I've got a very behind-the-scenes personality. I don't know how I became a performer. I like to stay discreet, out of the public eye, very low-key.
The arts tend to be more liberal. There tends to be more social relevance in the arts.
Social cohesion was built into language long before Facebook and LinkedIn and Twitter - we're tribal by nature. Tribes today aren't the same as tribes thousand of years ago: It isn't just religious tribes or ethnic tribes now: It's sports fans, it's communities, it's geography.
Are you motivated? Are you coherent? Is your intention aligned? Are your feet, tongue, heart and wallet congruent? That intention shines through.
At Casablanca we did 'Midnight Express,' 'Flashdance,' and 'The Deep. ' My willingness for risk has always been my strength.
A German shepherd dog could walk in the office with a script in his mouth, and if that script was really good, they'd buy the script.
Stories aren't the icing on the cake; they are the cake!
Belief sloshes around in the firmament like lumps of clay spiralling into a potter's wheel. That's how gods get created, for example. They clearly must be created by their own believers, because a brief resume of the lives of most gods suggests that their origins certainly couldn't be divine. They tend to do exactly the things people would do if only they could, especially when it comes to nymphs, golden showers, and the smiting of your enemies.
Don't you think people often say other people are tough when they do not know how to cheat them?
Communism is like one big phone company.
Instead of seeking new landscapes, develop new eyes.