When the entire moral energy of an individual goes into the cultivation of personal integrity, we all know how unlovely the result may become; the ch….
What the writers do, and we hopefully can bring to life, is that they present characters who, on the surface, aren't always heroic and their acts are….
One's character is one's habitual way of behaving. We all have patterns of behavior or habits, and often we are quite unaware of them. When Socrates ….
In my many years as a Representative in Congress it is my observation that the district that is best represented is the district that is wise enough ….
Children are 25 percent of the population but 100 percent of the future. If we wish to renew society, we must raise up a generation of children who h….
The time you spend alone with God will transform your character and increase your devotion. Then your integrity and godly behavior in an unbelieving ….
Obviously I'm grayer, a few more wrinkles. One of the things I'm proud about is that I think my basic character and outlook actually have not changed….
I love the creating part of taking on a character. It is fun to BE another person and create what it would be like to be that person..
I mean one of the basic rules when you're acting is that you mustn't stand in judgement on a character, you mustn't say Hitler was a bad man because ….
Ever hear the expression "write what you know?" My version says "write what you want to know." If you want to know about the history of Spain, write ….
When I need to stretch my legs, I can walk across the street to the museum and relax among the illustrations of Abraham Lincoln's life, too. In a way….
Only after my father's death could I speak my own individual truths about him. In a sense, I had to turn him into a character, a figure I could contr….
I remind myself: I am the best. I have the best. And I deserve the best. This is one of my personal mantras that I tell myself every morning before a….
Acting. Whenever I am playing a character, I use my real life experiences, which puts me on the line of reliving some of those good and bad times. Ac….
My fiction is based on both my own experience transformed, altered, juggled and changed to suit the demands of composition, character, and plot. If I….
It's a challenge for me to make people like me. Maybe it's just my desperate need for people to like me, that I choose the characters I have to play.….
Shooting at night in Los Angeles is amazing. The city shuts down at 10 P.M. every night, and a whole different cast of characters comes out..
Galactica has infinite possibilities. In fact, my character may be abnormal in the sense that she may be more independent than most of the women in c….
You're not just looking for laughs, but you're trying to do the characters first, and then the laughs come afterwards..
There must be some point, at which the lawyer's own personal and social morality will rebel against his traditional allegiance to his client..
If it weren't for Criminal Records, Wax-n-facts and other indie record stores I could have only sold my CD's at my shows and by mail order as an inde….