We can alleviate physical pain, but mental pain - grief, despair, depression, dementia - is less accessible to treatment. It's connected to who we ar….
No artist work is so high, so noble, so grand, so enduring, so important for all time, as the making of character is a child..
I'm always looking for a low-budget script with an interesting character to play..
Character assassination is at once easier and surer than physical assault; and it involves far less risk for the assassin. It leaves him free to comm….
For me, it's a voyage of self-discovery. I'm able to go on a set and to explore situations, personalities, people and characters that are close to me….
I'm an actor, and everything about me - the way I perceive things, the way I have seen the world - has been in relation to characters and how I would….
I'm from the East Coast. I love the city. I love the characters. I love the kind of people we are, the kind other people look at in amazement..
Maybe I’m drunk right now, even though I don’t remember drinking anything. When I’m drunk, I say things without thinking. Drinking numbs you from you….
Writing sketches, youre also learning about a journey and characters, and you translate that to bigger things..
I love doing comedy. One of my favorite things in the world is to do Parks and Recreation; a big fun character..
Don't take our word for it. Read the Bible itself. Read the statements of preachers. And you will understand that God is the most desperate character….
A sober, devout man will interpret 'God's will' soberly and devoutly. A fanatic, with bloodshot mind, will interpret 'God's will' fanatically. Men of….
It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery..
I don't use recurring characters. I do get very interested my characters while I'm working with them, and I find the process of fitting them into a s….
Temperament is the thermometer of character..
Whether it's a guy living in an airport like Viktor Navorski in The Terminal, or Anvil in Toronto, or Alfred Hitchcock who's imprisoned by his succes….
I have always been in favor of a healthy Americanization, but that does not mean a complete disavowal of our German heritage. It means that our chara….
I try to treat every job with the exact same level of respect. When I go into it, it doesn't matter what the budget is or who the lead actor is. You ….
When I do a movie, I have the script. I know how it begins and how it ends. I know what my character does and where he's going. If I have ideas I wan….
It's more like there are some really obvious things that are different and then lots and lots of smaller things, lots of things about who lives and w….
To spend any time with someone who is among the top five film composers of the last 50 years is pure gold dust. I mean, not necessarily stylistically….