I would rather have played a character like Opie than Little Ricky..
I liked Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, and that is the kind of character that I would like to have played. That would have been more in tune with w….
Profound sincerity is the only basis of talent as of character..
For an entire populace, change, growth, and spontaneity were dangerous. Acting upon a personal desire, whispering a hidden longing, revealing your tr….
It is very hard to separate one's self from a character. Sometimes the people closest to me have to be very understanding..
And whether you're drawn to gospel music or church music or honky-tonk music, it informs your character and it informs your talent..
Your either in or out. There's no in between..
It changes you for ever, but you are changing for ever anyway..
Nature is not anthropomorphic..
We have to learn everything we do..
Some people tell me they would be afraid of my characters, but I tell those people [that] they meet these characters all the time. They just don't ca….
It's better to copulate than not..
I am not the we of anyone.
The more you love, the more you can love - and the more intensely you love..
Mankind, transmitting from generation to generation the legacy of accumulated vengeances, and pursuing with the feelings of duty the misery of their ….
I love writing about men. To get by in the world you have to know how men think. Not that all guys think alike, but women tend to think about more th….
I want to establish a wide range and play all kinds of parts. It's that sort of acting career I really respect. I like to turn a sharp left from what….
The Srimad-Bhagavatam states that any bona fide preacher of God consciousness must have the qualities of titiksa (tolerance) and karuna (compassion).….
What can be sustained and repeated without emptying out?.
One of the first memories I have was watching Whoopi Goldberg perform her one-woman show on Broadway on HBO. She moved seamlessly through an array of….
I take the work seriously, just not myself in it..