At one level, an award is an endorsement, a confirmation, but I always find myself looking askance at awards and good reviews, as though another Garry Disher had earned them.
I'm a bit of a rebel, and I always will be.
I had always sung, as far back as I can remember, for the pure love of it. My voice was contralto, and I sang in a church in Naples from fourteen till I was eighteen.
I've always liked artists like Chris Burden, who would take performances, put them in galleries, and then do things that were on the edge.
Free time keeps me going. It's just something that's always been a part of my life. I was originally a painter, and I made films sort of as an extension of that, and then I started to try to make dramatic films because the early films were experimental films.
I would like to have won a Tony, I guess, because I have always thought of myself as a theater person. But I've won my share of awards, so I don't worry about it.
Summer has always been my favorite season. I feel happier.
I've always been physical. I have no concept of what life is like without physical activity.
America always pivots between collective responsibility and the idea that the individual can pull himself up by his bootstraps.
Whenever you're fighting with weapons, there's a level of reality because people don't understand that these are still metal or hard rubber with sharp points - that if the timing's wrong, you could definitely get hurt. There's nothing like working with an actor who doesn't know what they're doing, because you're always in fear of losing an eye.
I always admired the tolerance of my family - you know, that they tolerated my dissension for the family consensus.
I always knew I wanted to be in television when I was a kid, and I knew I wanted to model.
My mom always knew I would be able to take care of myself, but my dad was afraid.
There are ways to win fights, and sometimes you don't always choose the easiest way to win a fight.
In the summertime, it's always hard to introduce new series; everyone's ready for that in the fall.
It always amazes me when I see young people with raw talent and passion.
I started thinking about what I've always been interested in: how people can't see things that are right in front of them. All you have to do is read the papers to see endless examples of smart people who can't see the nose on their faces.
On the Internet, inside information is currency, and there will always be counterfeiters among us.
I try to always stretch myself to fit the characters that have been presented.
Stars are almost always people that want to make up for their own weaknesses by being loved by the public and I'm no exception to that.
I've always been ambitious since I was nine years old and that was never going to change.
I've always thought I was talented.
I'm going to build an empire. I'm always writing for someone else. I want to be someone who has her fingerprints all over the pop charts.
Actors are such wonderful creatures and such wonderful instruments. It's always different on the page or in my head. I hear it differently. I see it differently. And then, you give it to an actor, and it comes alive in a way that you didn't expect.
I've always been a bit flip.
It always matters whether or not you can trust your government.
I've always been more of a camera hog than anything, and it's just another way to get it all out!
I was always fascinated by the decision-making process and the managerial process and just business in general.
But to sustain a marriage for 50 years, you have to get real a little bit and find someone who is understanding and who you can grow with. My mom always says, 'Marry the man who loves you a millimeter more.'
I always say that in my career as an actress, I've always worked with people like David Lynch or Guy Maddin or Peter Weir who are considered not mainstream directors and that could be because they are like my dad. They are pioneers, and pioneers, by definition, invent something new.
I was always a little embarrassed when there was an act on television that requires a great deal of skill but is a little goofy, and the host comes over and acts like the person doing this skill is some sort of fool for having learned to do something that's very, very difficult.
I've never been antiregulation. I've always believed that raw, unregulated capitalism doesn't work.
With Shakespeare, because you invest so much time in working on material, it always sort of stays with you to some degree.
The drummer is stereotypically the dumb guy. Maybe that's why I always respect drummers who do more than drum.
There will always be a slight difference between the reel and the real. Even my family might know 99 per cent about me, but there will be this one per cent about me that nobody will ever know. Being in this profession, I am fine with biopics or movies inspired by real-life-characters.
That's what I always hoped for when I became an actor - that you would do something that people can escape to, find identification with and excitement in and be able to talk about it in bars, restaurants, and workplaces.
