When a subject pops into a director's head, you either fit in there somewhere, or you don't. An actor is only who he is. Especially as you get older, there's not as much of a range of potentially feasible parts.
Is education possibly a process of trading awareness for things of lesser worth? The goose who trades his is soon a pile of feathers.
What feats of ingenuity have we not been forced to perform, at times, in order to meet our customers' wishes? Those only who have had charge of a large, modern kitchen can tell the tale.
The street to obscurity is paved with athletes who can perform great feats before friendly crowds.
People who actually tell stories, meaning people who write novels and make feature films, don't see themselves as storytellers.
My first two novels featured narrators who were aggressively unattached: They couldn't form any sort of genuine relationship. So I had thoroughly explored the geography of loneliness and isolation.
Occasionally I get fed up, going to visit a factory, when I am being shown around by the chairman, who clearly hasn't got a clue, and I try to get hold of the factory manager, but I can't because the chairman wants to make sure he's the one in all the photographs.
I'm fed up with the idiots... the ever-widening gap between people who know how to make movies and the people who green-light the movies.
Absent scandal, a federal judge can serve for decades on the bench, underscoring the importance of appointing judges who have a proper understanding of their constitutional role.
A tax cut would most certainly be my first choice rather than an increase in federal spending. Those who advocate that fail to see that spending not only continues in subsequent years, but it grows and grows.
I'm proud to say that we are the party of Canada's first prime minister, the father of our federation, and the visionary who made this land possible.
My favorite tennis player, who I'm amazed by, is Roger Federer.
We're all concerned about sports rights being so expensive. Obviously, we are funded by the licence fee payers, so it's not always easy to compete with those who can get greater revenue.
We all need people who will give us feedback. That's how we improve.
Who a dancer is physically feeds into character for me. Always has.
A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.
One fella who has really impressed me is Big E Langston.
It was I who made Fellini famous, not the other way around.
Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow?
There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.
