Chicago - a pompous Milwaukee.
Take your work seriously, but don't take yourself seriously
Take events in your life seriously, take work seriously, but don't take yourself seriously, or you'll become affected, pompous and boring.
What I don't like are pompous, pretentious movies.
I make a living out of being pompous! Why should I change?
I'm more pompous and self-assured and determined that if - you know - if the truth can be told so as to be understood, it will be believed.
Aaron Sorkin whole thing was that he didn't want the pomposity of the presidency in the West Wing. But once we cast Martin Sheen and we realised Martin's incredible accessibility, nothing felt pompous or aloof. If the show is about all the planets, let's end it with the sun.
I, for example, am a pompous asshole, but my comics are genius!
