn’t something I needed to be completely sober for.
Honestly, I don’t think that the policies and issues surrounding guns will be easily figured out in our country, but we need to take a close look, and we need to have a conversation around those issues.
When I got the call from Chippendales, my jaw dropped, as it came on the heels of TMZ calling me fat on national TV. I am passionate about health and fitness, so I’ve kept in shape, and dancing is something I’ve always enjoyed, so I figured, why not?
I became an actor by accident. I suppose I figured since I was in musical comedy from the time I was a teenager, I suppose I figured that I’d always been in that world to some extent.
I liked writing before I figured out I liked acting.
I never really felt apprehensive because of my voice because after a while I’d gotten used to it, so I figured it would only be a matter of time before everybody else got used to it.
When I was a kid, I really wanted to be a writer and an artist when I grew up. So in college, I was an English major, and then I became a fine artist. But when I arrived in San Francisco in 1995, I figured I could leverage my artistic skills by becoming a Web designer and programmer.
Every nation on this planet has its issues with race, and I am not sure if everyone has figured out how to deal with it. America has become more politically correct.
The entire business world has figured out how to make huge buckets of money without hiring us to work for them.
I learned that five- and-six-year-old kids have already figured out how to be intolerant.
I had problems getting my words out. If people spoke directly to me, I understood what they said. But when the grownups got to yakking really fast by themselves, it just sounded like ‘oi oi.’ I thought grownups had a separate language. I’ve now figured out I was not hearing the hard consonant sounds.
I changed my mindset and figured, Why not try to be really entertaining instrumentally?
I was actually accepted into medical school in Italy. But then I wanted to come back and learn medicine in Germany. And while waiting, I decided to join a business school. I figured it would be useful for doctors to know some business as well!
I saw myself as an outsider as a teen. I was home-schooled and got my G.E.D. when I was 16; I wasn’t interested in high school at all and figured that college might be more entertaining.
I have seen some crazy people do some crazy things on my variety show. I have to stop and ask them a lot of the time, just how they figured out that they could do the things that they do, some of it is just plain freaky.
You can judge the fact that I like video games or wine or love basketball or like going fishing. You can judge all that. But there are certain things that you can’t, and I think people are figuring that out. Me, being from the old school, I figured that out early.
I was looking to do something non-fiction because I had done a strip, ‘My Mom Was a Schizophrenic.’ I really enjoyed the process of doing that strip, despite its subject matter. To do it I’d had to do a lot of research and reading and I figured I’d like to do that again.
I figured that, if you do a vampire movie in Hollywood, you’ve made it.
I think I was born to be a clown. I just haven’t figured out how to bring that side of myself into the world of filmmaking. It’s much more comfortable for me to cry on a film set than it is to tell a joke.
I figured I’d coach two or three years at the most and go back and be an attorney.
I don’t know about this thing – being famous. I haven’t figured it out yet. It still mystifies me.
I work very closely with my publisher and just give them tons and tons of music, and then they link that with different songwriters and stuff. I’m basically a workaholic. So, I figured I might as well just start working outside.
‘Guyism’ wanted a daily video series. They told me they were planning on hiring a girl and then hiring someone to write all her jokes. Then they figured it would be easier just to get me, so they offered me $750 a month to do it, which turned into an offer to move to New York and do it full-time for $30,000 a year.
I think J.Crew has figured out a way to make young professional guys look cool with a polished suit that looks expensive but is actually affordable.
I’ve figured out that life in general is a team effort; it’s a team game.
I was tall and skinny, and at 15, I was approached to model. I figured that models got to travel, and it became my ticket to travel so much so that if an agency could not fly me to another country, I would fly on my cost so that I could see that country and also make some money.
I’ve always wanted to entertain people, and when I was in school, I was interested in creative writing, but wrestling was always there. When I ran into financial problems, I just figured when life gives you lemons, you have to make lemonade.
When I figured out how to work my grill, it was quite a moment. I discovered that summer is a completely different experience when you know how to grill.
I don’t think about the gender of my readers or about reader expectations. I’m frankly scared to. I figured out a long time ago that if I tried to guess the audience, it would be like me trying to guess which stocks to buy.
The only way we can fly planes and use computers is because people were curious about their world and also skeptical about the things they were told to be immutable, so they figured out other ways of doing things.
I’ve figured out over the years, you can only hurt me if I love you; if I don’t know you, I really don’t care.
I figured if I was eccentric looking in Indiana, people would think, ‘What is he selling? Let’s look in his case.’
Most people figured I’d be in jail. I’ve been proving people wrong my whole life.
There’s no way you can go home and learn lines, because you need to go home and sleep. So I’ve figured out systems. I order two lunches so I can eat dinner before I leave work, so when I get home, I can just go to bed.
I was a big reader of Zane Grey as a young boy, and so horses and the West figured large in my imagination.
I always saw myself as a sideman. I figured I’d end up a drummer.
I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.
I loved theatre and did magic, too, but I was never the best at it – there was never a teacher saying, ‘You’re great, you have to make this your career!’ I was good at science and math. I figured I’d go into science and become a dentist.
I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.
My rhetoric degree ended up being very helpful in advertising. I got an internship and then figured I will be a copywriter; that will be my path.
I’ve always been very much in control of my music and my image, and I think one of the things I’ve been lucky about is I didn’t bring a label on board until I really figured out who I was.
I’m kind of a perfectionist, and it gets in the way with my putting sometimes. Golf is a messed-up game. When you feel you’ve figured it out is when you’re going to struggle.
Sitcoms, I always figured that would be an easy gig, but man, it is not.
I’ve always been surprised at the number of people who think we’ve got it all figured out. It’s incorrect, and it’s a real problem.
I’ve always thought one of the tricks of being an actor for a long time is keeping yourself interested once you’ve figured out how to pay the rent.
In 2008, after holding down a day job for all of six weeks, I gave up on the whole job thing to pursue an online business. At the time, I had absolutely no clue what I was doing, but I figured if I was going to be broke and miserable, I might as well be while working on my own terms.
Some of their best songs don’t have bridges and choruses. So that made me think I should trust my instincts. My songs were okay, I figured. I didn’t need to change anything.
I remember when I started writing lyrics, I was very grand. I tried to use a lot of symbols,because I thought that’s how songwriting should be – with imagery and metaphor. I figured, after a while, maybe I should just write it as I would say in real life.
I grew up in the suburbs, so I figured ‘Why not try downtown living?’ And, honestly, I love it. I’ve been very pleasantly surprised at how much downtown Indianapolis has to offer.
