I'm very keen on the family getting together around the table because you learn so much of what's going on. With a full tummy, they begin to talk to you. People now have busy lives, but once or twice a week, it's lovely to sit all around together.
I've had the experience of going through homophobia in my work, and I can share my experiences so future generations don't have to deal with what I've dealt with.
The songs are just an attempt to document what's been happening in my life. If people can relate to what's going on with me, then that's great.
I'm astonished to say, but people are really pleased to hear what happened to me, the way I got a little bit more confident, the people I've met, and the things I didn't know.
The summer of 2002 at the Wilson birthday party I met Van Dyke again and I made plans to have dinner with him.
For me, the act of telling the story and showing it to somebody is almost gravy.
I want to share my journey because I think God wants us to share our stories with one another - to show others how what he has done in our lives. To help others who are going through the same thing. I think he gets joy in that.
I'm surrounded by such beautiful, creative people, and I just love sort of sharing their stories and their journeys.
Stories have inspired me all my life. I like reading about what other people have done and it inspires me to share my own stories, and encourage people to make their own life stories.
I came from a family where, you know, we sat down at the table every night, and you better have a story to tell. My father never wrote his stories down. And you know, I learned that they went farther if you wrote them down.
I love to talk about people I've met being an entertainer. All my encounters in life - I roll it all into an hour and 30 minutes.
We use a Native American tradition of the talking stick. You sit and pass it around and whoever has the stick has to talk. Some people just hold it. Others really share.
It is always interesting to hear older players come back and talk.
Our holiday table is loud!
Our lives are stories, and the stories we have to give to each other are the most important. No one has a story too small and all are of equal stature. We each tell them in different ways, through different mediums—and if we care about each other, we'll take the time to listen.
Facebook is about sharing experiences that you've had. Foursquare is more about the present tense and the future tense.
I love helping someone else tell their story, but I like being the storyteller sometimes.
I'm super excited to have people hear little stories about my life, the lives of my friends, people I know.
I don't want my son to have to collect a bunch of 'New York Times' articles to see what I was like.
Everybody knows by now that there's a gazillion books on me either out or coming out in the near future. So I'm encouraging anybody who's ever met me, heard me or even seen me, to get in on the action and scribble their own book. You never know, somebody might have a great book in them.
I just really love having dinner parties and hanging out.
I give a speech at some colleges and corporations called 'Performing Your Life: An Evening with Jeffrey Tambor.' I get asked a lot of questions, and people say, 'Your stories are wonderful. You should write a book.'
I'm interested in people's stories, so I decided to tell part of mine.
The only reason I write at all is because I am going through, and growing through, something in my life I want to share with others through my personal experiences.
I write for myself; I release the albums to connect with everyone else.
