I think Noam Chomsky is a national treasure - make that an international treasure.
I get recognized, but I'm not really a famous famous.
After all, I think Forrest was the most remarkable man our Civil War produced on either side.
I've for some reason or other... never met Donald Trump.
Kenny Bates is a legend.
I was the Richard Gere non-lookalike in Illinois.
Henry Wellcome certainly was a talented character with a colorful and amazing personal story.
… one of the most meritorious men in America
And there's the man in the green flag!
Anybody who achieves what Malcolm Fraser achieved in his life deserves respect as a quite extraordinary Australian.
President Bush got an early Christmas gift. This week, President Bush was chosen as 'Person of the Year' by Time magazine. Not only that, Martha Stewart was chosen as person of the year by Doing Time magazine.
I'm probably one of most quotable guys in America.
I'm not the Queen. I'm not a huge superstar; I don't get paparazzi around me.
Ricky Gervais, met him a couple times. He wouldn't remember it.
I would be very honored to meet President Obama.
The people need to know about guys like John Moraga.
And I think it's safe to say that the single very impressive figure to me was Merle Haggard.
Joe Kennedy was a massive figure on all kinds of levels.
If it's a role like this one, an actual live person, a legend, there's lots of material laid out.
No, I'm the infamous Edward Teller.
I want to record the name of Chen Guangbiao in Chinese history.
Writing about someone well known removes that obligation of defending it as a subject, but it also means that some of the surprise and freshness is already gone. It's so different - in some ways much harder for me.
