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Do you want to see a mother and son antagonistically attack each other every single episode for five years? I don't think so.
Theater is my favorite platform. Television is my favorite paycheck. The more television I can do, the more theater I can do.
I watch 'Sons of Anarchy' and 'Game of Thrones' and 'The Walking Dead' and think, 'I want to create that kind of television!'
I'm like a stuffed toy. You've never met me, but if you did, you'd just want to take me home and put me in your child's room.
Everyone's under pressure and you just have to learn how to deal with it. And I deal with it through prayer and staying busy.
Acting is about truths and the more truths you're able to tell and share with your audience the more connection there will be.
I've always been the type of person that has told friends, if they're going through a rough time, I'm always there to talk to.
There's going to be this realm of Platonic forms and then there's going to be this single mind, the 'nous', which grasps them.
Statistics may be defined as the discipline concerned with the treatment of numerical data derived from groups of individuals.
Back in the 70s and 80s, women felt the discrimination of being overweight. And now 35% of the letters I receive are from men.
Style offers concrete rules you can follow. You can use it as a resource rather than a barrier to feeling good about yourself.
Fit is everything. I don't care what your body type is like: If you're not wearing clothes that fit you, you can't have style.
If I was to meet Lou Reed or Bob Dylan, I would be totally helpless. Writers and musicians make me feel completely starstruck.
I absolutely believe the Internet is passing from its free days into a paid system. Inevitably, I promise you, it will be paid.
I felt for a really long time, "When I grow up I want to be an actor." And now I'm like, "Oh, this is it now. This is my life."
In Hollywood you can't even smoke in a bar anymore and yet in the movies they're always showing people smoking. I don't get it.
I grew up on stages. Not standing outside the 'Royal Court Theatre' wistfully, but with enthusiastic people from the community.
I always thought it'd be fun to go to a sci-fi convention, watch a bunch of Klingons walking around, all of that kind of stuff.
Assuming there is an intellect, we're clearly not this universal intellect or we would know it. So that's one function of soul.
I do consider myself a clown and a court jester, and I do love to make people laugh, whether they're laughing with me or at me.
'Rome' plays on universal human emotions that hopefully people can relate to. Historians are always going to be offended by it.
Neapolitans are extremely empathetic, whereas the typical northern attitude is more about not showing or sharing your feelings.
I hate it. I just do. That [artificial turf], local news, the IRS, and hair dryers are the four worst inventions of the century.
You will not be stuck forever. The trick is to know there are no tricks. There is, in fact, no easy way. There is only the work.
I think it's much richer and much more fun to be an artist than to be anything else. I can't think of a better life than acting.
I took opportunities, big or small, to show that I was a constant professional. I feel like the Sam Jackson of network TV drama.
I just don't know that shame and fear need to be our teachers; rather, compassion, understanding, and love should be our guides.
My default answer to most of the questions my kids ask me is 'no.' I just start with 'no.' I let them fight for it a little bit.
My father offered me a dollar for every pound I would lose as a kid. It didn't work. And it doesn't really work in the long run.
I really do believe that my style is informed by the fact that I had such issues with my appearance at various times of my life.
My parents are from Ghana. Until I was 17, I thought you had to go to college. I had no idea. I didn't know it was not an option.
I get recognized for 'The Killing' all the time. People yell out, 'I hope you didn't kill her!' They yell that out in the street.
My whole career has been a landmark. So I don't think about the pressure too much. I just go out and do, because I believe in it.
Raised by an irresponsible mother during the Great Depression in the Jim Crow south, my father was on his own from the age of 13.
I like what I do, and a lot of these projects have really interesting material and interesting people to work with. I feel lucky.
'The Passing Bells' highlights the horror of the fighting from both sides and draws parallels between these two young boys' lives.
Singing is good for the soul. It's the first thing I do every morning, after my blessings and my grace. I put music on and I sing.
You realize just how long youve been away when you get home and start dialing 8 out of habit so you can get access to local calls.
If you're going to sign a contract, there are things you have to understand you might have to do. If you don't, then you walk away.
I actually had a dream that one of my friends became president, and I was trying to help out with the campaign. It was pretty good.
I don't know if I was born weird. I think it's just that I was exposed to very strange things from a very early age by my brothers.
The first play that I saw was 'Cyrano,' and I remember going home - I was like nine years old - and trying to learn the monologues.
We're all in trouble, and we all need to sort of pick up the pieces and start to exercise more and really be careful with the food.
You can't think that you're playing a villain, or you'll end up with a cartoon. You have to think about him as a person and a hero.
My husband is the most honest, kind, hard-working, and genuine person, and I honestly don't know how I could ever live without him.
But for me, to get the tattoo was part of moving into adulthood. Making a choice that is permanent and that I'll have to stick with.
If someone wants to give me the lead in anyone of those films, and deal with those other complications, terrific, Im ready for them.
I think every villain basically thinks that he or she is doing something to make his world, or the world in general, a better place.
I don't know of any actor in any television show that I have ever seen who's given monologue after monologue in a television series.
According to the statistics, a man eats a prune every twenty seconds. I don't know who this fellow is, but I know where to find him.