Everyone has determination - it's a question of how you use it. Hers is based on power and success and conquering she doesn't care what she has to do or who gets hurt in the process. In that way we're very very different.
The great dream merchant Disney was a success because make-believe was what everyone seemed to need in a spiritually empty land.
Democrats believe in reigniting the American dream by removing barriers to success and building ladders of opportunity for all so everyone can succeed.
I was motivated by just thinking that if you had all this external success that everyone would love you and everything would be peaceful and wonderful.
While I was doing stand-up I thought I knew for sure that success meant getting everyone to like me. So I became whoever I thought people wanted me to be. I'd say yes when I wanted to say no and I even wore a few dresses.
What I have in common with the character in 'Truman' is this incredible need to please people. I feel like I want to take care of everyone and I also feel this terrible guilt if I am unable to. And I have felt this way ever since all this success started.
I feel like I want to take care of everyone and I also feel this terrible guilt if I am unable to. And I have felt this way ever since all this success started.
If everyone is moving forward together then success takes care of itself.
If I had the hand strength to sign autographs for everybody in Kansas City I would... but its just impossible to get to everyone.
Then when I went to Iraq and saw the strength and character the men and women in our military service exhibit every day and their belief in what they're doing I knew I wanted to get that on film and share it with everyone. They are my inspiration.