Alexei Sayle Quotes

I am not afraid of aging, but more afraid of people's reactions to my aging.

My first character was Mr. Toad.

If I ever had any vanity, then I definitely lost it by being on television.

Every so often, there is an article saying the old kind of talk show isn't possible now. In the oldest kind of talk show, you only had the choice of that or two other channels!

If men can develop weapons that are so terrifying as to make the thought of global war include almost a sentence for suicide, you would think that man's intelligence and his comprehension... would include also his ability to find a peaceful solution.

Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act.

I maintain that two and two would continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the cry of the critic for five.

The discipline required for athletics carried through to writing. You call it obsession. I call it discipline. By the way, I see nothing wrong with that.

I'll always protect what I'm working on. Which is why more and more of it is stuff only I can ruin.

I do like talk shows. I'm interested in talking to people.

I think for me it was a natural transition to move full time into acting rather than figure skating.

My choice was to ruin my son's life by giving him money or giving 90-plus percent to charity. Not much of a choice.

Me, I'd prefer to have a good reputation rather than getting press for being scandalous, getting drunk in public, staying out late and so on.

I grew up in a very small, rural country town, and we didn't really have 'the arts.'

As I understand it, Lacey has dismissed all of the fact checkers.

I'm totally fine with people criticizing me in shows... people like this show, or don't; you're entitled to your opinion. But when people are criticizing you as a person, I have to say it's a little bit different.

I love to act. And oh-so-love telling stories through film as an actor. Even on my 'days off.'

It takes 20 victories for people to recognize you as a great pitcher.

That crossover of whether it's entertainment or news is the biggest crock of b.s. in television today, because it's all entertainment.

Companies are hiring cosplayers to be promotional spokes models for them. There are cosplayers trying to develop a cult following even though they've only been cosplaying for less than a year or two. It's all about the social media or Facebook likes.