It hurts when you have to smile and you don't want to smile, but the best thing to do is to smile.
I was fortunate in that I attended university in Canada in the early 1970s when you could take a true liberal arts degree with no programmes, majors or minors.
'Guild Wars 2' is a wider world in that we have a lot of different mechanics available for storytelling. We have our personal story, the story of you, which is tailored for your character. You answer some basic questions; you make some decisions early on, and that follows through.
'Lost' is about a bunch of people stranded on an island. It's compelling, but kind of tiny. But what sustains you are the characters.
If you're beautiful, you're led to believe that you can't also be smart.
Hearing is a form of touch. You feel it through your body, and sometimes it almost hits your face.
Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them... they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.
You can't get an actor to do something that is beyond his range, so you have to be aware of the range of the actor and, if necessary, alter the part to suit the actor.
You find a lot of ideas from my shows in adverts now. I find it a compliment.
If you look at the Bible almost everything that was predicted, maybe everything, has come to pass.
The best way to learn about writing is to study the work of other writers you admire.
If you're put on a set with a lot of people, it's just nice to see everyone working together.
I am one who believes that the world goes from the slime to the sublime. And you can take Darwin and all your philosophers and all your ontologists, and that's the direction.
You don't want to write your own opinion, you don't want to just represent yourself, but represent yourself through someone else.
Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret.
Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.
Finishing food is about the tiny touches. In the last seconds you can change everything.
For my senior year, I'm home schooled. It's working well with the acting. Juggling school with the acting is hard, but you know, what can you do?
Love is a special word, and I use it only when I mean it. You say the word too much and it becomes cheap.
The person who gives you your first job is so important in any industry.
I like being from a city that is not entrenched in show business. When you're in New York City or Los Angeles, even if you're not dealing with show business, there's still this sense that it's the center of the universe.
There's a fascinating statistic: One out of every four people in America has visited New York since 9/11. It is astounding. Now, I don't know how you count it; it's some people coming multiple times.
I think a lot of it had to do with, you know, I was always a daddy's girl. I was always wanting to please him, and I think he was pleased when he'd walk past my room and I was listening to those records.
Movies by Carlos Saura and others had ghosts, memories from the past, that they used to make a political point. Things you couldn't talk about openly, you could speak of through ghosts.
It sounds like a cliche but I also learnt that you're not going to fall for the right person until you really love yourself and feel good about how you are.
Show me a great actor and I'll show you a lousy husband. Show me a great actress, and you've seen the devil.
You can always be a little bit better.
It's so great to show up at work and truly enjoy every word you say.
You can count on Errol Flynn, he'll always let you down.
Sometimes failure isn't an opportunity in disguise, it's just you.
And it was the idea that you can do a play - like a Shakespeare play, or any well-written play, Arthur Miller, whatever - and say things you could never imagine saying, never imagine thinking in your own life.
Well, a few years ago I think I could have given you a more enthusiastic answer about that but in the last few years, for the first time in my life, I really haven't listened to much music. I used to work with music on and now I don't.
Thank you to the children whose innocent words encouraged me.
Serbian history tells that the family is the most important thing and you have to stick with the family.
When it was over my daughter said, 'Oh, I felt so sorry for him - he didn't want to hurt you, he liked you.' That was Victoria. When you visualize him up there on top of the Empire State Building, you do feel sorry for him.
You can only realize change if you live simply. Once people want enormous excess, you can hardly do social change.
