The European UNION cannot be compared to the United States. America is a nation, but Europe is not. Europe is a continent of MANY different nations with their own identities, TRADITIONS and languages. Robbing them of their national democracies does not create a European democracy - it destroys democracy in Europe.

I NEVER PLANNED my movies. I never selected subjects to WIN the National Award. I did FILMS that made the MASSES happy.

The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the NATIONAL interest rather than ABSTRACT principles. What PRESIDENT NIXON and I TRIED to do was unnatural. And that is why we didn't make it.

I LIKE TRADITIONS, and the NATIONAL anthem is IMPORTANT.

We need to FUND our troops. We need to protect them. We need to increase homeland SECURITY. These are vital NATIONAL security INTEREST we need to fund.

2008 was to the AMERICAN economy what 9/11 was to national security. Yet while 9/11 prompted the U.S. GOVERNMENT to TEAR up HALF the Constitution in the name of public safety, after 2008, authorities went in the other direction.

I GOT to AFRICA. I got the opportunity to GO and LEARN, not about any animal, but chimpanzees. I was living in my dream world, the forest in Gombe National PARK in Tanzania. It was Tanganyika when I began.

When my PLANS to become a world-famous rockstar didn't pan out, I decided to try being a lesbian instead, didn't pull that off either, and WROTE my SECOND BOOK, the national bestseller, 'The Straight Girl's Guide To Sleeping With CHICKS.'

I had some vague MEMORY of visiting Canberra as a lad, when we came up with my father by car. But when I made the LONG TRAIN journey from Sydney to Canberra and arrived at the LITTLE stop, I did wonder SLIGHTLY whether this really was the national capital.

When I GOT cut from the National FOOTBALL LEAGUE, I had nowhere to go. I moved in with my PARENTS until I got on my feet again.

For the YEAR after I left government service, I worked as a consultant to the Republican NATIONAL COMMITTEE because the lawyers advised that was the proper WAY for me to comply with ethics regulations and continue to advise the PRESIDENT.

It's a LONG, HARD, difficult PROCESS to MAKE it to a national championship.

We don't sell a car, we sell a dream. We are Italy's national team. There are many great SOCCER TEAMS in our country, but there is only one FERRARI.

I was doing a SHOW at the National YOUTH Theatre, playing an old man. Before that I had played fat clowns and I THOUGHT, 'If I want to have the career I would LIKE, I am going to have to lose weight.' I was just starting drama school, and found I was MOVING around a lot. I also started to eat sensibly. The weight just dropped off.