When you begin a play, you're going to have to spend a lot of time with those characters, so those characters are going to have to be rich enough that you want to take a very long journey with them. That's how I begin thinking about what I want to write about and who I want to write about.
I don't see myself being in the sport a very long period of time, so I want to fight as much as possible.
I was in business for 30 years, and my experience is that the best way to operate is to work fairly and closely with partners over a long period of time.
Trying to pick individual stocks is a trap. I can't do it. Warren Buffett can, but hardly anyone else can beat the indexes over a long period of time.
A kaiseki meal is like that, very small courses over a long period of time.
Mis-hiring is a huge mistake. It's a tremendous opportunity cost throwing the position to the wrong person. It's often something that isn't rectified for a long period of time.
What audiences love with series is that they can invest in characters for such a long period of time, and it's the same for actors. You can truly tell your story; then it's done.
When you work with somebody for a long period of time, you develop a shorthand with everything.
I'm not a good talker, I'm a great talker because I do it so often over a long period of time.
There were two movies that asked me to go to Australia or New Zealand for long periods of time. One was 'Lord of the Rings' and one was 'The Matrix.' But I was actively involved at that time raising my family, and I couldn't really take that time out.
I work a lot, so I don't really live anywhere for very long periods of time.
I think riots happen when communities are under pressure for long periods of time. That's not a mistake.
I had opportunities to stay on shows for long periods of time, and maybe financially that would have been good, but I feel good about trying to keep doing things that are a little bit different than what I've done.
You don't get to see your family much. In the movie business, directors often go out of town for long periods of time, and even if you're in town, you're working 14-15 hour days. People tend to not balance out the important things in their lives with their career.
I don't like to leave my children for long periods of time. It's made me more picky about roles that are close, especially on television.
My work out routine is always changing. It should never stay the same for long periods of time.
Walk, run, cycle - When you live inside your head for such long periods of time, you have to open the windows, air it out a bit, let sunlight stream into all the dark and dusty corners of your mind.
Movie making is such a long process, and they only use that one take, although you do it over and over about 30 times. Live theatre is that one time and one time only.
Casting is a long process for me. I take a lot of time.
The writing day can be, in some ways, too short, but it's actually a long series of hours, for months at a time, and there is a stillness there.
