We are not all in the same boat. We are all in the same storm.
The first time that I appeared on stage, it scared me to death. I really didn’t know what all the yelling was about. I didn’t realize that my body was moving. It’s a natural thing to me. So to the manager backstage I said, ‘What’d I do? What’d I do?’ And he said “Whatever it is, go back and do it again.
My legacy is that I stayed the course… from start to finish because I believed in something inside of me.
I like Danish humour – I just wish you had more of it.
I can’t give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure: Try to please everybody.
If someone offers you an amazing opportunity and you’re not sure you can do it, say yes – then learn how to do it later.
Courage is knowing it might hurt, and doing it anyway.
Stupidity is the same.
And that’s why life is hard.
I’ve never gotten over what they call stagefright. I go through it every show. I’m pretty concerned, I’m pretty much thinking about the show. I never get completely comfortable with it, and I don’t let the people around me get comfortable with it, in that I remind them that it’s a new crowd out there, it’s a new audience, and they haven’t seen us before. So it’s got to be like the first time we go on.
If you can not join them, beat them.
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
The longer I stay at home, the more homeless I look.
The most memorable moments in life are the ones you never planned.
My biggest beauty secret is to be happy with myself. I don’t use special creams or treatments – I use a little bit of everything. It’s a mistake to think you are what you put on yourself. I think a lot of how you look has to do with how you feel about yourself and your life. Happiness is the secret of beauty.
It is better to be one of those who sometimes go wrong than one of those who do not go at all.
If someone says it’s raining and another person says it’s dry, it’s not your job to quote them both. Your job is to look out the fucking window and find out which is true.
I have a small walk-in closet, and it can easily turn into a recycling museum, so I’ve also learned to sort out. When you are as old as I am, it is very important not to get sloppy and wear boring clothes.
If you don’t find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die.
They say it’s the white man I should fear, but it’s my own kind doing all the killing here.
My articles were based on something I wanted to change. Everyone has the right to a decent life, and I thought it was important to give vulnerable people support and confidence. I was brought up to respect other people.
Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language.
Everything sounds deep when you don’t read books.
If one is silent for too long, then the tongue withers
That’s one of the worst things about getting old. That people allow themselves to die before you.
All footballers are motivated by money – those who say otherwise are lying.
Now the gossip must stop. Now I’m tired of getting sucked into your columns. Then you must sue me if you dare.