There's someone out there who needs you. You must live your life so that person can find you.
The perception of what we as professors provide has changed. Constant and demanding e-mails are just another manifestation of what our society has become.
Some of you may think that you are not of interest because you don't have access to classified information. You are mistaken.
Real world movies or shows that are about things that actually happen versus having superpowers, there's a little bit of a fantasy element to it.
In fantasy, the expression of exploring another world, you get the universal truth of that excitement and fear, but there's an element of fantasy that you have to not forget so you can take people on that journey.
Once the makeup is on, it's a collaborative process but it's pretty neat to have the makeup sort of speak to you when you look in the mirror and see how the face moves. For me, the personality comes through that makeup and that exploration of how it all looks and moves. You try to make it more unique than just a human with a mask on.
I wanted to be a pro volleyball player, and I fell in love with performance and audience response. The pressure of performing and doing something that I love doing in front of people who were grateful to see it. That relationship sort of worked out to be acting and theatre.
I think it just really excites me, the idea of delving so far into a character that people actually believe it's real, and I start to believe it's real. It's a strange thing to say, but it's the thrill of getting all the details right and being so absorbed in the character that people go along with the illusion.
People are trying to decide whether the man-made disaster is worse than Mother Nature's disaster.
It takes a bee 10,000,000 trips to collect enough nectar to make 1 pound of honey.
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