I am always a sucker for the underdogs. I love Batman and SUPERMAN, but when it comes to the GUYS who don't stand in the FRONT of the LINE, Aquaman is one of the key guys for me. He's so much fun to WORK on.
FORTUNATELY, our audiences are USED to a kind of boredom in the theatre, and if the writer is skillful, he will flatter them into thinking: 'Why, that's us up there, and aren't we - for all our little foibles - PRETTYNICE guys and gals?'
I think it all comes down to relationships - how I treat my WIFE, how I treat my kids, how I treat the guys at the grocery STORE, all ASPECTS of every day, what I'm INVOLVED in.
I enjoy my relationship with straight MEN. It's very nurturing. It's very validating to HANG out with straight guys and be accepted. So MANY of us, we were not accepted when we were younger by straight persons in HIGHSCHOOL.
People think SEALs are cold-blooded, heartless, wound-up, brainwashed killers. They IMAGINE you can just POINT a SEAL in a direction and SAY, 'Go kill.' The truth is you're talking about a bunch of kind-hearted, jovial guys. The only THING that separates them is mental toughness.
I'm sure back in the Greek days or the Roman Empire days, when guys fought in arenas and were FIGHTINGLIONS, people were talking smack. Every era in history has SOMEONE talking smack. No way you can have talent and not proclaim your VICTORY.
There's food and SUPPLEMENTS that you can take legally that will better your body and help you stay healthy. SHORTCUTS are something that's ALWAYS been around all sports, but as a UNION, we're trying to do the best we can to WEED those guys out of the game.
I never imagined in my wildest dreams when I was 17 watching Van Halen at a Donington Park rock FESTIVAL and seeing Sammy Hagar LATER on when I was in the United States playing that I WOULD end up with a band of GUYS I bought albums of.
The special ops guys and the firefighters around the WORLD have this great phrase. They SAY, 'Slow is smooth, and smooth is FAST,' and that is TRUE. Everything I've accomplished in my life has been because of that attitude.
It's amazing how these little guys can say things that a mortal human COULD never GET away with. There's some sort of unspoken LICENSE... when outlandish things come out of an inanimate object, somehow it equals HUMOR.