It should cause no surprise that anyone so lazy as myself should be economical to the point of miserliness with everything he writes.
Seldom in the business and transactions of ordinary life, do we find the sympathy we want.
The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
If you want a wise answer, ask a reasonable question.
I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. . . . In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or is dehumanized.
Everything is hard before it is easy.
Cobbles and kettledrums!. . . I hope this madness isn't going to end in a moonlit climb and broken necks.
People don't walk around thinking of themselves as bad people. You're part of the environment that you grow up in, and there can be decency in that. I always try to find a little glimmer of that, in anything that I do, because you can find places where there's humor or lightness in something that's deep and profound, and that tends to resonate more and make people more human. As an actor and performer, I think it resonates more with the audience when you do have the payoff.
Who "wins" and who "loses" depends on when you measure it.
A lot of directors don't want the pressure of a movie the size of Pearl Harbor. But I love it. I thrive on it.