“We are not trying to entertain the critics. I'll take my chances with ...” — Walt Disney Quote

We are not trying to entertain the critics. I'll take my chances with the public.

I'd say it's been my biggest problem all my life... it's money. It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true.

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.

I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess.

Don't talk to me about aesthetics or tradition. Talk to me about what sells and what's good right now. And what the American people like is to think the underdog still has a chance.

I felt envious of the cleaners cleaning the Kaaba. They got a chance to stay close to God and clean the house of God.

I've always taken risks, and never worried what the world might really think of me.

'Playboy Magazine' has been a devil's advocate for me. Because of the image and type-casting, it's harder to convince people that I can sing. Yet, I probably wouldn't have had the chance, had it not been for Playboy.

My sister learned she was a carrier for a recessive disease, Bloom syndrome, late in one of her pregnancies. I remember the panicked call and the weeks of worry as she and her husband awaited his test results; if he was also a carrier, this meant their daughter had a one in four chance of being born with the disorder.