I have never asked anyone for an assignment; never asked a producer or a director for a role.

I read it in college as an assignment. I didn't think about it at the time. But when I heard there was a 'The Handmaid's Tale' pilot, I freaked out.

Denuclearization and the lasting peace on the Korean peninsula cannot be abandoned or delayed, as they are the historical assignment.

Denuclearization and the lasting peace on the Korean peninsula cannot be abandoned or delayed, as they are the historical assignment.

My assignment was in the communications office, where I typed out dispatches.

By far my most perilous assignment was covering a tank car explosion.

When people give you a writing assignment, they're asking what you think. That's the very opposite of being an actor. When you're an actor, no one wants to hear what you think.

When I was at the 'Philadelphia Inquirer,' I was promoted nine times in my first 13 years. I ultimately went from general assignment to beats on St. Joe's and Temple, to backup writer, to NBA writer, to NBA columnist, to, ultimately, in 2003, to general sports columns.

I am never driven. Every film I've made has been an assignment.

When it comes to the assignment of blame, the CIA has by and large been a luckless organization.

I've been to all seven continents on assignment for 'SI.'

I have to make a dress out of recycled materials for my kid's preschool 'Project Runway'-like assignment. I'm currently fusing plastic bags.

When I was a general assignment reporter early in my career, I was the one knocking on their door after a tragedy.

And I've never viewed comics as assignments for the client.

In all of my assignments, I have conducted myself honorably and in accordance with U.S. law.

My first visit to Lucknow was perhaps in 1995-96. I was then working with theatre director Ranjit Kapur on the production of 'Court Martial' and we travelled to Lucknow on assignment.

My assignment was in the communications office, where I typed out dispatches.

It is my assignment to change this country.

For us, there is no such thing as failure. You can't miss a deadline; you can't come up short on an assignment. You have to perform, period.

When I first took up an acting assignment, I knew nothing about the industry or the responsibilities attached to the profession. I just went, played my part and that was that.