The one thing I could do was voices and impersonations and weird characters, and there was really no call for that, except on Saturday Night Live.
I didn’t really work with Vin on it except we talked about it a little bit. I think it was kind of cool because we didn’t think it was going to be that emotional. I don’t think Vin knew I was going to be that emotional.
The city and province were given up to anarchy; the coloured people, elated with victory, proclaimed the slaughter of all whites, except the English, French, and American residents.
I don’t have time to have friends come and stay, except on weekends in Maine. I invite a lot of people to come to Maine.
Offense cuts you off from God. We separate ourselves from the pipeline. I’ve never seen anything block blessings from Heaven except offense.
The genus Drosophila is one of the great success stories. There’s hundreds of species within the genus. They’re on every continent except Antarctica, they’re in tropical rain forests, they’re in deserts, they’ve evolved many exotic mating behaviors, and they’re capable of incredibly long-distance flights.
Auto racing is boring except when a car is going at least 172 miles per hour upside down.
I think most people realize that our problems are our government, not me and you individually, except that we can – must have some sort of responsibility, because they’re in there and they were elected, so we have to defend ourselves on those lines.
Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.
I’ve always wanted to stay involved with young people. I never bought into the idea that entertainers owe nothing to their audience except a good performance.
People meet in bars after work all over the world and talk about the great problems of life and death and the world and politics and they don’t take themselves seriously. They can do nothing else except chat about these things in bars after work.
There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.
I’ve seen pretty much all the ‘Peter Pan’s except for one of the further back ones where the boy had curly hair. I can’t remember. I really loved the 2003 version. I really loved that one because that was around the year I was born. That’s quite funny.
Well, they just don’t know anything else except that one form of their business, acting, and they don’t really want to learn any other part of it, or they would. Directing and producing and putting a show together is very creative, for me.
It’s a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president… except me.
The actors are in control, getting outrageous amounts of money. The reason they’re getting this kind of money is because the studios don’t know what else to do. They don’t have a clue about what to do except to pay an actor a lot of money.
I’ve always had a sick sense of humor, and I’ve always wanted that to permeate the music because I don’t take myself seriously. I take the music seriously, but I know I’m not God’s gift to anyone except my mom.
Success is having to worry about every damn thing in the world, except money.
I never think about poetry except when I’m writing it. I mean my poetry.
Saskatchewan is much like Texas – except it’s more friendly to the United States.
In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley.
I would, therefore, say that for no reason whatsoever, except in self-defence, should one think of killing any animal.
Very few of us have any idea whatsoever of what life is like living in a goldfish bowl, except, of course, for those of us who are goldfish.
I’m afraid of needles, except acupuncture needles.
One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide.
I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Never be the only one, except, possibly, in your own home.
I didn’t aim at anything except good music.
When they were small and my wife really had no other responsibilities, except taking care of the family and all of us, it wasn’t that big a deal. It was fun. Hey, we’re going to Moscow. We’re going to Italy. We’re going to Toronto. We’re going to New York.
Self-preservation, nature’s first great law, all the creatures, except man, doth awe.
No matter where I’ve been overseas, the food stinks, except in Italy.
Everything makes me nervous – except making films.
To my fellow nominees, whoever they are – I’m not that familiar with their work – I just want to say, there’s always next year – except, you know, for Ray Romano .
Everyone except the far right wing of the Republican Party realizes that oil, gas and coal burning are the main activities that have sent the climate into bigger floods, droughts, hurricanes, and El Ninos.
Libertarians argue that no normal adult has the right to impose choices on other normal adults, except in abnormal circumstances, such as when one person finds another unconscious and administers medical assistance or calls an ambulance.
I never regarded my pictures as very much to be proud of, except in this, the craft, the style.
I had a paint pony called Half-Pint, and I rode her in Madison Square Garden, and that was my first big show. But my first real pony was this red pony called Chantal. He was absolutely amazing. He was a great pony, except he did spin me off a couple of times! I would blink, and then I would be on the floor.
I don’t have any regrets, because I think life is like a creek. It kind of meanders along, and you instinctively do the things you are meant to do. There’s no great plan except doing really good scripts, meeting great filmmakers. And I have to have something that I can bring to the role.
A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
A true heiress is never mean to anyone – except a girl who steals your boyfriend.
Running away from something doesn’t do anything except put distance.
There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath.
Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence.
Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry – except that he wasn’t as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan.
It would be great some day to have astronauts in a rover on Mars. But just about anyone except an oil company executive would say its more important to have 50 million solar powered vehicles in the United States.
I don’t have nothing to regret at all in the past, except that I might’ve unintentionally hurt somebody else or something.
The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary.
I think that Ronald Reagan had it right, being against abortion except in certain limited, defined circumstances.
When I’m on stage by myself, I don’t have to think about anything. I don’t have to worry about anything because I’m not responsible for anything except just opening my mouth and making sure music comes out.
Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that.
No one controlled Frank Sinatra or told him how to sing. No secret group of managers has been telling someone like Jay-Z what to do or how to look. And no one tells me what to do except me and the people who believe in me.
I can play in any position except goalkeeper.
God does nothing except in response to believing prayer.
My coach, Liang Chow, had one rule while I was training for the 2008 Olympics: no skiing. I could do anything I wanted outside the gym, he said, except ski.
What the devil does the plot signify, except to bring in fine things?
When I am back in old Blighty, I am surrounded by the old and familiar concerns: New Labour, Europe, the Middle East and the rest. If you live in Britain, you will know what I mean – except you won’t, because you will take it for granted that this is what the world is all about.
An Englishman never enjoys himself, except for a noble purpose.
I’m not too proud of the movies I made as a grownup except for ‘That Hagen Girl’, which nobody remembers but which gave me a chance to act.
Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy.
When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except continue to love her.
Don’t try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. It can’t be done except by liars.
On gym days, I don’t get to my desk until 4 in the afternoon, and everything except bedtime and the appointment with the liquid narcotic is pushed back a bit.
I have yet to see one completely unspoiled star, except for the animals – like Lassie.
For most of my 20s, I looked like I was 12. Now that I’m pushing 40, I guess I look closer to… 15? It must be my macrobiotic diet. Oh, wait, except that I don’t have one of those.
Except for me, no one in my family could draw.
I’ve had to work hard all my life, and I will never, ever ask a fan or reader to pay for something I’ve rushed. It’s not fair to them, and I will never give them anything except my absolute best.
