Nailed Quotes

(July 2005 - On quitting smoking) I quit smoking four months ago and since then I have been biting-chewing-fidgeting with anything that isn`t nailed down. I quit cold turkey. I was up to two packs a day, I`m coughing, my eyes are red, I don`t have energy, I`m not even enjoying it, so I just said, `That`s it.` I think it might`ve been easier if I went with Nicorette or one of those supplements, but I just don`t get that. Let`s see, I`m addicted to something, so I know! Let`s pop some pills to get over it! Yeah, that makes sense. But now I find myself in conversations where people are looking at me and I`m salivating all over myself. This is how pathetic and sad it is: you start thinking, `Who am I without a cigarette in my hand?`

The movie This Is Spinal Tap (1984) rocked my world. It`s for rock what The Sound of Music (1965) was for hills. They really nailed how dumb rock can be.

The movie Spinal Tap rocked my world. It`s for rock what The Sound of Music was for hills. They really nailed how dumb rock can be.

(On relationship with Liv Tyler) "I was in awe. Every once in a while you find an actor that, with one word, can sum up eight different emotions. She absolutely nailed that."

I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a guy nailed to two pieces of wood.

Every job is different. I don`t think that I`ve ever had that wonderful feeling when you`ve finished a job or where you feel like you`ve mastered it or sort of nailed it... You can never be satisfied. If you`re satisfied, it`s time to retire.

He came through the door and he was really nervous, which again made me excited because, OK, this isn`t someone who is professional and wearing a mask and being slick and all that. His first take was horrible, and I was totally crestfallen. I told him to stop acting, and he nailed it. It was a sort of `meant to be` type of thing.

I guess my day is coming, ... I tried real hard. I just got nailed in the rear end on the last lap and turned sideways. I didn`t expect it.

I think George just nailed the whole thing, the whole time period, the whole look and feel of what that newsroom was like. I did a lot of research for the role and believe me, it`s all pretty genuine, down to the very last cigarette butt.

I fell in love with the whole ritual. The lights going down, the curtain going up, telling a story to a large group of people in the dark. It was one of those moments where you think, `I can do that.` You`re in control on stage. And I love telling the whole story in one fell swoop. With movies, you never think, `I nailed it.` In theater you get to go back and do it again, which to me is much more satisfying.

Anybody who`s in a corporation, and who hasn`t upgraded their defenses by now, pretty much deserves to get nailed.

As the writer, you`re always a presence in the song. If you get close to what human beings are like, you`re writing about common experience. We all do much the same things, so if you nail somebody, then you`ve also nailed yourself.

I think he`s nailed it. This is about moving forward or just fighting to survive. If we have George W., that`s what it will be for us, just trying to survive.

On sensitive issues, talk isn`t cheap - it takes real courage to pry open topics nailed shut.

I couldn`t have done any better. I knew if I nailed that first vault and took the sting in my ankles, the rest would take care of itself.