David Mitchell Quotes

Heath Ledger was supposed to put our album on what would have been a new record label. I still feel a little dead after losing him.

Whatever help we may want from the international community now or in the future, we want to make sure that this help is tailored to help our people to help themselves.

The best teacher is an entertainer.

George Raft may or may not have gone both ways, but he was very sensitive to what they said about him, and it was one factor why he decided to play all those gangsters in the movies.

A weird sort of awareness set in, like, 'Wow. My standup isn't just separate from everything else I do anymore.' With Twitter and Face book, everything is universal that everything everybody says gets seen.

I'm not really a pick-up-line guy. I don't know what I do.

One of the local reporters assured me Garrison would put in an appearance for the cross-examination, but as the courtroom settled down and the rear doors were closed, there was no sign of him.

If the blame (if there is any) can be shifted from him to me, I shall help him and our cause by taking it. I desire, therefore, that all the responsibility that can be put upon me shall go there and shall remain there.

If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?

If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat?

I remember when I was 6 years old and my brother used to go seek out guys that were 13 to come over and play football against me while he was the 'permanent quarterback.' I didn't know exactly what the age difference was, but I was already playing against older guys.

So, whenever I'm writing, I'm writing in the presence of all the other books I've read and I think we all are.

I can't turn off the way I think, and that's essentially who I am, who anybody is.

Since I've been in an actor, I've lived in Italy, in London, in Stockholm - I had the fortune of working in different locations. If you live someplace long enough, you acquire slightly different systems of thought, and it influences your outlook on life. I just slowly adapted the way I speak.

Hey, I took karate when I was 17 years old; I am dangerous.

To my undying shame, I do read reviews. I don't read them all, but I like to get some kind of idea how things are going.

Men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage - they've experienced pain and bought jewelry.

Some of my best friends are Venture Capitalists, but let's face it, a hamster with Alzheimer's could make those kind of numbers. It's great work if you can get it.

I'm just about the movies; I enjoy the dexterity of actors in action movies and the choreography side of things. You've just got to be a different person to be a professional fighter. I train with professional fighters, so I know what it takes. It's a very difficult profession, probably harder then the acting profession.

You're supposed to be using your gifts and fulfilling your dreams, at every age.