I remember pretending to think I was adopted and getting a lot of concerned attention and reassurance from my parents.
Instead of worrying about what other people may think, I suggest you adopt the rather more robust attitude to politicians of Sir Robin Day who (if I remember correctly) told the then defence minister John Knott, during the Falklands war, that he was a "here today, gone tomorrow" politician – live on BBC TV.
And then I don't think it's complicated; I think I got in and I adopted an economic plan that they characterized as a big tax increase, and the benefits of it weren't yet felt, and people weren't sure whether they were getting their taxes increased or not then.
Now, instead of a "foreign accent," most people think I'm from Los Angeles: I adopted the accent of the Olson twins.
New to the game, I thought I'd adopt the accidental shoplifter approach.
If I hadn't adopted it, I think I would have had a breakdown or committed suicide".
"To speed up the whole thing, I'd think (he adopts a wearily bored voice), 'OK, you think I'm shit, I'm not doing this well enough for you, I'm never going to be able to do this well enough for you, just fucking hit me.
So I thought I'd better adopt a less leisurely attitude".
I come from a very poor background in Panama and I've always thought I needed to adopt survival skills in order to survive.
"There are some who I think have adopted an extremist agenda, an anti-U.S. agenda".
